cute things Savi does

She’s at that age! She’s starting to talk, and it’s so cute.

* She has finally learned how to ask for agua (water). Except she says “adua”. It’s adorable.

* She LOVES dolls. She calls them all “baby” (so cute!). We got her a baby a month or so ago, and she’s obsessed with that thing. She asks for it all the time and God forbid we leave it at home while we’re out! She also likes to hold onto stuff animals, especially to fall asleep, just like her mommy. :-)

* She likes to have me nurse whatever stuffed animal or baby she has in the mornings when we lay in bed and cuddle while nursing. She puts the doll in the appropriate position and makes nursing noises. She also will have her dolls drink from the sippy cup.

* I had an old (faux) pearl necklace that she loves. She also likes to lounge on this little foldable booster seat we got for traveling and camping.
Lounging with goldfish and pearls

* I took a great video of her walking with my cell phone, but it’s too big to upload. Grr. When I pull it off my phone, the sound doesn’t come with it. Apparently I need some sort of program to convert the file, or something. I dunno. I prefer to just use my Flip camcorder, but the darn thing makes noises when you turn it on, and Savannah LOOOOOVES playing with it. So I can’t secretly videotape her – she hears the noise and comes over to investigate. I should check the settings to see if there’s a way to turn the noise off. So that explains why there have been no walking videos.

* She is so polite – she says “thank you”. It sounds like “thaaaaaaank tyou”. She’s pretty good about saying at the appropriate times, but she also says it when she’s trying to give something to you. (Probably because I always say thank you when she hands me something.)

* She LOVES balls. She loves to throw them and go get them. She found an onion in the kitchen a little while ago and I keep finding that thing in different parts of the house. I have a wadded up “ball” of painter’s tape from when we painted the shutters, and that’s her favorite because it doesn’t roll very well (and therefore doesn’t get away from her as easily).

* She is still going to weekly physical therapy. I think we’re in the final months, but not sure exactly how much longer we’ll need to go. I stopped going with her into the room with the PT a while ago because she was too distracted by my presence. It’s kinda nice to have a break to just sit and read, or even just shut off my brain for an hour. Her PT says she’s doing great. They’ve been working on stairs and inclines and walking on different textures and surfaces.


how much things can change in a year!

Tomorrow marks one year since Paul and I first visited our church. We attended off and on for a few months, but I think by July we were committed and we haven’t looked back!

It was fun to reread this post I wrote a year ago, about my initial thoughts about this church. The biggest thing I noticed about reading what I wrote is that after three years of attending our former church, we were still struggling to make friends. After a year of attending our new church, we really truly fit in there. We aren’t trying to make friends, we have MADE friends. We are comfortable with the people there, and find the fellowship refreshing.

I definitely miss some things about our old church, but for the most part I haven’t looked back. This past weekend we attended the wedding of two of our church members. It was so nice to sit at the reception and just enjoy being with everyone.

A few pictures from the wedding:
My first time in the new chapel!
This was my first time inside the chapel that my old church recently built. Gorgeous! There was a nice reception room downstairs, and that made it easy to have a Saturday wedding and not bother the Saturday evening services at the church.

First dance
Bride and groom

Grace and Kristi
Love this picture!

Cicely, Mommy, Savannah, Kristi, Ayden, Sara
I want to go dance, Mommy!

Ayden, Savannah, and Keilah dancing
I had trouble getting non blurry pictures, but of course I had to take a ton because Savannah was walking around and dancing like crazy! I love how the focus is on her face and blurry everywhere else.

Dancing Savannah
This picture is just full of energy!

Getting the dance moves on!
Mah peeps!

Keilah and Carter dancing with Angela!
I love our church’s attitude toward children – how they are celebrated and join us in our worship and fellowship

Savannah dancing with the flower girl
Savannah totally had a ball, making friends with the other toddlers and dancing her little heart out


car for sael

I spotted this sign a few days ago in a parking lot here in Atlanta. It made me laugh:
Car for sael

And if you go to this link and vote on the picture, then maybe it will appear on the failblog homepage. :-) That would be cool!


sickness

Paul is never, ever sick. Before this week, he called into work sick only twice during his almost 5 years at CNN. This past Monday, he called me in the afternoon saying he felt sick. I offered to pick him up, and he immediately accepted which surprised me. He was really feverish, so I put him to bed and got him Gatorade and chicken soup. Tuesday he called in sick. It was so weird to have him around the house! But he wasn’t really there – he slept much of the day, coming out only a few times. He went to work today, saying he had a lot he needed to get done, but he still felt pretty terrible. I picked him up as soon as his last meeting was done, and took him to the doctor (per his request). I had to drop him off because Savannah was much too hyper to wait quietly in a waiting room. Also, since I didn’t know I wasn’t coming right back home, I didn’t have her diaper bag or any toys with me.

While we waited for Daddy, I noticed Savannah’s diaper had leaked badly. I think that was contributing to her fussiness, so we went to a nearby drug store and picked up a small pack of diapers. I feel like this is the second time this has happened, so I’m thinking leaving a few diapers in the car for emergencies is probably a good idea! I also went to Target and found a cute little skirt on clearance to replace her wet pants, and because I hate the look of sposies and no pants. :-)

Anyways, the diagnosis was a bacterial infection. Paul was advised to stay home from work tomorrow, and to stay away from the two of us as he is still contagious. He was also given some antibiotics.

That’s the current adventure in our lives. Pretty boring, I know. I just hope neither Savannah nor I get sick either!