Here are some pictures of Savannah on her bike. She loves to cruise up & down the street with the neighborhood kids. As you can see, she is quite comfortable on her bike and can even ride one-handed so that she can Signal...or stick her finger up her nose
Every Friday night during the summer months, downtown Napa holds a great street fair/farmer's market called Chef's Market. We've been taking Savannah quite a bit this year as she really enjoys all the activity. Here are some cute pictures of her having fun with all the people, enjoying the music and taking a breather with Dad from shaking her bones to the Live Music.
Here is a picture of Savannah helping Mommy clean the floor. She is quite the little helper!!
June 14- Savannah really wants to do everything Mommy & Daddy do-- including working on the computer.
Today was a really windy day & Savannah discoverd that she could "blow" bubbles by simply holding the wand out in the wind. She entertained herself for quite sometime!!
Savannah recently got a new tricycle with a handle that allows us to push her around. We decided it would be a good idea to get her used to wearing a helmet, but she thought differently! For the first few weeks we couldn't get the helmet near her head, let alone put it on. However, today she decided that her princess helmet was really cool and chose to wear it almost all day long!
Here is a shot of Savannah after eating half a green crayon-- she was very proud of herself!
June 11- Savannah is getting so big-- it seems like over the last few weeks she has really grown out of the baby phase & is becoming quite the little lady! She will happily say cheese & poses when she sees the camera-- as you can tell from this picture. She has also become very independent & wants to do everything like Mommy & Daddy--all by herself! She can tell you what a pig & dog say and also show you where her eyes, nose & mouth are. She is so much fun & we enjoy every minute of the day with her!!!
June 10-Savannah loves to help Mommy & Daddy. Here she is "helping" Mommy empty the dishwasher!
The trip to Italy would not have been complete without a gondola ride in Venice. Here we are on the gondola with our friends Jody & Brian.
This is a picture of a clock tower in San Marco Square. The clock was originally built in the 15th century & has been in the process of being repaired and renovated for quite some time. The newly restored tower was revealed while we were in Venice.
We ended our trip in Venice. It is truly amazing that the city exists without any cars or roadways-- just canals & boats. Here are some pictures of the canals.
This is Lake Toblino in Trento. We had dinner at Maso Toresella, which is a castle that sits right on Lake Toblino. Like everything else-- it was beautiful!
This is picture of Mitch on a street in Pienza. Most of the streets looked like this here-- it was such a beautiful little town!
This is the view from our hotel room in Pienza. We stayed in a 14th century monestary! The town of Pienza was my favorite place we visited while in Italy.
This is the town of Montalcino from the top of The Fortified Area, which was basically a fort they used during wars centuries ago. We passed through Montalcino on our way to Pienza, but wish we could haved stayed longer because it was so beautiful.
The restrooms in Italy were a little different. It took us a little while to figure out how to use the Turkish toilets-- but as you can see, we were really excited when we finally got it!
This is a picture of us atop the Leonardo DaVinci Museum looking down on the town of Vinci.
May 19- Mitch & I recently spent a weekend in New York City & then went on to Italy for a week. Savannah stayed home and enjoyed being spoiled by both sets of Grandparents, who took turns taking care of her. Although we missed Savannah tremendously, we had a fabulous time and are so thankful that Savannah's grandparents could come take care of her! Here's a picture of Mitch & I in Time Square.
May 15- Here is a cute picture of Savannah playing with her two friends on our street-- Gosha & Grace, along with Auntie Jacquelyn. Everyone was having fun on their own creature!
Savannah loves her two kitties, CJ & Beau. Her 1st word was kitty, which she pronounces "itty". Beau wants absolutely nothing to do with Savannah, but on most days CJ tolerates her. Here is a cute picture of Savannah giving CJ a hug!
Savannah has developed this lovely habit of running her fingers through her hair while she is eating dinner-- as you can see, it makes for some interesting hair styles!
We got Savannah a playhouse for her 1st birthday. She saw it in the toy store & we had a hard time getting her out of it, so we decided it would be a great gift for her birthday. As you can see, she is having a lot of fun playing in it & even tried to help Daddy put it together. We gave it to her a day early & the next day when she saw us moving it to another location she started crying because she thought we were taking it away!
Here is an adorable picture of Savannah & Grandpa Dell playing in her new playhouse on her birthday.
Savannah was so happy to have her Grandma Debi & Papa John there to help her celebrate her 1st birthday!
May 7- This is Savannah's friend Kira. Savannah was so excited to see her at her birthday party, she went over & crawled in Kira's mom's lap so that she could as close as possible & say hi. Kandice met Kira's mom, Deanna, in pre-natal fitness class & Kira was born a month after Savannah. They now belong to the same playgroup.
May 6- Here is a cute picture of Savannah relaxing in the cool chair that Grandma Debi & Papa John gave her for her 1st birthday. She just recently developed an interest in chairs & will try to sit in any chair that is her size, so this was a perfect gift!
May 6- Gone are the days that Savannah will keep her pretty bows & cute hats on her head, with the exception of this UCLA hat which she loves to wear-- GO BRUINS!
April 30- With the rain now behind us we have been spending a lot of time outside. We recently pulled out the inflatable pool & Savannah had a great time playing in it with our neighbor, Grace.
April 30- Savannah loves the water & everything about it! She really enjoys helping water all the flowers with her very own bumble bee watering can!
April 22- We took the ferry into the city & on the way home Savannah made friends with a very nice little girl. Savannah saw her across the isle & immediately began transfering all of her toys out of her diaper bag & over to where her new friend was sitting so that they could play together!
April 22- Here is a fun picture of Savannah & Daddy riding the carousel at Fisherman's Wharf.
April 22- We took Grandma Debi to San Francisco for the day & had lunch at Hooters. Savannah decided that she really liked the Hooters girls. She had a lot of fun pulling on their long pretty eye lashes & smearing their make-up all over their face!
April 21- Savannah has become quite the little mommy. Grandma Debi recently came for a visit & showed Savannah how to feed her baby. She now has a bottle & some baby spoons that she uses to make sure her dolls are well fed!
