Our beach vacation

We decided to go to the beach and get away for a few days in September..and also celebrate our 12 year wedding anniversary. We really enjoyed it and had fun! Jonathan especially loved the beach and playing in the water, chasing the birds and building sand castles. Savannah wasn't too sure about it at first but chased after Jonathan and the birds before it was time to go home. She really enjoyed playing in the sand and the pool also. Vann and I got away for a night and celebrated, thanks to Mom and Kaycee. Here's a few pics from our trip to the beach.

Jonathan and Savannah on the beach the first day




Our family pic





Kaycee and Jonathan having fun on the beach

Jeep rides

Well, the newest and latest fun times involve Jonathan and Savannah going for Jeep rides together. Jonathan can't seem to escape before Savannah gets in and wants to go for a ride. She can even push the gas pedal herself and go, although she can't steer it. Jonathan is now asking me to take her out so he can ride alone! We go for rides almost every night now around the neighborhood and they love it. Here's a few pics from our ride yesterday.

Jonathan and Savannah having fun in the Jeep



Ms Angie fixed my hair for me today.

Savannah is 18 months old

I took Savannah for her 18 month pictures on September 1, 2007. As usual, there were too many to decide from and I loved them all! We had two outfits, one being an adorable gator dress our friend Julie made for us...and the other a dress we bought for the occasion. We were entered in the Yo Baby contest as well..wish us luck!
We chose the surprised look with the blocks for that one. Let us know what you think and which you like best!
I took Savannah for her 18 month pictures on September 1, 2007. As usual, there were too many to decide from and I loved them all! We had two outfits, one being an adorable gator dress our friend Julie made for us...and the other a dress we bought for the occasion. We were entered in the Yo Baby contest as well..wish us luck!
We chose the surprised look with the blocks for that one. Let us know what you think and which you like best!

Our Limo night out!

Well, I got a GC for a 3 hour limo ride and invited a bunch of friends to go out with us..we had a great time! 3 hours of fun riding around in a stretch navigator...everyone really enjoyed it! here's a few pics from our fun night out.

Here's the girls, Kimber, me, Mia and Kathy

our visit with Jimmy Neutron

Jimmy Neutron came to the mall so we went to visit him. Jonathan was excited and happy to meet him and have his picture taken. Savannah, on the other hand wasn't very happy! I had to hold her for a pic and to get anywhere near him.

Summer fun

We're all enjoying our boat and going out in the water this summer...Jonathan and Savannah LOVE the water and going for boat rides. Course mom and dad love it too! here's some recent pics from our boat outing to Steinhatchee.

Savannah is 17 months old now...

and loving books these days, she brings me the same books over and over again, and tries to get up into my lap while handing me the book. Her favorites are "Mommy loves me" and "Five Silly Monkies". She can't seem to get enough of the reading and I enjoy reading to her.
She has had the same 7 teeth for a while although #8 has come in on the bottom and 3 out of the 4 back teeth have all broken through as well...maybe that's why she's been so clingy to me lately...and CRANKY!
Popsicles are her most favorite food item these days so we always have some at hand.
Although we're having a time with her hair and what to do with it, she loves to brush it and can't stand for it to get in her face. We've been painting her toes regularly :-) and she's managed to keep her new earrings in for a few months now. She is quite the handfull these days...she seems to say "Yeah" all the time...waves goodbye to everyone, says "mama" ALOT and "dada" too. She doesn't seem to be quite into talking really yet but we are trying to teach her new words!
We went to the mall "swamp" play area and she LOVED it..running around with her big brother and going down the slide. She has mastered how to crawl up the steps and go down the slide in laughter!
She loves going to Ms. Angie's house and playing with the other children there, they keep her entertained. We refer to her as "Lil Princess" and "High Maintenance" these days.
Savannah LOVES her thumb still and her lil' pink blankie..we almost lost it at the mall yesterday, boy was I in a panic! Luckilly, we found it still on the floor where she dropped it out of the stroller.

More updates to come on our family...

Savannah's cupcake

Savannah really enjoyed going to her cousin Jayden's birthday party on June 30th, although she really loved the cupcake...can you tell?! I think she may hate me one day for some of these pics..LOL.
She really enjoyed playing in the pool and the sandbox as well, some of her favorite activities these days.

Savannah, Mommy and Jonathan

We were playing around with the camera and I took this pic of the three of us, I was suprised it actually came out good, the three of us all managed to get in it!

Daddy didn't make it in this one, not sure if he would have fit! This is one of my favorites, especially in black and white..

Julie's birthday

Well, I turned another year older...! :-)
We went out to Sawamura (one of my favorite places) for dinner the night before and my mom made me a cake, my favorite, chocolate and more chocolate!
We all celebrated the big day out on the boat in the river.

Jonathan is 4!

Jonathan turned 4 on May 23rd, 2007! He is getting to be a big boy now! He had 2 parties, one at O2B Kids with his friends and one at home with the family. He wanted a dinosaur cake so here he is with it!
He is very much into animals these days, loves to collect them and play with them, read about them and enjoys coloring them as well. We can't go to Target or Walmart now without him asking if he can get an animal! He has a backpack full of every animal you can imagine now. He loves to ride his JEEP down the street when we go for our evening walks/rides.

We took a family trip to the Jacksonville Zoo the weekend before his 4th birthday to celebrate since we knew he loved animals so much. We all had a great time and plan to go back again soon.