So, you may think it doesn't snow in St. George! True, it may only last a few hours, but it does snow! Savanna wanted to go outside so badly, so I had her get her snow boots on and dressed her up warm and here she is. She had so much fun! I almost wish there was more snow. (ALMOST) She played outside by herself for about 30 minutes. I had to take pics! Codera and I just stayed inside the warm house and watched her!
Speaking of Codera, she thinks she can stand up now. She is pulling herself up to everything she comes in contact with! We got out one of Savanna's old toys. It's an activity table and it's just the right height for her to stand at and play with. It seems to be one of her favorite toys right now! We'll see how long that lasts! I'll try to get some pics of that and post them in the photo album.
Troy just got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Elders' Quorum presidency. I think we just figured out why we haven't felt good about buying any houses or townhomes right now. I don't know how long that will last, but I'm pretty sure this was the reason why buying right now wasn't right. It will be a great presidency. I know he'll have a lot of support from everyone in the ward! We'll see how long the Lord wants us to be here and hope that He will provide a way for us to stay in the ward boundaries or open a new door for us somewhere else!

Codera is now sitting up on her own. Well, almost. She still falls over, but she'll sit up for a minute. She is also so close to crawling. She's been worming her way around but is now trying to move her arms and legs together. We've finally been getting a good night sleep. Between Savanna and Codera, we were waking up every 2 hours for a week. Now, I think we're back on schedule. Codera is teething and doing well considering she's had a drippy nose for a month (and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon!)
Savanna is doing well with preschool. She loves it! They had a pajama day today so she got to wear her new pj's to school. They do fun things like that periodically. I can't believe how much she is learning. She loves her sunbeam class too! I play the piano for primary so she always makes it a point to tell her teacher that her mom is at the piano during sharing time. She is not shy in primary either. She loves to sing the songs and participate with singing and sharing time. She's learned "I am a Child of God" and also the first article of Faith. (I'm not a proud mom or anything!)
I took some fun pictures yesterday while we were outside playing! Please feel free to go to the photo link and see the fun! I have to explain about the pics of Codera in her crib. She was trying to take a nap, but decided to play hide and seek instead. When I went in, she was pulling the covers over her head and trying to get them off! The pictures in the photo link are the result! We were both laughing!
Still no word on housing, but we have a plan! That's all I'm saying for now! Ta-Ta!!!

Here is the new year and we are still in limbo! As some of you know, we put an offer in on a house here in Ivins. The owner countered and we accepted. Then we backed out after one day. Troy and I both had misgivings and didn't feel it was the right decision. So, we're still looking for a house, but who knows when we'll find something we can both decide on and feel good about. I'm sure there's a reason the house didn't feel right, but I couldn't tell you why. It's a little frustrating for both of us because we are so ready for our own house. Our property in Dixie Springs keeps being pushed back so who knows when that will be developed. We obviously can't rely on that being an option for housing right now. We decided against the other housing not too far from that property that was supposed to be started this month. It has also been pushed back to at least June or July. (That's to start building homes) Anyway, everything we seem to want to do lately hasn't worked out. Maybe we are supposed to stay at my parents home for a while. I wish we knew the reason. Anyway, a little frustrating, but I guess that means a little more money we can save every month we are here. (Which is definitely a good thing!)
Codera got her second tooth and I know she's working on getting more. She's chewing the heck out of her fingers and other toys! She's so close to crawling but hasn't quite got the hang of it yet. She does the caterpillar crawl. Won't be long before she figures out how to really crawl! Then watch out world!
Savanna is Savanna. She's such a chatter box. Troy has nicknamed her "Motorola". Half the time she's not really talking to anyone, just talking to talk. She's turned into quite the little girly girl! She got some "lipstick" and fingernail polish for Christmas and loves it! She also got a jewelry box and some jewelry. She always makes sure she puts her jewelry back in the box.
I have put a link to an online photo album on the blog. It is at the top right hand side. Hope you take a minute to go to the link and look at some fun pictures!