Todays the 4th, that reminds me...

My baby is almost 4 months old!

Today we had a pretty good day. She slept until 8, ate a bottle and went back to sleep until around 11. That's pretty normal for her now. Then she's up for awhile, we play, sing, read her 4 books over and over again, and she sits in her exersaucer. I take a lot of pictures and she obliges and smiles for most of them. Love her for that. One day she'll thank me for having lots of pictures of her.

We had a bath together the other day. A "brilliant" idea I had. We sat in the tub, me in my bathing suit and her in her birthday suit and just made it a great time. She is able to sit in her tub without the sling now so she's free to splash and swish around. I just sat and watched, but it was more fun because it was more a together thing instead of just something I do for her. It was a good memory for, well, for me, and I'll enjoy telling her about it.

Well I just wanted to write that down, since I think it was something I would like to remember :)

3 months and counting..

3 Months?!

Are we talking about my baby?!?!

Savannah is growing up SO fast , I can hardly believe it. I swear some days she wakes up bigger and with more hair and just..older. I want her to stay the way she is, but then I just can't wait for her to be big and hugging me and telling me she loves me. Sigh....I'll just try to enjoy the moments.

A list of can-dos:
Smile when she sees us
Grab things somewhat intentionally
Play with toy on her exersaucer
laugh
Tries to sit up
Kick her socks off
Holds her bottle somewhat
Sleeps through the night
Coo and ooohs and makes bubbles
Sticks her tongue out
Cries when you leave the room

So many things, and yet it seems like she learns more everyday. And I love it all!


Here is my new favorite picture:

A letter for my girl

Savannah,

As I lie here waiting for you to soothe yourself to sleep (so I can sleep), I'm reflecting on how much I love you. Your smile is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. My heart floods with joy when you laugh. I'm overwhelmed that you seem so enthralled with me and find happiness when your eyes find mine. You delight in being near me and long to hear my voice. What kind of love is this?! And then it hit me, like a ton of bricks. Could this be the love Christ has for his children? For me? That He delights in us when we delight in Him? That He's glad to shower us with His love and His mercy and His blessings? How much stronger is the love He has for me, stronger than the strongest love I have ever felt, the love that I have for you, my baby, my Savannah. "Amazing love, how can it be?" " Oh love that will not let me go!" Those lyrics which have always held such promise now contain such power and strength.


Savannah, you are the most awesome thing that has happened to me. The anticipation of you brought excitement to me and your daddy and brought us closer as we prepared to be parents. Holding you in my arms for the first time brought me unspeakable joy. Then you taught me patience in the middle of the sleepless crying nights. You taught me to appreciate your dad as he helped with you as if he had years of practice. You made me realize the sacrifices my own parents made for me and mulitplied the love I already had for them. But most amazingly, you have started to break down the walls of fear I've had in my heart for years over having a daughter and showed me that God knew all along what he was doing when He decided upon giving me a little girl, putting to shame my own desires for a little boy. And here in the dark, as you are starting to quiet down, you are teaching me lessons about Christ's love for His children in a way that is so evident. And you're only 3 months old!

I am blessed beyond words to have been given a gift of such magnitude in you, Savannah.


Now, you have fallen asleep and I lie listening to one of my favorite sounds, your little baby snores. I want to wake you up just so I can spend time with you and once again I am reminded that Christ longs for us in the same way.

Thank you again, my little beautiful reflection of Christ!

-Your mommy

2 Months..Finally, and update!

So there are some "then and now" pictures..I meant to upload them the other way around, but you get the idea.

So...being a mom.

Life has really changed. I haven't had a full nights sleep in a looooooooong time. Basically from about three weeks before she was born til now. But I shouldn't complain. She sleeps for about 6 hours now, from midnight til about 6:30 in the morning (when Donovan gets up for work) Which I heard is pretty good for a 2 month old.

2 month old?! what? I can't believe my baby is 2 months old already! She's just getting cuter and cuter everyday. Sometimes she just breaks out into a smile for no reason. She has the most beautiful smile. It brings tears to my eyes. I'm just waiting for her to laugh now! I can only imagine that that's going to be even cuter. She can hold her head up when on her tummy, follows toys with her eyes and turns when she hears my voice (which I read is something she should start to do at 3 months..just a little bragging!) I'm so excited at all the new things she does but I hate knowing she's getting bigger everyday.

Well that's my update..I plan on keeping up more. :)

Baby's Here

So November 9th is the day Savannah decided to come! Enjoy the pictures!

Chubby Cheeks! 34 Weeks

Sonogram time!

Monday Donovan and I went to the doctors and got to see our baby! When the sonogram started...it was all well and good...tummy, bladder, heart moving, round head...but when her face came on the screen, I let out a little yelp. There she is. Eyes, nose, lips....everything! It was so weird to see her as a really real person. Then the technician switched to the 3D/4D view (what is the 4th 'D'?) and all of sudden she was even more real! I had seen other peoples sonogram pictures and read the comments about how the baby looks like so and so more than the other..and I never really understood. But now I do. Donovan and I both agree (along with others) that she really does look more like me. And her cheeks! They looked SO chubby and cute! I hope she really does have cheeks like me...they're so cute!

So while that is all well and good, the kicking and moving that I used to stare at my stomach in awe at..is now straight up painful! I like when she's resting or napping now because that means I'm not in pain! She was facing the downward position, looking towards my back and in really good "coming out" position! :) Hopefully she comes a little early, so we can make it to Florida for Thanksgiving.

To add a little stress to my not stressed enough life (sarcasm people) Donovan has now yet another class he needs to attend in Atlanta..which the convinient choice dates of Nov 10-13th (in theory arriving home the day before my due date, nothing could go wrong with that plan, right?) or Nov 17th - 20th, leaving right after I have the baby leaving a very hormonal, emotional lady behind with a three day old baby......Alone! Does anyone see a flaw in this plan?!?! But, he being the sole bread winner now in the family, he has to go..so any suggestions..anyone? anyone?

33 weeks

Donovan's at a golf tournament his job is doing, leaving me home alone :( I did have time to try out a new recipe: Pepperoni Pinwheels. Pretty good, next time I'm adding more cheese, lol. I wanted to make a turkey recipe I found but couldn't find the turkey tenderloin at the store. I went to two different places, so I'll have to keep looking. I guess tonight we're having corn dogs.

*sigh* as the days count down, I'm even more and more ready. We put up curtains in the nursery, and I'm surprised at how much that changes the look of the room. Paint would be wonderful, but it we just haven't had the time, plus I'm not sure exactly what I want to do.

Donovan and I tell Savannah every night that we're ready for her. I want her to be healthy, but my back and sides hurt so much now and it takes a minute when I stand up to stand up straight. I might as well head straight to the bathroom since that's how I feel everytime I stand up, lol. I can't sleep for longer than 2 hours straight because my hip begins to hurt. I have the pillows all piled up but haven't figured out how to put them to keep it from hurting. Anyway, that's why we're ready..well Donovan just because he's impatient, me just because I'm tired of hurting.

I AM excited about fall being here! I have put in my air freshener Cinnamon Vanilla and it smells wonderful when I go upstairs, put out my halloween decorations and picked out some good Fall recipes to try out. I'm so glad I'm having a fall baby :)

Well, technically 6 weeks left. Maybe less! :)