Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Happy Birthday Sweet Savannah!


Dearest Savannah!

It’s truly, truly hard to believe that a year has gone by since you came into our world. Granted, your entry was little trying, but your presence is truly a gift.  I love, love the way you shake your head and move your little body every time you hear any type of music, be it a commercial jingle, telephone ring or Adele belting it out on the radio. I'm madly in love your big grin and easy laugh.

You are high energy—that’s for sure. I think you’ll turn out to be the boy we never had. So far you’re inspiring me, and your dad, to get in great shape so we can keep up with you, which is good for everyone!

Your big sister is madly in love with you and wants to hug and kiss you all the time, except when you mess up her dolls. She must kiss and hold you every day and does not miss an opportunity to say, “I just love this girl so much” and “Savannah is the cutest baby ever!”

You’re standing up now and oh-so-close to walking. We’ve been chasing after you since you were three months old so I’m not sure walking will change our life all that much. But we'll see.

You are super curious and must explore and check out everything you see. Sometimes this means sticking it in your mouth, throwing it on the floor, or just lunging for it.

Another thing that I love, love about you is how you like to see the world from different perspectives – including, and especially, upside down.

I can’t wait to celebrate many, many more birthdays with you and watch as you change into the little girl, big girl, young woman and adult you’re going to be. It’ll be a fun ride for all of us -- that’s for sure.

I love you.

Mommy








Monday, February 4, 2013

And now for a little bit about Selby

She continues to be a great big sister. She loves Savannah so much, she tells me all the time, except when she plays with her stuff. I can't see this becoming a problem when they get older, can you? She must hug and kiss her mornings and evenings. And aside from her excellent big sister qualities, she's turning into a solid little first graders. She reads to me, or her dolls, every night and actually seems to like math (go figure!). She had to do a book report for her English class the other day where she had to choose a famous person to write about her. Given her new love of gymnastics, she chose Mary Lou Retton (with a little Google help from me). Usually when we do a project together, it's a little bit a power struggle of me wanting her to do it one way and she wanting to do it another way  ... but this time all went smoothly and I think we both enjoyed working on it. A lot of her friends did Vincent Van Gogh...and she informed me that he cut  off his ear and shot himself because he was crazy... and the doctor said he had to die. Don't know why I thought that was so funny... maybe it was because of the earnest way she told me ... or just because I think (almost) everything she does is funny and adorable. Here are some photos from our Pajama breakfast this weekend.