Sleep...How I Miss You!!

Sleep = Patience

No sleep = No patience

And poor Savana has to suffer the consequences of my sleep (or lack thereof).

My sweet, little, Dexter.
There is nothing sweeter than a baby who's sleeping...and will take a binkie!! Dexter took right to nursing AND to a binkie. It sure makes life quite a bit easier with the binkie in tow!!



These are two of the cutest girls you'll ever meet. They're going to be the best of friends and the biggest drama queens around! Pyper has the best facial expressions around, and Savy is such a drama ham right now...I can't imagine what it's going to be like in ten years from now!! (We didn't plan the matching hair or shirts. It just so happens that we both like to shop incredible deals...and neither could pass up the 99 cent tank!!) It's nice having family members with kids the same age as ours. I only wish we lived closer to them. Maybe someday we'll join them up in Logan (cause I know there's no convincing them to move down here!!)

Dexter

I've been meaning to post pictures about my beautiful baby boy, but our internet has been crazy, and whenever it is actually working, Sammy's also working, so my access to the interweb has been limited. But here's some pictures of Dexter and his family. If you want to read about his journey into this world, check out my husband's witty retelling of how it all went down! And be patient with me on any updates on our lives. Life with two kids is quite a bit different than life with one!!!

Dexter's cousin, Ginger, beat him into the world by 8 days. It's surprising the difference a few days makes in the life of a newborn. Ginger's so much more alert and aware of the world around her, while all Dex can do is scream his manly scream (he missed out on the newborn cry. He simply squawks and squeals...no cute newborn cry for him).

Daddy's little boy

Savy has been so sweet with her baby brother. She always wants to know where the baby is. She was obssessed with his hat at the hospital and always insisted it be on his head. We'll see how long the sweetness lasts.

Nothing more precious than kisses from my little girl.

We're all dressed up and ready to go home.

He looks so teeney in his car seat! Okay, not only does he look teeney...but he is teeney! He dropped down to 5 lb 12 oz by the time we left the hospital. Just a teensey little thing!

Home at last! Dex was introduced to his binkie shortly after our arrival home, and has thoroughly enjoyed it since then.

And Savy giving her baby brother sweet little kisses. She loves to give him his binkie when he's said and stroke his head while saying..."You're okay, you're okay, you're okay."

The Bean Museum

No, it's not a museum dedicated to lima beans, pinto beans, and all other sorts of beans...it's a stuffed animal museum! And they're HUGE life-size real live (at one point in time) stuffed animals. Savy was quite unsure what to think of the large animals...but after her daddy scaring her into tears a few times, she finally warmed up and realized they weren't really real. They were just really dead!!


Check out the look on her face. She certainly didn't like sitting that close to the elephant.


The Hippo was trying to eat us. I tried to feed just Savy to the hippo, but Savana wouldn't have it. Besides, she's probably much too sweet for the hippo's appetite.


Go COUGARS!!! Sam was proud to stand next to the cougar while wearing his BYU shirt. He was even more proud to have Savy do the Cougar Cheer. But what made him the most proud, was when Savy's nursery teacher pulled out a little BYU football, and Savy proceeded to do the cheer for her whole nursery class!


What a lame excuse for scary faces. I think they got scary mixed up with silly. (Although if I was to see Savy running after me with her face contorted like that, I might run the other way!)

Big Girl Bed

The best thing about having Savy in a big girl's bed: She can get up on her own.

The worst thing about having Savy in a big girl's bed: She can get up on her own.

If she can't fall asleep at night, she'll open her door and stand there asking for mommy, milk, cereal, one more book, or a song to be sung to her. Or she'll look out her bedroom door and spy on Walmart or Utah Lake. Or she'll simply get up and play with her toys.

In the middle of the night, she simply walks into our bedroom, stands next to my side of the bed (she refuses to go to her daddy in the night), and wait for me to get out and carry her back to bed. Then she'll simply roll over and go right back to sleep. It's like she needs to be reminded that her mommy is still there...or maybe she just needs to be tucked in...whatever it is, I secretly enjoy tucking her in again. Just don't let her know!

All in all, the big girl bed has been a big success...and she absolutely loves being in something BIG GIRL!! (now if we can only convince her that it's even cooler to be a big girl who pees in the potty!!)