Isn’t she cute!

So after the crazy move to our new house, and then several great days with Kyle’s family, Savannah was exhausted. The first 2 days of this week she slept practically all day and all night. Then on Wednesday she woke up and decided she had an opinion. Now she lets us know when she wants to sit up or when she’s tired of a certain position or gets bored with a toy. In some ways it is so fun to see her more interactive with the world, and in some ways it is sad to see her grow and change so fast.

She really hates tummy time, but her mommy insists she tries at least several times a day. On Wednesday I put her down, and then went to get the vacuum out and actually get something done (since she decided that day to share her opinion quite often, I didn’t get much done!) Anyway, I literally got the vacuum out, plugged it in, started it, and then glanced her way and there she was–on her back! Go baby! Of course I squealed with delight, got the video camera out, and called her daddy. I was able to get the second time on video, but after that she had was done.

She has become increasingly fascinated with her hands, and loves to explore them with her mouth. She has become a bit disinterested with the pacifier, and is showing a preference to her fingers, sometimes one and sometimes a whole hand.

Several weeks ago I bought her a toy bar that straps on her carrier. It has been entertaining for her, but then my mom decided to scoot it down closer to her, and within minutes she began hitting the little toys making them spin and twirl. Now it is truly a fun toy!

She just got back from her third road trip (and she’s only 5 months old!) My sister graduated from graduate school and is officially a counselor! GO SISSY! We are so proud of her. Since her high school graduation, it is tradition for our family to scream as loud as possible when they call her name even if we have been instructed to do otherwise. This graduation was going to be no different. Although there was one thing that we didn’t consider-Savannah. They called my sister’s name, the family roared, and then Savannah screamed in terror. Poor thing, she was truly frightened. I grabbed her from arms down the aisle, and raced outside the auditorium. With big tears rolling down her chubby cheeks and cries I have yet to hear from my sweet baby, she was quickly consoled once she realized that she was in safe arms. If I would have suspected she would have responded that way then I would have taken her out, but my sister’s last name starts with an ’s’, and she found everyone else’s screams and fog horns entertaining. I guess having everyone she knew and loved scream was just too much for her to handle. I felt so bad, but I was glad that she was quickly consoled.

It started snowing today in Johnson City, so she also got to see her first snow! Hopefully it won’t be her last this year!

So you may be wondering what Savannah has been up to? She loves to sleep, but not for very long. She is still on a 3 hour flexible routine. Somehow at night she isn’t so flexible. It’s amazing how her tummy knows it’s been 3 hours. Although last night, she slept for 4 1/2 hours! YAY! I think I actually slept long enough to have a dream. She is starting to have a lot more awake time now. Her favorite activity when awake is definitely her baby Einstein playmat. She has been nursing 100% now for a few weeks, and I’m done with pumping, (which is an even bigger YAY!) So now our feeding routine is short and sweet-and no longer lasts an hour. For a while there, I was waking up every 3 hours-nursing, then pumping, and then bottle feeding, and don’t forget change her diaper, and wash the bottles etc. to be ready for the next round. By the time all that was done, an hour had passed easily, which basically gave me 2 hours to sleep before we did it again. I was really thankful for Nick-at-night’s Cosby show marathon. I love the show, and it was a way to keep me a little more alert. She and I are definitely enjoying running errands and just getting out. Today she got to hang out with her daddy at work, while I got to get a much needed haircut and color. Then we went to Target, Costco, and Joann’s-some of my favorite stores! I think I’m figuring out this whole posting picture thing, so I’ll try to post more in the future.