I Love blogging

Not that I sit down and do it very often, but I love my blog. Not necessarily the background or set up, but that I have it. I am horrible at journaling and this has become my little documentary of life. I was wondering when exactly Savannah started hitting milestones and little phases of life and I'm so happy I have things documented with pictures too.

So for my benfit, I am going to update my future self on how my kids are right now...

Jaxon has started babbling like crazy and Noah and I were trying to think of when Savannah started talking. I know Jaxon is not close to real words, but hearing "dadadada" is the beginning. I was looking on my blog and saw that Savannah had 5 words down around 9 months so we have some things to look forward to soon. Its crazy how ahead Savannah was with smiles, crawling, walking, running, etc. and Jaxon is pretty much right on course with Savannah. Apparently our babies that come out holding their heads up just want me to have to baby proof things and chase them earlier than other moms.

Jaxon is sitting up for about 4-6 minutes before falling over and always wants toys now. He is rolling quite well and is managing to wiggle his body enough to move around during tummy time. I guess he is more smiley than he should be too. When I took my kids to get pictures, the photographers could not get over how much he smiled being a day over 5 months. He has been smiling since before Thanksgiving and does this little bashful tuck into me while grinning when people smile at him. I love it! He has been laughing since right before New Years and I think there is not much sweeter than baby giggles. He also wants to eat everything in sight. Jaxon lunges for your food if your holding him while eating. He eats 2 huge bowls of cereal a day in addition to mum mum treats and (as of yesterday) sweet potato puffs. He is such a cuddler and always wants to be held or at least close by.

Savannah is growing up too fast. For the past 3 weeks she has helped me grocery shop and is a master at sneaking things into the cart but also telling me what everything is. Hearing her say "avocado" is my favorite. She went to the dentist for the first time last Tuesday and was so excited. I don't know if it was going somewhere new or the fact that everything was Disney and she was in the "Finding Nemo" room, but she was so good! I also had a very tearful moment after when I realized I did not have to translate anything she said to the dentist and hygienist. Then we had another moment as I painted her finger and toe nails tonight and she sat so still. Though she talks back, says no all the time and loves to sneak things whenever she can, she has quite the personality and fight in her and I am so excited to see where that head strong little personality leads her in life. She likes to carry her purse and loves to wear my heels and make up. She drapes things all over herself and loves dressing up. She adores Mickey Mouse and her little brother. They are probably her two favorite things in the world. Jaxon gets more hugs and kisses than anyone and Savannah will always come and tell me if Jaxon is not happy. Her favorite movie is the Rescuers right now and she will sing the songs. So cute! She counts up to 15 and can count backwards from 7. She likes to race and go shopping. Her favorite places are "Malmart, Targe and Cosco." Thanks to learning a thing or two from her cousin Eli, she also loves to play Rockband. She likes the drums and singing most. I hope to get her singing "twinkle, twinkle little star" recorded and on here soon.

2 Weeks!

Two weeks from now we will be driving to...

Las Vegas,

On our way to...

San Diego!
While we are there we are going to...

Sea World and

Disneyland!

Savannah is so excited to see...

Mickey Mouse!
I'm sure we will see lots of
Smiles!!!

We are so excited to have a much needed family vacation and have Jaxon meet Noah's family while enjoying a little time in the sun with our little ones. Its going to be a great trip!!

Picture Day!!

I took the kids for pictures this morning!! I went to portrait innovations and I will go back again. Best in studio photography session yet. The prices were pretty good and I got a cd of all the pictures. Here are a few of my favorite pictures! My kids are so cute :)

Breaking Out

So over the last week Savannah has discovered that she can open her bedroom door. She started coming out after we put her to bed, so for her safety Noah and I decided to put a child proof cover on her door knob so she doesn't go down the stairs or hurt herself if she gets up at night. Last night was not very successful. Savannah did not want to sleep and I heard her thumping around in her room from 8:30 until almost 10. I then had a huge scare. At 10:30 everything in the house was pretty dark since I had just gotten Jaxon to sleep and laid him down in the pack n play in the living room. I was watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics when I hear this high pitch "Hi Mommy!" I was so startled. I looked over and Savannah was standing on the middle landing of the stairs looking at me. She got her child proof door knob cover off! She is very smart, but I am in for an interesting next 16 years if she is already sneaking out.

Silly Savannah

Every once and a while Savannah comes up to me and says "I so silly" and sometime I have to agree. Here are a few pctures of recent silly Savannah moments.

This morning Savannah was playing in her room and came downstairs "dressed up." She had a little fun playing in her drawer of bathing suits and bloomers

Last week Savannah wanted to play with her box of hair bows and wanted lots of them in her hair. She would tell me where to put them. My head looked almost as good as her's but I decided to not photograph evidence of that.