Valentine's day!

 We spent today at the local aquarium. It was deserted which was wonderful! We got to take our time looking at all the exhibits and exploring the tide pools. We even bought a year long pass and look forward to visiting again, especially on rainy days!

The largest tank.

Look at those fish!!

Looking at all of the upside down jelly fish.

The photo is out of focus, but it shows her current jaw line.

Outside exploring the tide pools. Experiencing a starfish close-up.

Rare Savannah and daddy fish!

Playing at the water tables.

Another amazing southern California day! You can't even tell that it rained this morning!

First Haircut

I gave Savannah her first official haircut last weekend. Not an easy feat with a fast moving target! I really don't know how hairdressers for kids do it! I trimmed her bangs a few months ago and don't remember it being nearly this difficult. This hairdo took me two days to finish! I just snipped little pieces here and there until I reached the cut I wanted. I think it came out cute. It is a little bob and it says out of her eyes now (for the most part). It was very windy the day that I day I took this picture!

15 month appt

Savannah's fifteen month well check was this week and all is going well. She is still in the first percentile for weight at 18lbs 10oz and measuring in at about 31 inches in the 45th percentile. Everything else checked okay and we were given a list of higher calorie and higher fat foods to try adding to her diet. The problem is when Sav is awake, she is constant motion. She is literally a human hummingbird. Not just normal toddler motion, we are talking constant running and climbing motion. She can scale couches, baby fences and the dog kennel like they are mere mole hills! The only way she is going to gain more weight is if we sedate her for at least five hours a day (I am only kidding!!) or find some kind of miracle high calorie paste!

Getting Savannah to sleep in her own crib has been easier than I initially imagined. The first night we sat next to her as she fell asleep. She only cried for about 40 minutes before she fell asleep standing up in the corner of her crib. She woke up a couple of the times that night but went back to sleep fairly easily. The next night she only cried 2-3 minutes and fell asleep with 30 minutes. She no longer cries when being put into her crib. She has slept all the way through the night on her own twice now. We are still working on consistency!

A New Year

 Time for those pesky resolutions!

As many of you know, I work a very stressful job. In short I am a 911 operator for a large law enforcement agency. I often talk to people in their darkest hour, at the exact moment that their lives are changed forever. When I get home at night I love the fact that I share a bed with my baby and my husband. I often watch them sleeping and give thanks for how lucky I am. I relish the feeling of Savannah's hand touching my face as she sleeps next to me. Then reality hits (literally!) as I get kicked in the head with such force that I cannot believe it came from a fifteen month old toddler clad in the cutest footie pajamas ever! So with this we must make a New Years resolution. Savannah needs to start sleeping in her own crib. I am going to miss it, but I think it is time. (Either that or it's a matter of time until I have a black eye or a broken nose!)

We are also still trying to get Savannah to gain more weight. It has been difficult the last few weeks because she has decided to become a picky eater. She will try anything but when she decides she doesn't like it, she spits in out in to her own hand and then politely hands it to me. I think she is just making sure that I know she doesn't like what ever I have fed her!

As for my own goals, I just want to be healthier. That includes eating better and more exercise. If I loose some weight, it will be icing on the proverbial cake. I do have some motivation though since hubby and I have both signed up for our first 5k. It is in October so we should have enough time to get in shape.

All in all we survived last year and are really looking forward to this year. We expect 2012 to be a great year and we are starting off with no surgeries scheduled. Yeah!

A great Christmas!

We had a great Christmas at my parents house with the all of our family. Savannah made out like a little bandit! The highlights include a rock n roll Elmo from Grandma and Grandpa, a sweet little kitchen from all of the in-laws, and a tent with little wood animals from Santa. Her dad and I decided to put a few of the toys away for now and we will give them to her in a month or two. That way she will have time to play with them all individually and our living room won't look like eight bombs went off! I am hoping they will mean more to her this way since she seems overwhelmed with all the toys at the moment.

Enjoying the holidays

It has been so busy around here! We have been all over the county shopping, taking Christmas pictures, going to nighttime zoo and doing many other things. I ordered Christmas cards last week and they are awesome. I can't wait until they arrive so I can send them out this week. They are my all time favorite cards so far.

Sav's Tree Update

For those wondering if Savannah's tiny Christmas tree survived the year.... It did and it has almost grown more than Savannah!

Before-  In it's little take home pot

After- It has now outgrown it's last pot and is in a new one for the holidays!