Makes Me Cry Everytime!

I'm so grateful little Savannah is mine!

Selling Our Home

David and I have decided to sale our home. It's a bittersweet feeling because we have LOVED this house, our first house. We've put so much work into it and have so many memories here. However, we knew we couldn't stay here forever and with a new baby and interests rates so low we think it's time for a new home. Our house was listed yesterday so we'll see if it will sale. We hope someone will buy it who will love it as much as we have!

 

 

Random Pictures of Savannah

Here are some random pictures of Savannah that I found on our camera.

 

 

Looking at some pictures from her cousins-Thanks Gracelyn, McKenna, and Brian Dean!

 

Good times with daddy!

Sleeping

I made a cake for her three month birthday. She was really excited, can't you tell?



She's voting for Romney!

First time on a swing. She liked it!

Look how good she is doing at tummy time. She is so strong!

Her first Halloween. She was a ballerina.

Some other things I don't want to forget:
-Her favorite book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear. She especially likes the yellow duck page.
-She loves talking after she takes a bath.
-Her favorite songs are the Hokey Pokey (I sing it to her while I put on her clothes so she can learn right from left), Chim-Chiminy from Mary Poppins, and Here We Go A-Caroling.
-Currently, her favorite toy is her butterfly rattle. It rattles and the wings make a crinkly noise.
-She LOVES when you play with her mouth.
-She's starting to laugh when you play peek-a-boo with her.
-She has started sleeping through the night and goes to bed without any problem. She usually sleeps for 13 hours straight (mommy is so happy!).

Disneyworld

David recently got a new job. Before he started his new job he had a week off so we decided to visit David's dad in Florida and to go to Disneyworld. We were so grateful to be able to save some money staying with David's dad and are grateful to them for their hospitality. We had a wonderful time!

 

(Sorry some of these pictures are sideways. Savannah is currently taking a nap so I'm trying to upload everything before she wakes up.)

 

Savannah in her cute tutu outfit when we arrived

 

The first day we were there Savannah stayed home with grandad while David and I headed out for Disneyworld's Magic Kingdom.



 

Shooting Zurg on the Toy Story ride. David totally beat me, hence he is a Galatic Hero while I'm merely a Space Cadet.

 

At the electrical parade

While we are on Pirates of the Caribbean it stalled so here we are waiting for it to start again. I do have to say that Pirates at Disneyland is so much better than the one in Disneyworld...even David said so!

 

 

The next day we drove out to the Kennedy Space Center. We didn't go in and couldn't get to close to the actual space center because it was only open to authorized personel but it was still amazing to be so close and see where the space shuttles lift off. This was probably one of my favorite things we did the entire trip!

 

The following day we braved the heat and took Savannah with us to the Animal Kingdom and to the Magic Kingdom. She was so good the entire time.

 

See the big tree behind us? That's call the Tree of Life. It's a huge fake tree that kids can play on in the middle of the Animal Kingdom park.

Savannah with her "1st Visit" pin...she was a little tuckered out obviously.

Savannah on her first ride, "It's a Small World" of course! She did great but, as you can tell from the picture, she was a little unsure what was going on.

 

Crazy hair after bathtime.

 

On our last day at the park we decided to take the time to meet Mickey and Minnie. We almost didn't do it because Savannah won't remember this and we felt a little stupid meeting them with just a two month old baby. I'm so glad we did though. I really think this was my favorite thing we did because it's not the rides you go on but the experiences that you have that are the most memorable!

 

On the teacups

On David's favorite ride, Peter Pan!

 

They decorated for Halloween while we were there. Isn't this cute!?

Savannah also went swimming for the first time while we were there. We couldn't find any swimmer diapers in her size so we ended up putting two pairs on her of the larger size. Needless to say they were a little huge.

 

Swimming with daddy!

 

I have a couple of videos that aren't uploading for some reason so I'll have to put those on later.

How do you get David to eat vegetables?

Wrap them in bacon, of course!

Baby Blessing

Over Labor Day weekend we blessed our beautiful little girl. The weekend of the blessing was full of fun family time. Almost my entire family was able to come out from Utah. I had looked forward to having everyone there for months and I'm so grateful that my family came across the country to participate in this special moment. 

 

Over the weekend we received some gifts from friends. One was a hat made by my old roommate Shaliese. Isn't it (and Savannah) adorable?! 

 

Me with two of my siblings just having a good time.

Doug and Jo had never been to Greensboro so we took them for a tour of the city which ended with lunch at Yum-Yums, a hot dog and ice cream shop. They loved it!

The night before the blessing David and I served the family a Southern BBQ dinner. Here we are afterwards.

The kids were out catching fireflies.

Savannah was blessed in the same dress I was blessed in. She looked beautiful!

She wasn't sure if she liked all the pictures or the long skirt hanging over her feet.

 

Me with the siblings who were able to attend. Don't mind Doug...

Four generations