Family pictures!

I can't believe I haven't posted these family pictures sooner! A great friend, Maleen Cazier took these pictures for us and they couldn't have turned out better. We love them SO much! It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun taking them! Here are some of my favorites.

Thanks Maleen!!!

Park!

Today we had a sister-in-law day! We do it once a month and switch houses each time. This month it was at my house and we decided to eat lunch and go to the park. It was such a fun afternoon. I have some really great sister-in-laws as well as some of the cutest nieces and nephews! (We did miss Rachel, Christy, and Andrea though :(

This was the first time I put Savannah on a swing and she was LOVING it! I love her sweet smile. She was kicking her legs back and forth and loved watching her cousins run around and play. It was perfect weather and we all had a great time including the little kiddos.

Here are some fun pictures from our day at the park!

I love this pic. The sun was in her eyes but she still gave me her big cheesy smile!

We put Hazel and Savannah in a swing together and they were loving it!

haha Hazel had fun gnawing on the back of the swing!

Look at those cheeks... dont you just want to kiss them!

haha.. there is a little story behind this pic. Sarah and I were pushing Savannah and Wyatt and decided to get a little ab workout while we did it. Each time the swing came towards us we had to do a sit up and come back up to push them the other direction. It was fun and it was DEFF a good work out!

I hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather before it gets COLD!!

HAPPY FALL!

Fall Fun!

I can't believe it is already October! This summer went by so fast... and this cold weather came out of no where. One week it was in the 80's and the next it was in the 40's. WOW!
I am excited for the Fall even though it is colder. I love the leaves changing, halloween time, costumes, hot chocolate, apple cider, and bon fires. I am just not a fan of snow... because once it comes it lasts FOREVER.

Here is a little update on the family:

Stephen: He is working at Pinnacle and doing great. He recently took his LSAT and we are crossing our fingers that he got a good enough score to get into BYU. If not, he can always retake it in December. He is the cutest Dad to Savannah and she LOVES when he comes home from work. When he walks in the door she hears his voice and looks all around for him. Once he turns the corner a big grin comes across her face and her little arms pump up and down until he comes to hold her. It seriously melts my heart... so cute!

Me: I am loving being a stay at home Mom. I am taking 12 credits on line to finish my degree and they are going really well. I am having fun crafting and sewing. I am working on a lot of projects right now and it has been a blast. Savannah sits right next to me and plays with all the sewing tools: measuring tape, bias tape, thread etc. Mostly I love spending time with my little Savannah and teaching her. Right now we are working on sign language.

Savannah: She is almost 8 months old!!! HOLY COW... my baby is getting so big. Time seriously has flown by and I can't believe it. She is such a happy baby. I seriously am so lucky to be her Mom. She loves being held, playing with her toys, rolling over, eating Cheerios, being thrown in the air by daddy, reading books, jumping on her jumper, and being snuggled. We love her SO much!

Here she is hanging out with Mom while we sew! :)

She looks so big in this picture... stop growing up so fast Savi!

Love those blue eyes!

:)

LOVE

Seriously, I could eat her!



I love her to pieces!

Photography done by the wonderful and amazing Maleen Cazier!

Craftaholic!

I have been doing a lot of crafts lately. It has been tons of fun. Here are some recent ones:

I bought some fabric from Hobby Lobby that was half off along with pink ribbon and made a little dress for Savannah. I didn't really know what I was doing and kinda guessed as I went but I think she looks pretty darn cute in it!

The finished product

Savannah wearing her new dress!

I made place mat purses for the little girls I teach. They are super easy and can be used for pretty much anything.

Kris and I made Fall wreaths for our front door. We bought wire wreaths from Hobby Lobby and bought most of the flowers and supplies from the Dollar store. It included black and orange tool, orange, white, and yellow flowers, green leaves, lime green ribbon, and black striped ribbon.

The wreath on my front door!

I bought the letters from Hobby Lobby and the yarn and twine from Walmart because it was cheaper. I ended up using the twine and took back the yarn.

All I did was wrap the letters with the twine and I loved the way it turned out.

Here is a closer look!

I Modge podged the letter "J" for Jett on a pumpkin to put on our front porch!

These are the supplies I used. Instead of the tool I ended up using black and silver ribbon.

Very easy and quick and looks cute on our front porch!

Crafting is SO fun!

Summer is over already?

This summer has come and gone so fast. We had a great summer but I am so excited for Fall. I am going to miss the hot summery days but I also love the chilly days fall brings. I love wearing winter boots, sipping hot chocolate, and cuddling up in a blanket!

Savannah is 7 months old now and is cuter than ever. I love this age! She has such a cute, sweet, spunky personality. She is staring to mimic sounds Stephen and I make. When we cough she coughs back... when we squeal she squeals back. It cracks me up!

Over memorial weekend we had our traditional family reunion in Idaho and it was a lot of fun. Sometimes vacations are difficult with a baby because their schedule gets thrown off but Savannah did so great... I was so relieved. The drive there and back was a piece of cake as well.

Savi and Todd are only a month apart.

They played together all day. They poked each other

in the eye, played with each others feet,

and squealed back and forth.

I love my cousins...they are the best! Brittany is

home from her mission so we were all able to

be back together again! WOO HOO

Out little family!

Savannah was so happy when Nana arrived!

Love my little girl!

I hope everyone had a great summer as well. It is sad it is already over but I think I am ready for fall! :)

Slow down!

Savannah is growing up so fast... too fast! She is 6 1/2 months old now... where has the time gone? I still remember when I found out I was pregnant with her. I was so excited, nervous, and thrilled. Now she is here with us and she is already 6 months. HOLY COW!

She is rolling over, eating solids, sitting up, laughing, smiling, cooing, clicking her tongue, puts everything in her mouth she can get a hold of, loves attention, loves her jumper, loves being held, recognizes Mommy and Daddy, etc.

I love this age! I can tell Savannah is going to be such a sweet girl. She is also a little shy at times. She will smile and nuzzle her little head in your shoulder when someone is talking to her.

She weighs 17 pounds which is in the 65th percentile for weight and is 27 inches which is in the 95th percentile for height. Me and Stephen always get a good laugh about that one because neither of us are very tall. We think she is going to be tall and skinny like my Mom!

She is getting bigger everyday! It is so fun to watch her grow and hard to believe how fast it is going!
I need to cherish this baby as much as I can because before I know it she will be a toddler!!!