Shoes

Which shoes should I get Savannah? These ones or these ones? 

Uh-oh, da apples?

The other day Savannah learned the word "apple".  When I sliced a banana for her snack today, she wasn't sure what to think about it.  I left her eating them to go feed baby Emry in the adjoining room on the couch.  As I'm feeding her, I hear Savannah attempt to say "banana" but not really succeeding at all.  Then I heard "Uh-oh, da apples?"  which of course means she dropped them all over the floor.  It was just cute how she decided to call them apples.  

In the car on the way home I handed her a toy camera that sings.  As we pulled out of the drive way I heard a little "help please, help please".  I turned around and realized her camera was turned off and asked her to hand it to me.  She did and as soon as I took it from her she said "thank you!" and gave me the biggest smile.  It melted me.  She's been saying thank you for cookies and cheese for the last week or so, but this was her first genuine, out of the blue one.  it was adorable.  And I'm so proud that she's gone from screaming when she wants help to being my little polite girl.  And it's nice for a mom to hear thank you every once in a while...  Makes it all worth it :).

Going to the Doctor

Yesterday was Savannah's 15 month check up.  Not so much fun.  She has gained 1.5 pounds and grown 1/2 an inch since her last appointment 2 months ago.  She is in the 3rd percentile for height and weight and the 79th for head size!  I don't think her head looks disproportionately huge or anything though.  She's getting way too smart for her own good though.  She was terrified of being weighed and having her head measured.  We got her to calm down for the stethoscope but once the doctor started to shine the light on her she freaked out.  And of course shots were no fun.  It's very sad to hear "No No No No!" and have to hold her down...  I'm not sure what's worse actually, having a sweet little newborn who doesn't know what's coming and then cries and breaks your heart, or a toddler who's terrified and begs you to make it stop and you don't...  Oh, and the Dr. had this theory.  Since she was 11 months, whenever Savannah has wanted something, she has said "Na".  Like "Na cookie please".  The doctor thinks that she says that as a shortened version of her name.  I'm not sure if that's the case, but if it is I think that's hilarious that we've had no idea!


In other news, I sang at the Relief Society birthday party last night.  I messed up at the end, but it was okay.  Savannah learned where her heart is and the words "splashing", "egg" and "apple".

Back in Utah!

In December we moved back to Utah! It's been really nice. Right now we're actually house sitting for Corey's grandparents in Bountiful while they stay in their house in St. George which has been a good way to save a little money.


Corey is doing well at his job in Park City. It's a long drive, but he is is close to getting a good bonus and he will probably be getting a promotion soon.


I'm working as a nanny for a 7-month-old baby. Her name is Emry. She's adorable and very sweet. I get to bring Savannah along to work with me which is awesome. She's slowly learning to share and be nice. Sometimes she goes over to Emry and pinches her and says, "Ouch! No no". So, we've been discovering the joys of time out together... She's getting better at being nice though. She goes over to Emry and gives her kisses and hugs, pats her head, gives her toys, and says "nice".


Savannah is growing so much! Well, at least she's getting smarter :). She's still tiny. She's barely 20 pounds which means she can finally be forward facing in her car seat! We have her 15 month check up today and I'm excited to hear what the doctor has to say about her. She says SO many words. When we counted about a month ago she said 50, but she says way more now. She learns new words every few days. It's so much fun. And she LOVES to read. She sits for 10 minute periods (sometimes longer) "reading" out loud to herself every day. She gets really into it and it's hilarious. She learned to walk on 2/13 and has gotten to the point where she walks probably 85% of the time. She loves walking and is so proud of herself.


Last week we made an offer on a house! It's beautiful and big enough to fit us forever. It's in West Jordan and it's a really good deal. It has 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It's a short sale so it might take a while to find out if we got it, but it's definitely worth the wait. We're so excited! http://viewutahproperties.com/fine/real/estate/home_view/1012522/mlsname/WFRMLS


So, that's us in a nutshell.  I"ll try to get better about posting things as they actually happen, but no guarantees... :P

10 Months old!

So, it's been a while.  I've been busy.  I have some other posts that I'm having issues with, but those will hopefully be up someday.  Anyway, we're doing great!  Savannah is 10 months old now and she's getting smarter by the day!  She says "Hi, kitty, wow, and uh-oh".  She loves to brush her teeth with us.  Oh, and she has teeth as of 2 days ago!  You can barely see them at this point because they haven't come in much, but she has her two bottom teeth.  Her favorite thing to do is read books and play with our cat.  She also loves anything to do with animals.  So, obviously, her favorite thing in the world is books about animals. She learned to crawl about 4 weeks ago (finally!) and has become quite the little explorer.  She loves walking holding onto our hands and pulling herself up to stand on anything she can reach.  She's a bit addicted to her pacifier, but if it helps her sleep all night I'm okay with that...


I'm still working at Teddy Bear Day Care and I really like it there.  I work in the nursery which means ages 0-24 months.  It's a lot of fun to work with all those babies and the one-year-olds make me laugh every day.  Savannah loves it there!  She's friends with the one-year-olds and she gets excited when we walk in the door.  


Corey works at Wells Fargo Bank.  Last quarter he was number 1 in the state for sales!  I was very proud of him.


We really love our ward.  Corey is the 2nd counselor in the Elder's Quorum and I'm 2nd counselor in the primary.  We've made a lot of friends.  I love that in the church you have friends no matter where you go :).


Anyway, there's a small update about us.  I'll try to be better at writing in this, but no guarantees.

Valentine's Day and more

This week I got a job at a day care. It's called Teddy Bear Day Care. I'm working part time for now. Savannah goes with me of course. Today is the Valentine's Day party so I dressed her up a bit.

Graduation, Holidays, and Gillette

So, it's been a crazy couple of weeks. After Savannah was born, I still had about 3 weeks left of the semester. I also had an Independent Study class due on the 18th that I'd only completed 2 out of 16 writing assignments for because that's the terrible procrastinator that I am; I also had to do a midterm and a final for that class. So, I had the most exhausting weeks of my life. I couldn't have done it without my mom though. She was extremely helpful. And, I somehow got it all done in time. Granted, I finished my last final at 9 p.m. on the last day, but I somehow managed to get Bs in all the classes I cared about and a C in the interior design class that I cared nothing about. So, I finished school. I was actually kind of sad about it though. I really love school and I'm sad it's over. I've pretty much decided that eventually I'm going to get my MSW (Masters of Social Work) and do some kind of therapy. But, that's a long ways off.

On Christmas Eve, Savannah and I drove to North Ogden to say goodbye to a few friends and then we went to Kaysville to spend the night with Corey's family. I was very excited to see Corey at 10 that night. Then, around 7:45 he texted me to tell me that his friend Matt's car had broken down and they were stranded. Not cool. Luckily they were safe and not cold because they got towed to Little America. So, Brian and Stockton drove up and rescued them and we had a very late night reunion. Corey was so happy to see his little baby after so long. He was excited when she woke up at 3 a.m. and he played with her tons. So much for trying to teach her that night time is for sleeping… It was really great to finally be together though.

A few days later it was time for the trek to Wyoming at 7:45 a.m. I was pretty worried about it because Savannah only likes the car occasionally and it's an 8 and a half hour drive… The first thing we did was drive to Ogden to pick up Corey's friend Matt and his younger brother whose car was still at Little America. Poor little Savannah cried a lot of the way to Ogden and we didn't know why at the time. We were sure worried what the rest of the day would bring. I was also worried about Corey's friend. I didn't know anything about him except that he was too tall to sit in the front seat since the car seat in the back takes up all the leg room. I was also sitting in the back to take care of the baby. I was all worried I was going to be squished next to some awkward weirdo. Luckily, Matt was a nice, normal guy and it wasn't awkward, just crammed. Our first stop after Ogden was Little America where I discovered why Savannah had been so upset before. She'd spit up all over her outfit and pooped through her diaper and outfit. I felt so bad she'd been riding like that! Luckily she was a little angel the rest of the time. She either slept or looked around happily. She's a good baby. We finally reached our apartment at 9:45. It was a really long day. Travelling with an infant takes forever…

So, now we're in Gillette. Our apartment is really nice and I love it. Savannah is growing and learning more each day. She does some really cute things. She has this stuffed snowman that Corey got when he was stranded at Little America that she loves to look at. She'll just lie on the floor and talk and smile at the snowman for 15 minutes at a time. It's really cute and a good way for me to get things done. She loves it when we stick our tongues out at her after she does. She is starting to smile a lot which is really fun. She's finally starting to be able to wear a few of her 0-3 month clothes, but she's mostly in newborn clothes still. She's 5 weeks old now! I can't believe how time flies. I'm trying to get her on a schedule of some sort, but she has a mind of her own… Last night she slept from 10 to 6. I won't complain if that becomes a regular thing, but I'm not planning on it.

Anyway, that's our updates. Hopefully I can get some pictures of the apartment soon.

I'm struggling to get pictures uploaded with our crappy internet connection, so visit this link to see what I would have posted.