Festivals, Camping, and Cars Oh My!

Well this last week has been full of fun activities. Its festival time here in western Idaho so we've had fun going to Emmet and Meridian for two different festivals. On Thursday I went with my sister in law Jodi to the Emmet Cherry festival which was oh so fun. I'm sad to say I didn't eat any cherries because I could buy them at the store for cheaper but I did have funnel cake! I lOVE funnel cake and have now gotten my nieces hooked as well. Savannah thought it was a blast and even got a goldfish. They had goldfish races so she had fun helping hers along and then she desperately wanted to love on it so I had to put it out of sight. Then next day we went to the Meridian Dairy Day Parade with Jacob's sisters and their kids. Once again Savannah had a blast as well as all the other kids. I really do love this parade and think its so fun, they give all the kids milk and toss candy and everyone decorates things like cows. Also Savannah's favorite animal sound is "moooooooo".




When we got home that night we decided to camp out in the back yard to see how Savannah would do before we attempted a real camping trip. Once again she was in heaven! Oh my goodness you'd think this was the most amazing thing to ever happen to her she was so excited, which in turn made the whole experience more fun for us. I got so sleep on our sofa cushions and we pulled out Savannah's crib mattress for her, poor Jacob got the hard ground. We also had our friends Clayton and Melanie camp out with us to so it was quite the party. Savannah was so excited she didn't fall asleep till like 11:30 and oh course was still up at 7:07 so I technically got to sleep in for 7 minutes.

On Saturday I wanted to go on a family outing so I put Jacob in charge and he decided we'd go to a park near our house to walk around and play and of course see the ducks too. It was a beautiful day and Savannah just loved every minute of it. She kept trying to get away from Jacob so she could either jump in the stream or try and chase the ducks into the pond. I'm glad he had a hold of her because I was exhausted from all our other outings. Also as an added surprise there was a car show going on in one part of the park so we got to do another activity while there.




(This is Jacob's fAVORITE car!)

Quick Update

I'll start with Olivia...she should weigh in somewhere around four pounds and should be about 19 inches long. She should be getting ready to come into the world by practicing a few things she'll need to know like swallowing, breathing,kicking, and sucking. As a side note she totally has kicking down. She also has been able to suck her thumb for a while now, no idea if she actually does but we'll find out soon enough. Something else to note: As more and more fat accumulates under her skin, she's becoming less transparent and more opaque. I love the internet for giving me all this useful information, it really is nice to have some kind of idea about what's going on inside me.
Now on to Miss Savannah...she is very much a toddler coming up on her second birthday. Can you believe it she'll be 2 in September! With getting older she is acquiring some fun new habits like huge temper tantrums. I'm really not exaggerating either, now they aren't always huge I'd say like 45% of the time they are though. Now what do I mean by huge? I'm talking about throwing herself onto the floor kicking and screaming literally and banging body parts into walls or doors or whatever is closest to her. My remedy for this is ignoring her or putting her in her room. The best is when it happens in public, I though I'd be more embarrassed but really I'm not. I figure either they know what I'm going through because they have kids and if they haven't I still don't care. She hasn't thrown one with Jacob in public and I have a feeling he'll be much more embarrassed them me. Another fun new thing Savannah is trying out is no nap taking. I do not like this at all! I'm still trying to put her down everyday and its just hit or miss. Today I took her for a walk to 2 parks and let her play till she was spent, as a side note the walk total was about a mile. Needless to say she is now asleep and I'm loving it.
I think I'll give a short update about Jacob and myself too because I don't usually talk about us and I figure somebody might like to know what were up to.
Jacob has been busy with work and has been exploring options for new employment and possibly going to school. Everything is still very much up in the air hence I've never mentioned it before but there you go, one day I'll make a post about the decided decision (I gave him till Olivia's born to make a plan so time is quickly running out.) He's also playing softball with our ward and LOVING every minute of it. Savannah and I haven't been able to go see a game yet but hopefully soon. He's also going to be playing with his work on a city team so we'll have lots of games to attend soon. He's also being the best dad ever, he's been having so much fun playing with Savannah and bonding with her more as its becoming a bit harder for me to be as active with her as she'd like.
On to me...we'll I'm 32 weeks pregnant and once again I have been really blessed with a great pregnancy. I have the basic complaints of being tired, feeling huge, and all of that but that's about it. I've been trying to motivate myself into getting some house projects done before Olivia arrives but I haven't been super motivated. Most of my projects are for Savannah since we have pretty much everything ready for Olivia, we just need to set up her bassinet in our room. I'll be attempting a few different sewing projects, painting, and decorating Savannah's new room in preparation for Olivia so I really do need to get my butt in gear. Wish me luck.
Well those are the happenings with us, at least all the ones I can think of so hopefully you enjoyed catching up with our little family and I'll try to include pictures next time.

New Favorites

Ok, so I can take no credit for finding these sites but they are my new favorites! One of my friends when I was in Provo married this girl whom I've actually never met but I love her! I love reading her blog about their little family and she does the funnest stuff. I secretly wish I lived near them so hopefully she'd like me and we could be friends. Anyway these are two sites that she shared on her blog and I have fallen in love so I am also sharing them. First is howdoeshe.com, this site has awesome crafts, recipes and much more. The second is melskitchencafe.com which has all kinds of yummy recipes. Tomorrow I'm making her black beans and grilled island chicken, I'm quite excited. Anyway I hope you enjoy these as much as I do and have a fabulous weekend!

Dinner Date

So Jacob's work has a huge order that came in so last night he had to work late. I hate when he has to work late but I don't mind the extra money so I just suck it up. It was also a fun time to have a special dinner with Savannah. Now I didn't have what some might consider a traditional dinner but I LOVED it as did Savannah. We each had big plates of fruit and veggies and of course the home made bread I made a few days ago. Savannah had so much fun dipping her broccoli into her ranch and we of course watched Cinderella while enjoying our picnic. Have I mentioned that Cinderella is her most favorite movie and she wants to watch it all the time. I'm glad I like it and I'm glad its getting warmer so we can soon be outside more. Anyway we had lots of fun and next time I hope Jacob can have a fun picnic with us, he has yet to be here when I've decided to have one.

Finishing Up

Ok so I'm a slacker on finishing up my trip posts but here you go. On Saturday we didn't really do anything. Mark had another all day track meet and we didn't end up going. I hung out at home with my mom and watched some TV. It was nice for Savannah to have a relaxed day where we didn't have to do anything.
Sunday was our last full day in Maryland and it was a really good one. We went to church and I ended up hanging out with Savannah in nursery, she had a harder time because all the nursery leaders she had the week before weren't there. Also none of them got subs for themselves or if they did none of them came. They ended up rounding up some ward members to help out and I just decided to stay since Savannah was totally crying. After church my friend Jenny came to pick me up with her 3 girls and off Savannah and I went to see some of our other friends. When I lived in Maryland after I went to LDS Business College Jenny and I became friends with David and Joe. The four of us along with our other friend Valerie would do everything together. We're all married now and rarely get to see eachother so this was special because we haven't been able to get together for about 4 years now. Val lives in North Carolina so she wasn't there but the rest of us got to get together..
Joe, Jenny, and I have kids so all together we had 6 adults and 7 kids all at Dave and Summer's house. They were such sports to have us all over and it was so much fun catching up. As a side note one the way there Savannah decided to throw up the cup of milk she had been drinking on the way along with her snack from nursery. I'm thinking she got car sick or something like that. I had to wash her clothes once we got to Dave's house so for 90% of our stay Savannah just walked around in her diaper. She also learned how to take her diaper off while there thankfully I had just changed a messy diaper so she at least didn't crap on their floor. I really do promise promise though that I had a blast seeing everyone.
On Monday I had to wake up at like 6am because our flight left at 8:40. Needless to say I was thankful I slept well and that Savannah didn't wake up till I woke her up that morning. My mom and Mark took us to the airport and I had a very pleasant flying experience again. Did you know that if your flying by yourself and have a small child and your pregnant like me you get to board first?! I didn't until I left from Maryland. I know they have family boarding after the A group on Southwest but I got to board before the A's which was fantastic because every seat was filled on that first flight. I once again sat next to two very nice people and because the Lord loves me Savannah fell asleep halfway through the 4 hour flight and didn't wake up till we were at the gate in Salt Lake. It was wonderful. Our flight from Salt Lake to Boise was enjoyable as usual, the flight is never full and we almost always get a whole row to ourselves. Savannah was in heaven sitting in her own seat and I just let her watch Cinderella and eat snacks on her tray. She was an angel.
Once we landed in Boise I kept telling Savannah to look out for daddy and boy did she ever. She kept saying daddy and pointing all around the airport trying to find Jacob. Once we saw him I helped her out of her stroller and she ran as fast as her little legs could carry her. She didnt' let go of Jacob until we had gotten our bags and were getting into the car. Needless to say she really missed Jacob as did I.
Overall my trip was perfect, I loved every minute of it and was beyond sad to leave. I was of course excited to get back to Jacob but I already miss being in Maryland and can't wait to go back whenever that might be.

Day 10

So I realized while trying to fall asleep last night that I'm actually off 1 day and I have been from my fist post with this trip. I talked about our flight and our first full day in Maryland under day 1, oh well. Anyway yesterday was so much fun! My mom got super cheap tickets to the Baltimore Aquarium through her school (only $5 a person instead of like $25.) By far Savannah's favorite part was the Dolphin Show, I mean how can you not like it. The whole time she was oohing and aahing and clapping, even to the beat. She was just in heaven even though she was a bit unsure before it started.

After the show we got to stand next to the glass tank and watch the dolphins swim by and Savannah wasn't even scared like I thought she would be. She just loved every minute of it. Next we started our trip through the aquarium looking at the sting rays and all the different displays. She would hold hands with my mom and I and once we got to a tank she'd pull her hands free so she could press herself up to the glass. A couple times she even tried to climb inside, she really likes water. They have a new to me Australian exhibit and it was pretty cool. One of the workers there would feed a type of fish with grasshoppers and the fish would jump out of the tank to get it.

We went to lunch afterwords right along the harbor and I was just in heaven, then we headed back to my parents. Last night was our next scheduled activity, one that has been pretty regular while I've been here. My family loves hockey, now they haven't always my brother Mark loves it and not they all do. This week the Washington Capitals have been in the playoffs for the Stanley Cup so every other night we've been watching hockey. Last night Mark and I decided to get into it and wore hockey jersey's. If they won last night they would have moved on in the playoffs but alas they lost so keep your fingers crossed for Monday night, they just need to win 1 more game in the series.
Savannah even gets into the games and helps cheer the Caps on, fun times, fun times.

Day 8 and Day 9

So you would think I would be more on top of posting each day about our trip because this week is less busy then the previous, but your wrong. I like posting about our trip each day because I tend to forget the fun little things that happen and sometimes I forget all together what we even did. I'm just not as good at remembering as I used to be, dang this pregnancy brain. Anyway, Wednesday was a fun day which I was very nervous about. My mom had a doctors appointment near my grandparents house so she dropped off Savannah and I so we could have another visit with them. Now why would this make me nervous you ask? Well my grandparents house has lots of things in it and is obviously no where near baby proof and if you haven't been able to tell, Savannah is very active and very curious. I've been very grateful for my family while I've been here because chasing Savannah around is quite exhausting for me but very good exercise. Anyhow, she did great at my grandparents and I was glad that they could see her being her true self. She explored all over the house and just had a fun time all around. Savannah is the first great grandchild on my dad's side so I'm glad that Savannah's been able to spend some time with her great grandparents.

On Thursday I got to have a pretty much Savannah free day. My mom had class in the morning and Mark stayed home from school for take your child to work day. Since he couldn't go to school with my mom we showed him what it's like being a stay at home mom. After my mom got back we left Savannah with Mark and went to get our hair done. My mom has been going to the same gal since I was in high school and she's fantastic. I just got a trim so nothing exciting but I totally love it and I loved not having to worry about Savannah. Mark even got her to go down for a nap while he was watching her. He just has a way with kids. Then later that afternoon my good friend Jenny came over with her youngest girl who's just 3 months younger then Savannah. It was so fun getting to see her and just catch up. Whenever we get to see eachother it feels as if no time has passed, I love it. We ended up going out to eat with another friend Jackie to the local Chinese restaurant that we used to always go to, and once again Mark watched Savannah for me. It was so fun reminiscing and having memories pop into my head as we drove around. It made me remember even more how much I loved growing up here and how much fun I had. Can you tell how much I LOVE Maryland?! I think its one of the best places EVER.