Fun in the Sun.... and Water too!!

It is starting to get pretty warm in Sac Town!! The other day Jake was going crazy... wanting to go outside. He says "side... side" when he wants to go outside. He kept saying it pointing to the "dowr" . So I figured we wouldn't make it to the park but we could just play outside in the water. Our friend in the complex bought a little kiddie pool and she let us borrow it.. so we set it up outside.. I put Savannah in her little exersaucer and we had a pretty good time outside. Savvy and I got pretty red-faced and hot but Jake had a blast until I took him inside kicking and screaming but at least he got a good 1 and a half outside... Love my munchkins!!! 

Love her blue eyes!!

He love playing with those rocks!! He especially loves putting them in his mouth!!

Eyes closed..

He loves drinking the water!! Yuck!!

Especially loves drinking from the hose!

She was getting pretty hot!!! I kept fanning her but her cheeks still got pretty red.. even though you can't really tell from this pic..

Classic Jake face!!

I was afraid he was gonna get his head stuck.. but luckily his head is still pretty small..

Mischievous face!!

Cutie Pie Face!!

Love my babes

Classic kisses that look like he is going to eat her!!

Sav has her own mischeivous face!

My Funny 19 month old!!

Well I thought that Savannah being 5 months old was a big deal but then I realized that that mean Jake is 19 months. It is pretty nice having your kids birthdays on the same day of the month. They were both born on the 31st of different months of course but it does make it pretty easy to keep track of their birthdays. Jake is getting to be such a big boy. He is doing more and more on his own. I hardly ever have to help him when he eats anymore. He makes a mess sometimes but for the most part he is pretty good at it. Yogurt wasn't very easy for him!! :-)

He is starting to talk a lot more too. The other day I was putting his shoes on while he was sitting on the table by our front door. All of the sudden he stood up and pointed to the clock on the wall above him and said.. "cock.." I was like wo.. I didn't know you knew that word.. so I pointed to the door and asked him "what is this Jake?"  He said "dowor." I was like that's my smart boy. Who knew he was paying attention this whole time. It's fun teaching him new words. He can also point to most of his basic body parts and say what they all are. My favorite is "ebow" (elbow). He is the cutest boy ever. I'm so in love with him and his personality. He is a little booger sometimes but really for the most part he is sweet and adorable and helpful!! He helped me put away the tupperware lids while unloading the dishwasher the other day. I can't wait until he can do even more chores.

Love this kid's faces!!



Eating his oatmeal

His favorite foods right now are string cheese, hot dogs, broccoli, milk, fruit snacks (thanks Grandma Cathy for that one), strawberries, oranges, bananas, peaches, pretty much any fruit, spaghetti, ketchup, coconut rice, spanish rice, beans, peanut butter and jelly, chicken nuggets.. Hmm.. I think that my kid pretty much likes everything. Gotta love that!!!

My Blue-Eyed, 5 month old girl!!

I can't believe Savannah is 5 months tomorrow!!! It's crazy how fast time flies. She is getting more and more beautiful everyday. I love her blue blue eyes. Sometimes I can't believe how pretty she is. I can't wait to see how gorgeous she will be as a young woman and eventually as a bride and then a mother herself.. woah.. slow down... I'm sure it'll go that fast but I really just want to snuggle my little angel face all day long.

I have just started her on rice cereal. She is still pretty messy with it but is getting better. She likes the taste but she gets distracted too easily and wants to just grab whatever is around her. I think I'm going to have to get her her own high chair. She recently had an ear infection. That's the first one of those I've had to deal with and I'm not sure if she is just a sport or if the medicine kicked in fast but she hardly whined or fussed at all. She was a trooper about her snotty nose and if her ears bothered her she didn't really show it. I was kinda surprised when the doc said she had one because I knew she had a fever and was congested but I just thought she had a cold.. Turns out she had an infection in both ears.. Poor girl!!



They are really best buds!!

She is getting really cute with Jake and Jake with her. Jake has been an amazing big brother. He is sooo sweet to her and you can tell that he just loves her. Jake loves most everyone though.. but now when he hugs her or kisses her she responds by either smiling or trying to hug him back. I haven't been fast enough with the camera to get a shot of this but I will sometime.. He totally loves making her laugh too. It's so cute and he's always trying to comfort her when she's crying. My favorite is when she is laying on the floor he will come up and lay on her stomach. She will grab his head and he will say hey "mama".. that's what he calls her. They are super duper cute kids. So happy they are mine!!

She was screaming her head off and he kept saying shh and kissing her until I whipped out the camera.

Sacramento Zoo - May 19, 2012

So Jake's friend Jett had his 2nd Birthday at the Sacramento Zoo. Jake had a really good time. His favorite of course were the monkeys but I was feeding Savannah at the time and didn't get a picture of him looking at the Chimpanzees. Shaun said that he loved them though. He also liked the giraffes. I was kind of surprised at the lack of animals at the Zoo. It was kind of sad but the kids still enjoyed it. Then we went across the street and had a picnic in the park. It was fun hanging out with friends and watching Jett open his presents. Jake got him a little stuffed Nemo that he loved. Spending time with friends made me realize how much I'm going to miss everyone here. I'm hoping that making friends in Vegas won't be too hard and I hope I can find friends like the ones that I have here. I was telling Shaun that I feel like there is an unspoken deal between all of us Mom's that we look after and care for each other's kids like they are our own. I'm so hoping that I find that in Vegas because I love having my friends care about my kids as much as I do. I'm wondering if part of that comes from the fact that most of us were around when they were born or at least pretty little. I hope I can find friends like that. I think it does make it a little easier knowing the kinds of friends that I want in my family's life because of the friends that I have had. Anyways here are some pictures from the sad, little Zoo.



Looking at the Flamingos. He thought they were really cool.

He liked the carousel at first and then..

not so much!!!

She is always so smiley!!

Copying the monkeys he saw at the zoo!!

Savannah's many faces!!

I always thought that Jake made a lot of funny faces but I was recently taking a bunch of pics of Savannah and realized she makes a lot of faces too. I love looking at all of her cute and silly faces.. Hope you like them too!  P.S. My poor baby has an ear infection. I'm hoping Jake doesn't pick it up but considering his nose is running like a faucet right now, I'm guessing that he is going to pick it up.

                

My little driver...

Lately, Jake's favorite thing to do is carry the keys to the car and then help me unlock it. Then I'll open his door and he will climb in and over the center console into the front seat and play while I put Savannah in her car seat. I had my camera on me the other day so I got some good shots of him playing. I love me happy, energetic baby boy! He's so awesome!!!

We Are Moving...

 to Fabulous, dry, hot, and exciting Vegas!!

Shaun was accepted to UNLV and Sac State and BYU-Idaho and after much pondering and discussion, and prayer we have decided that UNLV will be the best for Shaun's education and future.

So Shaun will be a Rebel and we will be roasting in the desert. I'm not excited to leave my family. I will miss having everyone so close. But, I'm looking forward to this adventure and I'm hoping that I will learn a lot from whatever my future there will hold. We will be moving the first week in August so I have less than 3 months to get everything ready. I'm not looking forward to all the work but maybe I can get some of that organizing I've been wanting to do done!!!

Farewell my home, California!!! Hopefully this sign is true and I'll be back!