40 Tidbits About Savannah (in honor of her 4th birthday)

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40 Tidbits About Savannah (in honor of her 4th birthday)

June 23, 2009 at 9:25 pm | In Savannah | 5 Comments

In a prior post, I wrote “50 tidbits” about myself. This time, it’s Savannah’s turn in honor of the fact that she just turned FOUR!

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1. Savannah has lived in 4 states: Minnesota, Arizona, New York, and South Carolina.

2. Savannah was 5 lbs, 8.5 ounces at birth.

3. Savannah loves Cheetos.

4. Savannah has several hemangioma’s on her side.

5. Savannah loves the color pink. I just painted her bedroom pink, at her request.

6. Savannah perseverates on all b00-boos. Seriously, she does a full body inventory several times per day to identify, categorize, and demand sympathy for all boo-boos, regardless of their size or painfulness.

7. Instead of saying “video”, she still says “diveo”.

8. When Savannah writes her name, the “S” and both “N”s are backwards.

9. Savannah is right-handed.

10. Savannah is very attached to her pink blanket and little brown and white stuffed puppy.

11. Savannah once sprained her ankle while going down the slide on my lap. She didn’t walk on it for nearly 2 weeks; she crawled everywhere.

12. Savannah thinks that chocolate milk can only be purchased at Chick Fila and Wendy’s.

13. Savannah loves to dance in front of the mirror, prefering to turn around, wiggle her bum, and admire it in the mirror.

14. Savannah always cries during The Little Mermaid when the sea witch is hurting Prince Eric.

15. Savannah hates hamburgers.

16. I think the best gift Savannah ever received was her little brother. She adores him.

17. Savannah loves to be read to. Preferrably in her room while sitting on my lap holding her blanket.

18. Savannah has a great sense of humor (you know, for a 4 year old).

19. Savannah looks just like her Daddy.

20. Savannah loves to sing in the car.

21. Savannah hates bugs (I think a phobia may be developing).

22. Savannah loves to go running with me. She’s fast and has great endurance.

23. Savannah thinks baths are overrated.

24. Prior to learning to speak clearly, Savannah used the word ”Bunka” instead of “Grandpa”. One grandpa was “Bunka” and the other was “Other Bunka”.

25. When Savannah was 18 months old, she absolutely refused to wear the winter coat that Aunt Mer purchased for her. The coat was adorable; brown suede with fur trim. Everyday she’d tantrum until I put on a heavy sweater instead of the coat. Finally, I took her to Kohl’s and let her pick out a new coat. The tantrums over the coat ceased.

26. Savannah loves going to restaurants.

27. Savannah loves school.

28. Savannah was potty-trained in about one week.

29. Savannah likes going to church, primarily because the few times she’s gone, she gotten a snack.

30. Savannah has this green dress covered with dogs. It was hand-me-down from a neighbor. She loves this dress, and wore it at least twice per week during the winter. Because it’s long-sleeved and it’s now summer, I suspect the dress will get lost soon.

31. Savannah is one of the shortest kids in her class.

32. Savannah is getting to be a great swimmer this summer.

33. Savannah often tries to disguise the fact that she’s taking something from Declan by saying, “Mom, Declan and I are sharing!” just as she grabs it out of his hand. When he protests, she says something about how he got a turn first, and now it’s her turn.

34. Savannah loves to be first. First at washing her hands before dinner, first at climbing into the car, first at standing on the stool to brush her teeth. Unfortunately, she’s starting to realize that when I say, “Okay, you can go first after Declan washes his hands” isn’t really . . . accurate.

35. If Savannah has to sneeze, its bound to happen when you are holding a plateful of yummy food near her face.

36. Savannah loves to help cook. Dessert, preferably.

37. Whenever either Kevin or I enter a bathroom, Savannah has to ask, “Are you going poo-poo or pee-pee?” A bit embarrassing in public restrooms.

38. Savannah loves craft-like activities; coloring, painting, stickers, making necklaces, etc.

39. So far, Savannah is not cursed with my freckles. She does, however, have my build.

40. Savannah is smart, pretty, and funny. And SHE KNOWS IT.

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Great post! In response to #15, I remember the day very well when she stopped eating hamburgers…

Comment by Aunt Cheryl — June 25, 2009 #

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Happy Birthday, Savannah! Laurelle has your picture on your wall and still talks about you even though she hasn’t seen you in two years.

Comment by willowluna — June 25, 2009 #

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What a great gal…she will make a great adult one day!!

She always asks me if I am going to go pee or poo too!! Makes you wonder why it is so important….smiles. Hope to see you soon!! I’m finally HOME!

Comment by Miss Jen — June 25, 2009 #

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Maybe Savannah dreams of growing up to be a gastroenterologist…that’s why she’s so interested in the pee’ing and poo’ing.

Comment by Katie — June 26, 2009 #

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Happy 4th Birthday Savannah! Here is Daddy’s comments about the 40 titbits about Savannah:

1. It is true Savannah lived in all these states, but what is more interesting is that she spends about 70% of her life in one state (South Carolina) and about 30% in another (North Carolina) and her parents live together. Since she lives in SC but goes to school and most of the shopping with Mommy is in NC.
2. Savannah was not born premature. She was small for gestational age.
3. She calls Cheetos, “orange chips”.
4. The hemangiomas are getting smaller and I expect they will be gone spontaneously by the age that she will care that they are there. Also she calls them her “spots”.
5. Savannah told me she wants the walls in her room to be pink and the ceiling to be red. Mommy has painted the walls pink and I told her that the ceiling will just be white. She told me red would be better because “I love pink and red.”
6. Band-aids are now a reward.
7. She says “diveo” because she is combining “dvd” and “video”. Makes sense to me.
8. I hope she grows out of this, but I figure since her mom, the one in the family with a Doctorate of Education, has not told me should be worried about this, I really don’t need to worry about it. I will just keep thinking it is cute, like her.
9. She is right handed and right footed…but a little clumbsy in contrast to her little brother who is left handed and right footed. Savannah has fallen down our stairs twice while living in SC and Dec has never even come close to falling down the stairs.
10. Her third favorite sleeping toy is a blue and white little doggy that aunt Mer gave to Decky when he was born. I think the real reason she likes it is the fact that it came from aunt Mer. Sorry Dec no stuff doggy for you!
11. I was worried that she would not walk for psychological rather than physical reasons. Thank goodness for daycare because that is what motivated her to walk. If it hadn’t been for them I think she would still be on the couch.
12. Let’s hope it stays that way.
13. This is the cutest thing and brings a smile to my face thinking about it. She is always smiling when she is doing it. I hope she always keeps a smile on her face when she looks at herself.
14. I haven’t ever seen her do this but I’m ok with that.
15. And don’t force her to eat one. The vomit is not worth it.
16. They are wonderful playmates. She loves him like a brother.
17. Her mommy is very proud and happy that she is like her mommy and such a reader. Savannah was the first to sign up for our library’s summer reading program this year and her photo is in the local paper showing it.
18. This is very true. Other kids her age don’t get my jokes but she laughs at all of them especially when I tell her that the cookies she is about to eat is really gross and will taste yuckky. She always laughs and says “No Daddy! It is good!” and then laughs at me more.
19. Everyone still thinks she’s cute.
20. She is not a very good singer. We think she is tone deaf but still very cute.
21. She is very scared but she does like to swat flies with the fly swatter. She then has her brother pick them up to throw them out. We just have to keep reminding Declan all the way to the garbage NOT to eat the fly.
22. She is very cute while running.
23. She also is not big a fan of showers but she likes to take these with Mommy sometimes.
24. She also used the word “Bunka” to refer to the grandmothers as well.
25. She may look like her Daddy, but some things she takes after her Mommy.
26. I worry she will take this for granted, but so far she still understands this is a special treat for good girls and boys who do not “whine or cry”.
27. She loves it, is good at it, and is well liked there by both the other students and the teachers. What a good girl I have.
28. This was AMAZING. GO SAVANNAH! (and Mommy)
29. She also likes wearing dresses which she gets to when going to church.
30. This is not Mommy’s favorite outfit. Daddy on the other hand loves it because when he has to get her ready for school she quickly and eagerly puts it on.
31. Again she may look like her Daddy, but she definitely gets some things from Mommy too.
32. She looooves swimming and jumping in and swimming underwater.
33. She can be a rascal.
34. She does love to be first. The other day she got sticky glue all over her hands on her way out to the car to go to school. Well, while Daddy was washing off her hands Mommy put Declan in the car. Boy did she have a tantrum that Declan was already in the car. She ended up in time out and after that she still wanted Mommy to take Declan out of the car so she could be the first in. Finally she resolved this herself by saying, “How about we PRETEND I am the first in the car?”. So we all pretended Savannah was first. Hopefully this means she will always try her hardest and do her best and that she is very motivated.
35. This is very true.
36. She loves to do this with anyone who will let her help.
37. Hopefully she will out grow this very soon.
38. She is very creative like her Aunt Summer.
39. Sorry Mommy! She has several small very cute freckles just like her Mommy.
40. She is a wonderful girl who I love very very much.

I love you Savannah! Happy 4th Birthday!

Comment by Daddy — June 28, 2009 #

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