Beach Portraits

My Gorgeous Girl
Finding Sea Shells
Walking to the water
The Palmer Fam
The crew from Watercolor 2009!
We took professional pics at the beach when we were there. We just got the CD and I wanted to share the adoreable pics with you!

Savannah also said the cutest thing ever tonight. Kevin and I had been away for the weekend in Augusta for another state tennis tournament. When we came home and were playing in the living room, I looked at her and said "I Love you Savannah". She looked back and said "I love you"! Happiest moment ever!!!! Lots of new words now, she says Adam (for her cousin), Michelle (for her aunt), Sam (for Christi and Ricks Dog), Flower, Butterfly (in a very funny way), Hot, Fan and Now I love you!

Enjoy!

Tennis Princess

Waiting my turn to whack the ball!
Hit it over there!
Ball Queen
Darlene and Kevin had Savannah down at the courts last week when Darlene was giving a lesson. Savannah already has her own racket and practice balls. She has a wicked swing! She loved telling everyone what to do. I think she's going to be a Tennis Princess!

Enjoy the pics!

XOXO

Beating the Heat and Strep Throat

YAY I love Popsicles!
MMMMM
Riding the mower with Daddy
She's driving!
Jayce's 1st Birthday Luau!

July has been HOT HOT HOT! Which means lots of front porch time, water table fun, running in the sprinklers, and pool parties! My mom came to visit us last weekend, which was such a wonderful surprise! She was working on the East coast so she flew down to see us! We had a great time shopping, and making window treatments! I love having a partner in crime! She watched Savannah for us on Friday too, which Savannah loved! They went on a walk, went to the park, and had tons of fun playing. So great to have her with us.

Sadly on Monday when I went to get Savannah out of bed I realized she was running a high temp! When I took it I got so worried! It was 103! Ahhhh! After a few calls to the dr. we laid in bed and slept off the pain. This was her first sickness, and it just broke my heart! I've never seen her so weak and tired. She could barely walk, she would fall over after every step. So sad! Ughhh so glad the antiobiotics kicked in and kicked the strep throats butt! And Im so so so glad I had my own mommy there to keep me relaxed and go to the dr. with us! Great timing for sure.

We're all back to feeling good and we're enjoying our sunny weekend!

Some fun new things Savannah is doing now. If you ask her if she has a poopy diaper she points at her butt and says poo poo if she does! Much better than the smell check I must say. She says Boss now, still working on Lady. She LOVES to wave "baaah baaah" when your leaving a store. She'll yell it until someone acknowledges her. So cute!

Update: this morning she said Lady!!

Love to all,

The Palmers

15 month Dr. Appt

Savannah had her 15 month check up yesterday. She weighs 24lbs and is 33 inches long...still trucking in the 90th percentile for height. We knew this because the girl towers over other babies her age. And she's in 75th for weight (lay off the mac n cheese savannah...ha ha j/k). She didn't mind the shots too much, she had a fleeting breathless scream but what really ticked her off and kept her attention was the care bear band aid they gave her when they pricked her finger. When they did it she gave a hard look to the nurse like "what was that lady?", and when she saw the band aid she got even more mad. "come on the care bears?" I could hear her thinking..."at least give me Dora the Explorer, or Diego, or my favorite Blue's Clues, I'd even take Barbie...but the care bears? What is it 1980?"

Until next time...

She's going to hate me when she gets older...

I realized I haven't been telling funny stories about Savannah lately, and since I'm printing these blog posts on Blurb and she'll have them to reflect on when she's wise and old like me (ha!) I want to capture all the moments whether they are funny, embarrassing, or just record her favorites at the moment. SOOOO...I had to post about Savannahs favorite thing to play with! TAMPONS...ha ha yep! I know it seems crude but its true! I have a bottom drawer in the bathroom with safe items that she can play with in the mornings while we're getting ready for work. Tampons found their way into the drawer, and well I figured hey they are harmless. Little did I know they would be her favorite toy! I had to get pictures of it today to show her pure joy. She likes to take them out of the box...then put them back in. Then she likes to hand them to people...or put them in odd places. Who would have thought?? We always play in the kitchen for the first 30 min after I get home so I can get her dinner ready, clean up breakfast dishes, unload the dishwasher...all those "I can't believe I have to do this after a full day of work" things. But I look at my perfect little baby girl, and think its all worth it. Thats when she discovered that its fun to put tampons in the dishwasher...ah ha! Of course! This entertains her forever!

Her faves of the moment for food are ham, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, still cheese (even gouda), hot dogs, watermelon, mac n cheese (again finally! She was on a strike with it for awhile), peaches, meatballs, bananas (still and to hear her say banana is priceless. if your ever in the grocery store with her and you pass them in the produce section...good luck making it out of there without getting her one to eat), still loves beans, frozen yogurts (the only way she wants to eat them at the moment, I think she thinks its ice cream) I think I could go on forever. Her fave are Eggo Pancake mini's with a tiny bit of syrup. I'm lucky to have such a good eater.

She loves to say "bye bye" in the most southern way while she waves, she gives kisses all the time, she's just a love. Through and through.... So these are our updates about Savannah bug!

Love always, the Palmer Fam

Enjoy the funny pics!

She loves to pull the dish towels off and lay all over them
How many come in a box??
Happy girl with her box of tampax

They go in the dishwasher of course!

Beach Trip to Watercolor, FL!

We had an amazing vacation at Watercolor Florida this past week! We went with our friends the Whelchels (Lee and Kristen and their two kids Emme and Jackson), and the Willis's (and their son Brody who all you know well if you read the blog often) The resort was fabulous, the house we rented was gorgeous, and the company was delightful as always. We really couldn't have asked for a better week! The resort is a "bike community" so the resort and amenities are built around this. We rented two beach cruisers and a bike trailer to tow Savannah and our beach/pool gear. It was so nice to not have to get in the car! The resort had 5 pools, each one better than the next! I think our fave was the frog pool where there are 3 ceramic frogs that squirt water into the pool! Savannah loved getting in and out of whatever pool we were at including the baby pool. She is truly a water bug! They had also built a new pool right by our house, with a built in gas grill and a baby pool. It was nice to have a spot to cool down 2 minutes away. We went to the beach several times, and she just loved it. Whether she was sitting in the sand playing with Brody, Emme and Jackson or just wading in the waves with Daddy. Savannah really enjoyed all the play time with the kids. She showed everyone her running abilities, as she ran UP and DOWN the hallway probably 1000 times. I think she might be a runner like her momma! Emme and Jackson were so helpful with the babies, reading to them, blowing bubbles, telling their mommas when they were getting into trouble....it was like extra hands! We also found out that Savannah and Emme's favorite foods are the same. Eggo Pancake Mini's!! Brody took to hugging Savannah and the other kids, it was so cute! He just wanted to cuddle! I think they really bonded this trip. The time with our friends was wonderful too, we'd stay up after the babies (most nights...lol) and chat on the porch. It's been awhile since we'd had that much time with friends. So needed! I did a tennis clinic one morning and had an amazing massage. Kevin and the boys fit in a workout everyday as well. The place was really wonderful. We're already planning our next trip!! Now that we know the place we can't wait to go back. We had professional beach pics taken on Thursday, the rain almost squashed our plans but we raced to beat the rain and the overcast/sunset skies made for an amazing background!! We really couldn't have asked for a better week. Hate to head back to the office tomorrow...do you think they'll let me have a glass of sangria at 2pm?? Ha ha! Enjoy the pics from the weekend...I posted a lot! I couldnt resist!

XOXO The Palmer Fam

Happy Girl in the sand
Saliboat dress!
She crashed at the pool
Her new thing...fish face!
Savannah Street, had to take a pic
Daddy and Savvy in the pool
Say cheese!
Love that face...
Wading in the water
Family pic
Brody and Savannah on the porch
In her trailer in the rain
Guys getting ready to play golf...in the rain!
Kids watching Blues Clues!
Emme Blowing bubbles to Savannah
Crayon time!
Fam pic on the beach!
Why am I in here?
Emme showing Savannah how to build Sand Castles
BEACH!
YIPEE!
My lil Firecracker
4th of July Kiddos
Yes...we are matching!
This was before we left. Taking a bath in the dog pool! HA!

Here are some videos we took while we were there. The one of Savannah and I is kinda long but the end is precious...xoxo

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Nana and Grandpa Ed came to visit!

We had a fab visit with my momma (nana) and Grandpa Ed last weekend. It wasn't long enough (is it ever??) but we managed to jam a ton of fun stuff in! They got in Friday afternoon and were able to see Savannah before I even got home. Savannah totally remembered them and was quick to give them kisses and hugs and show them all her toys! Saturday we went to our company Benefits Fair/Picnic. We got to see Kevin get dunked in the dunk tank 100 times which was pretty funny. The line got longer when he got in, I wonder why? Then on Sunday-Father's Day we drove up to Chattanooga, TN, had a great lunch at BluePointe, and then let Savannah frolic in the water at the aquarium. With the temps in the upper 90's we all had our feet in! It was wonderful to see Savannah love all over my parents...it was like no time lost. They even watched her Monday while I was at work. She usually fusses a bit when I'm about to leave...not this time. She was like see ya! I got a tiny blown kiss and she was over it. Overall it was a wonderful time, and I can't wait for them to come back at the end of July! Hope you and yours have a great weekend! XOXO
The Palmer Fam

The pyramid of heads
Grandpa's sweetheart! I love this pic

She is a waterbug! Playing at the Tennessee Aqaurium

Her fave spot on Grandpa

Happy Father's Day Kevin! From Mom and Ed! A new Weber!

He looks thrilled huh?

Giving Marls some much needed love.

Savannah showing Nana her fave water table

Keeping cool in the yard!

Splash mat time!