Savannah is 13 Months!

Savannah recently turned 13 months, on July 26th. We just went for her year check up and everything was great. Besides the fact that she screamed the ENTIRE time we were in the room even when no one was touching her and the Dr. was just trying to talk to me. She is now 22 lbs and 30 1/2 inches long. This puts her in the 75% for weight and 90% for height! She is becoming such a little love bug! She is able to understand 1 task directions pretty well. For example when I tell her to give Bo-Bo (our dog) his bone, or to go get her ball, or ask her to give me a kiss. It is amazing! She loves to "love" on everything. She is so sweet! The above pictures shows this. She is giving Bo-Bo "love". She was also giving my magazine "love". Too cute, yet funny!

Pool and Friends

Savannah and I enjoyed playing at the pool the other day with a few friends of ours. Danise, Melissa and I all went to college together. Melissa and I also taught at the same school in Greensboro, both ended up moving down this way and ended up teaching next door to each other again before I decided to become a stay at home mommy. This was the first time that I was able to meet Danise's little girl Oakleigh who is 6 months. She is absolutely precious!! Savannah and Oakleigh really got along. Savannah kept giving her kisses on the head. It was so sweet!

Visit From Nanny Jack!

My grandma from Indiana, Nanny Jack, spent 2 weeks down here in North Carolina visiting all of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. We celebrated her birthday while she was here. I think she enjoyed getting to see all the little ones play and run around. We sure enjoyed her! I wish she and my Papaw lived closer though so that we could see them more often and spend more time with them! I miss them a lot! And always look forward to the time I get to spend with them!

Blog Slacker!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I left my camera at my parents house last weekend and have not been able to get it yet! I will be over there this weekend so will be able to get it then. So I will give you an update on Savannah and the bottle situation. She has been bottle free for almost 2 weeks. She has now gotten use to not having it. I just have to make sure that I fix her breakfast asap in the morning. She is very hungry. She has learned how to make the kissing sound with her lips and is blowing every one she sees kisses. It is so cute. She is also kissing us all the time. I think I get at least 25 kisses a day from her...on my leg...on my shoulder...on my lips...on my knee....everywhere. It is so sweet! I just love it! She has also learned where your eye is and will point to it and say "eye". We are now working on where our nose is. Well I will post some new pictures as soon as I get my camera back. I will also post an adorable video I took of her play "Where did Savannah go"? She covers up her face with her hands. It is so cute!

Bottles...bottles...bottles!

So I decided that it was time for Savannah to give up her last bottle, the morning bottle which had become very precious and dear to her. I knew the older she got the harder it would be to break her of this. So Monday morning I was determined that our house would for now on be free of bottles. I gave her pancakes as a reward that morning since that is her favorite breakfast meal! I knew it might be hard in the morning but I thought once we got through the first couple of mornings that we would be fine. Well since Monday morning my daughter has fussed and wined ALL day long EVERY day and today is Friday!! This morning while I was pouring her a sippy cup or milk she said "ba-ba"...and I said "no, we don't take bottles anymore this is a sippy of milk". I am told it may take a week or two before she "forgets" and adjusts to not having her morning bottle. Well at least hopefully I am almost half way there!! Even though at times I want to just give in and give her a bottle to make her happy...I won't b/c I know eventually I am going to have to do this and we have survived now without a bottle for close to a week!!!

So Precious!

Savannah giving her baby doll love and saying "Awww"! Too precious!

Mmm....Mmm...Good!

I fixed Savannah some mixed veggies for dinner tonight. She decided she did not want them and ended up throwing all of them on the floor instead. Our dog, Bo, loved her for this! She then continued to wine and point to what I had...ravioli....I decided to give her some to try, not knowing if she would like it or not. I am sure you can tell the answer to that! She LOVED it! And was a total mess! But too cute! I had to take a picture!

P.S. On another note....Savannah has been down to 1 bottle a day for a while now...the only bottle she still took was her morning bottle...and boy did she like it! She would wine and cry and even cry "Ba-ba, ba-ba" for it....well this morning was the first morning we did NOT have a bottle! We went all day for the first time without any! I think our bottle days are finally over! YAY!!!