My little dove is 3 months old!

Savy will be 3 months old on Saturday!

Where has the time gone?!?!

I figured I'd do a little update, since she's growing and changing and learning so fast, I don't want to forget a second of it!

She has become such an active little thing! Seriously, the only time she sits still is when she's asleep. In fact, she's kicking me in the arm right now with a giant smile on her face. She's mastered how to hold her head up and even though she can't sit up on her own yet, she hates laying down. If you hold her in a slightly reclining position, or if she's in her swing or car seat, she tries to sit up! She pulls her head and shoulders up to try and see everything. 

She's not a huge fan of tummy time, she kicks and pushes with her arms, and it frustrates her that she's not going anywhere. We do have some cards with black and white patterns that we will stick in front of her while she's on her tummy, and she loves those, and they keep her attention for a while. 

She's gone from sucking her thumb, to chewing on her hand, and she tries to fit the whole thing in her mouth. She will be sitting there and suddenly I hear her choking and coughing so I go running to help her, then I see that she's gagging herself with her fingers. Silly kid.

We are thinking her eyes will stay blue, they have lightened up a lot and are a really pretty shade of blue, I love it! And we think she will have dark hair, If she ever grows it. She has a massive bald spot on the back of her head from rubbing it. I think it's cute.

 

She's also starting to figure out how to grab things. I've had to pry handfuls of my hair from her fingers, and anytime she has a dress on, she's pulling it up into her mouth. My favorite thing about this is the fact that she's discovered her toes, and grabs them every now and then.

She's a lot more talkative. She babbles and growls and coos. And she's figuring out how to copy sounds you make. I love hearing her talk to no one in particular when she wakes up from her naps.

She growing so much, I cant believe it! I love being with her at every milestone.

Strawberry Days!

Yet another late post.

I'm playing catch up, if you couldn't tell.

Every year in June, my home town has a week long celebration called Strawberry Days. And it's also kind of my unofficial kick-off to summer! 

They have a carnival, a "Huck Finn" day, a children's art show, a boutique, volleyball and tennis tournaments, a parade. Stuff like that.

This year, Bryant and I entered Savannah into the baby contest. Unfortunately, we lost to a baby that was all dressed up in a strawberry outfit. I didn't dress Savy up in a costume because that was a separate category and an extra 10 bucks. But oh well, we all know Savy is the cutest baby in PG! And hey, we got a pair of rattle socks for participating.

On Friday, I took Savannah and my sister Sage to get strawberries and cream and we went to the boutique, where Sage and I got feather extensions! Sage got a purple one, and I got one brown and one tan colored one.

Saturday, Bryant, Savy and I met up with my parents and sister to watch the parade and eat some strawberries and cream. My little brother Sawyer and his chickens were in the parade again this year for his FFA.

After the parade, we all went to the boutique to grab some lunch and shop around a bit. That night, Bryant had to go to work, and my family went to the rodeo. I didn't go because I didn't want to take Savannah because it's really loud and dusty and crowded, and I didn't have a babysitter, and she had had enough excitement for one day.

It was a great weekend!

Fathers Day

I know this post is late, But Bryant has been working from 9am till 9pm everyday (no, I'm not joking) and so I've been holding down the fort here at home, making sure Savannah doesn't choke on her hand, which she's recently discovered that she can fit in her mouth...

Anyways, we had a great Father's day, despite the random rain storm we got. We spent the day visiting my Grandpa Bushell, then heading over to my grandma and grandpa Peacock's for dinner.

It was Bryant's first Father's day and I had all this stuff planned, like making him breakfast in bed, and surprising him with cheesecake (his favorite dessert). Unfortunately, I slept in way late and didn't get any of that done. But Bryant seemed to enjoy his first father's day anyway.

He has been such an amazing Dad to Savannah. He works so hard to provide for the both of us and I'm so grateful to him for that because it allows me to stay home with Savy more. And not only does he work hard at his job, but he works hard at being a good husband and a good father. He always makes sure that we are happy and he takes over the parenting without any hesitation when he knows I need a break, even when he's bone tired himself. Savannah and I are so lucky to have him.

Also, Happy father's day to my father-in-law Ed. You are the reason why Bryant is such a wonderful Dad. He looks up you and tries to be the kind of Dad that you are. And thank you for being a wonderful Grandpa. I feel bad that Savy doesn't get to see you that often. We can't wait to see you next week!

And finally, Happy Fathers day to my Dad! You are my walking encyclopedia, my personal comedy club, my advice columnist, my spur-of-the-moment baby sitter, and one of my best friends. Savannah is a lucky duck to have you as a grandpa. I love you Dad. Happy (late) father's day!

I apologize...

 

I apologize for the lack of blog posts.

I'll say it's because I've been busy.

Going on walks.

Enjoying parades.

Eating copious amounts of strawberries and cream.

Entering Savy into a baby contest.

It's been a crazy week.

Full of hard work, if you couldn't tell...

But stay tuned! I promise to have a Strawberry Day's post up soon. Like, maybe tomorrow night. Or Sunday. If I'm not in a Strawberry coma by then, which it a totally real thing that I just made up... (ok, it's not, which just gives me all the more reason to eat to my hearts content!)

Happy Friday everyone!

I love everybody

(source)

Bryant says that he loves that I love everybody. 

I think this better explains it. Hahaha!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Lucky

 

(Her little bald spot cracks me up!)

I'm so lucky to be this girls Mom.

A conversation

A typical conversation between Bryant and I before bed:

Me: If you could be any of the X-Men, who would you be?

Bryant: I don't know. Maybe nightcrawler...

Me: Yeah, he's pretty cool.

Bryant: What do you think would win? The unstoppable force, or the immovable object?

Me: Who are they? Are they superheros?

Bryant: No, just an unstoppable force and an immovable object...

Me: I think I'd want Charles Xavier's powers too...

Bryant: so what would win?

Me: But I'd be to nervous to find out what everyone thinks of me...

Bryant: You didn't answer my question.

Me: what question?

Bryant: Unstoppable force VS immovable object

Me: well, they would just cancel each other out wouldn't they?

Bryant: There would be no way to test it.

Me: I always thought Jubilee's powers were lame.

Bryant: You're a nerd. I'm going to sleep.

Me: You're a space cadet sometimes...

Bryant: Well you're a nerd all the time. I love you, good night.

Me: I love you too.

Bryant: (after he rolls over and thinks for a bit) You're right though, Jubilee's powers are lame...

 

I love this crazy kid.

Also, I don't know if I've announced this yet or not, but I'm going to see this guy in concert in Vegas in October!

And yes, I convinced Bryant to come too!

I'm currently on the lookout for a pirate or parrot costume for Savannh (don't worry, she won't be coming to the concert, but she will probably come to the street party with us).

Did you know I used to play the steel drums?

Bet you didn't.

How cool am I?

Also, I've met the guy to invented the steel drums.

Now I'm super cool...

Congrats Sawyer!

Yesterday we went to my brother Sawyer's high school graduation!

And guess what Sawyer decided to do?

That's right. He hid his cowboy hat under his robes and pulled it out to wear when he walked. Tassel and all!

My brother's a stud!

Afterwords, we all went to a park on the campus of BYU and had a lunch picnic!

It was so beautiful outside and the weather was perfect! Some of my extended family came and a few of Sawyer's friends too.

 

Savy J really enjoyed it.

It was a perfect afternoon!

I'm so proud of Sawyer! He's got big plans too. He's going to hold off college for the year because he is so busy with his state FFA officer duties. He is traveling almost every week. So he will be doing that for a year, then he is planning on going on a mission. Then after his mission, he is going to go to USU to major in agriculture.

Congratulations Sawyer! We've got high hopes for you!

Go class of 2011!

(ugh, this means I'm getting old huh?)

The last dance festival

We started Tuesday off right.

It started with me waking up to Savannah having wiggled her arms out of her PJ's, me putting them back on her, then 10 minutes later, she had done it again. Doesn't she look proud of herself?

Next, Bryant, Savy and I met up with my parents down at the grade school to watch my little sister participate in the annual school dance festival. Every year, each grade learns a dance, the performs it for all of the parents and family.

 

The theme this year was musicals, and Sage's grade got a song from Flash Dance.

Awesome.

She's hard to see in this picture, but she's wearing blue leggings that she made, yellow tights, and an over sized blue sweatshirt that she boat-necked to hang off her shoulder, with a black leotard under it. She looks super cute! And I got a kick out of her when she said "Gah! Our dance is from the 80's but all our teachers were born in the 60's! They don't know anything about the 80's!".

She cracks me up!

I didn't have a hat for Savy, so the poor thing got a bit of sun. (Don't worry. I went out this afternoon and bought her 2 large bucket hats to cover those adorable cheeks!) My parents kept her under a jacket my Mom brought.

Even my brother Colter volunteered his hat to keep the sun off her.

She ended up being a little red, but not too bad. My arms got burnt and Bryant, of course, tanned.

The dance festival was really cute and fun. It was also the last one we would have to watch. My dad said they had been to over 24 of them I think! What good supportive parents we have to come every year!

After the festival, my parents checked Sage out of school, and we all went to one of my favorite sandwich shops, "Flour Girls and Dough Boys" (If you live in PG, AF or Lehi... or basically anywhere in Utah Valley, and you haven't been here, you're missing out and seriously need to go. Seriously.)

I forgot to ask for the mild mustard on my sandwich so I got the spicy, AKA: burn your mouth and make your eyes water while you sweat profusely, mustard, which made my sandwich a little hard to eat. They make the spicy mustard with horseradish. And even Bryant, who basically dunks his meat in a mix of sour cream and horseradish, thought it was a bit much. So I took the top half of my sandwich off and ate it that way. Problem solved, stomach full.

 

The best part was the peanut butter cookie I got, and the giant cinnamon roll Bryant got.

 'Nuff said...

(She's figuring out how to blow spit-bubbles and does it all the time)

We got home and were wiped out from our busy day and being out in the sun.

And so we took a nap.