Fall Semester

Today is the first day of the fall semester. I love the fall semester because it is the semester with all the great holidays. It even smelled like fall today and the sunlight looked different. I ran to school during my lunch to pick up my books. As I was walking down the aisles I got really excited. I love buying new books to learn new subjects (although it is crazy expensive). I overheard a student nervously ask a bookstore employee how to find their books- it was their first semester in college. I started thinking about all the semesters and classes I have had and actually calculated it.

This is my 21st semester in college and I am taking my 81st and 82nd classes this Fall. For some reason I thought it would be a lot more semesters, but when I looked at my transcripts I was 5-7 taking during most fall/spring semesters and 2-3 classes during the summer semesters.

Now that I only take 2-3 classes each fall/summer/spring it feels like breeze. I don't know how I was able to do it before- there is no way I could do it now.

Hawaii

This summer we went to Hawaii with the entire family (Mom, Dad, Matt, Peter, Brian, Savannah and I). We had an incredible time.

Orange County Fair

We went to the Orange County Fair with the Mattingly's for the THIRD year in a row. It's so fun to go with them. Every year we eat at much food as possible. This time we had a better system down... don't eat the entire portion size and share. That way we don't get crazy, sick full on one thing. We tried so much stuff: Deep fried avocados, french fries, deep fried snickers, deep fried smore, smore ice cream sandwich, baked potato full loaded, pulled pork sandwich, Chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate dipped licorice, and I think there are a couple things we left out. We like to shop through the products buildings and buy random stuff (like mops!).

It is always so much fun and I can't wait until next year.

See's Candy

I love See's and there is one HUGE store just blocks from our house. I appreciate that they have the worst operating hours of any store I know. So, when I go I have to make special arrangements in my schedule to make it before they close.

Monday night I went to bed with a 103 fever and a sudden sore throat. When I woke up I felt AWFUL so I went to the doctors. Turns out I have strep throat. I haven't had that since I was in middle school. So, when I'm sick I love comfort food and decided to run over to See's. When I went to the counter they offered Savannah and I the free candy. They have special ones set aside for kids. Savannah LOVED IT!

The Lap Top

Savannah loves watching videos on the lap top. I think she sees Brian and I use our computers a lot so she feels like a big girl using it. When ever music comes on during her shows she dances by swinging her hips back and forth. I tried to capture it in the their photo.

Pebbles

When Savannah's hair was up in a pony tail I put on this dress my mom gave her. It reminded me of Pebbles on The Flinstones. All that's missing is Bam Bam!

Sleeping Savannah

We just re-arranged the house so Savannah could have her own room. We got ride of a ton of stuff in our house. It was just getting too cluttered, and since we are definitely not moving into a house until next summer/fall we needed a major purge of everything. We turned the dinning room into another bedroom for Brian and I and now Savannah has our big bedroom. We turned it into her playroom as well. So all of the toys are out of the living room. I really like the new living arrangements, but I miss Savannah sleeping in our room. We finally are using the monitor and it helps me still feel connected to her at night. After I put her to bed I run to our room to listen to all the cute things she says. I also still get to hear her say "Mum, Mum, Mum, Da, Da, Da?" when she wakes up in the morning.

Her first Pony Tail

Savannah's hair is now long enought to go into a pony tail. It is SO adorable. It only lasts a couple hours since she pulls it out when she is in the car seat or take a nap.

I love this photo. Her smile makes me feel like she is saying "I LOVE YOU MOMMY".


I got a big tablet of paper for Savannah to color on. I had her use colored pencils since she still is trying to eat cranyons.

Home Run Derby

Through work I was able to get to go to the Home Run Derby. Brian couldn't go since he had class so Savannah and I went. She got an Angels Mickey Mouse which kept her pretty entertained, but she really loved it when Train performed. We dance to their songs all the time at home and she recognized it. Savannah also loved the Kettle Corn. I have let her eat regular popcorn, but I think she enjoyed the added sugar (which is a rare treat for her).