Aaron, Jen, Kayla, Madeline & Savannah
Here’s Savannah with the twins, Ender (left) and Grey (middle). The smile on her face gives you a glimpse of her personality. Though our girls have differences, they really are quite similar–extremely happy and full of spunk!
This weekend my friend Kylee and I took our babies on a retreat. Life can be stressful for 9-month-olds, so we thought they needed to get away for some R & R. Just kidding. The retreat was for us, and yes, we had a fun time. We snapped a few photos—of the babies, of course.
Two weeks ago we vacationed in our back yard. With temperatures in the upper 60’s, we spent most of the daylight hours playing, having picnics and going for walks. I put laundry and cleaning on hold, because I knew winter was coming. Here are the girls, geared up for an afternoon walk:
The summer weather is over, and winter is here. We don’t quite have enough snow to build a snowman, but the girls are eagerly awaiting a couple more inches of packing snow.
Savannah is nearing 9 months now. She has been army crawling for about two months and occasionally takes a couple crawling steps on her hands and knees. She can get where she wants to go pretty quickly! Savannah’s words so far are “mama,” “dada” and “more,” and she does a little bit of sign language. Here’s a picture of the pretty girl:
Madeline is our fun-loving middle girl. She enjoys life, wears ballerina dresses, and carries princesses with her everywhere. She also likes holding Savannah. Spending time alone with Madeline is delightful. I cherish those moments!
Kayla is the type of child who, if you give her a spare moment, creates some sort of imaginary world for play. I definitely support and encourage her imagination. However, I’ve discovered that if I want to do some sort of learning activity with Kayla, I have to be very careful of “transition times.” Before I know it Kayla has entered her own little world, and it’s tough to bring her back to reality! She and I work together to find the balance she needs. She’s super creative, and she’s a great reader, too. I can’t believe the stories she is already reading as we work on phonics together.
Stay tuned for more news from our family …
Check out the pictures below to see what Savannah can do.
No, Savannah was not injured in the making of this blog entry.
Savannah, now 9 weeks old, slept through the night for the first time! My alarm went off at 6:30 this morning, and I immediately realized that Savannah hadn’t woken me in the night for a feeding! The alarm, unfortunately, also woke Savannah. She slept seven hours, but it’s possible she would have slept even more.
Here’s a picture of the pretty girl, taken a few days ago.
One thing we didn’t realize before Savannah was born was how much we would sing “Oh Savannah” to her. We adapted the words to “Oh Susannah” to fit our little Savannah. It’s really cute when Kayla and Madeline go around the house singing “Oh Savannah, oh don’t you cry for me, for I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.”
We took Savannah back to the place of her birth on Tuesday to visit our friends Andy and Patty who just had their second baby (a boy this time!). It was fun being back in the same place we had been just nine weeks earlier.
A friend recently recommended a book to me. As soon as I heard about it, I knew it was something the girls would love. It’s called “Games with Books” by Peggy Kaye. Tonight we tried our first game, and as I suspected, the girls were pretty excited. The game coordinated with the book “The Carrot Seed” and involved measuring how tall you are using carrots! So, in case you are curious, here’s how tall we are:
Aaron: 9 1/4 carrots
Jen: 8 carrots
Kayla: 4 3/4 carrots
Madeline: 4 carrots
Savannah: 2 3/4 carrots
Yogi: 3 1/2 carrots (but as Aaron said, it depends on how you stretch her)
Stay tuned for the next post, “How Much We Weigh.” Just kidding. :)
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