Visiting

Well, after a flurry of cleaning and getting the spare room ready, my parents arrived on Saturday. Surprisingly, it is still quite clean and it is now Tuesday afternoon. This has been of course, thanks to the effort of everyone.

We are having a great visit. Saturday, we had dinner and just hung out talking and visiting with each other. Savannah of course, wanted Granny to climb up and down the stairs about a thousand times to her room. She had out Hi-Ho Cherry-O! and Chutes and Ladders and Cootie! and all other games that are anywhere in the vicinity of being near our residence. She found them.

Sunday, we went to church and out to lunch at Los Arcos. After, we went home and rested and watched a little TV and just had a relaxing afternoon.

Monday, mom and dad had a day to themselves while Scott and I went to work and Savannah went to her first day of preschool. After supper last night we watched "Horton Hears A Who" and when Savannah went to bed, mom and dad watched "Kingdom Come" and laughed like hyenas. They laughed so loud that Savannah was having a hard time getting sleep. She kept saying, "What in the world is going on down there?"

So, today I am at work (you can tell I am working really hard, huh?), and Granny and Granddaddy have taken Savannah out for a day of fun. They went out for breakfast at the IHOP and then went shoe shopping. The last that I heard, they were at Sugar Hollow Park playing on the playground and getting ready to go on a hike. I also know that a visit to the Ice Cream Stop is on the agenda. Makes me wish that I was off work today! I am glad that she is having the opportunity to spend time with her grandparents.

Thankfully it is only Tuesday and we still have until Sunday till we have to say good bye. We are having a really great visit!

Oh! The Anticipation

They say that the most exciting thing about vacation is the anticipation of it, and I do believe that is true. I find myself almost wishing my life away for at least one month before anything exciting comes up. The next few weeks are going to be exciting at the Rhea household.

My parents are coming for a visit on Saturday and they are staying until Thursday. Savannah is so excited to see her Granny that it is about to drive her crazy. She hasn't seen Granny since the end of April when we went to visit them. My dad came for a short visit later in May, so we have seen him since, but it has been a long time since we have seen my mom. Four months to a four year old seems like forever.

Then, on Thursday, we are leaving (my parents, Savannah and I) for Lexington, SC to attend my cousin Raegen's wedding weekend extravaganza. I am so excited to get away for a few days and spend it with aunts, uncles and cousins. We are all staying at the same hotel, so our kids will be swimming and playing and having a ball together. That with the rehearsal dinner and wedding, will make for a fun, memorable and busy weekend.

Then, Savannah and I will come home and go to school and work for one week and then. . . off to the beach we go. Scott, Savannah and I will pick up Nana and head to Myrtle Beach for a week, where amidst all the touristy things that we love to do, and swimming and relaxing, I will feel at home, because it was once my home. I will visit some of my dearest friends and cry that I can't see them more often. We will go to Build-A-Bear and build a ridiculously overpriced stuffed animal and not bat an eye. I will pay ten dollars for tickets for my daughter to ride three rides at Broadway at the Beach and it will be over in five minutes. And I will love every second of it.
And so will she. Can you feel my anticipation building?

And then we will come home, and it will be over, and I am not anticipating that!

Weekend

What a great weekend! Scott had to work Saturday morning, so Savannah and I got out early and went to Target. Then we met up with Aunt Martha and went to the Highlands Festival. We had a lot of fun looking at all the crafts and eating Kettle Corn. How can you not love that stuff?! Scott met with us in time for lunch and we all had hotdogs before Savannah got a glitter tattoo and jumped in a bouncy house for what seemed like an hour! Then she wanted a blue slushie and we headed back to our car and on our way to Sam's.

Thank goodness I had a clean sundress for her in the car, because the blue slushie was all over the white t-shirt by the time we got to Sam's. No big deal. Children will be children!

Sunday we went to Nana and Gicky's so Scott could mow the yard and I went to Wal-Mart and did a little tax free shopping. After we went home last night, Scott was thrilled to watch the football game last night. His favorite time of year is fast approaching!

If only the week could be as nice and relaxing as the weekend!

The week of a child

This week Savannah has discovered that she loves fried shrimp and lasagna. I always love discoveries like this because it is yet something else that we have in common! This week is being quickly filled by field trips, which is my little adventurer's favorite passtime. Yesterday she rode on the Abingdon trolley, which she has been dying to do and today she is going to the Coomes Center to go swimming and on a picnic. When she found out her response was, "Woo-Hoo!" This is her standard response to anything that is exciting in her mind. She met a new friend the other day and said "Mom, don't you think she looks like Lena?" Now, I must interject that she has met Lena once, and it was four months ago, and the fact was that the little girl did indeed look a lot like Lena! Her brain doesn't forget anyone or anything. Of course this is what I would say, after all, I am her mother! I do love the unending excitement of a child. We should all take a lesson from them. Joy in all things!

My Savannah

I think of the times that I wondered whether or not I would have children. Whether it was during the time of my life that I really didn't think about it, or the year after we decided to try getting pregnant, when I was very obviously NOT getting pregnant; and I remember saying that it would be okay, that I wouldn't know what I was missing if I didn't have a baby. I am so glad that God decided to bless me with my Savannah.

From the moment they held her up for me to see, I was unequivocably, irrevocably, in love with my child. The last four and a half years have quite literally been the fastest years of my life. Milestone upon milestone pile up upon each other. I have always said that my daughter never sleeps. From early on, she has woken up many times per night, much to my chagrin; but since her fourth birthday she suddenly has been sleeping through the night. Not like I have heard other parents to say their children do, but 9:30 p.m.-6:30 am is AWESOME for her. And you know what? The times that she came and woke me up in the middle of the night, at the time were frustrating, but I look back and think of how sweet those time actually were; with her sweet breath breathing into my neck as she told me that she loved me. I wouldn't have had her any other way.

My sweet girl is just as adventureous as I am. When we go out, we go here, there and all around, and she doesn't want to go home. She always wants to go somewhere else. She loves to go everywhere. And she has always traveled well. Which has been a great blessing, because so much of our family lives so far away. Some of my favorite times in life are when Savannah and I go on trips together, just the two of us. They are such special bonding times.

Every day I thank my heavenly father for the precious gift that he has given me. When she orders blue ice cream with brown sprinkles, rejoices in a bubblebath, and tells her daddy "I love you cowboy" to which he responds, "I love you too cowgirl", I can't help but smile and be thankful for this beautiful gift that we have been graced with. . . . .my beautiful Savannah. Everyday is a gift.

Scott's Trip

My dear husband is on a plane as we speak, flying to Indianapolis for the Brickyard 400. He is so excited! He won the trip through ABC Supply ( his employer). ABC is a sponser of the race and every year they draw thirty-five names of their employees and treat them to an amazing weekend for the race. They fly them up on Friday, put them up at the Hilton downtown and pay for everything!! He gets to tour the pits on Saturday and watch qualifying, and Sunday the race from the luxury box. All food, all drink included. Then he flies home on Monday. I hope that my honey has an AMAZING time!

And now, six months later. . .

It is July 21, 2010. I haven't blogged now in six months. Mainly because I forgot how to get into the sight. Yes, I know--incredibly stupid. But I have figured it out and as I have a few moments, thought that I would check in and let everyone know what is up.

First and foremost, I have not lost the weight that I intended to lose. I am very frustrated about this fact. My husband has done an amazing job however and is down eighty pounds! I am so proud of him. He is running and doing just great.

As to what is going on in my life, it is very full, but not full of the things that I love. It is filled with work, work, work. I am not a lazy person, but I am not happy being tied to a job that I feel drains the life out of me and leaves nothing else for anyone. Primarily my husband and child, whom I love so much.

For those of you out there that feel like praying for a girlfriend, I could use all that you can send my way!

Cheerio!