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!
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!!
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 :)
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!
Savannah is getting bigger and more fun every day! She loves to smile and has discovered this insanely high pitched scream that she LOVES to do all the time (I, on the other hand, am not such a huge fan...) She rolls onto her tummy from her back, and as of this week can go from her tummy to her back. This is a huge accomplishment, because now she doesn't wake up screaming because she's stuck! She can flip herself over instead of crying for us to come do it for her. She now picks up everything she sees (including cell phones) and puts them straight into her mouth. Once she's a little more mobile, I'm really going to have to watch what's on the floors - especially dog toys and dog food. Oh, and little girl LOVES to be outside. That should make for a fun summer!
Savannah is such a daddy's girl. It's really adorable. Whenever he comes around, she gets so excited - she breaks out in this huge grin and flails excitedly around. When she gets really upset, I can hold her forever and she keeps on screaming. Daddy takes her and she calms down (most of the time...) I love the bond that those two already have. I think it's so sweet! I also love the way Jacob gets so excited to see her. He just lights up and can't stop talking about how wonderful our little girl is. I really treasure that! I'm going to copy a quote he put up on Facebook a few weeks ago:
This baby is like a sickness. When she was born I was able to be somewhat objective. Now I have no idea what she's actually like or how she actually looks because she just seems pretty much perfect to me. It's like one of those movies where the main character knows he's hallucinating but it's so hard to keep a hold of what's real.
She also started solid foods this week! She doesn't really like the rice cereal, but each time I feed her she eats a few more bites. She also isn't sure about the sippy cup. She just wants to chew on it. But she does pick it up and pull it to her mouth, so that's a good start. She is changing on a daily basis and sometimes I feel like I can't keep up! It happens so fast. But the bigger she gets, the happier she gets because she can actually do things. That makes everyone happy! At her 4 month weigh in she was 15 pounds even and 25 inches long. That was at the beginning of April, so who knows how big she actually is now! I had to pack up all her 6 month clothes a few weeks ago and get all her 9 month stuff ready. That happened fast! I'm hoping she slows down a little now...
Finally, Savannah is in love with Bowser! She can't get enough of him licking her, laying next to her or playing around her. She doesn't really laugh on a regular basis, but Bowser playing with her or around her will cause a lot of those adorable giggles. She loves to watch him and pet him. He just eats up the new attention. She pokes his eye or pulls on his face and he just wags his tail and gives her kisses. It's so sweet. I love watching those two interact.
I think I'm just not cut out to be a good blogger anymore. I am always thinking of things I should post about, but sitting down to actually post them is a whole different story! So, I'm just going to break things down!
To start off with - our garden and back yard! I know I tend to mention things we do around our house and then say I will post pictures later, and it turns out I'm a liar! I never go back to post pictures. Oh well. But today I actually have pictures to post! YAY!
So we planted our garden this year and so far it's growing really well! We planted lots of stuff like spinach, tomatoes, peppers (lots of different kinds), radishes (yuck!), carrots, pole beans and cucumbers. I've probably left something out, but you get the gist. Lots of stuff! We planted it one Sunday in April, and with Jacob's parents help, we got it all done! Joel even built the nice little wall around it! He's super awesome like that.
And this is what is looks like today! It's doing pretty well. As you can tell, we still have some weeding and things we need to do, but overall it's going much better than it did last year. Sweet!
Jacob and his dad have also built a retaining wall and are going to be putting in a deck soon, so we will have lots more to show of our back yard by the end of the summer! For now though, I will just stick to the garden.
Well, this is the little one on her 3 month mark - I really should do cuter pictures, but for some reason I always forget. Silly me! She's a pretty big baby, but carries it well. She goes in for her four month check up next week, but last time I had her weighted (at a week or so before her 3 month mark) she was 13 pounds 3 ounces. So, I'm thinking she is at least 14 pounds, probably more and she is quite long too! She doesn't get that height from me! But because she is so big, we have gotten to start putting her in her Bumbo and her activity center, which she loves. She's got a really strong neck, and is keeping it steady about 90% of the time. It's getting better every day!
Two of her favorite things right now would have to be bath time and the song "I Want It That Way" (she is her mothers daughter....) She LOVES to splash in the bathtub and will stay in there as long as we let her! It's so cute and fun to see her so happy to just be in the water!! That means she will love going to the pool this summer - SCORE! As for the song choice, it's hilarious to me - I have no idea why (I did not listen to it when I was pregnant or anything) but she will be so mad and screaming and crying, and when I put that song on, she quiets right up! It has a 90% accuracy rate. It was an accidental discovery, but the more I test the theory, the more it seems to work! She's so funny!
Sleeping on Daddy at church
Looking cute to meet Brandy for lunch :)
We also took her on her first cabin trip! We go up to this fantastic cabin a few times a year with a great group of friends and it's so much fun. A great relaxing weekend. The weather was great so we got to take a walk, go down to the river and hang out in the sun on the porch. I already can't wait to go back! Savannah did pretty dang well, and we discovered that she LOVES to be outside. If she's fussy, we can take her out and she quiets up. She loves the sun and the breeze, so her and Jacob napped together out there for a little while :) Heather got some cute pics of her while we were up there, so I thought I'd post them too! She's also got some good stories from the weekend, along with more pics on her blog!
Other than that, we have been busy, but nothing terribly exciting. I'm still learning so much every day about being a mom...I can see that the learning never will stop. Savannah is a fun little girl and we love having her in our lives! She can be stressful too - she is very determined to get what she wants and she has a bit of a temper, but then she starts smiling and it makes the stress melt away. I know that she will be happier when she's a little bigger and can actually play and do things, but until then we will keep on figuring it out as we go!
