Savannah-isms

Savannah says pretty hilarious stuff, I think.  She mostly is an excellent talker and speaks very clearly, but there are juuuust a few words she says backwards or has her own way of saying them, or it's just plain funny.  For my memory, here they are:

Old McDonut
Hold you, Mama (hold me, mama)
Baybuh (baby)
SaySay (CC)
I cry.  I cry for mommy. [which breaks my heart every time!]
Now my know my ABCs
Ki-addo (Caddo)
Mee-ulk (milk)
That yours?
Divio (Video)
Mecinene (medicine)
I wanna watch a liiiiitle tv
peas (please) [she already quit doing this one, and I was honestly sad to hear that "L" appear!]
Agaim (again)
More missassage (more massage)
Jesus lives in my heart and in my belly
Opitus (octopus)
Ballerinda (ballerina)
Papunzel (Rapunzel)
Peace-a (pizza)
What you doing?
You want that?
What you got?
Me: "Savannah, are you a crazy monkey?" Savannah: "No, I'm Savannah Cate Morledge!"
Okaymm (okay)
Sare! (Share)
Sare, mommy! [usually in regards to some food or sweet, but sometimes toys]
Cool (school) [she has now corrected this one]
Flossy! (flopsy) [her bunny lovey]
Raisin-y Flossy [her flopsy that has a kind of bumpy face-she has like 5 or 6 altogether]
Main Flossy [her favorite oldest flopsy]
New Flossy [her new flospy I bought since her old ones are almost embarrassingly gross looking]
Cool Flossy [her flopsy that lives at school]
     (In case you are wondering, she has another at Nana and Gran's house also but it doesn't have a name)

What an adorable little girl we've got! I think we'll keep her for always!

Adventures in Sitting Up

Walker is reallllly interested in sitting up and wants to do it all the time.  Unfortunately he can't really sit up on his own for more than 5 or so seconds.  But, what a cutie! (and loving his shirt, On The Hunt For Chicks. hehehe perfect for Easter!)

FULL of concentration.  Look at that face! ^

Weekend Update

Well we had a pretty low-key weekend around here, Miss Savannah ended up on Thursday with a yucky UTI and we spend most of the morning at the doctor's office.  Poor poor girl was in so much pain.  She got some meds and is doing a lot better! She's got a little diaper rash and a low appetite, both I think from the antibiotic.  I hate to see her have to go through these, but considering it is only her 3rd UTI since she was diagnosed with the hydronephrosis at 6 weeks old, I am counting her lucky.  Other than that, we just did a few things around the house, ran some errands, went out to eat a few times, went to church, and then Birc and I got a movie date on Friday night! He's been dying to see the new Captain America movie and I like the Marvel comic movies too, so we were thrilled.  Anna and Aaron kindly played with our kids and put Walker to bed.  It was a great little getaway :)

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Savannah isn't a huge fan of going to church because she goes to the nursery and she gets sad to get left by mama and daddy.  It's hard.

Walker is happy as a clam to have new toys to play with! I am eating it up while I can until his separation anxiety starts!

Our Weekend [+ a few spring break things]

We had a very low key weekend! My favorite kind! Friday night my cousin Emily came by and ate dinner with a friend and she was the best play friend ever for Savannah.  Savannah thought everything Emily did was JUST AWESOME and was so wired!  We got some yard work done on Saturday and had a little bit of a family movie night on Saturday night (Lion King) (more on that later) and went to church Sunday and went to Nana and Gran's Sunday night.

Also last week, I took Savannah to the Wonder Place to play one day, and a few other pictures are posted here that are cute and I forgot to blog about it. Picnic in the den.  smiling babies.  sleeping babies. playing siblings. Jemimah Puddleduck dress of Anna's that Savannah is now wearing.

Sand table [where, just for my memory, my "mama bear" instinct kicked in for about the first time ever.  Another little girl playing at the table kept swiping all of the toys Savannah would pick up, and kept dumping out all of the bins Savannah would fill with sand.  The mom just kept talking on her phone and glancing over every so often, telling the little girl to share. Savannah was such a good girl each time her stuff got swiped, and would just turn around to me with a sad face and a pouty lip, but when I would tell her to find something else, she would.  We only left the sand table so I didn't tackle the kid.]

water table. ew.

play kitchen

the "sandwich" Savannah made for me with the play food.  Obv I looked hungry.

What Walker thought of the Wonder Place. :)

the "River Market" it is a mimic of the River Market in our downtown with a little farmer's market set up for her to shop in.

Notice the scanner in her right hand, she is scanning all of her items. She loves to shop.

Veterinarian Savannah

she kept singing "Time for your checkup, time for your checkup!" from doc mcstuffins.

Lastly, I have a really big week at work this week.  Probably the busiest week of the school year.  So this might be the only blog post this week.  We'll see what I can get done! Happy April!

Walker at 6 Months

Walker is 6 months old and I cannot believe it!  He's such a good baby, I feel so lucky! [[I'm SO tired at this present moment but really want to get this post up, so I am going to try to be concise.]]  Walker is eating 6 ounce bottles about every 2 1/2 hours in the day. He generally sleeps from about 9:30 PM until sometime between 5 and 9 AM.  He's usually a very good sleeper.  He has his nights, though, and it is BRUTAL when he doesn't sleep all night.  Birc gets up with him every night and feeds him the first time he wakes up (and usually there's only one so I luck out!) He's wearing a size 2 diaper (barely) and wearing 6 month and 6-9 month clothing except for pants and he is wearing 3-6 month pants.  Anything that is a footed anything is 6 or 6-9 month because his torso is SO long.  

Walker is jabbering up a storm right now and he just started doing this adorable, albeit very messy, trick of sticking his tongue out and blowing spit everywhere.  Walker also started getting HANGRY this month.  When he is hungry, he is hungry, and he lets anyone within earshot know about it.  He screams so loudly and then you put that bottle in his mouth and he says "aahh".  He has 2-3 bottles of formula each day and 4-6 breastmilk bottles every day.  Just depends on how many times he eats in the night, and how many times I was able to pump the day before.  I returned to work this month and pumping is just as hard to fit into my schedule as it was with Savannah.  I'm doing my best.  

Walker still is on Zantac twice a day for acid reflux and we can really tell if he is outgrowing his dose or if we accidentally miss one.  He also is taking about an ounce of prune juice as the formula kinda slows things down if you know what I mean.  Walker weighs about 17 pounds I think, and I am not sure on head or length.  We go for our 6 month appointment next week or the next so I will find out then.  All I know is he is a chunk and I love it! When he was so tiny in the NICU I just craved holding a baby with all the fat rolls and wrinkles and I love it now! He is so roly poly!  Walker is trying to sit up these days.  We are really working on it and he's getting really good.  He can also prop himself up on his belly with his arms out straight in front of him like a yoga pose.  He sleeps on his belly all the time and rolls all around.  I can put him one place and I come back and he's in a totally different area and facing a different way and usually on the opposite back or belly.  Walker is ready to be mobile!

Walker can smile and laugh and coo and jibber jabber.  He loves to watch Savannah doing anything.  He also loves seeing the cats and watching them.  He likes to be read to and loves to hear someone sing to him.  he's started jumping in his bouncer/exersaucer thing.  Walker recognizes us and his eyes and mouth smile so big when he sees us! I love it!  He knows his name and will turn when I say it.  He is putting everything in the world in his mouth and drooling all over everything.  I mean everything.  He is such a drooly baby lately! His teeth are probably moving.  He is grabbing at toys and pulling things toward him when he wants them.  

Of course we think he's perfect.  Here are the pictures to prove it!  [If I used hashtags, #photobombs #purplesheets #lifewithanoldersister #sittingupfails #picturesmidspitbubbles]

notice said spit bubble above

I got it, mama. just give me a second.

no, seriously. I can do this.

ok. SO HARD to sit up.

I give up. This pillow will catch me.

NOW IT GOT IT!!!   There's my cutie!