What a vocabulary!

Me: How about spaghetti for dinner?
Annie: No, that's embarassing.


Annie: Mom, I can fart in my panties, but I can't pee in them. That would be weird.


I will be back to update with pics and such later tonight.

Two steps back...

My lazy parenting has come back to bite me again. I guess Savannah got used to wearing pullups while we were in Salt Lake because now she just goes in her panties wherever she is. Most recently it was in her toy room. I made her sit on the potty while I cleaned it up and after a few minutes she started yelling, "Mom, it wasn't my fault." Where did she learn that?????

I'll be back another time with photos and fun from our trip.

Lake Powell and more

Can you believe I didn't take a single picture while at the family reunion? I guess I tend to forget I have a kid when my sisters are around. I did manage to snap this one of Savannah on the drive home from Salt Lake. Doesn't she look comfy?

We made it back safely from a week at Lake Powell and Annie's not even sunburned! She had such a good time there. All she wanted to do was swim whether anyone else was in the water or not. I'm not sure where her bravery comes from, but it certainly isn't from me.Here we are at Rainbow Bridge which you can just barely see above my head. It was way too hot to make the hike up the trail so we settled for the view from a distance.

It looks like Savannah is going to be a water fanatic just like her dad. Here they are kayaking. Notice the arm Jer made in prosthetic school just for this purpose? This is the first time he's actually used it and it worked great.

Annie also tried riding the waverunner behind the boat with Jeremy. She wasn't concerned when he fell off either. You could barely see the top off her head when they started going faster, but Jeremy said she had a lot of fun.

Brayden and Alex each had their own fishing poles and Savannah wanted to join in the fun. So while we were at Walmart, Jer bought her a princess fishing pole. She was so excited! They actually caught a fish on it which she helped reel in, but she didn't let it get too close.

It was a very relaxing week and fun to watch Savannah enjoying herself so much. Perhaps some of you would like to join us over Labor Day? Maybe we can borrow this boatplane.

Or perhaps you would rather travel by helicopter?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a small taste of how the other half lives? I'm going to start playing the lottery!

My Girl Rocks!!!

I am so proud of my little girl! Earlier this evening Savannah went in the backyard to play. After a few minutes she came back in, picked up her princess potty and carried it out back. After one false alarm, she sat down and pooped! Then just a couple minutes ago, she actually pulled her panties down and went pee by herself! She has never gone completely on her own! I am one proud peacock! Mind you, yesterday I was going to beat her. She went to card group with me and peed and pooped her pants. I told her she was naughty and couldn't watch TV all night. I guess that punishment worked!

I am also very amused by Annie. She is totally into knock knock jokes. Usually she just makes up some word that makes no sense. Tonight when I asked who's there, she said tissue. Tissue who? Do you need a tissue to get the boogies out of your nose? It was pretty funny. At dinner she decided she didn't want nachos. She pushed her plate away and said, "Mommy I want some different food." I'm sure the time will come when I won't find that so amusing, but tonight I laughed. I hope you all find something to laugh about too.

More catching up

I'll skip the chit chat and just post some pics.

Bonnie Springs old western town and petting zoo

Yes, the deer had a goiter.

Riding the train

Bass Pro Shops

"I'm birdwatching."

Here fishy, fishy.

Dancing water at Bellagio

Playing at the splash park

Ill be back with more pics and a potty training update later.

More fun in the sun

I need to do some catching up, so I'm going back a while. I bought Savannah a Wow Wow Wubbzy puzzle and she loves it. You can't believe how well she can put it together on her own. Of course, sometimes she gets frustrated and just throws it on the floor. She must be a perfectionist like her mommy!
A few weekends ago we met the Ruff's at Lake Havasu. Annie had a blast playing with Morgan and Mason, or "Morgie" and "my little brother" as she called them. We bought her a new lifejacket and she was swimming like a fish! (She gets that from her daddy.) She didn't care if we were in the water or not, she would just walk out until she was floating. It was a little scary, but she had so much fun.

We went to Lake Powell over Memorial Day and Savannah loved it. The weather was chilly, so she never did get in the water, but she had a blast anyway. Steve took her hiking and she couldn't get enough! If you turned your back, she was back up the hill. She played so well with her cousins and they took good care of her.

One of the highlights of the trip for Annie was roasting marshmallows. Any time she sees a fire she asks if we can do marshmallows. She was so happy when we told her yes this time.

It appears that the computer is working again so I'll be back with another update soon.

Woohoo!!!

Annie went poop in the potty! She had been saying throughout the day that she needed to, but then she would just pee. This time she said it and, after sitting there for at least ten minutes, she actually did. She had two accidents today where she waited a little too long to make it to the potty, but I'd say she is doing very well. Of course, she will still go in a diaper if she has one on, but at least she's on the right track.