My first tag- Crazy 8's

RULES1. Post rules on your Blog
2. Answer the six "8" items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 FAVORITE SHOWS
Sadly, it's true. We don't have cable or an antenna, and I don't know when I would watch TV anyway. So I don't have one favorite show. Pathetic and boring, I know.

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY
1. Took the kids to a park without throwing up (Last trip I found out that I had a stomach virus by vomiting at the playground. Fun fun.)
2.Stalked the recycling truck with Leighton (He loves big trucks so each Tuesday and Friday we watch the garbage trucks come.)
3. Tried to contact a long lost friend
4. Decided I must get my haircut immediately because I haven't had a haircut since we moved here in July (which will happen this evening.)
5. Packed our first box for our (hopefully last) move in December!!!
6. Scheduled a time for us to sign our closing papers for our house.
7. Scheduled a doctor's appointment for Jonathan (He has a monster cough/cold)
8. Spent time with my wonderful husband, though it wasn't much because he was just taking a sick day from work and he slept most of the day.

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO (Maybe some of these should be on my wishlist)
1. Family coming for Christmas
2. Leighton being potty-trained
3. Losing weight
4. Having 2 cars
5. Feeling "in control" with 2 children
6. Being prepared and organized
7. Not moving for a few years
8. Continual weather with highs below 80 degrees (Nope, not here yet)

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS (I wish I had cheaper taste.)
1.Cheesecake Factory
2. Chili's
3. P.F. Chang's
4. La Cabana
5. Tucanos
6. Shoots
7. Outback
8. Macaroni Grill

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
1. A photography book or class
2. A great family picture or two
3. A date night without the kids
4. Some clothes, especially some cute long shorts
5. A gluten-free cake on my birthday or any day
6. A vacation to see the Pacific for the first time
7. Patience in every circumstance
8. To live up to the expectations I have for myself


8 PEOPLE TO TAG- If you don't feel up to it, you won't hurt my feelings. Just thought it was fun.
1. Shayla
2. Sarah F
3. Deanna
4. Ane
5. Shannyn
6. Jen
7.Sarah R
8.Jacque

Savannah is 6 months!

Amazingly, six months have passed since we became parents to our sweet little Savannah. A lot has happened since then but it feels like we are just getting to know her. She is very patient with us as we try to take care of our two little ones under 2. Basically, Leighton gets most of the attention these days, but Savannah doesn't complain. She is now rolling for a method of transportation. She loves toys more than any baby I've ever seen. She will be content for hours with a toy as long as she doesn't drop it. She loves shoes too. It is extremely gross, but no matter how far away our shoes are, if they are in the same room, she will get them and try to chew on them. She is almost eighteen pounds now, which makes her very heavy in her baby carrier. Very soon we will need to get her a new carseat. She just started eating baby cereal and is loving it. Above are a few pictures of her first real meal.

Halloween

Well, Halloween was fun. I got some cheap costumes off ebay. Savannah was a giraffe and Leighton was a zebra. Unfortunately, even with nothing on under the costumes, the kids were too hot to wear them to our ward Halloween party. But Halloween was a bit cooler and we were able to go trick-or-treating. This was Leighton's first real experience with it, and we'll just say that "candy" is more recently a major word in his vocabulary. According to Jonathan, Leighton got an intense sweet tooth from me. Well, it was fun anyway.