Savannah's Birthday

Last week, Savannah celebrated her 4th birthday! It was a very busy day!! Looking back just gives me a headache and I need time to catch my breath!



Her special day started with pancake with a few of her friends. It was a Monday and I kept it small. I didn't know how much I could handle. It was a good idea. She has been talking about her birthday for about 3 or 4 months. Everynight she will go to bed the oriental trading company party catalog and dream about what she will have at her party. She went through a few various themes and then decided on a princess party. It was a crazy time. It rained that morning and was so humid (for utah) and it was hot. Lucky for me I have 2 great sisters and a mom who came and helped me out. They were complete lifesavers!! I am glad that decided to only have "friend" parties every other year like I had growing up. That kind of chaos really needs to be controlled and in small doses!!



Kris and I then went to McD's where there was another child's party already in progress. We thought we were safe going at 11 am. No such luck! It was crowded and really noisy. And don't get me started on the lunatics that park themselves in the play area with a group of 10 adults and one older childer. Come on people! Get a clue!!



I left Kris as soon as her friend Cami arrived. Not because I don't like Cami but because I had to take olivia to the doctor. She had a pussy goopy eye the day before and then her ear looked like ear wax had exploded. She was in a great mood so I was sure she wasn't sick. I explained to the doctor and he agreed with me. Olivia was happy and playing. well, i should say he agreed with me until he looked at her ear! Yep, super infected. He pulled out a big wad of ear wax and puss. So much for me knowing my kid. By the way, Danielle totally called it. She said it was a secondary infection in the eye and an ear infection. Seriously, smarty pants!!



I left the dr's office. It took a record 35 minutes. Seriously, I love fast appointments. Met kris just as she was leaving McD's and took Savannah. Filled Olivia's RX and then went to Harmon's. Olivia took a long nap and Savannah was over hyped up on birthday excitement.



I went home to begin preparations for Party #2. Eric's sister's Birthday is the same day. So I usually do a party at my m om's and

i am back

sorry for the break. my mind was on summer break. forgive me, kat. i know you need to read all about me everyday!!!

five things

I was tagged by Jacque and Lisa. Their tags were similar but not the same. Here it goes, try not to get too excited.

5 Places I have lived:

Cerritos, California (until I was 3)
Draper, Utah (before it was cool to live in draper!)
Sandy, Utah (currently, before I was married, high school and middle school)
Tri Delta Chapter House, U of U. (I won't call it slc, since it was definitely a city all it own!)
South Jordan, Utah (first 2 years of marriage)

I think I was stretching it. Basically I have just live in Dandy forever! That is Draper and Sandy put together.

5 Snacks that I enjoy:
Chocolate
cookie dough
Jorgensen Home made ice cream
Julia's cupcakes (the frosting is pure heaven!)
chewy sprees

5 Habits that I have:
Always wanting to give people makeovers. I never actually ask I just want to make them pretty.
Too much diet coke (the fact that I know the sonic girl is a big sign of that!)
talking all the time
buying way too much fabric
staying up late (this is a problem when your hubby goes to bed at 9pm.)

5 things on my to do list:
returns
clean house
shower
spend time at pool
call leyla

5 goals:
to be a great mother
lose weight (i just want to fit into my jeans!)
keep the house clean for more than 1 day
finish book of mormon this year
finish apron project

5 things I would do if I was a billionaire
travel
shop
donate
bigger house
create

5 jobs that I have had:
capitol roofing 14 years. (I am not going to list all that I did there i was there a long time!)
parade of home when I was 14 handing out flyer's.
that is it. pretty lame. i did interview at discover card once. does that count?

5 people I am tagging:
kat, ley, amy, molly, anyone else. not sure who hasn't done this.

signing and talking

Olivia is now 16 months old. She is very developed in her personality. She can only talk a little but she definetly gets her point across. We have been watching baby signing times in the car and I think it is working. It is so much nicer to listen to the songs then dora or some other annoying kids show. Here are a few of the things she can do:

Signs

• milk (mil)


• please (pease)


• more (mo)


• hat (ha)

Words

• mom


• bee (pacificer or binky)


• uh-huh


• da dad (daddY"S GIRL)

she also kind of spits out words here there. She loves to chatter. I can never understand her but she acts like you are totally having a conversation with her. She will also shake her head and nod if she wants something.

Last night, I was putting her to bed and I wanted to find out what she knew. She gave me kisses and hugs on demand. When she hugs she makes the oohhh sound. She will give high fives (but not on demand).

It is amazing just how much she is growing. She is learning everyday and it is so wonderful!