Our future ballerina

Today Savannah started raising herself up on her tippy-toes.  She thinks it's the most hysterical thing and cracks herself up every time she goes up and down.  I know all toddlers go through the phase of walking on their toes but secretly I'm already envisioning her at ballet recitals :)

Here she is going up......

.....and the cracking up afterwards!

The Sweet Sixteenth

My sweet Savannah Grace at 16 months

It's been another exhausting month and I definitely don't see the light at the end of the tunnel yet.  It probably hasn't helped that Oscar has been sick for about a month, too.
Our little Miss Savannah is becoming quite the trouble maker.  I seriously can't turn my back for second without her getting into something that she shouldn't.  So I've given up on ever being able to Savannah-proof my house.  Just when I think it's totally safe, she's learned how to climb on top of the breakfast table.  She actually uses her high-chair as a ladder to climb on top of it!  Right when I think I'm about to lose it, she looks at me with one of her scrunched up smiles and I can't help but laugh.  She reminds me of someone else more and more every day (ahem, Uncle Michael)!

There haven't been a lot of developments over the past month so I'm just going to do a quick bullet list:
~she has figured out how to give a real kiss--complete with the closed mouth and the kiss sound.  Unfortunately, she uses this as a weapon against me when it's time for her to go to sleep.  She is able to stall for about 5 minutes by continuing to give me kisses.
~we have temporarily moved beyond the Pinkalicious series and she is now loving animal books.  While reading, she is constantly pointing to the pictures saying "dis (aka this)"---translation "what is this".
~she is doing really well on her animal sounds (dog, cow, duck, cat) even if they are all whispers.
~she is OBSESSED with The Fresh Beat Band!!!  Now that she knows she can watch it any time on the ipad, that's all she wants to do.  I usually have to hide it or else my toddler will officially become the youngest couch potato ever.

Savannah's reaction to seeing Fresh Beat on tv---sooo cute!

she's mesmerized

~we are loving this warmer spring-like weather and we have been having so much fun going to the park.  Savannah loves to swing and slide down the slides.  We can't wait until our play set is built next week!

~we have finally had a couple of easy drop offs at the stay-and-play at my gym.  In the beginning, Savannah would scream every time I left her but lately she walks in, sits at the table, and eats a snack with no protests.  I'm hoping this isn't just temporary because it sure is nicer to work out without worrying about her.
~her new favorite toy is play-do and surprisingly she's pretty good about not getting it on the floor.
~she has 12 teeth---8 in front (4 top, 4 bottom) and all 4 molars.  Those 4 molars have caused cold-like symptoms for over 2 months---ugh!!
~after her 15 month check-up she got sicker than she has ever been before.  Those 4 shots really did her in!  She was so pitiful that she crawled up in my lap on the sofa and fell asleep, and this was 2 hours before her usual nap time!  This girl never sleeps at random times and rarely sleeps when she should so it was obvious something was wrong.
~she has been battling either dry skin, an allergy, or eczema.  The doctors aren't even quite sure what's going on.  It began with red patches on her legs and progressed to totally red arms, legs, and back.  I am now very familiar with all creams and lotions and even though she's cleared up a lot, her legs are still splotchy most of the time.

Here are just a few random pictures from the past month:

afternoon stroll around the neighborhood

listening to music on the airplane

having lunch with Dad at work

quick break from shopping at the mall's kids zone

cheesing for the camera