sad news :(

got a call this morning from potential buyer and they said they weren't going to buy the house. they didn't have a problem with financing but just decided that they didn't want to float two house payments til their current house sold. she said they could do it but would have to give up the family summer vacay to do so. oh well, just keep you fingers crossed for us and keep us in your prayers. but we are still showing the house and i showed to a couple today for the second time....so we'll see. we'll keep you posted.

house update

So remember the client from the funny conversation with Savannah....well she asked about the house because she and her husband have been looking to move out to the country for sometime but haven't found a house that they liked yet. I told her about it and she seemed interested but had to wait for her hubby to get back from a business trip to Romania. On Thurs 1/24 she called me and asked if they could swing by and see the house on their way home from UT. Well, all went very well-they put down some earnest money and are working with the bank to get a loan set up. So we have a buyer!!! We should know more around the first of the week how they are doing with the loan process-hopefully all is well. I'm optimistic, but trying not to get my hopes up at the same time just in case it falls through. However, we have had two other couples who seem like they are very interested along with half a dozen other calls to see the house. Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer that it will work out. Wahoo!

NO BEANS HERE!

Just a funny thing that Savannah said the other day. We were at the salon and I only had one client so Savannah came with me while she waited for Grandma to come pick her up. Here is how the conversation went:

Client: So how is Jon doing in UT? Is he coming home for the weekend?

Me: Yeah he is doing well, and yes he's coming home this weekend.

Savannah: We're moving to UT! I can't wait. I get to see Grammy Jan, and the babies......

client looks at me with questioning eyes

M: Oh, well ummm......Yeah we are moving. I was gonna tell you but hadn't decided the right time yet. Thanks for spilling the beans Savannah!

here comes the funny part-we all about fell out of our chairs laughing

S (in all seriousness and matter-of-fact like): What beans are you talking about, we don't have any beans here!!

Everyday is something new that shows me how big she is getting and reminds me just how smart she is. Sometimes too smart for her own good! What a kid. I sure love you Savannah!

Skiing

We took Savannah skiing for the first time yesterday. She got skis and boots for Christmas and has been excited to go. Daddy woke up Sat. morning and decided that it was a beautiful day so we should go. We are lucky. We have a great mountain about 30 min. away. It is a smaller mountain compared to some of those big ones in UT but it is great for teaching little ones how to ski, and it gets just as much snow if not more in some cases as the ones in UT-and it is all real, none of it is machined. Pommerelle has a great little hill called the Bunny Slope for beginner skiers. I remember learning how to ski on the very same hill, but back then you had to hold onto a tow rope that pulled you up the little slope-can't tell you how many times I fell trying to master just the rope. Now they have installed this great little magic carpet. It's like a human conveyor belt, all you have to do is ski onto it and it takes you to the top. Thus began the afternoon, up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill... Jon and Savannah did the skiing and I snapped away with my new camera. (I did bring my skis just in case but knew I wouldn't get them out-I was right.) She was so excited and I think she had fun. Jon had fun too. He put her between his skis and held her under her arms. They probably did about 10 runs then she was done. We wanted her to only have fun so we said the second she wasn't we would call it a day. A beautiful day it was too. Maybe every weekend when Jon comes home we will go skiing. I think next time we will all ski and leave the camera in the car. Yet another memory of my baby growing into a little girl.

My Savannah

My Savannah. Bubbly, precotious, friendly, too smart for her own good, sweet, and sooo much more. What a kid. She has grown so much over the last couple of years, of course, but it has been this last year, particularly, that she has become "My Little Girl" and not just "My Baby" anymore. She looks "bigger", talks more sophisticated and is just growing up right in front of me. We were at the salon today getting our hair cut and she just sat there in the chair so still, watching in the mirror every cut that my girlfriend, Laine made. She loves to get her hair done, just like her mommy.

She is totally getting into the girly phase now. She loves dress-up, especially when she dress-up like a princess. It never fails that when she has a friend over for a playdate at some point they are both dressed up as princesses. Complete with the tiaras, earrings, dangly necklaces, purses, etc. Too cute and now she even is getting mommies shoes out of her and playing with those. *Clunk, click, clunk across the kitchen floor.*

She has been in preschool this year also, and is loving it. She has developed so much since she first started going for just daycare. She knows her ABC's, she is learning her numbers, and is developing her social skills. Her teacher pulled me aside the other day and commented on how well she does during learning time. She loves to read stories, or have them read to her, so she always picks out two or three of her books to take to school with her everyday that she goes. Another way she has grown, which is so much less heart-breaking on mom, is that she is excited to go to school everytime. She was never one to through an all out kicking and screaming tempertantrum, but she would put on a sad face and get weepy and clingy. Talk about making it hard to leave her and not feel guilty, even though I knew it was just a show for mommy. She didn't do for daddy and her teacher said she was always back to her happy self 5-10 mins. after I left. What a kid. It will be interesting to see how she does when we move back to Bountiful. She's good at making friends and playing on her own too, so it will just take some time I imagine. Not to say that it will be an adjustment for me too.

She is doing well coping with the fact that her daddy has been gone a lot too. She used to handle it different when he would leave for an install for work. After he would be gone for a week or so and then return she would be mad at him and not want him to hold her or talk to her. She had to remember how to share her space and her mommy with him, so we started letting her watch our wedding video to help her remember how to be with us together. That helped, now she has no problem and gets all excited to see daddy when he comes home, which is a blessing since he has been gone even more. It will definitely be nice when we move to have Jon home again instead of commuting to UT during the week. yuck

My baby girl is growing up and all I can do is just sit back and watch. I love you Savannah!!!