OK-A-HOMA

Here is a cute video of Saylor in all her nakedness--I asked her several times this afternoon if I could put a shirt on her, she declined that request.

She has the greatest memory. We can talk about something one time and she will remember it....for weeks and months later. She learned all about Idaho from Kellen and Tana because she was over at their house the day they were teaching Averey about Idaho.

A little sunshine

Some of the bright spots of my day:

*I got to wake up at 8:30 this morning, instead of 5:00 like I have the past two days for work. And work was CA-RAZY. So I was so excited to wake up late and to a sweet little voice. Even though that sweet little voice did say "Tome here mommy, I pooped!"

*Saylor completed her two weeks of swimming lessons today. She made LOTS of progress! Her class was just for beginners. They didn't actually learn to SWIM--just go under water, blow bubbles, kick, etc. Every day on the way there she would tell me she did NOT want to go under water, but that is the first thing her teacher made her do, and she did just great!

*I found a little bit of heaven in Oklahoma. It's called CREST MARKET. It's a lot like MarketStreet for you Amarillo peeps. We had nothing, and I mean nothing like that here. Our best fresh produce could be found at Walmart. That's how bad it was. Oh, and occasionally Target, but they didn't always have a huge selection. I'm so happy to have found a good place to buy fruits, veggies, and meats!

*My hubby is back on days for a few months. Hallelujuah! I love getting to have dinner as a family in the evenings, getting to watch movies with him at night, getting ready in my own bathroom instead of Saylor's so I didn't wake him up, and not try to keep a very vocal 2 year old quiet during the day while he tries to sleep.

*Saylor asked Mas a few days ago what his name was. He told her Tomás. She then proceeded to say that her name was To-Saylor and today she told me that my name was To-Mommy. :)

Saylor-isms

Thought I would jot down a few of the funny things Saylor has told me in the past week. I'm sure there are many more, but these are the ones I can think of right now. 2 1/2 is so stinking fun! She keeps me laughing!
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Tonight while I was washing Saylor's hair, she said "Mommy, what are you putting in my hair? Is that air conditioner?"
"Nope baby, just plain ol' conditioner."
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I wore a dress today (which I DO NOT do often). Saylor told me "ooooh Mommy, you look so pretty! You Tinkerbell!" Why, thank you Miss Priss, I'll take Tinkerbell any day!
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She now loves The Beatles--as in Ringo, Paul, etc. What the heck? So she will tell us "I want to listen to The Beatles". Then she will quickly scroll through the iPhone music and tell us "I am going to listen to the Orange Beatles". She calls them the Orange Beatles and the White Beatles based on their album covers in the phone. Silly girl!
*She definitely shares her love of music with her daddy. And she likes everything from Stevie Wonder to Lady Gaga!
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We were dancing to a Lady Gaga song a week or so ago and she asked me who sang it. So I told her. Then a few days later she was signing "Our God is an Awesome God" in the car and said very matter-of-factly "Mommy, this is Yady Gaga!" Um, I think she is a little confused!
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Today she was playing the guitar with her daddy and she looked at him and said "Daddy, I need a pickle!" Pick, Pickle--same difference!
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This kid needs LOTS of air conditioner for her hair--

look how crazy it is when she wakes up in the morning :)

We never know what is going to come out of her sweet little mouth!

Happy Father's Day Babe!

From the very beginning, she has had you eating out of her pudgy little hand!

Happy Father's Day to the very best daddy! We are very blessed to have you as the leader of our family. I couldn't imagine a better Christ-like example for our daughter.

You balance a lot of things, but always put her (and me) first!

Thanks for being so great! We love you so much!

Love,
Sarah and Saylor

Sugar High

Saylor had a week full of firsts last week.
First she got her very first snow cone. She had a bite or two of mine last summer, but she got her very own this time!! She loved it, but was VERY SLOW at eating it. Thankfully, she dropped about half of it in her lap, because it would have taken her two hours to eat it! ;)

Then she enjoyed...and I mean thoroughly enjoyed...her first donut!! Isn't her ladybug donut just precious!! She ate this little beauty in about 2.5 seconds and then started crying because she wanted another one!


And on a less sweet note....Saylor FINALLY ate some mashed potatoes! I know, I know, what kid doesn't eat mashed potatoes--or any kind of white potato for that matter? Mine! But she helped her daddy make some the other day so she thought it only fitting to take the plunge and try some and she actually liked them! Imagine THAT! She's a weird kid. She also doesn't eat any kind of pasta. Not even mac and cheese. It makes her gag. Poor girl doesn't know what she's missing by not eating pasta! But at least she eats lots of fruits and veggies, so I'll give her a break for now!

Oh How He Loves Us

Saylor often tells me that she wants to be held by someone that isn't around us at the moment. For the most part, it's her daddy. She also tells me the same thing pretty often about her grandparents. For example, she will say "Mommy, I want Daddy to hold Sayer". I usually follow up with a "baby, when Daddy gets home from work, he would love to hold you" or "next time we see Yonna, she will hold you, okay", etc.

Last week we were driving and listening to some praise music. Saylor wasn't feeling it and wanted to me to play her VeggieTales CD that we got from a Chick-Fil-A kids meal, which we had listened to a BAJILLION times. I told her that we were just going to sing to Jesus for a little while. She listened to the music intently for a few minutes and then responded "Mommy, I want Jesus to hold Sayer".

Melt. My. Heart. But, how do you explain to a two year old that Jesus can't hold her in the way her little toddler mind literally defines 'hold'? How do you explain to her just how often He will hold her throughout her years?

This has been on my mind a lot lately. I love how my Savior ministers to me through the innocent thoughts of my sweet girl. I love how He holds me through my joys, dissappointments, and everything in between!

"Saylor, Jesus would LOVE to hold you! And I pray that you ALWAYS let Him!"

The Great Wolf Lodge

Well.....I guess I'm gonna average about 1 blog post a month. I've written several posts in my head in the past few weeks, but have never actually gotten them typed out. So, instead of backtracking, I'm just going to post about our last few days.

This last weekend we headed to Grapevine to try out the Great Wolf Lodge--a hotel with a huge indoor water park, and tons of activities geared toward kids. Mas has been on vacation for the last week, but I worked a day in the middle of his days off so we couldn't really got on a very long trip. So we decided to head down the road a few hours. (I've actually wanted to go there for a long time because when we spent months in Fort Worth and Kansas City (they have one in Kansas City as well as several other locations)--I always saw commercials for The Great Wolf Lodge and I loved their little jingle on the commercials. I would get it stuck in my head and sing it for days. I was so excited when we got there and they were playing that song! I'm a geek!)

We had a wonderful time there--other than my poor hubby developing an abcessed tooth the second day we were there. He got to celebrate his last few days of his vacation with a root canal and swollen face. Saylor loved the "Great Woof Yodge"! She swam her little heart out and we will definitely be back!