Happy birthday to you!

Ok, so I'm so far behind that there is no way to catch up. Here is a picture post from Savannah's first birthday, back on December 2nd. The difference between her then and now is crazy! Those are for another post. For now, here are pictures of my adorable birthday girl, and some family and friends :)

Rachel, Tai and Carter - some of her favorite aunts and uncle!

Savannah and Ben :)

My mom, Savannah, Cari and Kendall

Savannah and her aunt Taralee

My mom, me and Savannah

My mom made this really beautiful Dr. Seuss quilt for Savannah - it's awesome!

My brother, me and Savannah

And there will always be a part of me nobody else is ever gonna see butyou and me, my little girl

Let's play catch up - in photo form! It's almost time for a "my baby is a one year old" post, but since I still have a few weeks, I figure I will share some random pics from months 10 and 11 :)

Things change with her all the time, but one of the constants is her love for Bowser. She loves to stand at the back door and watch him run around - she yells and hits the window and eggs him on. It's cute. She pulls herself up on everything and walks along things as long as she can hold on. She will babble your ear off all day long and yells at the top of her impressive little lungs. She smiles a lot and still loves her daddy more than anything. She has a stubborn streak in her that she come by very honestly. I love watching her figure new things out every day!

Anyways, enough rambling! Now for some random pictures...

Baby and Puppy Prison!

Watching Bowser play outside

She got super excited when Bowser came running back with his Frisbee. 

Sitting on Daddy's lap at church - I love how she crosses her ankles!!

Just being cute!

There was a farmer who had a dog and Bowser was his name-o....

Savannah and Bowser are the dynamic duo these days. We couldn't be more grateful that we picked Bowser - he is so good with Savannah! He puts up with a lot - she pulls him, hits him and tugs on his ears and tail, and he will just lick her face. He does, on occasion try to avoid her, but she can't stand that so she army crawls around following him until he pays attention to her. She has even started to crawl on top of him when he's laying on the floor, and he won't get up until she's safely off of him. They are so cute together! I don't think these pictures will do it justice, but I'll post them anyways. I have more of these on our computer, but you get the idea!

I love how excited she gets when she sees him, how hard she laughs at him when he's running around after his ball and I love how gentle Bowser is with her. My biggest complaint would have to be the kisses - she LOVES it when he licks her, and it's kind of gross. Oh well!

It was a bash...it was a boxer bash!!

So a week or two ago, we decided to take Bowser to the dog park. The Atlanta Boxer Rescue, who I do volunteer work for on occasion, has this monthly doggie play groups called the Boxer Bash. We've never taken Bowser before, so we thought we'd give it a try. Turns out - he loved it!! He was very well behaved too. At first he was skittish and shy, but after awhile he was running around with all of them! I only had my phone, so I didn't get great shots, but here are a few! You can see how worn out he was by the end :) We will definitely be taking him again this month!!

If you say your goodbyes and hello to blue skies, Sendin' a postcard from your Pacific Coast eyes

Savannah is officially pulling herself up on EVERYTHING! It's crazy - it just started happening so fast. This is fun to watch, because it makes her incredibly happy. However, it also leads to some cuts and bruises... Poor kid! My favorite is when she tries to do it with a toy in her hand. She's a very stubborn girl and when she falls down, she cries for a second and is at it again. It's cute to have her standing on her crib sand waving excitedly to see you when I go in to get her up! Here's a few pics of her doing her thing :)

We are holding hands in the rain, saying words like I love you; Do you love me? Yeah

So I've just discovered that blogger has an app! Now I can blog from my phone. This may actually perfect, since I never seem focus when I'm at a computer. We will see how this goes!

I have lots of updates to talk about, but for now I will just leave you with some pictures and a brief update of my 9 month old! Crazy, huh?!

Savannah is 19 pounds and 28.5 inches long. She has a great mischievous face, as seen below, and is getting into everything. She army crawls, waves, babbles ma ma ma and da da da, and LOVES playing with other kids. In fact, she went to a nursery a week or two ago while I shopped a consignment sale and they had to put her in the 12 to 24 month room because she wasnt happy until they let her play with the big kids! She also is pulling herself up to a standing position. We come in to get her out of her crib and she will stand there and wave at us.

Bowser is still her favorite, but those stories/pictures/video deserve their own post. All I can say is that Bowser is the sweetest dog ever!! He puts up with a lot and still loves that little girl a whole lot.

We've had a fun summer and I hope to post about some of the stuff we have done soon!