Savanah's Check-Up

I took Savannah to the pediatrician yesterday for her 4 month check-up. We were very curious what her new "stats" were since she's such a chunky little baby. So here it is...

Weight: 15.94 lbs, 78 percentile
Height: 25.5 inches, 75 percentile
Head circumference: 16.6 inches, 60 percentile

We thought she'd be in the 90th percentile for weight, but it turns out she's not as big for her age as we thought. Savannah's tummy also seemed to be acting up again. Her belly button was getting crusties like it used to before her surgery. So the pediatrician decided to cauterize it to see if that helps. We'll watch her for another week or so and if the tummy goobies come back then we'll have to take her back to the surgeon for some more diagnostics.

Summer Fun

I have loved spending more time with the girls now that I'm a stay at home mom. It's definitely not an easy occupation but there are many things that make it worth it. One of the things we have loved doing is going swimming. In early August Becca invited us over and we had a great day swimming and eating lunch at the Jackson's with Becca, Olivia, Grammy, Grandpa, and even David since he randomly took the day off. For the last two Fridays we've gone to playgroup at the pool and Addie can't get enough of it. She's always sad when we have to go home. Even Savannah seems to like it and only cries when it interferes with her time to eat (eating is her #1 priority, which you can tell from the pictures I'm sure). I'll be sad when Summer is over and they close all the pools, it's a great excuse to get out of the house.

Savannah is now officially four months old, yay! It's amazing how much they change from month to month. Just within the last two weeks she has become an avid thumb sucker. She is constantly popping it in and out of her mouth. This week she's also started resting her head on my shoulder when she sucks her thumb. It's such a small thing but it melts my heart every time and I think, "I love you so much, I'm so lucky to have you."

Here are some pics of some of our summer fun.

New Pics

Here's a photo update of the Farnsworth family. Unfortunately Savannah cried all the way through the photoshoot. She was fascinated with the flashing lights though so she'd stop crying for a few seconds after they'd flash the spotlight.They tried that trick a few times and that's where the pics of her blank face in some of the pics come from. We finally got her to smile right after we finished and were packing up our bags so they snapped some quick pictures of her again, yay.

Random Updates

Savannah: Savannah, or "Mannah" as Addie now calls her, is recovering very well from her surgery last week. She's our little trooper. She's gaining weight like it's in fashion (which it definitely is because chunky babies are the cutest) and now touts a heavy 13.5 pounds. It took her till right around 4 weeks but she's very responsive now. She loves to interact, is super smiley, and when we sing to her it looks like she's trying to sing along. The only downside to how much she loves to be with us is that then she wants to be held all the time. I'm working on getting her to at least sleep without us holding her, that should free up quite a bit of our time.

Addie: Addelyn and I had a great time playing tea party today on the patio. She has a great imagination. She loves to have water when she plays with her little dishes and pour it from her little pitchers into the cups and bowls (hence playing on the patio rather than inside because she gets water everywhere).

She's also perfected the art of "throwing a fit." Since Savannah has joined the family Addie knows she has to be louder and more attention-grabbing so she's stepped up her game. I have to say that overall she's such a good little girl though. She talks to "Mannah" in her high pitch little voice, mimicking how we talk to Savannah in our "baby voices." I have to tell her to only kiss Savannah quickly because she loves to kiss her and just keep her lips on her head forever, it's so funny.

Crissi: I love staying home with the girls, even though it's tiring. It's nice to have family nearby too because they've been so helpful. Today Debbie (my mother-in-law) came over and watched the girls for a couple of hours while I went with our Young Women to the temple. Last week while Savannah was getting surgery and Dave and I were with her at Primary Children's Hospital my Mom watched Addie at her house. So we're very grateful that they help out, and also let us hang out at their house (both my parents and Dave's parents) when we're sick of being at home.

David: Dave is enjoying his job and doing a great job "cross-selling" to earn extra bonus cash. He gets competitive with himself trying to make more and do more loans than he did in previous months. As of last Sunday he's taking on the new challenge of Elder's Quorum President. He had some great training with the stake presidency and we have some good expectations for what sacrifices we're going to have to make to let David devote the time he needs to. He's wiling to serve so the Lord is taking advantage of his optimism and great work ethic.

Here are some pics-

Motherhood

I love being a Mom. It's so fun to see each day how they learn, grow, and do such funny things. I love to watch Savannah make faces, each one is so different. I can tell when Savannah is crying from a tummy ache vs. when she's sad or wants to be in a different position. And that crazy little Addie, is a hoot. She is now infatuated with both Elmo and bubbles. She used to just demand to watch Elmo when she got up in the morning but now she wants to blow bubbles all the time too. And the way she says "bubbles" makes us laugh because she gets so excited, all her face muscles get tight, and her eyebrows raise up high while she says it.

Addie speech has exploded lately. A few months ago I could count on one hand the amount of words she actually used, now she's a little chatter box. Sometimes it still takes a parent's know-how to interpret what she's saying though. Her word for "milk" still sounds like "rock" and the way she says "marshmallow" is so cute. She used to only call Savannah "baby" and refused to call her anything else but now she calls her "Vannah." When Savannah starts crying Addie runs to me yelling about "Vannah, Vannah, Vannah!"

Pics of Savannah

Here are the photos of Savannah. I have to admit that they're not my favorite. Plus trying to get Sears to actually post the pictures online and in the meantime respond to my "requests for support" was like trying to convince a two year old to get dressed in the morning. We're definitely going to take her to a different place in August to have photos taken in her blessing dress.

Click here for photos.

Portraits

We took Addelyn and Savannah to get their pictures taken today. The "we" is Debbie (my Mother-in-law) and I, and boy was I glad she was there. Everything actually went very smoothly, but I think that's due in large part to her help. With two kids it's nice to have someone else to chase a runaway Addie and haul the carseat around.

I have to say I was very proud of Addie, she did very well even though she was nervous about the whole thing. So without further ado, here's the link so you can view the pics of Miss Addie - PORTRAITS.

Once they post Savannah's pictures online we'll share those with you as well. :)