My little chatterbox

Savannah just turned 26 months and it seems that since her speech evaluation last month, she has verbally blossomed.  She is throwing out 2 and 3 word sentences left and right.  Her articulation has only slightly improved so I often have to translate for her to others if they don't know the context in which she's speaking.  But after so long of her simply babbling, this is a huge milestone for her.  I love hearing her sweet little voice even if most of the time she's barking out demands: "Ma, wait!; "Ma, hold me!"; "Ma, come back!"; etc..   Thankfully she follows most demands and questions with "peeeezzzzzze" which makes me very happy.

She is also singing a lot more so much so that I am actually able to figure out which song she is attempting. One of her favorites is the happy birthday song.  She started that one on my birthday and is still singing it to me.  She also sings a few of the songs from the Fresh Beat Band--Rockstar, Let's Go Bananas, etc.  At this rate, she'll be able to fully sing along with the band at their April concert.  

Here is a brief list of the most common things coming out of Savannah's mouth these days:

~all of the above demands

~"Dee, no touch my stuff!"

~"More milk (water, juice) pleeezzze"

~"I be back"

~"I hold Max"(the dog)

~"I go wash" (referring to hand wash)

~"I go get......" (toys, lovey, cup, random objects)

~"I need help!"

~"I potty." or "I poop."

~"My turn" usually followed by "Ma's turn"

Just a couple of other new things....

Every day is a princess day around here.  Savannah is constantly wearing either a Disney princess dress or princess logo attire.  Thankfully Grams and Grandad got her several more Disney shirts for Christmas because I wasn't able to keep up with the laundry.  

Rapunzel in her kitchen

1 of many princess jammies

Belle jammies

Savannah is currently battling her second ear infection.  I thought her 2 year molars were coming in but after a temperature of 104 degrees I took her to the doctor to get checked out.  My poor girl was so sick that she almost slept through the entire exam.  For a child who normally screams bloody murder from the moment she sees a nurse, this was a definite sign that something was terribly wrong.  She's been on an antibiotic since Friday but I'm having a very difficult time administering the medicine.  She's definitely not an easy patient.  Hopefully she's getting enough down and she'll be all better in a couple of days.  While we were there we managed to figure out her current weight.  I say managed because she wouldn't let me put her down so the nurse had to weigh me holding her and then weigh me alone.  I'm not divulging my weight but she is a whopping 30 pounds.  No wonder my back muscles are so strong :)    

Welcome 2012

After 2 years of sleeping through the ball drop, I finally saw it this year; however, I was in my pjs in bed.  Oscar coincidentally woke up for a bathroom break just in time so we can say we rang in the new year at midnight together :)  

I woke up early on Sunday morning and began my most hated task of taking down my Christmas decorations.  For me, January 1 is the most awful day of the year.  I spent the entire day, minus an hour and a half at church, returning my house back to it's normal boring condition.  Oscar took down the outside lights during breaks of football watching.  And Savannah did her normal thing of destroying the parts of the house that I had just cleaned.  Only 326 more days until next holiday season!!!!!

quick family photo session after church (our tripod is broken, hence the closeup)

future Cowboys cheerleader all ready for the game

I have no resolutions this year and even if I did, I tend to forget all about them by March.  Instead I intend to live more in the moment.....Savannah is growing up so incredibly fast so I want to cherish this one-on-one time I have with her because next year she'll be off to preschool and who knows---maybe she'll have a sibling on the way :)