The threes are fast approaching...

and boy is Mommy feeling it!!!! Miss Savannah Jane has been little Miss Sass E. Pants this week. Why does she behave all day for Stacey and after five minutes with me the whining starts???? WHY? WHY? WHY? I actually popped her tail a few times this wkend and raised my voice too much. I prefer not to spank so I think I will keep using time out, redirection, reinforcements and taking away privileges. Momma said there'd be days like these...off to read 1-2-3 Magic...

Finally February!

Well, I have officially hijacked this blog...I don't think SJ will mind. She shares-sometimes!! I did not think January would ever end...isn't it always a L-O-N-G month??? Well, I for one am happy to see February. Sooooo much has been going on. To start with, we have pretty much told everyone we know our news...we are MOVING to the VA Beach/Chesapeake area (hopefully) this summer. Dwayne has taken a job within his company as a Project Manager and is already working there Mon-Th. He is commuting back to us Thursday night and then leaves EARLY Monday mornings. It is a hard adjustment but he loves it and we will make the best of it. We are looking to put our house on the market in the next 6 weeks or so and hopefully move in June. I have a great life here, with AMAZING friends, a wonderful school and awesome co- workers. It will be so hard to leave this place that we have called home for 11 years. I truly believe that when one door closes another one opens but it doesn't make it any less bittersweet. This is where we shared our first apartment, bought our first home and created this wonderful miracle, Savannah Jane. I know that it will all be fine but I feel so blessed to have met so many wonderful people here who have touched and shaped not only my life but Savannah's as well. I have never felt more at home or more loved here and I will treasure all the memories-ALWAYS!
Okay, enough sadness...;) onto the greatest joy in my life! What has she been up to? What has she not been up to is more like the question??!! Here are some recent conversations:
(Mommy has said that Savannah can not have a candy bar for dinner)
SJ: Mommy, that makes me sad. I really want a candy bar! PLUHEEZE!!!
Mommy (a bit louder): NO, You can NOT have a candy bar for dinner!
SJ: Are you happy? You don't sound happy, come here and let me make you happy (she now proceeds to "squeeze" my cheeks to create a smile)
SJ: There, now you are happy. It's okay. :)

Mommy: Savannah, you need to clean up now.
SJ: No, I am still playing!
Mommy: No, time is up, let's go.
SJ: (Stomping and pouting ensues) Well, I am AWFULLY MAD!!
How am I not supposed to crack up at this?!?!?!

We got a new DVD player and I was unsure how to work it so I told her before we watched something we had to call Daddy and ask him how to work it... SJ replied, "You're a big girl, you can figure it out!" Guess she told ME!

Other random bits of info...
*Went to the dentist Jan. 31 and did GREAT!!
*LOVES playing with Niklas at the gym, I think it goes both ways :)
*Is excited for her b-day party at Monkey Joe's
*LOVES Beyonce's song "Single Ladies"
*Has mastered concept of bigger/smaller at preschool
*Working on letter recognition
*Recognizes Barack and Michelle Obama-too funny!

She keeps us BUSY! Oh, let me know how you like some of these songs I found.
Lots of LOVE from all of us!