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| If this isn't a priceless smile I don't know what is. She was so excited to get her birthday icccccce cream sundae. |
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| She loves to share, even her ice cream apparently. |
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| I just love watching how much Mikey adores his little girl. |
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Annual Birthday Trip to Ruby's
Annual Birthday Trip to Ruby's
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| If this isn't a priceless smile I don't know what is. She was so excited to get her birthday icccccce cream sundae. |
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| She loves to share, even her ice cream apparently. |
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| Such love. I just love watching how much Mikey loves his little girl. |
Friday, July 29, 2011
Happy 2nd Birthday Savannah Lyn
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| She loved the cupcakes grandma made for her! |
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| This picture pretty much sums up our girl. Her cousins gave her the Hello Kitty jewelry (that she has to wear each day now) and Grandaddy and Aunt Lyndsie picked out her fancy new shoes. Of course the baby is in one arm too. Love this girl so much! |
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| Nothing could distract her from eating her cupcake. Happy Birthday Princess! On her actual birthday we continued our tradition of going to Ruby's to get an ice cream Sundae, she loved it of course. |
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Mr. Lucas is getting big
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| This little guy is loves his play time in Rylee's jumper. He is such a happy baby, we are falling in love with him more each day. Such a sweet boy. |
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| Mornings with this little guy are the best! He is all giggles (once he eats of course) and so smiley. It's so much fun playing with him and seeing how happy he is just from our smiles and faces we make at him. He love 'Pat a Cake.' |
Leaps and Jumps
Our little girl is so quickly growing up. She is almost 2 and wow has she made some leaps the last few months.
`She is no longer a thumb sucker, yeah!!!!
`She is potty trained (in the day, we haven't tackled the night time yet).
`And she has officially moved into her new big girl bed.
She is such a smart girl and I'm so proud of her big accomplishments. If I'm proud of her at 2, I can't imagine how it will feel when she's older...oh I'll be an emotional mess soon :) I'll post some pics from her 2nd Birthday party soon...
`She is no longer a thumb sucker, yeah!!!!
`She is potty trained (in the day, we haven't tackled the night time yet).
`And she has officially moved into her new big girl bed.
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| We must have sat in her room playing with her animals for almost an hour. She had to find the daddy, mommy, and baby for each type of animal. I love her persistent 'ness.' She was concerned for the baby if we couldn't find the mommy. Oh, she is so sweet! |
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Oops, it's been a while
Time has slipped by and I forgot about blogging. We have just been loving family time since Mike's been done with his big test, which I must say he did absolutely fantastic on. He is such a hard worker who dedicates so much effort to doing his best at whatever is at hand. One of the many reasons I love him so much.
As I was reflecting back and writing in Savi's journal today I shed some tears. Tears of joy, happiness, a little bit of guilt, and laughter. I realized how much change has come up in her little world in the last few months. Yes, I know, kids are resilient and I've seen that first hand, but it does hit you a little regardless when change that has occurred is because of choices you chose to make. She has gained a new brother, a new living arrangement and a new home all in 3 months. I think she is just now adjusting and feeling 'normal.' Well, maybe it's just me and now I'm able to see her more at ease and happy. All I know is I finally have felt lately like things are smooth and back to normal.
Lucas is doing so great, and Savannah and I are back to our normal routine. He doesn't mind one bit when she attempts to feed him, or when she changes his diaper. I'm thinking he kind of enjoys his big sister using him as her dolly :) It's so precious the way he looks up at her and smiles, it melts my heart. Savi loves to read, play outside in the water, and do crafts. Now it's even more fun because beeebeee (Lucas) gets to be involved too. Lucas just loves his sissy more each day. She thinks it's so much fun to choose a book from his book basket at night for him to read. She still loves her sleep, and will hang out in her room until I get her. Sometimes she'll just stay in there for hours, literally! She is so good at just entertaining herself. I miss her, so I sneak in to see if she's up and there she is just playing with a doll or reading a book, or sometimes just singing looking out the window.
A couple other big things in her little world. She is almost totally potty trained (we haven't attempted night time yet). She enjoys her teeeet (treat) after she goes potty. She also is no longer a thumb sucker. This little girl is so quick at learning, and a direction follower that's for sure! She's growing up so fast.
This is an all over the place post, but I'm just loving my babies, family and God. We are loving our new church and enjoying the message and music so much each week.
I'll post some pics next time...
As I was reflecting back and writing in Savi's journal today I shed some tears. Tears of joy, happiness, a little bit of guilt, and laughter. I realized how much change has come up in her little world in the last few months. Yes, I know, kids are resilient and I've seen that first hand, but it does hit you a little regardless when change that has occurred is because of choices you chose to make. She has gained a new brother, a new living arrangement and a new home all in 3 months. I think she is just now adjusting and feeling 'normal.' Well, maybe it's just me and now I'm able to see her more at ease and happy. All I know is I finally have felt lately like things are smooth and back to normal.
Lucas is doing so great, and Savannah and I are back to our normal routine. He doesn't mind one bit when she attempts to feed him, or when she changes his diaper. I'm thinking he kind of enjoys his big sister using him as her dolly :) It's so precious the way he looks up at her and smiles, it melts my heart. Savi loves to read, play outside in the water, and do crafts. Now it's even more fun because beeebeee (Lucas) gets to be involved too. Lucas just loves his sissy more each day. She thinks it's so much fun to choose a book from his book basket at night for him to read. She still loves her sleep, and will hang out in her room until I get her. Sometimes she'll just stay in there for hours, literally! She is so good at just entertaining herself. I miss her, so I sneak in to see if she's up and there she is just playing with a doll or reading a book, or sometimes just singing looking out the window.
A couple other big things in her little world. She is almost totally potty trained (we haven't attempted night time yet). She enjoys her teeeet (treat) after she goes potty. She also is no longer a thumb sucker. This little girl is so quick at learning, and a direction follower that's for sure! She's growing up so fast.
This is an all over the place post, but I'm just loving my babies, family and God. We are loving our new church and enjoying the message and music so much each week.
I'll post some pics next time...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Instructions for Housewives
As I was reading, there was a section in my book that gave tips on how to be an uplifting wife and mother during the 'killer hour' (the hour of getting dinner ready and on the table). It came from an old high school economics book that was used back in the 1950s. I thought it was quite interesting...take it for what it's worth.
1. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead to let your husband know that you've been thinking about him and his needs.
2. Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when your husband arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking.
3. Clear away the clutter. Make a trip through the main part of the house just before he's home, gathering up schoolbooks, toys, paper etc.
4. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash their hands and faces. They are little treasures, and he would like to see them playing the part.
5. Minimize the noise. At the time of his arrival eliminate noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher etc. Be happy to see him.
6. Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through during the day.
7. Make him comfortable. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.
8. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
9. Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places, instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure an his need to be home and relax.
10. The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where hour husband can feel refreshed.
1. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead to let your husband know that you've been thinking about him and his needs.
2. Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when your husband arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking.
3. Clear away the clutter. Make a trip through the main part of the house just before he's home, gathering up schoolbooks, toys, paper etc.
4. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash their hands and faces. They are little treasures, and he would like to see them playing the part.
5. Minimize the noise. At the time of his arrival eliminate noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher etc. Be happy to see him.
6. Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through during the day.
7. Make him comfortable. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.
8. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
9. Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places, instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure an his need to be home and relax.
10. The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where hour husband can feel refreshed.
Sibling Love
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| My loves... |
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| He wasn't too sure about his silly sissy. |
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| She finished her bath and wanted to hold him by herself for the first time. He wasn't too excited about it, but she sure was. |
Sssssssnake Day
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| She sure didn't want to hold any of them, but she loved looking at each and every one of them. |
Savannah has been all about snakes, so a few weeks ago we went to the reptile store where she could look at all the snakes she could ever want to see.
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