let it snow

miss. savannah isn't too sure about the snow, but for her birthday aunt jamie and uncle jon jon got her this way cute snow outfit, which thank heavens they bought a size too big so we will actually get some use out of it next winter, but i decided to at least 'dress her up" in it and take a few pictures last weekend.
although she wasn't too sure about the snow or the outfit, she loved laying in the wagon and going for a ride.
ya gotta love a baby all bundle up in winter gear with pink cheeks.

an obsession

this obsession of savannah's isn't new..just continual. she LOVES the remote, and quite often points it at the tv and pushes buttons, waiting for it to do something. sometimes i think.. ut oh.. are we watching too much tv...especially since she knows when all of her favorite shows are on. mickey mouse clubhouse. my friends tigger and pooh and especially sesame street..i think it also comes with winter.. in the summer we are outside and gone so much our tv never gets used. all and all i think it's a funny and delightful obsession... sometimes. :0)
excuse the pictures (lighting was BAD)

even if

even if i did design a new blog header and stuff.. i am in a total funk. a creative funk. a teaching slump. ughhh..i hate january and most of february...maybe i should have a better attitude about it..and i don't like being in a funk but i'm there and i need help getting out of it... any suggestions...

new header

sooo... i designed this new header... see above, and blogger won't let me load it in the headers spot. I am so frustrated... does anyone have any good ideas on how to fix this.

check this out.

my friend tiff that i grew up with in the same ward and stuff, has a great new blog where she reviews kids stuff. I love checking it out. Right now she is doing a giveaway. make sure you check it out. babesandkids.blogspot.com

somethings...

I got tagged by my friend Brittney... i was reading her tag, and to got to the bottom and shucks I was tagged... when you get to the bottom of mine you will see what i mean. :0)

Something I want to see: Washington D.C., Scotland and Italy.

Something that inspires me: faith when something tragic happens. beautiful architect. giving people. temples. my family and friends.

Something that makes me angry: the new law against homemade goodness. crazy drivers on winter roads.

Something that hurts a little: unkind words

Something I've gotten used to: not sleeping for more than a 4 hour stretch. :0)

Something I collect: Scrapbook Supplies. Baby clothes. (at least is seems that way since she’s growing so fast.) Porcelain dolls.

Something I always carry with me: Diaper bag. Cell Phone. Camera.

Something I want to be: A better mother. A teacher with a master. A gardener.

Something I dread: having to stay or go to the hospital for any reason.

Something that I have learned: that the laundry, dishes and vacuuming will still be there, but my baby won’t be a baby forever.

Something I read: The Book of Mormon, children’s books at home and at school. (the tale of despereaux is our current fave at school, at home.. anything with animals.) magazines and idea books

Something I want to understand: photoshop.

Someone I'm going to tag: Anyone caught reading this (Yes, that means YOU!)
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just because

just because she is mine.

just because she is a pocket full of sunshine.

just because things are tough right now, and she makes us happy every day.

just because she is so full of life.

just because today for the first time, she said grandma.

just because she is slowly learning to walk.

just because i love her to the moon and back.

just because.

this little piggy

my baby has pig tales.. perhaps it is only me that this excites, but ooohhh is she just too cute with those little piggies stickin straight up...she doesn't like them much though..

bath crazy...

i think savannah would live in the bath tub if we let her.

i think it is so funny her desire to play in the water.

recently she has graduated from her bath seat which has given her a whole new sense of freedom and the bath is like a whole new world. she loves to splash, and ducks are her new obsession... oh the life of a babe.

knock on wood

i don't know what happened over the past week, but my babe slept through the night four nights in a row, and the fifth until 4 am bottle wakeup at 7 am..sometimes i think i am going crazy and that i'm not hearing her or something... but sleep makes a difference...i feel more alive...yeah!!!!

but really, who can deny her ... i mean who doesn't want to cuddle a 2 am with this cutie.. or at 3 am or at 11 pm... oh the life of a mother.

a little drive

about a week ago, we decided to go for a little drive up to alpine to see the elk. now as a kid, i remembered there being thousands of elk.. now not so many, but the drive was beautiful.

miss. savannah slept the whole way there and part of the way back. what a sweetheart.

savannah at one.

it's sad and hard to say that my baby is now a toddler..okay.. to me she is still a baby, no matter what anyone else tells me. but some of her stats at one are..

• she is 31 inches tall
• weighs 25 lbs
• can say mama, dada, izzie and reese (grandma's dogs), kitty, dog, yeah, mmmm (more)
• she can count to 3. (hard to believe but it's true)
• crawls like a maniac.
• uses furniture to walk.. no independent walking yet.
• still toothless
• loves goldfish crackers, cheese, chicken and yogurt bites.
• getting better at using a spoon and a sippy cup.
• loves to read books especially books about animals. knows that a cow moos.. soo funny to hear her say it.
• loves to play with the cat and reese.
• is happy unless it's 8 p.m. then she wants her mama and her bed.
• feeds herself her own bottle.
• LOVES milk. when we first started giving it to her, she would only drink milk, nothing else for about a week. too funny.
• knows that when the garage opens it means that dada is home.
• LOVES baths. has graduated from her bath seat.
• plays catch. she has a really good arm.. maybe a future softball player.
• loves to dance and clap to music.
• says yeah and then everyone is expected to clap... no she's not spoiled at all..
• is learning how to climb on to things.
• loves to go for rides. (this is so different from when she was little. She hated the car and her car seat. I tried to not to go to town because she would cry the whole way there and back.)
• plays peek-a-boo and loves to be chased while she is crawling.
• loves to climb into a laundry basket full of clean clothes and then throw them on the floor. she also likes to unfold clean laundry.
• gives big kisses and hugs.
• loves her baby dolls.
  

and two days after christmas...

Savannah turned ONE!

so the week of Christmas is a busy one for us.. first christmas, then the 27th savannah turned one, and on the 31st momma turned 27. Since it is more fun to brag and show pictures of my baby, we are just going to skip my birthday... except to say, I was simply spoiled.

miss. savannah...oh what a cutie... she loved the attention on her birthday and her presents. all of my family including her great grandma and second cousins were at our house, and all of nate's family came. Plus aunt katie and uncle tim... momma and dads greatest friends were in attendance. It was a great party if you ask us. here are a few pictures from the celebration...

the new ball popper. seriously the best toy invented.. except for the carnival like music.. if only it had a mute button.

the family...we sure love this little monkey..

eating cake.. she really didn't like it... only tried a little of the frosting and then off to play with toys and cousins.

sporting her great onsie.. i fount it at freddies the morning of her party. with a cupcake and babies first birthday. it was perfect. gotta love carters.

loving her new pink bear from aunt katie and uncle tim. happy birthday banana cakes.. we sure do love you oodles and noodles baby girl.

better late than never...

well, I am finally posting about christmas.

We had a pretty low key Christmas this year. Both of our families live within five miles of each other and we usually make it to both houses every year. This year, seeing how we had Savannah, we spent Christmas morning at home. It was fun to see Savannah get into opening presents. Granted she liked the boxes and paper and moms new mixer more than anything. Your perspective on Christmas definately changes when you have little ones.

daddy's new shoes..

new mega block pian from great aunt karen.. she is in love with this thing. in fact we've had to hide it from her, because it also frustrates her. funny girl.

and momma's beaters to her new mixer. The best gift from santa, if you ask savannah

After our morning together and a good nap, we headed out to Nate's parents house. It was snowing like crazyand we had to take our car back home and trade for the truck so we could make it there.

then off to my parents, where savannah was asleep for the first two hours of the adventure, and my family waited for her to wake up before we had christmas. It was a wonderful day spent with family.

all in all it was a quiet, but delightful day.I love the holidays.

crazy 8's

so... i can't seem to remember to grab my camera before i come to school so i can upload pictures at lunch.. urghh.. i need to be more ORGANIZED. i swear one day it will happen
for now.. a little tag.

Crazy 8's
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Macaroni Grille

2. Plum Loco

3. Market Street Grill
5. my momma's house :0)
6. Texas Road house
7. anything Pizza

8. Mc Donalds (just mc nuggets)

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1. Criminal Minds
2. Without a Trace

3. CSI

4. anything HGTV

5. What not to wear

6. the news

7. still standing
8. according to jim

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Brushed my teeth
2. Went to 4th grade

3. practiced a skit for the assembly next tuesday

4. Ate mac and cheese for lunch.. thank you lunch ladies

5. played peek a boo for 30 minutes with the babe

6. read books with the babe. her favorite thing to do...already a book worm.
7. made pot pies for dinner

8. laundry

8 Things I'm looking Forward too
1. Summer Break...i know it's forever away

2. our anniversary

3. going to Oklahoma

4. Valentines day ( my favorite party at school)

5. my sister coming back to idaho
6. making cinnamon rolls this weekend
7. seeing my baby and honey every day

8. my grandma's birthday party.. it's a kicker.. every year!! :0)

8 Wishes
1. that i had more time to scrapbook/be crafty.
2. sleeping all night for a couple of nights
3. School was over
4. I had a maid who did my laundry and dishes

5. There was no such thing as money and bills and debt...
6. I had a scottie dog

7. that i knew how to make better dinners.
8. that i was more organized

i tag, becca, sherie and miss. katie.

sweetwater lane

so I don't usually do plugs for businesses and stuff, but there is this sweet little store in rigby that sells scrapbooking and fabric and for the next two days, all the scrapbooking and fabric purchases are 60% off. And i don't know about you, but this just makes me a little giddy.
so go and check it out. maybe i'll see you there.

back from break

i am back from our holiday break. It feels good to be in a routine again. Sad to leave my baby at grandma's but I know she is oh so loved there. expect lots of pictures in the next few days...a very handsome santa brought me a new camera and soo... lots of pictures of the past couple of weeks.