It was all her idea...promise!

I told Savannah I was going to get my hair cut on Tuesday and from that moment, she started begging to get hers cut too. Actually, the begging started about 6 months ago when her friend got her hair cut in a bob. She thought it was really cute and wanted her hair like that too. Doug and I tried to avoid the subject because we loved her long hair. Well, the day came for my hair cut and she was sick and she ended up not going to school that day. So she came with me to get MY hair cut.

And, hers too!
I made sure to explain how it takes a LONG time for hair to grow and that her hair would not be long enough for braids, buns or ponytails once it was cut. She was fine with that. She said, "I don't like braids. They hurt my head when I sleep." I know she loves her hair in braids, she just really wanted her hair cut. =)
I was a little worried when we took her into the bathroom to look at her short hair for the first time. To my relief, she LOVED it! She told me the next day that while I was downstairs, she was standing in front of the mirror in her bathroom looking at her hair and saying, "I love my hair, I love my hair." Whew!

Where's the other gate?

I was sitting on the bottom stair of our house the other morning talking to Doug and Holly was standing on the step above me. Next thing I know, she's climbing the stairs. Ugh. Until that day, she would just sit at the bottom of the stairs and pat the bottom stair with her hands, but never attempted to climb them. Well, those days are history.

All the way up! She can climb to the top fairly quickly now. Anytime we let her down, she makes a beeline for the stairs. "Doug, where's the other gate?"

Teach them while it's fun!

Savannah helped me sort the dirty laundry yesterday for her extra chore and had so much fun doing it that she wanted to do more! So, I took advantage of her enthusiasm for doing house work and had her switch loads from the washer to the dryer. I've never seen anyone have more fun doing chores!

She practically climbed into the dryer to empty the clothes out.

Still smiling! =)
Transering wet clothes to the dryer...without dropping them on the dirty floor. That was a little tougher.

She did it!
Loading washer with load #3. "Mom, are you sure this will all fit?" I think Mondays, aka "Laundry day" won't be so bad in the future. *wink*

First Dance Recital

Savannah had her first dance recital with her company "Dancin' Darlins last Saturday. She performed in front of about 200 people at the Lehi Legacy Center. I was worried that she would be too shy or nervous to really perform (that's what happens when I come to watch her at the end of class) but to my utmost surprise, she did GREAT! She was the most animated dancer up there and was right on cue. Doug and I just beamed with pride as we watched her steal the show!

Posing with her Nana. =)


Here she is with her class, waiting to perform.

Those hips shook like I've never seen!

She just couldn't have done any better. She was so fun to watch! Go Savannah!

Here she is watching the other performances. She wanted so badly to stay the entire 3 hours and watch all the other companies perform but it was snowing heavily outside and getting dark so we had to go.

Milestone

Until today, Holly hadn't really pulled herself up to a stand, which I didn't mind because it's a lot easier when they are less mobile. Well, this morning I was doing Savannah's hair in the bathroom and I turned around to see Holly standing at the bathtub. I asked Savannah, "Did she pull up by herself?", thinking maybe Savannah had helped her when I was looking. But, she had done it on her own. Well, one time was all it took to build up her confidence. She pulled to a stand about 10 more times today. I had my doubts about her walking by Christmas, but maybe she'll surprise me.

What's wrong with this picture? Little sis rocking big sis in infant carseat. Hmmmm...

She's up again!
And again! Way to go, Holly!

Silver Bells

Doug had these silver bells before we were married and man, have they been the highlight of our Christmas since 2003 when Savannah got ahold of them for the first time. Then, in 2004 when we were in our apartment in Utah, Savannah ran around in circles and up and down the hallway ringing the bells and singing her 18 month old version of "Jingle bells". It was hilarious! Well, we got them out on Sunday to put on the tree and gave them to Holly to see what she would do. It was quite entertaining!

" Hmmm...what do I do with these?"
"Maybe this will work...."
" Oh! Now I got it!" Ring, ring, ring!
Here is Savannah trying to figure them out in 2003.
We had the bows pulled out so the ribbon attached to the bell was nice and long for her to hold and ring away!
Oh what fun!

Attack of the Kleenex Box

Every baby has to experience the sheer satisfaction of pulling kleenex out of the box one, by one...by one. It's impossible to resist once they've discovered it. Holly had her go this week. We were sitting on the couch watching tv and since Doug and Holly have had constant runny noses, the kleenex was sitting on the couch next to us. Holly got ahold of one, pulled it out of the box, and that was the all it took. She couldn't help herself.

"Hi!"
"Just look at this mess!"

Here is a comparison, as close as I could get, of Holly (above) and Savannah (below) each covered in kleenex.