Sampson

4 months, 1 week, 3 days...i think that's right
Sleep: don't go there
House: well, we're waiting to hear if we are approved for our loan or not. If so, great, we'll send the contract. If not, keep on looking.We got a puppy, an English mastiff to be exact. We named him Sampson. He's so cute and very well behaved. He likes to lick Savannah, and she thinks that he is the funniest thing in the world (besides her Exersaucer). Savannah scares me sometimes, because she gets so excited that she screams really loud, and sometimes I can't tell if she's mad or happy. Instead of playing with the bugs on her Exersaucer, I turn them and she looks at them, laughs, and screams. Savannah goes to the pediatrician tomorrow for her 4 month checkup. My friend, Lacy, is going with me, because Rick has to work. My poor baby has to get more shots in her little fat thighs. But we can't have her getting hepatitis B or meningitis or anything like that, no siree. Miss Savannah breaks my little heart every time I eat. She looks at my food and cries cause she wants some too. So we went out to eat at Golden Corral the other day, and Rick and I gave her some banana pudding, which she absolutely loved! Hopefully tomorrow the doctor will say that she's ready for cereal. Mmmk, gotta go, I think a mosquito is biting me.

The house on Courtney Lane

4 months, 3 days
Sleep: enough...most of the time, maybe
Saturday, Savannah turned 4 months old. We went to John and Rosanne's house that night and had dinner and played guitar and sang and visited with everyone. We had a wonderful time, and Savannah was excited to see some new surroundings, I'm sure. Before that, we had gone to breakfast with Mom at Mimi's Cafe. That's always good. Then Sunday, we got up and went to work up a contract on a house we looked at on Friday...get this, the house is on Courtney Lane! (my name). Hopefully, it will all work out. It's a foreclosure, and the bank that owns it right now, counter offered, but we should be able to do everything. It's right down the street, literally, and right by an elementary school. It's great. Then after that, we went to Toby and Brenda's house and hung out, and then we went to Dr. Aldrich's (Rick's ex-professor) retirement party. Rick and I sang while all the girls seemed to pass Savannah around. Savannah got grumpy after a while. Orajel helped a little, and Dr. Aldrich gave her a cracker to chew on....which Savannah ended up eating it. Anyway, we got home and went to bed and then yesterday was just a normal day. I like those normal days, they're nice. She rolled over some more today, and I got it on the video camera so that Rick can see, because she hasn't done it since that first time. She did it like 5 times today on the bed, because on her tummy she couldn't see her mobile. I clapped and told her what a good job she'd done, so that hopefully she'll do it again...positive reinforcement. Mom's excited because she's almost done with summer school, which means she'll only have to work 32 hours a week in July writing curriculum, so she'll have most of Thursday and all weekend off. Which translates to more getting to see Savannah. Hmm, can't think of much else to write. More later.

Rolled Over

3 months, 3 weeks (4 months in 5 days)
Sleep: enough, I guess
SAVANNAH ROLLED OVER TODAY!!! She rolled from her tummy to her back. I had her on our bed on her tummy, and she rolled over to me. Then I put her back on her tummy and she did it again. Then I thought, "hey, maybe it's just cause of the softness of the bed," so I moved her to the living room floor on her blanket, and she did it again! Yay! So thennn, I tried to record her doing it on the video camera, but she wouldn't do it. So I turned the camera off, and she did it. *sighs* Anyway, she'll be four months old on Saturday. I can't believe it. Then she'll be able to eat cereals and stuff and she'll get even bigger! She's already huge (at least to me and my little weak arms). She's been trying to talk even more. She says "hi" randomly and she'll have a conversation with me in her baby talk every time she eats. She'll just sit there and babble for like 5 minutes, and I know she wants me to understand what she's saying, because she'll say the same thing over and over again, and then if I don't get it, she'll say it even louder. Then she just gives up. Oh, and when she laughs, it's so cute, cause there's this little noise that goes with it. I just can't describe it. It's so funny though. I guess you have to be there. Anyway, that's my update. See ya'll later.

Granbury

3 months, 2 weeks
Sleep: Sleep...what's that?
Well, we just got back from Granbury, TX on Monday. We went there for Memorial Day weekend just to hang out and relax. We got there on Saturday afternoon and went to the square after checking in our hotel room. We went and ate at The Nutt House. Afterwards we went to the Opera House and saw a musical. Savannah decided she was hungry in the middle of the musical, and so she nursed for a while under her blankie. She was making all kinds of noise. You see, she likes to hum sometimes while she's eating, and she hummed and grunted the whole time. So everyone's up on stage singing and you hear these little "hmmm, hmm, arrggh, errrr, hmm"s through about the whole middle part of the musical. Thne she did a big poopie and you could hear that loud and clear too. Oh well....that's my girl. She is getting huge! My arms are definetly gonna have to get stronger. Anyway, back to the trip. So after the play and stuff, Rick and baby and I went fishing behind our room at the lodge on the boat dock. All I caught was grass. We fished probably till midnight, and all I caught was a measly piece of icky lake grass. So the next day, we tried again. Rick got snagged and pulled out a nasty green/brown plastic lawn chair. And me? More grass. Savannah just watched. She LOVED being outside. Monday we went to the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth. Savannah loved it. Rick got a frontwards baby carrier and walked around with her in that, and she slept for a good protion of the day. We went in the Japanese Gardens and fed the giant koi. Then we went to the Rose Gardens and took a ton of pictures. Anyhow, we had a wonderful time. Savannah did wonderfully on her first trip. Can you believe she's almost 4 months old??? AHHHH!!!

Baylor and UT Southwestern

12 weeks, 5 days (3 months old on Wednesday!)
Sleep: Some
Sunday, Mimi left to go back to Arkansas. We wished she could've stayed longer, but her time here was quite nice. Friday morning, Rick, Savannah and I went to BUMC to see his former co-workers. Everyone thought Savannah was precious. She was awake the whole time we were there, charming everyone with her smile. She loved the attention. After that we went to Cathy's, another former co-worker, house for a while so she could see Savannah. And then we went to Southwestern to see Dr. Little, John Wentz, and Dr. Aldrich. They all thought Savannah was adorable too. She was asleep the whole time we were over there. And then we went back to Mom's house and hung out with Mimi. Savannah is growing everyday. Mimi said she had grown just in the time she had been there (10 days). And it's probably true. She eats all the time. Mimi says she's glad I'm eating more now, because I was "picky, picky picky" with my food before and didn't eat enough. But that's just not true, I ate a lot. I told her "Mimi, I ran out of room." I do eat a lot more now though. I'm basically hungry all the time, just like when I was pregnant, except maybe more so now. She just drains me dry, ya know? Anyhow, that's okay, because it means she's growing. I'm going to have to get me some more arm muscles, cause she's getting heavy. And with that, I will close for today.

Mimi

11 weeks, 4 days
Sleep: Some
Friday, Savannah met her great-grandma for the very first time. Mimi's here till the 16th. It's pretty cool. Of course, any time we ever go anywhere, Mom has to tell everyone "there's four generations here!" She's my mom *points to Mimi*, I'm her mom *points to me*, and she's her mom *points to Savannah*." Mother's Day was wonderful. I got a beautiful gold necklace from Savannah that has a diamond heart pendant on it that says "I love you" on the back. Her and Rick got me a sweet big card that she even signed herself. LOL. And Rick got me white roses. It was quite exciting having my first mother's day as a mom. There's pictures of the day on the Yahoo album. Savannah was a little cranky yesterday. We think it's because she was just gassy. I need to get some of those Mylicon gas drops. Right now, she's watching TV with her daddy on the couch.

Schedule

10 weeks, 6 days
Sleep: Some
We added more pictures to the Yahoo album. There are now 81 pictures! And more are on their way, I'm sure. Savannah has still been smiling. She's been sleeping more at night, and staying awake a lot more during the day. I discovered she's most awake around 8 or 9 in the morning till around 2-4 in the afternoon most days. Of course, 8 or 9 AM is when I'm trying to catch up on sleep from her eating at night...but she doesn't really care about my schedule. And then when I open my eyes and see her smiling at me, then I wake up. Which reminds me...the other day/night she woke up at 4 AM...not to eat, to play. She was looking at her mobile and laughing, this went on for like an hour and a half, no joke. And of course, Rick and I are up adding to the problem, making her laugh even more. Even when we'd say, "go to sleep Savannah," she'd laugh. *sigh* the life of a parent. She keeps growing steadily. She's starting to outgrow a lot of her 0-3 month clothes, and nearly all of her 0-3 month socks. It kinda makes me sad, but it's great that she's growing so much. Like mom says, " they don't stay small forever." Savannah is going to meet her great-grandma this Friday. Mimi is so excited. Anyway, I thought I would add a new page to the website, so I'm going to go work on that. Later.

Four shots

9 weeks, 5 days
Sleep: Some
Well, we went to the pediatrician on Wednesday last week. We found out Savannah is now 22 ¼” long and weighs 9 pounds! She’s almost doubled her birth weight. She also had to get 4 shots! It was horrible. There were two nurses, and they gave her two shots at a time. AND I had to hold her arms down. That was the worst part. But she only cried for a little bit, cause the second Daddy picked her up, she stopped crying. She didn’t have a bad reaction to the shots, which we were very happy about. They made her a little cranky and she slept a lot, and her thighs swelled a little, but no fever. Besides that, she’s just been smiling tons….I tell you what, there’s nothing more I love waking up to than her looking at me with a big grin. Of course, she decided to try to talk to me and her mobile for like 2 hours. Just squealing and grinning and cooing….which I know is good, but I was SO tired and she was so awake. At least she slept till 4 this morning. Anyhow, I gotta go and get some housework done now.

bloody murder

8 weeks, 2 days
Sleep: Very very little
Savannah is screaming bloody murder. AHHHHHHHH. She's been eating ALL morning, so I'm sure it's because she's still hungry. She only cries when she wants food. And then she looks at me with this "how dare you wait so long" look and I feel like the meanest person ever. I got her a Massaging bouncer yesterday. She's in it now. It massages her back, vibrates, and plays 8 different songs. Rick, the baby, and I all went to the science lab at CCCC yesterday morning. It was so nice seeing everyone again, and they were all really excited to see Miss Savannah. And, of course, Savannah loved all the attention. And then she got hungry and fussy, but hey, what else is new, right? Anyhow, we came home after she tried to suck my arm off and sucked on my shirt. I tell you what, when she wants something, she lets ya know. And I better go now, before she wakes up the neighbors. Later.

Growth spurt

7 weeks, 1 day
Sleep: very little...again

Savannah is definetly having a growth spurt. She eats ALLLLL day. Well, except today she ate all day till 3ish and then didn't eat again till around 7:30. That was nice, gave mom and I time enough to go shopping and eat dinner out. I got her booties to match her bear stuff and the cutest little strawberry outfit that she can't wear until next summer. Now she's asleep with Nana holding her. We watched Baby Einstein today and she laughed at me making a fishy face, and she was completely enthralled with all the black and white and red in the DVD. Her first Easter is only 2 days away. I have a cute lavender Easter dress for her that's actually a premie size, and I'm afraid it won't fit her. Oh, yeah, we weighed her yesterday and she was 7 lbs. 12 oz. That's almost 8 lbs.!! Mom's been going around telling everyone she's 6.5 pounds, so it was a nice surprise. All her clothes are starting to fit much better. And she is just full of smiles. She smiles all the time now, so she must be a happy contented baby. Anyway, more later, out for now.

Exhausted

5 weeks, 6 days
Sleep: very little
The last two nights have just been exhausting. Savannah has been waking up around 2 AM and staying up until 5 or so, eating on and off and making all kinds of noises. However, I think it's all part of a growth spurt. They're supposed to have one around 6 weeks, right? Can you believe she'll be six weeks old tomorrow? *sighs* She's growing up so fast. We went to church tonight, and Savannah was a very good baby. She just kept sniffling, cause she was crying before church, and then every time she'd sniffle, she'd sigh really loud at the end. But it was cute, and I kept laughing quietly. Everyone kept saying how tiny she is, but it's funny, cause to me she looks so big, compared to how small she was when she was born. Anyhow, she's cute as ever and she's "talking" to us more and more. More later.

No Sleep

4 weeks, 5 days
Sleep: a few hours here and there.
Miss Savannah was a hungry baby last night. And today she is refusing to sleep....which is good, since that means that maybe she'll sleep more tonight, but bad, because she's already demanding attention. For example, I was holding her earlier and she was just fine, then mom calls, and she starts crying because she's not getting all the attention...I get off the phone, and she's fine again. Spoiled...Nooooo. Now she's just laying in her bassinet with her eyes almost all the way closed, but still barely open, and her little bottom lip is sticking out. *sighs* Anyhow, more later people

Origins

We created this site so that people can easily get baby updates, view the baby pictures, and hopefully do so with little or no pain. I'm hoping to put a page up with pictures of Savannah's facial expressions, because they are so cute (and maybe I'm slightly prejudiced.) Anyways, everyone enjoy!