I am still here.....somewhere, under all these boxes!

I cannot believe its already March. Where has this year gone?

"Hello, 2011?....Can you hear me?....PLEASE slow down!"

We had been toying around with the Idea of moving for a few months, and at the end of January we found the perfect house.

So since then I have been packing, cleaning, moving, unpacking, organizing, and this last week DECORATING! My favorite part! I have actually been working on a HUGE project this week, I cant wait to show it off! I started this project just about 2 years ago! And its Going on the wall TOMORROW!!!

Along with all the moving stuff, Ive been busy trying to sleep train my 7 month old, trying to get him to take a bottle. There hasnt been too much sleep on my end in the last few months. Once I *finally* decided that I was over not sleeping very soundly because there was a little baby in my bed for at least 60% of the night, and I convinced myself I was prepaired  for the 2-3 sleepLESS nights it would take to get him settled and into a great sleep pattern I finally began my battle.Well, 3-4 sleeepNONE weeks later....Battle seems like to nice of a word for what this little guy is doing to me. Im EXHAUSTED to say the least. He is just really not a sound sleeper, he is restless and wakes himself so often by his own movements. He is too big to swaddle, and really would not have it anyway. And Im about ready to fashion some device that safely attaches the pacifier to the babies mouth for the entire night.



Ive been keeping myself busy during the day trying to get this house decorated wall by wall. There are A LOT of BIG walls in this house. BIG walls, that I have always wished for, so many Ideas....Now that I have them....Im at a loss, well, maybe not a loss for ideas. a loss of time, and money, and sensibility.

So that is pretty much what I have been up to in my absence.

Stay tuned...I have great things planned! (Sleep isn't one of them I'm sure!)

The best bath ever!

I think its truly amazing just how different my babies have proven to be from each other thus far.

ONE of the most notable differences in these two is bath time! Savanna loved the water from day one, Adam, not so much. 

bath time is something that I DREAD.  At the beginning I figured oh he will get used to it and like it like a 'normal' baby. Well attempting night after night , baby bath, sink, shower, bathing with me....nothing was getting better its gotten to the point where Ill be honest I bath him as little as I can possibly get away with because he literally screams at the top of his little lungs the ENTIRE time, he is much more content to be wiped down with a cold baby wipe than to enjoy a nice warm, relaxing bath. Its miserable to say the least. He does however sleep well after because hes so exhausted from screaming.

Tonight, after a loooong afternoon of him fighting his nap I fed him a good amount of avocado and banana and decided that I really wanted to take a bath and since he was still awake he was coming with me.

Something just told me tonight was the night....And it wasn't the avocado in his neck rolls! :)

 He did this most of the time, laying on his back on my legs eating his feet. I'm sure they tasted much better since they were freshly washed!

 He even let me give him a "bubble hawk"

 Loved playing in the water, splashing with his feet, grabbing the bubbles and trying to eat them. He was so relaxed and happy. He even let me float him on his back just holding onto my fingertips.

 He really has a thing for his feet right now!

 we must have played for a solid 45 min, and he even let me dunk the back of his head to rinse the soap off his hair. Then he nursed, that was probably the most relaxing thing, he started to doze off so we got out!

 he was making faces in the mirror

 he is such a little ham!

after lotion and jammies he was out within five minutes!!

This bath made up for the loooong afternoon and the hour of crying and nap fighting.

Threw my eyes.....

As my eyes look at these photos 

 They see PURE happiness

PURE laughter

Pure LOVE

Pure Goofiness

PURE PERFECTION

I am so thankful for this little girl.

My "baby" Girl.

Can you believe she went from this:

To this:

In the blink of an eye. 

Miss Savanna you are the light of my life. Everyday you amaze me. 

From your head to your toes

your personality

your spunk

your LOVE of your brother

your ever growing knowledge

the cute way you say "Sleepy HEEEEAD"

to the way you command a room when you enter.

your admiration of your sister

the excitement in your eyes when daddy comes home

your eskimo kisses and

"goonite nooon"

I never knew how deep my heart was untill the moment I held you in my arms. 

The world is yours baby girl, I have no doubt you will conquer it!

1ST "HOMEWORK" ASSIGNMENT!

BRYNN HAD HER FIRST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT OVER THE WEEKEND! HER ASSIGNMENT WAS TO DECORATE A SHOEBOX TO KEEP HER LITTLE BOOKS IN THAT THEY MAKE AT SCHOOL!

DADDY HELPING HER PAINT A "5"

TOTAL CONCENTRATION!

BRYNN SHOWING ME HOW TO PAINT A FLOWER

THE PROUD GIRL WITH THE FINISHED PROJECT!