Giggling Girl!

Last night, Wednesday, October 28th, was a big night in the Boyes House! Michael, Savannah, & I were sitting on the couch chatting, and Savannah started making some funny noises. Michael grabbed the video camera and what we saw next was AMAZING!!! Savannah stopped making her regular noises, and traded them in for a good string of laughter! Here's a video of her FIRST LAUGHS! (Can you believe we caught the actual "first" on video?!?!?!)

Not quite as exciting, but also very cute, is this short video of me going in to get Savannah in the morning. She's always so happy when she wakes up!

Thoughts From Savannah

Check me out... I don't mind Tummy Time so much now that I can lift myself off the ground! :) Now if I can just figure out how to crawl over to all of those coupons that Mommy left on the floor... THAT looks like FUN!

Mommy said it was cold outside, so she put my hat & mittens on me. I like being warm!

Mommy, Daddy, & I went to the Pumpkin Patch on Sunday afternoon. It was cold outside, so I decided that perhaps the best way to warm up was to poop all over my carseat on the way over there. :) It all turned out okay, though, because Mommy & Daddy had packed my Halloween Costume... I'm a Bumblebee. Every time Mommy dresses me in this, she says I'm "Cute As Can BEE" ... I don't know - is she trying to be funny?

Mommy & Daddy sometimes call me their Little Pumpkin. I figured, if that's what they're going to call me, maybe I should hang out with some other little pumpkins to see what it's like...

Here's our first Halloween Family Picture. I don't know, but I'm thinking we look pretty cool... all of us dressed in yellow & black. We're like a whole family of bumblebees! I think Mommy's into this whole "theme" thing a lot more than Daddy & I are... but we love her, so we'll go along with the game!

Such a Big Girl!

Savannah has been sleeping in her carseat (placed in the crib) for several weeks now. On Tuesday afternoon, she was throwing a fit everytime I put her in the seat to go to sleep. Michael suggested that perhaps she was ready to sleep on her back in the crib. This sent chills down my spine. She has been sleeping SO WELL - 10-11 hours each night for at least a week, and I just KNEW that we were going to have to struggle to get her to sleep anywhere but the carseat. Well, once again, Savannah has proven me wrong! The first night she slept on her back, she did get up once, but still slept a total of 9+ hours. Last night, her second night on her back, she slept from 10:30 until 8:00 ~ 9.5 hours STRAIGHT! The funny part about last night was that between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 AM, she somehow managed to "scooch" herself down in the positioner so that her head was where her belly is supposed to be! We managed to capture a couple of pictures while she was sleeping...

This is where she's SUPPOSED to be...

After a LONG night... ;0

(Notice the position of her head!)

What, Mommy? I'm not supposed to be down here? Oops!

Big News & A Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Big news first... and then I'll share some pictures! :) We've made some big decisions lately, and Savannah has made several big strides in the past week or two. Here we go...

• I've decided to stay home with Savannah for the rest of the school year. This was an agonizing decision for me. I've been teaching (in one form or another) for 12 years, so that had become a major part of my identity. It was hard to give that up... but in the end, we decided it was definitely worth the sacrifices we'll have to make in order for me to be here with Savannah every day. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm so excited to be a STAY AT HOME MOM!!!
  
• Savannah has started to "talk" more (in other words, she's cooing and making cute little "ahhh... ooohhh..." sounds) in the past couple of weeks, and she's smiling at us a lot.


• We have an "entertainer" that is attached to Savannah's stroller. It's got little frogs and mirrors that play songs & spin around. Just this week, Savannah has figured out that if she kicks the frogs, they will spin around... a big treat for her! She loves to kick the frogs and then squeal when they move. Very cute!


• On Sunday, I put Savannah down for Tummy Time and instead of screaming (her usual reaction), she decided it was time to push herself up and look around. Here's a picture (not a great one, but all we've got for right now):

• Savannah & I went to Spartanburg for a few days last week, and while there we visited a Pumpkin Patch. We got some cute pictures, so here's a peek into our adventure:

Waiting for the Great Pumpkin...

Mommy, how many pictures do we have to take? I'm getting tired!

Four Generations!