Watch out, she kicks and spits!

I can't believe it. My baby girl is 4 months old!

I took her to the doctor today and it was so weird, sitting there holding her and realizing that the last time we were in there (for her 2 month check up) she was just barely trying to hold her head up and now, she was standing on my knees (with help, of course) checking out everything in the office and grabbing handfuls of my hair to munch on. 

 

 

 (Wearing her onesie from her aunt Chantel!)

 

She's growing and developing so much and so fast,

The doctor visit went fantastic! She is right on track for every milestone and super healthy and happy. She even gave her pediatrician a great big gummy smile when he walked in.

 

 

She now weighs 12lbs 10oz (30th percentile)

She's 23 3/4th inches long (28th percentile, a HUGE difference from 75th last time.)

and her head circumference is 41cm, (46th percentile)

 

 

I discussed starting her on solid foods with her doctor. I've been giving her rice cereal once a day and she loves it, and he said that between rice cereal, formula and breast milk, she was getting great nutrition and said I could even puree my own vegetables and fruit to give her, which is what I was planning on doing anyways.

She did really well with her vaccines this time. She only got two in her leg instead of 3 and the first one didn't even phase her. But after the second one, she looked straight at the nurse with a worried look, then at me and began to cry. But as soon as I picked her up, she stopped. Literally 5 seconds of tears. She was such a brave little girl!

 

 

She is really starting to become a lot of fun, but also a lot more work. She now can roll over tummy to back, and she tries really hard to roll from back to stomach. She has gotten a lot more control over her hands, which means that everything goes in her mouth. And by everything, I mean toys, fingers, my hair, her toes, everything. It really frustrates her because I will put a pacifier in her mouth and she will pull it out, then try to put in back in but she can never get it back the right way, and she will hold onto her bottle and pull it out and try to put it back in, but gets milk all over her face.

She smiles and everyone and everything, and her favorite thing to do it make spitting noises until drool soaks her clothes. She's also started giggling, but Bryant and my dad seem to be the only ones that can really get her going (although, I once was eating a sandwich and every bite I took, she giggled. Crazy kid.) She's also started yelling. No, not because she's mad or upset, she just likes yelling. She can sit and yell and yell and yell and be happy as a clam!

 

 

She never likes laying down or even sitting, she is happiest when you pull her up on her feet and she will stand all day long as long as you hold her arms or waist. She's gotten such chunky legs lately that I was surprised she was only 12 lbs 10oz!

 

 

Her personality is starting to become evident. She's always happy, she's interested and curious about everything and she is a go-er! She doesn't like sitting still and it frustrates her that she can't go anywhere on her own yet. She's going to be hard to keep track of once she's crawling!

(first time eating rice cereal. She was mad because I wasn't feeding it to her fast enough!)

Savy! Slow down on the growing will ya? Mom can't keep up!

Busy

Sorry for the lack of posts, but not much has been going on lately. I've mostly just been going into work a couple times a week, then being home and doing the mommy thing.

Recently, I've felt like my apartment has gotten a little out of control. As I was reading this blog, the other day, she did a vlog where she explained how she cleans her home in zones. She basically divides her house into sections, then each day of the week is assigned to that section to clean. So I sat down with a pen and paper, and did that for my apartment. Even though it's fairly easy to clean in a couple of hours, Savannah is now only taking 15-30 minute naps, which only leaves time to pick-up, not deep clean. So far, it's been working and I've felt a little less stressed about my messy apartment.

Two things make me feel stressed and anxious around here:

The poor lighting and clutter.

It's crazy how much better I feel when I open the blinds to get sunlight down here and when I have a clean floor.

Yesterday, Bryant had the day off, and graciously took care of Savannah for most of the day so I could get some time to recharge. I took a chair out on my walkway, and parked it under some trees and watched the overcast sky move across the valley and listened to the thunder.

It was beautiful and peaceful. It was just what I needed.

Hopefully I'll have more time and more interesting things to write about soon.

Only 2 more days until the weekend!

Seven Peaks

Yesterday was Bryant's day off, so we decided to take Savannah and my little sister to Seven Peaks, a local water park. I've been waiting all summer to take Savy to the pool, mostly to see her in her cute swim suit!

She wasn't a huge fan of the water. The kiddie pool was actually the chilliest of them all. It wasn't cold, but it wasn't comfortable enough to just sit in, so we took her out after a few minutes.

I did sit on a tube and held her on the lazy river a couple of times and fell asleep, and Bryant put her toes in the wave pool and she seemed to like that.

Overall, I thought our day at the pool was a success!

Mt. Shasta Part 4: Our last day

So I'm finally getting around to finishing up my posts on our Mt. Shasta trip (you know, that was only a few weeks ago.)

 

The last day we were there, my grandparents and sister left for Washington, My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had to leave to go back to school, my other brother-in-law and his wife had to get back to Sacramento for work and Bryant's Grandma Donna had to go back home too. So it was just us, my parents and my mother and father-in-law. 

My family spent the day with Bryant's parents on a personal tour of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding towns. We started out by hiking to Edge Creek Falls. Savannah loved the waterfall!

 

 

Sorry for the dark pictures. All the trees and rocks didn't allow for good lighting.

 

My parents

Other stops on our tour: Castle Craig (I think thats what it was called), the town of Dunsmuir, and the base of Mt. Shasta itself.

I don't know how we ended up in a V-formation...

We even got to watch a rescue helicopter land! Apparently, a guy got separated from his group and lost for 10 hours. I'm not so sure he was actually lost because I heard him excitedly telling the rescue squad "I know it was just an afternoon hike, but I packed food for 3 days because I know that an average rescue takes 3 days!" Either he wasn't really lost, or he was super-prepared...

That night, we all went out to eat at a nice restaurant, where we ate out on the deck and enjoyed the summer evening. I really didn't want to leave. Mt. Shasta is so beautiful and I love Bryant's family, and I love seeing how happy he is there, and his love for his hometown and the people that are in it.

I miss you Ed, Robyn, and Mt. Shasta (and yes, even you crazy hippie people who live there as well...)

We will hopefully be back soon!

Mt. Shasta Part 3

So we last left off after Mt. Shasta's 4th of July parade and an afternoon BBQ.

That evening, we headed out to the golf course, where everyone one goes to watch the fireworks that are shot off from the lake. We got there 2 hours early, and so did the whole town, It was really different from a Utah fireworks show. Here, everyone goes, finds a spot with their families and keeps to themselves. In Mt. Shasta, everyone mixed and mingled and talked with neighbors and friends. I think nearly every kid in my mother-in-laws class came to tell her hi! 

 

Bryant had fun carrying his daughter around and showing her off to all his old high school buddies.

 

My favorite girl, my favorite boy, and one of my favorite mountains behind them!

After we went and said hi to half of Mt. Shasta, we settled down and waited for the fireworks to begin.

Savannah fell asleep briefly before the fireworks, but woke up just in time to see them all.

My dad Lance, my grandma Cynthia, and my grandpa Ted.

My mother-in-law Robyn, my Mom Anna, my sister Sage, and my father-in-law Ed.

My Sister-in-laws roommate Katy (who I want to hire to clean my house and babysit. I told her I'd pay her in chocolate moose bars. Too bad she lives in Idaho...) My sister-in-law Chantel, and Bryant and Savy.

The fireworks were awesome! I had been worried for weeks that Savannah wouldn't like the noise. In fact, after the Orem Summerfest Parade, we left before the fireworks, and at the Orem Owlz opening game, we left before their fireworks too. I don't know what I was so worried about. Savannah screamed and yelled excitedly (not scared yells) and chatted and kicked her little legs in excitement. She was completely focused on the fireworks and loved them! I'd call Savy's first fireworks event a total success!

Ok, thats all for now. I promise I only have one more post left before our Mt. Shasta 4th of July/baby blessing trip is completely covered (and it's only July 13th now, Sheesh!). Hopefully I can get it done tonight because I have to work the next few days (and one day I have to go in twice.) So if not tonight, possibly next week.

Mt. Shasta, Part 2: 4th of July!

Welcome to part 2 of the Stokes/Peacock Mt. Shasta, California 4th of July/Savannah's blessing trip!

Last post, I wrote about our first day in Mt. Shasta and I forgot to post a few photos from that day, so here they are!

Savannah having fun with her Aunt Chantel!

That night, Bryant, my parents and grandparents and I went out to eat at "Say Cheese" pizza.

Bryant was intently watching a kung-fu movie

I covered Sunday and Savannah's baby blessing in the last post, so I'll move on to the 4th of July!

That morning, Savannah and I accidentally slept in, while Bryant, his brothers and dad were out playing golf again, and my Mom and my mother-in-law handed out water to the 5K runners that pass by their house.

We then packed up and headed down town to watch the parade.

It's a small parade, mostly consisting of fire trucks, motorcycles and gypsies (they had a sign stating that they were "certified" gypsies. I want to know who certifies gypsies, and if becoming a "certified" gypsy, automatically disqualifies you as being a real gypsy... Just sayin'...) But it was fun and the whole town (and all the neighboring towns) came out to watch!

 

We had the perfect shady spot in front of an organic grocery store, which my dad went into and bought everyone organic sodas, organic peanut butter malt balls and organic yogurt covered pretzels. I had no idea they even made organic stuff like that. They actually all tasted great! But I could never live off of an all-organic diet because it's so dang expensive! Which is weird, seeing as how you're not paying for the use of pesticides or preservatives. But I guess this stuff doesn't have a long shelf life and driving it on from somewhere far costs quite a bit...

 

 My organic "new century" cola. It tasted kind of nutty.

 

Savannah in her 4th of July outfit (and blowing bubbles)

 

She was so cute that during the parade, I had several people come up and ask to take a picture of her!

After the parade, we went shopping on main street, and my dad found a hippie-type shop and he bought me a bracelet with elephants on it (one of my favorite animals) and a yak-bone bracelet.

That afternoon we had a BBQ with the neighbors where my father-in-law made his awesome tri-tip!

Ok, that's all the time I have for this update, so I'll write about the fireworks later (hopefully tomorrow).

Stay tuned!

Savy's Baby Blessing

I am so far behind on blog posts and I have a feeling that it's going to take me a while to catch up. Savy is becoming a lot more active and she gets bored easily so we are getting to the stage where she doesn't like to just quietly sit or snuggle. We are constantly playing and having fun, which doesn't leave a lot of time to get anything done. But she's currently watching the magic school bus, which will give me about 15 minutes of free time.

I want to cover everything we did on our trip to Mt. Shasta, California last week, but it would be a super long post and I just don't have the time, so I'll break our week up into individual posts, so keep an eye out for them.

We started out by getting up at 3:30am on Friday morning and getting everything packed and a few jobs done before we got on the road at 6:00am. It's usually a 12 hour drive, with about an hour for bathroom breaks and food stops, but we had a big group (my grandparents, sister, parents, Bryant, and of course, a 3 month old wiggle-worm.) and we ended up rolling into Mt. Shasta around 9:00pm California time, which means it was a 16 hour drive. I was nervous about driving that long with a baby, but Savannah was an angel and didn't shed a single tear! It was a piece of cake!

Saturday, Bryant went golfing with his dad and two brothers while everyone else slept in. When they got back, we all headed downtown to enjoy the food and booth vendors. Bryant brought me a beautiful floral print summer dress and we ate some good Mexican food (but it took them an hour to bring us 1 burrito and some chips)

 

Waiting for some Mexican food with Grandpa Peacock

 

Even though it took them an hour, the shade was nice.

The next day was Sunday, and it was the whole reason we were out there; Savannah's baby blessing. She was so beautiful and Bryant did an amazing job!

 

She was starving after church so she wasn't happy that we were taking a lot of pictures instead of feeding her.

Savannah with her great-grandma Donna Stokes (Don't you love the bonnet? I think it's so vintage!)

It was great to have my parents and sister, my grandparents, Bryant's parents, two borthers, sister and grandma there! I was so happy to have everyone together to be at Savannah's blessing!

That afternoon, we had a BBQ with everyone and a few of my in-laws neighbors. My father-in-law Ed makes amazing tri-tip! And that night, we all got our game on and played some garbage!

Ok, Magic school bus is over, so Savannah and I are off to go read a book. More posts soon to come! (And some more photos of Savy in her dress. I just need to get them off Bryant's camera.)