Savannah is 6 months old!

6 months old already!  Wow.  

Well she is definitely a mover and a shaker these days.  That was clear when I was trying to get these pictures yesterday.  She had just woken up from a nap and was in such a good mood but she was all over the place! She was trying to grab the sticker off the blanket, trying to grab at me and the camera, trying to crawl off the chair.  I finally had to call Shane in for back up.  Boy, how she has changed. It makes me think about her 1 month old picture; she was so tiny and so upset with me trying to position her on the chair (couldn't really blame her).  And now she's such a happy little thing and crawling all over the place. It's amazing how much they change in such a short time.  Love. her.

Here's a peek into our "photo shoot"

funny smile 

let's try a bow...then she spit up

enter: the toy - then she fell..

everything in the mouth

"screw the toy- i'm coming to get you mommy"

"oh hi daddy"

in walks the pups and she's completely distracted...that ends this photo shoot :)

Just hangin' with my girl

Bath Baby

A Night Out....

.......on the back porch.

Over the weekend after Savannah went to bed we decided to have a little Mommy/Daddy time to ourselves.  Some great music, some good drinks and a lot of laughs.  Just what we needed.

Totally left me hangin'

You can never go wrong with Lionel

Of course we had to bust out one of our favorite soundtracks


Good Times.

Love this....

There are so many mommy blogs out there, I mean there is this entire cyber world full of them! I never knew they existed until I entered into this world myself.  I only wish I had the time to read all of them but that is simply impossible.  Every so often there is one that really catches my attention and even more so a blog post that I fall in love with.  This is from Mrs. Stephanie T.  I started reading her blog when she did a guest post on Jenni from the Blog.  She has a 2 year old little girl named Hallie, who by the way, has just about the sweetest little face ever! Stephanie is an excellent writer and I love the passion she has for her daughter and being a mom.

Reading this made me smile, thanks Mrs. Stephanie T!!

10.06.2011

h-bug.

i've been thinking about my little nugget lately. obviously i think about her pretty often no matter what because i'm surrounded by her every day, but even after she goes to sleep i find myself remembering cute moments or funny things that hallie said that day. i miss her when she goes to sleep. i get excited to see her when i wake up. even though she sometimes make me crazy, i look at her and my heart literally wants to burst. when we're leaving to go somewhere, i'll be putting everything in my bag and i'll tell hallie to run and get her shoes please. all of a sudden i hear her little voice go "mommy... shoes" and she politely drops my toms at my feet. she always wants to help me for some reason. her favorite is helping taking things to the trash when i'm cleaning... i know it successfully made it into the can when i hear a distant "hooorrayyy!!" from the kitchen. she gives kisses to everyone, including strange kids at the park {uh, we're going to have to work on that}. she says hello to whoever she sees and tells strangers "bresh you" when they cough or sneeze {didn't mean to rhyme there... but i like it}. the best is when we're walking through target {i would say a store, but let's face it... it's not like we go anywhere else} and she'll randomly squeal, almost cackle, when she's sitting there with her goldfish. she's just a happy kid and smiles at everyone, but when her smile is acknowledged by someone she doesn't know, she gets a little shy and immediately finds my hand to hold. it makes me feel good to know that she feels protected.

i was holding hallie tonight before sleep. {we've gotten into a new routine where she likes to pretend like a baby and have me rock her while we sing "you are my sunshine" then goes and crawls into her bed. hey, whatever works!} she had her head on my shoulder and her little arm up by my neck. i thought of what i would do if she ever went away. i held her a little tighter and a little longer... smelled her into me and nuzzled into her soft skin. i stopped my thoughts from going anywhere sad because i realized i literally would die if anything happened to her. i don't know what i would do.

anyway, i just love my girl and although i have my hard days where i wish i could just disappear for a little bit, i often look at her and know i'd rather be no where else than on the floor playing and laughing with my h-bug.  i cherish those moments. i really do.

1st Time at the Beach

Last night, the Yacht Club in town was having a "Sunset Celebration" event.  There was live music on the beach, arts and crafts and a classic car show.  The weather was PERFECT for a night outside.  The beach is pretty small but it worked for us.

SURPRISE!

Last week I found out my sister was coming for a visit! I was so excited, I've been hoping since Savannah was born that she could make it down to meet her niece and I know she was trying her heart out to do the same.  She, her husband and my niece Maddie moved back to Michigan 3 days after I found out I was pregnant.  It happened so quickly.  We've never lived this far away from each other for this long and it's been hard.  My niece and I were very close and that has also been very hard.  But they are all very happy up there and doing well so we just have to make the best of being apart.

My sister called me last week and said she was able to get a couple of days off work and was coming down- Surprise! So, Shane and I went to pick her up at the Airport- Savannah decked out in her "I love my Aunt" onesie and Shane had the video camera in hand.  Well, my wonderful sister decided to bring Maddie!- Surprise again!  Maddie has grown so much, long beautiful hair and missing teeth to boot!

My mom came down from Sarasota and stayed for a couple days as well.  It was a quick trip but we all got to spend time together and that's what matters.  I took over 100 pictures so enjoy the slideshow of some of my favorites. :)

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Savannah's 5 1/2 Month Update

"Babies are such a sweet and nice way to start people"

We interrupt this "Wordless Wednesday" to bring you...

Savannah is officially sitting up on her own  (well, for at least a few seconds anyway)

This was just a few hours ago

And........

We were on the floor playing and all the sudden she was up and she actually crawled a little,  so we got out the camera and she was trying her hardest...

Wow. 

Wordless Wednesday

Our favorite kind of night out...

Our favorite kind of night out before would never have consisted of a park or playground.  It was more like going out to our favorite restaurant just in time for happy hour, staying a few hours and spending a lot of money.  Well, not so much anymore.   Now it's all about finding baby friendly things to do with Savannah.  It really is amazing how adaptable you can be.  For years your life is one way and all the sudden it's a new way. But I guess when the new way is something you wanted for so so long, it just feels right. So now life is all about Savannah and doing things with and for her; this is exactly the way it should be. And to tell you the truth,  I'll take a night out at the park over sitting in some stinky bar any day.  (did I really just say that?) ;)

So last night we hit up the local park.....

The Mall

Today we met up with Tony, Laura and Anthony at a local farmers market; I read about it online the other day and they made it sound like it was going to be this "huge" thing.  Well, it wasn't.  There were hardly any vendors there, not to mention it was SO hot! Guess I've jumped the gun a tad on the outdoor activities.  So we ended up going to the mall to get a bite to eat and walk around with the babies....

The men and their strollers; how cute

I love this one

Meet the Rice's

Sweet Savannah

Savannah's 1st Time at the Park

Every Thursday they have a Farmers Market downtown under the bridge, so I decided to take Savannah yesterday morning.  We had such a good time.  First we checked out the market then took a walk over to the park.  She enjoyed the swings (her first time) then we met a sweet little girl Stella, her Grandma Rose and Roses' friend Magda.  They were all so nice, we talked for a while then watched Stella try to play with Savannah.  She's still too little but she enjoyed just watching.  Then we took a walk along the water, sat by the fountain and by that point I was over the heat so we headed home.  Well actually we headed to Publix, but that's home away from home, right? Even though it's still pretty hot out, we had a great time.  It was so nice getting out of the house, I can't tell you how excited I am about the fall and winter coming up.. Cool weather?  Yes please!

Quality Time

It's so easy to get caught up in cleaning, laundry or being on the computer that I really like to make sure I get quality time in with Savannah each day.  Time spent where it's all about her, no computer and no TV.  I love to go in her room, which has always felt very peaceful and relaxing to me. We'll play on the floor, or I'll turn on a little music and we'll dance around.  She loves that! This morning, I chose our room.  Again, to me our room is also very relaxing.  (maybe it has something to do with the TV not being on) I put a blanket down and we just played, cuddled, laughed and chatted a little.  Even though I did a lot of the talking, I like to think she understood most of it :)

And of course, it just wouldn't be me if I didn't have the camera near by....

Doctors and Shots

Savannah had a doctor's appointment today.  We were there a total of two hours- 15 minutes of which was spent with the doctor.  They are really lucky I have such a good baby, she never fussed or cried once....well until she got her shots.  Poor thing, it was so sad.  Last time, Shane and I went together and he stayed in the room with her while they did the shots (mommy was a big wuss and was hiding in the hallway) This time, Shane couldn't be there so I had to suck it up and be tough.  I tried my hardest but seeing those crocodile tears was just too much for me.  Luckily, that only lasted maybe 5 minutes and then she was fine.  Tired but fine.  Me? I'm still recovering.

Note to self:  Bring Daddy for her 6 month shots.

So with all the waiting we did, I decided to play photographer while Savannah enjoyed the mirror...

Oh yeah, we were very curious to find out how much she weighed; about a month ago she was 13 lbs so I guessed she was a solid 15.  Well, my friends we have a very petite little girl on hands 13.75 lbs.  But she grew about 2"...so she's long and lean-just like her mama.  Yeah. Right.