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Last week we (Savannah and I) went to mom and dad's for dinner and hanging out. Mike and Laura came with little Katia (who is the same age as Savannah). So much fun! I also had to show off the first homemade diaper I made- not perfect, but not bad for a first try! A few updates on Savannah-- she is now crawling BACKWARD. Not forward yet... She can push herself up into sitting while laying down, she is waving and clapping, she can pull herself up to standing if she works at it.... she seems to be doing something new every day right now. It is so fun to see her progress- she just lights up our lives!

Random Days

Savannah is really starting to get into things. She still is not crawling but she can scoot herself around and reach to get what she wants. She was getting into all of daddys things in the picture and was very successful at pulling them all out... and trying to eat the paper in the process. I still have not figured out why she loves eating paper so much. We really have to keep an eye out when paper is around! Savannah has a great time feeding herself too. She gets it every where but she could not be more proud of herself!

Fun at the Cox's

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Cox's house last week to do some crafts with the kids. The ride there was a little rough... Savannah screamed the whole way. I think she was scarred of the incredibly loud rain and wind that was going on that day. But being at their house was SO much fun. The kids love seeing each other and Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma fixed us an amazing meal... as always! And we enjoyed the company!!!

Grandma and Papa Forman's!

We had a great dinner at Mom and Dad's (as always) Savannah loves her Papa (Dad) and loves seeing Hope and Bryce. Christian found that she may want to be a soccer player too- as he got endless laughs from her when he helped her kick the bouncy ball around the house. So much fun!

Happy Birthday Christian!

It was Christian's birthday Oct. 8th... (I am a little behind on my posts). We had a lunch over here to celebrate. We made sweet pork salads and had strawberry whip cream cake. Christian got a lot of great gifts too! (Most all centered around law school) like the newest edition of the Blacks Law dictionary and some great movies about or having to do with lawyers. Hope really enjoyed helping open the gifts. She is SO cute! We love you Christian, Happy Birthday!

Utah- Mission Reunion

I feel bad... we didn't get a single picture of the mission reunion! Savannah was exhausted and it was all I could do to keep her happy and occupied until 11:30pm! (She refused to go to sleep- no matter what I tried) Stubborn girl. I have no idea where she gets that from.

We were able to spend some time with Grandma Forman though and see where she lives and see how amazing she is doing! She looks SO great! What a great example she is working on this Family History Mission. We also were able to go to Tony and Lisa's to watch a session of conference (Christian was able to go to actual conference during this time too!). Savannah fell in love with Travis. I guess because they are both little. He has grown up so much and is such a sweet boy- I still picture him Savannah's age! Savannah kept putting her hand on him and patting him. Sweet cousins.

Just a few cute moments

Savannah has decided that helping with the laudry is really fun. I have a little more laundry to do now that we are cloth diapering. It really is only one extra load so it is not a big deal but Savannah enjoys playing with any of the laundry that has just come from the dryer- I think because it is all warm. But she is so cute!
Yes, she is standing up on her own now and loves her new toy we got her. She is so proud of herself.
The other night she woke up and just would not go back to sleep. Since Christian was gone and it was only 8 I finally just brought her in our room. I was crocheting a hat for Hope and Savannah decided to try to help me... it took me 45 minutes to get the knots out of the yarn!
Here is Savannah concentrating and thinking about crawling. I didn't know if she would crawl because she has shown absolutely NO interest in it whatsoever but that has all changed the last week to a week and a half. She is really thinking about doing it- I just hope she doesn't learn before we go to Utah!
She loves to be naked... What more can I say. She loves it.

Pumpkin Pancakes

So I was craving pumpkin and decided Pumpkin Pancakes sounded good. We only had a massive can of pumpkin but I opened it any way- so we have had pumpkin pancakes... a couple of times the last few days. I love the recipe I found and Savannah does too! Her little face lit up with her first taste and she just sat with her mouth open for more. Well last night I made another batch and we sat down for dinner (Christian was at Law School) and she was SO excited. She really wanted to feed herself though, so I just let her. Messy yes, adorable YES! Savannah was SO proud of herself and I think enjoyed the pancakes even more when she could feed them to herself. It was super cute. I found my favorite pancake recipe! Here it is just in case you want to try it too... (for Savannah and I we used less oil and more pumpkin!) Hope you like them too!

Pumpkin Pancakes

1 cup All purpose flour
1 Tbs. Sugar
1/4 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
1/2 cup Pumpkin puree fresh or canned
1 cup milk
2 eggs separated
2 Tbs. vegetable oil

Combine dry ingredients in bowl. In second bowl , whisk together Pumpkin puree, Egg yolks, milk, and vegetable oil. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Beat egg whites until peaks for then fold into batter. Makes about 12 pancakes.

Daddy's Little Girl

These are pictures I should have put in a month ago but kept forgetting. We took them on Christian's iPhone so they are not the best quality, but it is adorable to see her enjoy playing the drums with her daddy. Such a proud daddy!

Love of Magazines

Savannah is so funny, when she sees paper it just calls to her. She loves to try to eat it! But if I stick her pacifier in she doesn't eat it but she does love trying to rip it all up. The first 2 pictures are of a dress I saw at Macy's and couldn't resist! I think it is adorable! You can see Savannah is standing up now too. I was holding her obviously, but she loves to try to do it on her own.

Okay, I have been slacking... Here are some pics. Finally.

Savannah is IN LOVE with smoothies. It is her favorite 'solid' food. She would eat a whole glass full if I would let her! Since she loves them so much it has really encouraged her to learn to drink from a straw, so she is enjoying doing that now. She is also feeding herself, well I let her do it sometimes. It ends up making a big mess if it is a runny food, but she did great with some multi-grain cereal! She was so proud of herself. And of course the first picture is Savannah with her Nana Baldree. She loves when her family comes to visit her- very social little thing. Other than that, Christian is doing well in law school but is finding that he is going 24/7 with work, school, church callings, buying a house and Savannah and I. Poor guy, he works so hard to keep Savannah and I home. Thank you Christian! We love you! We are hoping to hear in the next couple of weeks on a few homes that look promising. I have my heart set on a specific one, but I will be happy to get any of the ones we have put offers on. Dumb short sales! This is just taking forever!!! Life is great! Savannah is a happy little girl (as long as she is rested and fed- I have no idea where she gets that from! :-) )

Eating my toes and a new Carrier

Today was an eventful day. Savannah and I went with Nana Baldree to the fabric store and then went house hunting. We were gone pretty much all day but when I got home Savannah began eating her toes... Which is actually the first time- so I was glad I could get a picture of this cute moment. Then I made a baby carrier for Savannah from the fabric I got at the fabric store and I really like it! Savannah loves to be carried and she is getting so heavy and it is hard not to have my hands free so this is the perfect solution. So exciting! My little kangaroo or I guess joey. :-)