savanna at six

 This precious girl has always been pretty.  I remember so clearly when she had that curly hair and she has always had the cutest little twinkle in her pretty blue eyes!  Lately I have been looking at her and realizing just how grown up she is getting...and oh my.  She is a beauty!  I see a lot of resemblance to her dad!  The thing I love the absolute most about this sweet thing besides her kind heart, is that she just radiates JOY.  She really is just a very happy girl who is over the top excited about life.  I pray that she never lets anyone break her spirit!

*Savanna still mixes words and phrases up on a regular basis, and it usually ends in us all giggling.  The other day I was reading her a book that had a janitor.  When she woke up, she started talking about the book and asked about the "jan-erator".  It made me giggle.

*Savanna is extremely literal.  She takes every single thing you say in a very literal sense.  One time Jeff told her not to rub it in Caimbree's face if she borrows something in sacrament meeting and Savanna got very passionate and said, "I did not rub anything in Caimbree's face!" because she thought Jeff was saying she physically rubbing Caimbree's stickers on Caimbree's face.  We got such a chuckle...and this is an every day occurrence where we are explaining figures of speech and so forth.  Another funny example is when I offhandedly mentioned that it was probably raining because Jeff had just washed the car.  Fast forward a few months later and I mentioned that we really needed to get some rain.  Savanna says completely seriously, "Dad needs to wash the car."  It took me a minute to realize the connection and I laughed heartily.

*Savanna is the most excited person I know.  She cannot contain herself.  She gets so excited about the absolute smallest things and then when she tells you about it, it just comes bursting out of her little body.  I hope her excitement for life never goes away.

*It is so fun to play games with Savanna because she never gets upset if she is losing, she just plays harder to try and win!  If she does lose, she just wants to try again.  Such a fantastic attitude!!  Her favorite games are Sequence and Guess Who.  She really loves Guess Who because I think she thinks the people are her friends.  She has them all memorized.

*She has become so fixated on learning to read and is constantly talking about letters and letter sounds!  I LOVE it!  She is doing so well in school and is going to take off reading any day now.

*She has always had a gift with numbers and math.  They just make sense to her and she loves to figure out math problems.

*Savanna is bursting with energy.  She runs does everything at 115%.  She always tells us how no one can ever catch her when they play tag.  I am not surprised at all.

*If Savanna wants something, she will stop at absolutely nothing until she has it figured out.  Oh what a fantastic quality this is!

*Savanna learns well through singing and active play.

 *Savanna loves to give people she loves hugs, and they are often very tight hugs haha. She greets all of her friends with hugs.

*She gets VERY attached to people she loves and has a very difficult time when people she loves leave.

*She is more comfortable showing her love with hugs than with talking and is still very shy about talking to people, especially adults she doesn't know, although she is getting better answering questions, etc.

 *Savanna is doing exceptionally well in school in every way.  She loves every part of her school day and comes home tired, but fairly happy still.

*I love the crinkle in her nose when she smiles really hard and genuine.

*She is SO protective of her sisters, especially of Caimbree.

*Savanna has the kindest heart and is very perceptive to other's feelings.  Such an amazing quality!

*Savanna is definitely a mama's girl, but she loves to play wild with her dad.

*She has hands down my best helper.  She is always the first to jump up and help and the first done with her chores with the least amount of complaint.  She is also t first to jump up an honor any requests from her sisters.

*If someone needs to borrow something, she is always first to offer her stuff.  A friend of ours in the ward was suffering some aches and pains and I asked if any of the girls would let her borrow one of their rice bags.  Without me even finishing my sentence she said very happily, "Oh!  She can use mine!!!  It even has cats on it and she loves cats!"  Melted my heart.

*She is my most adventurous eater and complains the least...honestly she complains the least about most things.

*Savanna is always up to go for a walk, hike, or bike ride and she absolutely loves the trampoline.

Savanna is such a special girl and we are so overwhelmed with gratitude to have her in our home.  She is loud and excitable and teaches us all to love and forgive harder.  I have never met anyone who can forgive and forget more quickly than her.  She is smart and she is a problem solver.  She has lots of friends and makes them all laugh.  We love you SO much, Savanna Marie!  Our lives are so much better with you around!