Giggles

So I sound like a total dork in this, but if you don't roar loud she doesn't laugh. She was laughing harder before I got the camera out. The camera and James were a distraction (you can see her looking over to the side in the video, that's because James was sitting next to her and she was looking at him.)

No babies were eaten or harmed in the making of this video.

A Real Officer

On Wednesday Chris was sworn in an officer!YAY! He continues his training with a field officer for the next 6 months before he is considered an "official" officer.

His mom was able to come for his graduation. We had a lot of fun going to the Aquarium downtown and shopping in Old Town Spring.

This is me, mom and James waiting for the graduation to start. During the graduation James was having fun clapping as loud as he could (we clapped after every officer got their badge...77 of them). A little girl in front of us put her hands over her ears and turned back to glare at James. She was probably 5. It was pretty funny.

Amazing Husband and Father

Chris gave me a break from the normal routine yesterday. He watched Savannah while I went shopping! YAY! So much fun! I got some new shoes (they had a killer deal!) and new running shoes (Chris' present to me for my birthday, a little early because I was dying to go running). I made the mistake of going into the bead store next to the shoe store, appropriately named Beadaholic.
We planned on going to get our new cell phones and change our numbers when I got home from shopping. We barely got down the street when Savannah started throwing up...a wrench in a perfect day. I felt so bad for her. I stayed home with Savannah who proceeded to throw up for the next three hours while Chris took care of the phones. I was a little nervous about what phone he would pick out for me...He did great, my phone is awesome and he even got a pink case for me. I seriously have the BEST husband in the world!

Growing up SO fast

Yesterday I noticed a large lump under Savannah's gums and they looked swollen. I thought just maybe it was a tooth, but she didn't seem too grumpy and usually babies are pretty fussy when they are teething. This morning I woke up to find Savannah's very first tooth starting to poke through. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up, at this rate next thing I know I'll be planning a wedding.

Quote of the Day

James talking about Savannah: "She's like a puppy, but cuter!"

Sweet Savannah

Today while Chris and I were watching a show, Savannah was playing on my lap. Suddenly she reached up and grabbed my lip/chin in her fist turned my head towards her and planted wet lips to mine! She did it twice! I was laughing SOOO hard!

Memory Lane

Recently for an assignment in school I had to write about some of my life experiences and people who have influenced me. The assignment reminded me of some pretty funny things!
My grandmother is the BEST when it comes to forgiveness!!! For some reason whenever my cousins and I got together when we were little we would get in BIG trouble. I can remember several times when we messed up things at her house and had to go tell her. Specifically I remember one time we were going to put on a play for the family. We were trying to find a quite place (away from the other kids) to practice so they wouldn’t see our play before we performed. We decided that Grandmother’s craft room was the best place. She had locked it to keep the little kids from ruining her things. We found the key and let ourselves in. While practicing our play we got a little distracted. My cousin and I decided to have a karate war…one kick…and BOOM!!! Rachel went flying into the tower of paint cans! (Grandmother’s house was on the market and they were in the process of painting all the rooms) One of the paint cans spilt ALL OVER Grandmother’s brand new carpet! She was so quick to forgive us. I remember being terrified when my mom told us we had to tell her. Another time my cousin Danielle and I were making cookies one Sunday afternoon. All of the adults were napping. For some reason we had decided that the cookies tasted better if you threw the dough up in the air a few times before cooking it…well the throwing got a little out of control…one of the cookies stuck to the ceiling of Grandmother’s 4 month old house and left a big greasy spot! Panicked we threw flour on the ceiling to try to cover our tracks, we even took tooth picks and tried to scrap all the dough out of the pattern on the ceiling. Once we realized it was still noticeable despite our best efforts we knew we had to tell Grandmother. She laughed!

Blueberry Girl!

So apparently Savannah LOVES blueberries! It all started one morning when I was feeding her the usually (baby oatmeal cereal). She seemed bored, and frankly so was I! SOOO...I got this genius idea to blend up blueberries for her to try! At first she wouldn't even try them...probably because she thought it was the boring cereal. But I was able to sneak a bite in when she turned her head, she spit it out, then immediately snaped her head back around towards me with her mouth open waiting for more! And that's how we discovered Savannah's love for blueberries!
Blueberries are VERY messy!!! The whole time I was feeding them to her I was thinking about Violet from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory, you know the part where she eats the chewing gum she wasn't suppose to and blew up like a blueberry!

We cheated, and I let her have a little lemonade...She made a sour face but wanted more!

Big Girl!

Yesterday we had a visit with the doctor! Savannah was having a grand ol' time. Until the nurse came in with the shots! The first shot Savannah got really stiff and then just before she stuck her with the second one she started screaming. I picked her up immediately after and it took all of 2 seconds for her to stop. The nurse was headed out the door when she realized she'd forgotten something on the counter. She turned around to get it and Savannah let out another loud scream, almost like a warning, "YOU BETTER LEAVE ME ALONE LADY!!!" The nurse left and Savannah was just fine. The doctor gave the ok for solids and suggested we get a sippy cup. So on the way home we picked up Savannah's first sippy cup. She loves it, except for when she bonks herself in the head with it, which she has done several times now!
Dallin wanted to try feeding her, after about 2 minutes he says, "Um, I think you better do this!"
She had it from ear to ear and up her nose! But she was enjoying Dallin's attention.