evening swim

nothing better than walking down to the lake with your family and great friends who happen to be your neighbors, for a little evening swim. we are so lucky to live where we do.

emmy especially loved the wagon ride. hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

good thing she's cute

we are working on tooth number 2 and had a better night last night with only one rough spot but she was quickly back to sleep with the help of some baby ibuprofin...
but tantrums are in FULL swing! wow! this girl does NOT like to wear clothes. as soon as I get her out of the bath she crawls/scoots as fast as she can away from me before I can even get a diaper on her. and when I catch her she is furious! she throws her head back and screams and then if she can she will bang her head on the floor, wall - or anything she can, and pounds her little hands on the floor while yelling her baby language at me. and it's not just me - daddy cant dress her either. oh boy oh boy, this hopefully will soon pass as i'm pretty sure she's going to have to wear clothes.
but she sure is cute!

she looks like such a big girl in the last one with the look on her face. half proud of herself and half contemplating her next move.

shiny new tooth

it was a very rough night - havent had a night like that since we were dealing with her milk allergy a long time ago. but, this morning she had a shiny new white tooth to show for her pain. it's on the bottom right side of her mouth. i'm so proud!
here are some pictures from our long 4th of July weekend loves her grandpa savage

always wants to be standing

not sure what to think of the sparkler....or maybe she's unsure about the coffee table in the middle of our driveway?

this is what she does now when she's tired. lays herself down

suprisingly this necklace didnt bother her and she wore it all evening.

she loves to play with her jewelry box but always pulls the dancing ballerina off when she starts to spin. something about the little ballerina drives her nuts.

the early bird gets the worm

emmy woke up at 4:55 am this morning ready to go...

so we played a bit...

and then she decided it was just too earlyso she went back to bed for an hour and a half and made me late to work. All this crawling is making her tired!

I tried uploading the video i took of her crawling last night but it didnt work. i'll try again.

getting in good with God

much anticipated scramble today for our church - savages were in it to win it...

emmy decided to practice her driving

looks like grandma is hiding...as emmy would say- peekaboo!

nice form - ron gets mvp - he had some clutch shots

scott got the fashion award - i think coral is his color

brad had his game face on. this was serious stuff.

emmy just being adorable

scott having a little fun

and the girls there to support the savage men

emmy was perfecting her pointing skills

the 3 savage boys

turns out that the scramble was a huge success. not only did they take first, but paula also won the grand price raffle drawing - and won a new driver. and to top it off - ron won longest drive. looks like we will be back next year to defend their title...and maybe i'll let emmy stay up past 7...

now were getting somewhere

emerson has finally figured out the correct crawling stance, both legs behind her. before she always had one in front and one behind. she was practicing all day long at daycare and then last night at our house. a lot of rocking back and forth going on. she goes from that to wanting to walk - wont be long before my darling is mobile. watch out!

some more pictures of my beautiful monster