Finally...

Just a quick post to say Savannah is sleeping in her own bed all night! I know most of you think it's five years too late, but we are happy. Each night she wakes up and gets me to go to the bathroom, then she just climbs back in her bed and snores away. She says it's because she is almost six. I can't believe she is so big.

Kindergarten!!!

I don't know how it happened, but five years flew by and Savannah started kindergarten yesterday. I have shed a few tears over it (hard to believe I know). I'm sure I wouldn't have cried if I was current on my meds, but it feels good to feel sad about it. While I hope it's not the case, I realize it is possible she will be the only child I ever send to kindergarten. I am tearing up thinking about it now. Enough of that - I will focus on how excited Savannah is about school.

Last Thursday we attended the open house at her school. She got to meet her teacher (Mrs. Morales) and find her seat. She has three friends from preschool who are in her class and I have no doubt she will make a bunch more.

I made her favorite dinner on Sunday night - chicken crescents. She ate the leftovers with a rootbeer for breakfast at 8:30 and again for lunch a few hours later.

Here she is all ready to go. Jer took most of the day off work so he could be part of the milestone. We walked with her to the playground outside of her classroom, she gave us a love and lined up saying "hello kindergarten!"

She had a great day and even got a green card to prove it. (When she gets 10 green cards she can pick out a prize from the treasure box) Today when I dropped her off at school she didn't even want me to walk her to her room. She just shouted "love you more" and ran to play with her friends. It might have made me sad if I wasn't on crutches. I can't wait to hear all about her day and hope she never loses her enthusiasm for school.

 

I really can't believe how fast she has grown up. I wish I remembered more details from when she was little. Maybe we will watch old videos of her tonight while I try not to cry.

 

 

Hello again

Yes, we are still alive.

And yes, I am still as lazy as ever.

Here is another quick update in pictures.

Daddy let Savannah make my bed and get herself ready for the day.

Since Saturday morning donut runs don't involve me,

I'm sure everyone thinks Jer is a single dad!

Here she is with the tissue cover she made all by herself on the sewing machine she got for Christmas. Last week she mended Bear-Bear's clothes for me. She's talented!

The Friend has a section where they show pictures of kids reading the magazine. Of course she wanted in on the action.

Savannah loved the cruise and trip to Florida. Her favorite parts were swimming without a life jacket and holding the baby alligator.

Here she is skipping down the street in Key West. She stopped passers-by to ask if they thought her new dress was pretty. She doesn't have a problem with confidence!

Savannah has amazing fashion sense!

This is what she wore to play in the backyard the other day.

I will leave you with a peek at Savannah's smart, funny mind.

I picked up McDonald's and met up with Tracy and Kayla at a soccer game down here.

While Savannah was dipping her french fries in ranch, I was telling Kayla about our cruise and said that Savannah was in seventh heaven. Savannah chimed in with, "Yeah, and now I'm in eighth because this ranch is so good!"

Love and miss you!

Annie in Pictures

Just thought I'd share some cute photos of Savannah.

Here is the tool girl. She made a tool belt and pretended to fix the table.

Here she is looking so cute for church. On the way home I asked her what she did in primary. She said, "We didn't get cookies cause it's fast. We only get cookies on slow Sunday." So funny!

Here she is with her chubby cheek. She had sialolithiasis - stones in the salivary gland. She is still a little puffy, but says it doesn't hurt when she runs anymore.

And no day is complete without Savannah dressing up in her new tiara.

She puts it on the minute she gets out of bed and wears it until she gets back in bed. I didn't let her wear it to church or school, but it's okay for the store.

Very observant

We were driving home from the store and the guy next to us was smoking which led to the following conversation between myself and Savannah:

Mom, if you smoke you'll die.

Where did you learn that?

Well, will you?

Smoking isn't good for you and can make you very sick.

Like what kind of sick?

I explained how it can hurt your lungs and make it so you can't breathe very well.

I want my lungs to work right so I'm not going to smoke. My magic wand can make some things that look like cigarettes, but they're really just crayons.

Let's not play like things are cigarettes.

You can just pretend to smoke.

The Book of Mormon tells us not to smoke, so we don't pretend to smoke either.

Well if people who smoke don't have the scriptures, they should get some scriptures to tell them not to smoke.

The entire drive from JoAnn's to our house was filled with talk about smoking and cigarettes. Have you ever smoked? Who in our family smokes? What's Daddy's friends name that smokes? I don't know why she was so interested in it today, but it was pretty amusing.

Word of warning - don't ever let Savannah catch you smoking!

Magic

Here is my cute girl in her new glasses. No they aren't real (although she insists they are) - we bought them at Claire's. She wore them to church today with the Gymboree cherry dress and looked so stinkin' cute! You can't believe how many comments she has received on them, even from people we pass at the store. I guess if she ever really needs glasses she won't be upset.

As you know, Savannah has a hard time falling asleep. Tonight I told her to think about something she would like to do, like fly or ride on a butterfly, and then she would dream about it. She said she was going to dream about a magic wand because she really wants one. She is going to ask Santa for a real one that really does magic so she can be a fairy. She wants a brother and sister because we don't have enough people. That's why she needs a magic wand.

Is that the answer to my question if fostering to adopt is right for us? We'll see.

Always Listening

Just a quick post about my funny girl.

Several nights in the past two weeks Savannah has had a hard time falling asleep. She will call me an hour after bedtime and tell me she is tired, but just can't sleep.

Currently I am playing on Pinterest while she watches TV;). She just walked up to me and said, "Mom, I need Unisom. That's cause I can't sleep."

Why do they put commercials on Sprout?