Happy Birthday Baby!

How is it possible that three years have gone by since this little angel joined our family? I hate to think how fast the next three years will go by.

My little Jeremy Jr. about a week old. You know, back when I was starving her.

Beautiful one-year-old birthday girl who has learned how to eat.

Darling two-year-old who still likes sweets and is all smiles.

I really can't believe how fast Savannah has grown. I feel like I've missed it all even though I'm with her all day every day. She is so smart and curious and constantly asking "what does that mean?" I guess three is really going to be harder than two. Annie has perfected tantrums, telling us "no", and pushing away her plate with a disgusted "eewwwww". She tries my patience, but I can't imagine a day without her.

I love you Savannah and I can't wait to see the woman you grow into, but please don't grow up too fast.

Beautiful Funny Girl

I may be biased, but has there ever been a cuter girl?!?

Contrary to popular belief, I actually do Savannah's hair on occasion. Of course it only stays cute for ten minutes and then she messes it up. Oh well, at least I caught this day on film.

Here is my darling Rosetta on Halloween. She was so excited to go trick-or-treating. She actually walked in those shoes for about five houses before she made me carry her. She doesn't understand why she can't go trick-or-treating anymore. "Halloween is over" just doesn't cut it.

Even Jer got into the Halloween spirit with his Harley gear. I threw on a witch costume at the last minute, but it wasn't worth a photo.

Annie got this trick-or-treat bag from Sonic and thought it made a beautiful hat. I had to remind her several times not to pull it down over her face. And yes, we do play ball while she's on the potty.

Savannah played in the dirt for to close to an hour on Sunday and this was the result. I don't know if you can see her face, but it was completely covered in dirt. She looked like a walking zombie!

I realize this photo is out of focus, but it's still cute. I don't know why Savannah insists on putting things on her head. At least these pull-ups were clean when she donned them.

Can you believe it has been three years since Annie was born?! She is SO excited for her Cars birthday party. She thinks everyone is coming to it. Today she told me her cousins were coming from Salt Lake to her party. She told everyone we saw at Walmart and the post office that it was her birthday. And you have never heard a greedier soon-to-be three year-old! Everything she sees is followed by "I wish I could have that for my birthday." Jer and I actually got a babysitter and went out birthday shopping last Friday! Hopefully Savannah will be happy with the presents we got her. I can't wait for her party either!

Another month disappears

How can this year be moving so fast?! I'll give you another quick update of what we've been doing.

The Brooks came to visit over UEA. We did a little shopping and went to Cici's Pizza. Can't beat $10 for three people and Savannah loves it!

We went to a little farm near us that has a few animals, pumpkins and a maze for the kids. Savannah had so much fun running through the maze with some other little girls that were there.

Two weekends ago we went to Mesquite for the Xtreme Couture Combat Weekend. Ampro was a sponsor so Jeremy had to "work." It's a rough life when you are forced to play army with your buddies! The highlight of the weekend for Jer was meeting UFC champ Randy Couture. I don't think Annie was too impressed.

The highlight of the month for me was having Sherie, Ike and Luke come visit. We did a little shopping, some crafting and a lot of sitting around listening to my brat cry! Can you believe this picture of Annie and Luke glued to the tv was the only picture I took that weekend!?

Last Friday we went to the Fall Festival at the local elementary school. Savannah got to pick out three little pumpkins of her own. She also got to play games and won a goldfish. She was so excited! Today I killed that fish. I changed the water and added some aquarium rocks and I guess he didn't like it. Savannah looked at him and said, "Mommy, my fish is not swimming." I said maybe he was sleeping. "No, his eyes are open. He woke up!" Jeremy is going to pick up a new one on his way home from work. Hopefully it lasts more than three days.

On Saturday Savannah went to a birthday party for a friend from our old ward. She played with the other kids for about two minutes and spent the rest of the time at my side begging to go on the swings. Can I rent kids for her to play with???

Well that sums up our month. I'll sign off with another observation from Savannah. "Chickens say bock, bock, bock and poop out some eggs." Happy Halloween!

The "Bum-Bum" Song

Have you heard Savannah talk about the bum-bum song? I never knew what she was talking about until now. While I was blog-hopping Annie came up behind me with a big grin on her face and said, "That's the bum-bum song!" a.k.a. Disturbia. Now we're listening to it for the third time! Here are her observations about this song:

• That's what Madi has.
• We listened to it downstairs and Clay had it in his room.
• Sherie has it in her craft room.

When I asked her how she got so smart to remember all that she said, "Because we danced to it everyday."

Aren't you glad the mystery has been solved?! Still waiting for reservations..........

Baby Sister

I made the mistake of accompanying Jer and Savannah into PetSmart and walked out with a new addition to the family.

Meet Zee. She is a 10 month old German Shepherd whose parents lost their house. Her full name is Zlata, but we think that's weird so we're just going with Zee. So far she has been very well behaved, but I'm sure that will change. It was one year ago today that we put Jake down and I hope he doesn't mind. Hopefully Zee will prove to be as good as Jake was.

While I'm here I might as well share some pics of little missy. Savannah likes to show everything to Zee, but she doesn't want her too close. I hope they will get along.

This is the face Savannah pulls when she is proud of something she has done. After I took the picture of Zee, she told me to take a picture of her and Mater. (That's him with the smiley face.) She is getting to be quite the artist.

I'll close with this observation by Savannah: "It's stinky in here like someone farted."

Lazy days of summer

Looks like I'm way behind again. Here's a quick recap.

We spent Labor Day weekend at Lake Powell. Savannah had lots of fun fishing and playing with her cousins.
Sherie gave Annie these Tinkerbell pajamas. (They aren't neon pink in real life, I guess it was just the flash.) She loves them and wants to wear them every night. I think the mustache is the perfect touch, don't you?
We went home for Kamree's baptism and family pictures. Why couldn't Savannah smile that cute in the family photos?
We took a roadtrip to Phoenix to see the Ruff's. Savannah was really good in the car. She had lots of fun with Morgan and Mason and doesn't seem to bear any scars from being lost at the Kids Faire.
Now we're back home and it's just Annie and me during the day (and most of the night. Jer just got home!) She spends a lot of time putting together her puzzles. She does the Wubbzy one over and over and is so proud of herself when she's done. She always comes to me for a hug and praise when she's finished with it. I love and hate this stage at the same time. She is so smart, cute, funny and independent, but lately has been very whiney and booby too. Please don't tell me this is just the beginning. I may end up locking myself in the bathroom!

On a side note, it's cooling down and our guest room is empty. What are you waiting for????

Compliments to the chef

"Mommy, that was the best pancakes with sprinkles in the world I ever tasted."

I wish everyone was that easy to please.