celebrating our 2 year old

We had fun celebrating Savanna's second birthday!  She was such a fun birthday girl!  Since grandma and grandpa were here Saturday, we did a little celebrating while they were here, and then again on Sunday, her actual birthday.  

 Savanna loves her daddy and she has him wrapped around her finger.  She loves to be silly, dance, and read with her daddy.

Heidi made sure Savanna knew how to open her presents and kept encouraging her to open the next one in line!  

 Savanna's favorite gift was a Dora doll from grandma and the Minnie Mouse cash register was a close second.

 Of course my little sweet tooth loved her chocolate cake.  I wish I had the skills to make my girls amazing birthday cakes, but that is apparently just another area I fail at as a mother.  It tasted good though and Savanna didn't seem to mind that it was not pinterest worthy.

 Savanna has been having lots of fun with her birthday toys.  The second birthday is always fun when they actually understand what a present is!

Sporting her new cute outfit from grandma and new dress up shoes.

We had fun celebrating Savanna turning TWO!  I am so excited for the next year of her life.  She is bursting with personality and we love watching her learn and grow a little more each day!

Happy, happy birthday beautiful girl!

savanna's day

11-2-2012

Happy 2nd Birthday, Savanna!

We love you soooooo much!

11-2-2013

11-2-2014

halloween fun

 We had a fun Halloween this year!  Grandpa and Grandma came up Friday morning.  We had a ward trunk or treat and dinner that evening.  In spite of Heidi getting sick Thursday, she was still excited.  She was going to be a witch, but the costume was too itchy.  Then she was going to be Belle, but the costume was too itchy. Finally, she decided she could tolerate being a cowgirl.  Savanna was an owl, but since she refused to wear the hood, she was often confused fora turkey.  Caimbree was the cutest little cat.

 Sisters right before the trunk or treat.  Jeff made a delicious dutch oven chili to contribute to the dinner.  We absolutely love our ward and we have always felt so happy that our house is in this ward.  Definitely our favorite ward.

 Thursday I took the girls to the library party.  Heidi tolerated her witch costume for that short amount of time.

After the trunk or treat, the girls did a little trick or treating.  It was so much warmer than last year and for that we were all grateful!  It was a fun day and the girls were so happy and excited about everything.  We are hoping Heidi starts feeling better soon and we are glad the worst of it didn't hit until after all of the festivities.  If her nose stops running anytime in the near future, we will all be grateful!  She does not handle sickness well and we are definitely hoping no one else gets it, especially little Caimbree.  Now that Halloween is over, we can't wait to celebrate a certain special little girl in our family who is about to turn two!

carving pumpkins

For our family night activity we carved two of the girl's pumpkins.  We saved one to do a little closer to Halloween, which is great since the two we carved are sinking in a little already.  The girls had a lot of fun and Heidi kept telling us they were "healthy" pumpkins.  The girls are so excited for Halloween, and so are we.  It's looking like the weather will be nicer to us this year.  Heidi has a preschool Halloween party Wednesday, we have the library party Thursday, and then Friday we have a trunk-or-treat.  We are extra, extra excited because we found out grandpa and grandma are coming this year.  Heidi keeps saying, "I can't believe grandma is going to be here to see me as a witch!" and Savanna just keeps saying, "Grammy!  Grammy!"  Heidi is going to be a witch and Savanna keeps saying, "VITCH!  VITCH!" in a very loud, funny, excited tone.  Savanna is going to be an owl and when you ask her what she will be she says, "WHOOO!  WHOOO!" and Caimbree will be our little lion.  Hooray for Halloween!  It has always been one of my favorite holidays and it is extra fun with little ones around.

four months

 Happy 4 months to this little love bug!  Caimbree turned 4 months on Sunday and we had her shots today.

Length: 23.5 inches--10%

Weight:  11 lb 2 oz--below 5%

I think the majority of her weight is in her cheeks!  We love those sweet chubby cheeks!

*Caimbree is a master at grabbing anything and everything.  She especially loves to grab Heidi's hair and her binky.

*Hasn't been sleeping very well for about 3 weeks or so.  She usually goes down around 7:30 and then has been waking up either around 1am or 4:30am or both.  Last night she went down around 8:30 but then kept waking up after 20 minutes and finally settled herself around 9:30, woke up at 3:30 and got the binky and then stayed asleep until 6:30.  It's very inconsistent and I have no idea what to do or what I'm doing wrong.  I'm sure she will grow out of it with time.

*Usually takes a shorter nap in the morning, longer afternoon nap, and a short evening catnap.  Still really no

 consistent schedule but until her night sleep is established I'm sure we won't see much of a schedule.
*I thought she would have brown eyes but her eyes keep getting more blue.
*Blows lots of bubbles.
*Loves to laugh and we love to hear her laugh.
*I would say she's a mix between Heidi and Savanna as a baby...not nearly as high strung as Heidi was but not quite as easy going as Savanna.  She is pretty chill most of the time, but when she is mad, she let's you know loudly.  Savanna always plugs her ears when she cries.
*Has rolled from her tummy to her back about 5 times in a row, but hasn't done it since.
*Sucks on her hands a lot.
*Has started noticing her hands and I often see her hands in front of her face.
*Definitely wants mom when she is upset.
*What little hair she has in falling out, especially the back.  She has bald spot all around the middle of her head.
*Not very tolerant of bows.
*Loves her bath.
*Only likes the hospital binky and refuses any other.  She can't keep the binky in so it is a constant game of her pulling it out and screaming and us putting it back in.
*Coos a lot.
*Likes to be held most of the day and prefers to be held facing out.
*Likes her play mat and bouncy seat.  She likes to coo at the animals on her bouncy seat.
*The doctor said it was okay to start cereal, but I am not ready to start that anytime soon unless she starts acting like she really needs it.
*Names we call her include Caimbers, Caimbree Rae, Mai Me (Savanna's name for her), and Rae Rae (a name Heidi started calling her one day).

Overall, Caimbree is a delightful little girl.

I still can't believe she is already 4 months old.

She is definitely loved around our house!

We love you, Caimbree!

a day at the pumpkin patch

On Friday we went to Utah to surprise Jeff's mom for her birthday.  We had so much fun and it was so fun for the girls to see some of their cousins.  I think it is so sad that they hardly ever see any cousins because they always have so much fun!  On Saturday we went to Hee Haws so the girls could get their pumpkins. Poor little Savanna just does not travel well because she has such a hard time getting normal naps and sleep so I don't have quite as many pictures of her.  Heidi had so much fun and could have stayed all day!

 I think the corn box was probably the biggest hit.  They all had fun rolling around, falling, and getting buried in the corn.

Katyln is always so good with all of my babies!  I actually had my hands free most of the time we were there and Caimbree loved the extra attention!

 Jeff tried to snap Savanna out of her mood by taking her on the giant slide.  I think she liked it, but she didn't want us to know.

 Heidi loved the slide too and could have spent hours soaring down with her dad and cousins.

 Heidi had so much fun with Kourtney and so did Savanna.  Savanna called her "Korky"and is still asking for Korky.

 Cousins!!  My girls seriously love them so much!  Wish we could have convinced Savanna to be in the picture too.

 The petting zoo was a hit.  Heidi loved feeding and chasing the animals but she was a little unsure when the sheep snotted on her and refused to feed them after that happened.  She has reminded me about what happened quite a few times today.

 Savanna was her happiest at the petting zoo.  It was fun to see her run up and pet the little billy goats.  She would barely touch it and then run away squealing.

 Savanna also managed to give the littlest billy goats a few kisses.  

 Savanna is definitely my animal lover!  

Grandpa and Grandpa paid to let Heidi ride a pony.  I couldn't believe she got on because we have gone down this road before and it hasn't ended well.   It helped to have Kourtney doing it too and she is really starting to try new things better than she used to.  She loved the little pony ride!

Heidi really got herself buried in the corn!  So funny!  What a fun weekend we had!  It was so fun to be with family!  Now we are ready to carve pumpkins for family night and the girls are over the top excited!

little dancer

 Monday is dance day...favorite day for a certain little 4 year old.  I snatched a few pictures while I watched her practice. I can't believe how much she has improved and how well she follows directions and tries new steps.  I am so grateful to her wonderful teacher for making dance such a fun experience for my little Heidi.

We love dance!

It was hard for Heidi to wait

all summer to start up again.

We are glad it is finally here!