Savannah-- 2 YEARS!!

Well, this post has been a long time coming since Savannah turned 2 in January.  Since I lasted posted about her at about 18 months, she has changed a lot.  She has turned into a little girl, talking a lot more, and developing a little spitfire personality.  She knows what she wants and will scream to get it.  She loves her family.  She loves Jack and wants to do and copies everything that he does.  She is starting to love Jason, but still wants me if she is scared or sad.  We are little buddies.  Lately, she has taken to copying everything I do when I get ready in the morning.  She loves to put lotion on her face and hands, comb her hair and pretend to put on makeup.  She loves to play in the tub while I get dressed.  She is scared of loud big things such as, tractors, big trucks, even the beeping that trucks do when they back up will get her nervous.  She doesn't like my blow dryer either.  She is terrified, but fascinated by bugs.  Today, we were laying on a blanket in the front yard and I was laying there and she was walking around and she screamed so loud I thought her arm was chopped off all because she saw a spider scurrying along the porch.  She seriously screamed so loud and was just terrified when I picked her up and even after I had killed the spider.  Her speech has not developed normally.  She didn't really talk for awhile and when she did start talking a lot, she didn't follow the normal pattern.  She can say anything, but will only say it if she wants to say it.  She loves babies and putting them down for "nigh-nigh".  She also will hold her babies and cradle their heads and say "shhh".  That is funny to me because she really hasn't been around too many babies or seen me with very many babies so I think it is something that is inside of her.  She seems to be a nurturing personality.  She and Jack and getting to be really cute together and will play a lot more often now.  Jack really loves her and cares about her.  We were in St. George for Easter and Savannah got her head stuck in the bars on my grams porch.  Jack came running in, almost in tears, for me to come get her out.  That was really great to see the love that he has for her, without him really even knowing it.  She has a beautiful crooked little smile and is mostly very happy.  She is very dramatic and will make such funny faces.... surprised, mad, happy, anything really on command.  Because she has been slow to talk, we often ask Jack's opinion on things and lately she has been saying "ME TOO!"  to anything we ask him.  She loves animals, dogs and cats especially.  She loves Goie (Zoe) and our kitty and will play with them more than anyone else in the house.  She loves to dance and also play any sport that Jack is playing.  She shrugs her shoulders for no apparent reason and loves to be involved in the family.  She loves family home evening and asks for it every night.  She loves to eat and will eat Jack's lunch if he is too busy watching TV to get to it.  Overall, she is turning into a lovely little two year old and I love having her in the family.   I am excited to add another little child.  These kids are the best things I have ever done and I look forward to watching Savannah as she grows into the girl she will become. 

Pregnancy Update

 At about 16 weeks

 24-25 weeks

 At about 25 weeks

I was so good about updating when I was pregnant with Savannah.  Now, I can barely get to this every three months!! Since I am about 28 weeks pregnant, I thought I would give a brief update on how things are going with this pregnancy.  I have really liked having my updates to look back on.  So far, things have been going very well!!! This has been the easiest and most pleasant pregnancy of them all.  We got pregnant right out of the gate... one time shot. So, that right there was easier than Savannah.  I didn't get sick (not very much), Kris is pregnant with me and only a few days ahead of me.  I have been able to run and am still running.  Last week I ran 5 miles on Friday.  I am running about 2.5 twice a week and 5 once a week.  I bought a belt that has made all the difference.  Besides having to pee with every step, I can barely tell I have this giant basketball hanging off my tummy.  :) The weight gain has been good and I think I am within a pound of where I was with Savannah at this stage.  I weigh about 144, which makes the total about 16 pounds.  I'm pretty happy with that and feel pretty cute.  Everyone seems shocked when I say how far along I am and that is good for the ego when you feel like such a fatty.  :) The only eventful thing that has happened with this pregnancy is that I had to go back for another ultrasound at 22 weeks to get a better picture of her heart.  Nothing was wrong, and it was fun to see her again.  Other than that, this whole pregnancy has been PERFECT!! I go to the doctor tomorrow and will hopefully pass the glucose test and nail down a date to be induced.  We have bought a van and a bed (for Savannah) so those were the major things we needed to do to get ready for her.  I am super excited to have another girl.  Savannah loves babies and without really ever being around them, knows what to do with them and loves to put them to bed and feed them bottles.  I am hoping that she will love her just as much.  I think they will be great friends! I think we have settled on the name Molly, but we keep going back and forth.  It might change once she is here. 

WINTER PICTURES

She loves dolls!


He was excited!!


Coming through the tunnel.


Her first gift of Christmas.


Favorite gift... the WII!


Jack loses his first tooth.


She was being so goofy and trying to pose for this picture.


Savannah's first Christmas calendar.


Happy kids.


First present of Christmas.


My kiddies looking sweet.


Love how she is posing in this one!



Those two make me laugh.


Family photo 2011

Now, onto Savannah's birthday and a spring update. I hope to get to that before I have this baby!!

WINTER POST

Well, I am officially crappy at this blogging thing anymore. I don't even know what to say that has been going on. I guess the only news this time really (besides pictures and the usual updates with those) is that baby #3 is on the way. I am about 21 weeks along now and due on July 29th. It was so crazy because we got pregnant really fast this time around, so the pregnancy has flown by and I have felt relatively good. I am just beginning to pop out and am still able to run, thanks to an awesome maternity belt I bought to support my tummy. Working out makes all the difference in how you feel!! The kids are excited about the baby and Jack is into it more this time around than he was with Savannah. Savannah loves babies and anything to do with them, so I think she will be a great helper. She thinks that she has a baby in her tummy too! We are pretty excited that this one is another GIRL!! So, we are working on names and I'm super happy that Savannah will have a sister! Jack was "expecting a boy" but he seems okay with a girl too. Other than that, we are just hanging out and enjoying things.

Jack is almost down with Kindergarten. We thought about putting him into a Dual Immersion program at Horizon, but decided against it because he has such fun in the school he is in. He has the cutest little group of friends and I just can't bring myself to take him away from them. Two of them live on our street and it is such fun to have them run in and out and around everyday after school. He is getting better at reading and just learned how to ride his bike yesterday. He was so proud of himself and has been riding nonstop for the past two days. Makes me happy to have him away from video games for awhile!! He will start soccer in a few weeks and played basketball over the winter. I am excited to see him grow up even more over the next few months before 1st grade. I really can't believe that he is this big already!

Savannah is doing great and starting to talk a lot more. We were worried about that for awhile, but she is a good little communicator and will be talking a blue streak in no time. She is completely quirky and has such a funny little personality. She loves Jack and wants to do whatever it is that he is doing. She calls him "The Boy" and follows him around everywhere. He has such a busy social life, that she is mostly my little buddy and I love that she is still a mamas girl... unless I piss her off! :) I have a feeling she will love this summer. She loves to swim and be outside... so here's to me never getting anything done around the house!!

Jason and I are doing well. Jason's job is going very well and he enjoys it. I am still working and working out and keeping up with kids. Can't wait to have this baby and settle into a new normal. It seems when I am pregnant life gets put on hold a bit!!

FALL PICTURES

Visiting great grandparents on Halloween.


Halloween 2011




Pumpkin Patch


Carved pumpkins


Finish line at my 1/2 marathon in October.




Gardner Village with friends.


Cookie making with buddies from school.

Here are some fall pictures from 2011. I am making a resolution today to spend more time on this blog and get all the years from 2007-2011 printed up. I am pretty happy with how well I have done so far, but I have definitely slacked a bit and in interest of time, I will just post pictures with captions for now to get caught up. :)