Random Summer Pics...

We have had a fun summer so far. We are trying to take advantage of being outside because it is flying by way to fast. These pictures are of random things that I never posted about...

The Bees Game


Swimming...

Birthdays...

and lots of cousin time with this little guy...




Summer,
Please never end.

CALIFORNIA!

Savannah and I had a blast in California! We went down for my nephew Ethan's baptism and stayed to help my sister with her wonderfully chaotic life with her now 4 children. My biggest fear of staying so long was how Savannah would handle it. She did great which made the trip so easy. She slept 13-14 hour nights and took long naps. We wore her out! She is not used to the craziness of the real world! We didn't do much but loved just being with family. We spent a lot of time with...

and got lots of good Grandma time with...

We ate a lot of our favorite foods...

Played even more with...

and most importantly, we got lots of quality mother/daughter time in(as always!)

I cried the night before we left. Nothing makes me more happy then being with my family, especially my nieces and nephews. I love them so much and have fun watching them grow up. I also love having Savannah get familiar with them too. It's been nice being home, but nothing beats CALIFORNIA! Thanks for the great trip everyone!

Josh is 26...

Savannah and I wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday! We love you so much and are so grateful to have you!

And we're back...

After a short 2 week stay in California, Savannah and I are back. We were sad to leave the fun of California behind but we missed Josh like crazy so we decided to come home. Lots more to post...stay tuned...I just realized that I hadn't posted in a long time and knew you were all "dying" to see a updated picture of Miss Savannah Kate(who is 11 months by the way!)

Advice please!

So my baby girl is going to be one before I know it. This means a new car seat! Wasn't I just researching the one she's in now? Anyway, I am starting my search now because I want to find the best deal on a good car seat...Tell me what you think...do you like yours? Wish you got something else? Let me know fellow mommies!
Of course I would love this...
The Britax...I know it's the best but I don't want to/have the money to spend on it!

Then I saw this...
Safety 1st...Half the price...all the same hookups, up to 80 pounds, yada yada yada...


What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know what brand you like!
Thanks!

Where we've been...

I haven't blogged in so long! I always say I am never busy, but this past week has been crazy! For about 2 months me and my sister in law Racquel have been planning a surprise get away to St. George for our husbands. It was a good plan to get us to leave our babies over night for the 1st time and to set a deadline for me to stop nursing Savannah! Way easier said than done! Anyway, the surprise was a success and we had a good time! The boys golfed while we shopped with no deadline and no carting little ones around. We missed them like crazy but finally stopped worrying after a bit!

We went bowling...where I won the 2nd game...

We spent some time at the pool...with this girl...she was too funny! This is her and Mark doing "the old lady going to the bread store" move.

What a good way to spend memorial day weekend!

For a couple days before we spent some time watching our friend Brian in his beautiful home in Park City. This pic. does not give it justice. We love getting away to "Clouds Rest!"

Savannah is now 10 months. She is crawling all over the place and is as funny as ever. No more sitting around playing with toys for this girl and no more sitting around for mom either! This picture was taken by Michelle at my brother's wedding! I love it!

Last but not least...Welcome Danilynn! My sister surprisingly had her fourth baby last week. She has Ashlynn, Brayden, Cody and now Danilynn. A, B, C, D...get it? And they all have a "Y." Anyway, my sister is "super mom" and has no problem with C-sections, nursing and less sleep. I can't wait to meet this little girl!

My Brother's Wedding

This past weekend we went to California for my brothers wedding. We flew into LA, rented a car and drove 3 hours north to San Luis Obisbo for the celebration! Sounds fun right? Well, thank goodness Savannah is a good traveler(for the most part)because we got off to a rocky start! The flight there went good. Savannah even got her own seat. Then we had to take a shuttle to the rental car place. 1 long hour later we get our rental car...only costing $75 more than originally planned. I was mad, so I go fight it back down to $94. Finally we are on our way...oh wait, we are in CA, there is traffic! We get cruising along, stop for some lunch and then realize we are not going the right way! After a 5 hour drive we get to the hotel! We visit with my family for a little bit and then check in. Luckily Savannah slept like a champ in the hotel room! It makes things a lot easier! Saturday was crazy, but so fun. The wedding was perfect. A magician married Ryan and Carole, which was too funny. The reception was fun as well. Everything was planned perfectly around Ryan and Carole's funky style. I am so happy for them and so jealous that they are now in Maui! We left the party a little early because of a tired baby. Sunday, we woke up, met all the family for breakfast and then were on our way back. This time going the right way! We stopped in Santa Barbara for a bit and then finished the rest of the drive. Savannah slept the whole way! What an exhausting weekend!






Picture overload! I know they are small so click on them if you want to see them bigger.

Our Mothers!

Josh and I have the best moms. We LOVE you both and hope you had a fabulous mother's day!

It's weird to think I joined the "Mom's Club" this year. I love being a mom and am so lucky to have Savannah. I love being with her every day. I love that my husband works hard so that I can be with her every day. I love that she is a mama's girl and needs me. It doesn't get much better. I am in awe of all the mothers out there that work so hard to create beautiful families. Being a mom is hard but I am lucky enough to have women in my life who are going through(or went through)exactly what I am to help make it easier. Thank you for your examples! Hope you felt appreciated this weekend!

Silly Savannah #2

The other day I was up on our desk writing out a card to a friend. Savannah was down below playing with her toys...or so I thought! Most of you have been to my house and know that the computer looks down onto the living room, so it's not uncommon for me to be up on the computer with her playing in full view down below. I guess she figured out how to pull the wipes out and boy was it fun for her! She'd pull one out, and drop it in the pile and repeated this process about 100 times! I don't know what I am going to do when the real mischief begins!

9 months!

As of yesterday, my baby is 9 months old! These past 9 months have gone by way too fast. Savannah continues to do something new and funny every day. She has quite the personality and we love it! Here are some things she is doing at 9 months...
*She is sleeping through the night, at least 10 hours every night!
*She has 3 teeth...2 on the bottom, and one on top...not a front tooth though, a fang, our little snaggle tooth.
*She loves kids/babies and dogs. She squeals with excitement when she sees another kid or dog.
*I don't think she has control of her arms yet. They are all over the place, especially when she wants something or is excited. It's one of her funniest traits.
*She is not crawling yet, but bends,scoots and rolls like no other. She can get her hands on anything if she puts her mind to it.
*She will eat anything and everything. She loves food! We have to share everything with her or we get in trouble.
*She has 4 feedings a day, 2 formula, 2 from mom.
*She's our little screamer and loves being loud and getting attention from anyone who will give it to her.
*She takes one really good nap every day and one not so good nap in the afternoon.
*She goes to bed late with mom, but that's because her mom is not a morning person.

Savannah is so fun to be around. She is so happy and fun loving. I get comments daily about how smiley of a baby she is. We love her and all of her sassiness.

Weight: 17 pounds 2 ounces (25%)
Height: 27 3/4 in. (75%)

Silly Savannah!

On the way to the cabin we stopped in Park City to shop and eat! The outlets had the best deals! Anyway, I gave Savannah my apple core to keep her busy. It entertained her for hours! She just sat, relaxed in her stroller, sucking on the core. It made my shopping trip very enjoyable. She was so relaxed that she kept sliding down and I would have to prop her back up. Well, we got to Carters and it wasn't a very stroller friendly store. They had the best deals of all so I would temporarily leave the stroller as I browsed the racks. I came back to Savannah to find this...

She had wiggled her way out of her stroller, through the snack rack and all, and somehow landed perfectly sitting up...still munching on her apple core! I thought it was so funny, especially because she wasn't hurt and she doesn't know how to get into the sitting position on her own. She must have gracefully fallen that way! Let's just say she now has to be strapped in her stroller...We love our crazy girl!

Happy Easter!

We had a really fun Easter weekend! We were able to spend some time at my parents cabin with Josh's family. Savannah had an awful night there, so as fun as it was, it was also good to come home and take a good long nap! This morning we went to church and then headed to Josh's Grandparents for a yummy dinner. The weather made the day awesome!

Here she is in her Easter attire(thanks to Aunt Sarah and Great Aunt Janet!)Seriously, could she get any cuter?!?

"Look at all this cool stuff!" Savannah and Caden loved their Easter baskets!

Grandma and Grandpa Chase hid a basket for Savannah for her 1st Easter. Pj's, crackers, and a cute outfit...what more could a girl want?!

PASTY WHITE!

It's that time of year where I want to bring out the skirts, shorts, flip flops, etc. All this leads me to feel white and not my best self...until I started using this...


Now don't get me wrong...next time you see me I won't look like a Brazilian beauty that just walked off a cruise ship...but I won't be whiter than the snowman I built last weekend! If anything you won't even notice, but I do and that is all that matters! I love this new face lotion...even has SPF...the regular natural glow body lotion isn't my favorite. It still smells like tanning cream. Hopefully in a couple of months I won't be using any of this and be all natural! HURRY UP SUMMER!

It's been a while...

For about a month, I thought I had lost my camera. Therefore, I have no pictures of Savannah at 7 months! It's time to make up for it! Here she is in all her glory...can't get enough of her...even if she does have chicken rice dinner all over her face!


My picture wall is finally done! Does it look like a hard project?! Nope! But for some reason it has taken me 2 years to do it. I really bought most of those frames 2 years ago and finally did it, well Josh and his dad did it, and Nichols Photo Lab (aka Erin and Paul Bitner) did it too! (run on sentence!) It first started out as a "family history" wall with a bunch of wedding pictures from us, our parents and grandparents. Yep, having a kid changes all that. Sorry parents and grandparents but soon you will be replaced by my sweet girl!

Last but not least, a classic family picture at Leatherby's! We have been going there monthly and love it. We got a brownie sundae this time and did not like it...hmmm...why is it gone...we'll eat anything!

PICTURE OVERLOAD...BEWARE!

Savannah is a very happy, smiley baby (most of the time!) Well, when we went to get her 6 month pictures taken we could not get one smile! I got these back and LOVE them...even if we couldn't get a smile...I was hoping for an awesome family pic to blow up big in our house, but nope, we gave her that sucker just to keep her from crying! Here are some of my favorites...these were taken a month ago...my baby is now 7 1/2 months! AAAHHHH!








Thanks to Aubrey Bolton for being such a fabulous photographer!