the baby's coming soon

We have a date scheduled for the C-section. Our baby girl will be born on February 28th. The surgery is scheduled for 7:30 AM. 6 weeks and counting!!

Since I haven't updated since November, here's what has been going on around here the past couple of months.

Savannah's favorite TV show is Sesame Street. Some days that's all we watch all day, thanks to our Dish Network DVR. Lately, though, she's been watching The Wiggles, and I think she likes it almost as much as watching Big Bird and Elmo. For the longest time, if you asked her who she was, she would reply with either "Bee Bird" or "Elmo." Only in the last couple of days has she started answering with her name...or her version of her name. She says, "I Sannah."

Her favorite song right now is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." She likes to use her own words in it, though. For example, she'll sing "Elmo Elmo Elmo Elmo" to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Other versions are: The Mommy Song, The Daddy Song, The Toby Song, The Baby Sister Song, and The Potty Song. Her ABCs are improving. She can go through D, then she sings some gibberish, and then she clearly says P, Q, R, and S. And then she sings whatever she feels like singing for the rest of the song.

Christmas went well. Savannah got a surplus of presents. Her Nana and Mimi bought her SO many things. Rick and I got her 4 or 5 presents, our neighbors got her a present, Toby and Brenda bought her three things, and Christian and Crystal bought her three things. Oh, and her Auntie Lacy bought her a couple of things and Auntie Meagan bought her a big ol' Elmo.

I think it's impossible for my mom and Mimi to not spoil Savannah. They went in Big Lots yesterday, and when they got in the car, Mom said, "Savannah saw Elmo, so we bought her Elmo fruit snacks, and then she saw a puzzle and said "puzzooo," so we bought her the puzzle. And then we saw a book, and I wasn't going to buy it, but then when we got a few aisles farther down, she said "Book!" So I went back and got it, too."

I've also discovered that Savannah likes things to be nice and clean. Well, most of the time, anyway. For example, I bought her some bathtub crayons for Christmas, and she'll color with them for a second or two, and then get all panicky and say, "Off! Off!" And then she'll get her little sponge and wipe all of her coloring off the side of the tub. She also has to have a napkin when she eats, and she can't stand to have even the tiniest little crumb on her hand. Oh, and she picks up the tiniest things off the floor and throws them in the trash...just to do it. On Christmas, when she was opening her presents, she was so worried about getting wrapping paper on the floor. She would tear off a tiny piece, grasp it in her hand, and tear off another tiny piece. Then when her hands got full, she'd crumple all the paper up and put it in a little pile off to the side. We thought she would never finish unwrapping her presents. Also, when she colors, she'll sort her crayons in piles by what she's colored with and what she hasn't. It makes us laugh.

We're looking forward to making it through these next six weeks and having a new baby to write about!

A Long-awaited update

I know it has been forever since I have updated this thing. I do apologize.

Savannah is 20 months old now. I still find that to be amazing. It doesn't feel like it's been so long since she was born. She's a little motor mouth. It's becoming hard to say anything around here without her repeating whatever we say. Whenever I'm on the phone, she'll sit there attentively and repeat my whole conversation, as I'm saying it. While the person on the other end is saying, "who is that?" Her latest phrase is "I love you." There's nothing like hearing your baby say "I wuv ooo" in her cute little voice. I love it every time.

Due to pre-term contractions, I am basically on bedrest now. I thought it would be more difficult this time around, since I have Savannah, but she's such a wonderful little helper. It's not really hard at all. Yesterday, I had a drink on the coffee table, and whenever I told her to bring me my drink, she'd carry it over to me with a big smile on her face. Then she would stand there and wait until I was through and carry it back to the table. She's good at entertaining herself, and that comes as a relief right now.

Rick's staying busy working at the hospital. His schedule is nice. I think I'll appreciate his 6 days off even more now. It just gets kinda lonely when he's not here. I'm adding pictures to our Yahoo album, so go take a look! That's all for now. More later....I mean, sooner!

big announcement

We are no longer going to be the Nolan Trio. We are going to be welcoming an addition to our family in about seven months, as we joyously discovered last week.

Savannah is doing wonderfully. She's walking everywhere, which is sometimes good, sometimes not. She likes that she's allowed to venture into the kitchen now. She likes to play with her magnetic letters on the refrigerator.

Our dogs are also keeping us busy. Sampson is as lazy as ever, and Chachi is just a mile a minute. He never quits.

We went to Granbury, TX over the weekend for a little R & R. We had a wonderful time there, as always. Mom went with us, too. We went fishing again this year, but we still didn't catch anything, not even a chair. hehe.

Anyway, there wasn't much to write about besides the fact that we'll be having a baby, so we'll write more later.

Little Walker

I am sorry it has been so long since I have updated. There's a lot to write about. Of most importance is the fact that Savannah has started walking. She'd been taking a few steps now and then for a while, and then one day last week, she just took off. And ever since then, walking has been her preferred mode of transportation (besides one of us carrying her). She really likes when we let her down in stores, because she can reach all the bottom shelves and pull everything off. Fun for her...not so fun for us.

Savannah has started singing part of her ABC's. She can sing through G. We got it on video. That's another one of those things she just did one day. And she counts, but she only says "theeee." So she'll point to things and say "theee, theeee, theeeee." Sometimes she says "two." She's also learned "highchair," "cup," "book," "ball," and the lovely art of sticking out her tongue. Oh yes, and we can't forget, the greatness of a tantrum. Her tantrums consist of laying on the floor and whining. She doesn't do it too much, but enough is enough.

We got a new dog. He's a chihuahua, and we named him Chachi. He's like the exact opposite of Sampson. He's hyper and active and quite small. He likes to bite Sam's lips and ears and then pull on them real hard. Sampson's so laid back that he just lays there. It's a funny sight. Savannah doesn't seem crazy about Chachi, but Chachi really likes her. She does like to crawl all over Sam. She really really likes to sit on his back and rock like she's riding her rocking horse. And, of course, he just lays there.

Rick started his new job at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. He'll be on the day shift and it's an 8 on/6 off job...meaning he'll work 8 days and have 6 days off. So, it's like a vacation every other week. We think it's wonderful, and it's so much better for Savannah. He's really happy about it. Plus, the hospital he was working at here in McKinney is allowing him to work there on some of his days off as he's needed. So, that's nice, too.

Anyway, there's an update for ya'll. I won't wait two months to update again.

back home, doctor appointment

Well, we are back from Colorado. We had a wonderful time visiting everyone! I was so glad to get to meet all of Rick's family, and I was really happy that everyone got to finally see Savannah. Now that we are back home, things are pretty much back to normal. Savannah went to see her new pediatrician on Wednesday. We switched because our old pediatrician mysteriously left the practice she was at. Our new doctor is within walking distance of our house. Savannah weighed in at 17 lbs. and was 29 1/2 inches long. All news was good news. She got two shots, but she only cried for a few seconds.
She's got a few new words! She says dude, no, hi, and a semi-understandable version of thank you. That brings her total number of known words to somewhere around 10. Oh, and when I say "nose" she says "no," but I think she thinks that I'm saying "no." Anyway.
I better go and tend to our screaming baby. I'll write more later.

standing up

Savannah stood up all by herself the other day. She was sitting on our bed, and all of a sudden, she just pushed herself right up, and threw her arms up in the air just as proud as could be. Then she did it a few more times and said "yayyy." It was so wonderful and cute.

Today, I feel rather ill. I don't know exactly what has caused this sudden onset of ickyness, but it's no fun.

We are going to Colorado in a couple of weeks, and we are so excited. I'm really excited, because I'll get to meet everybody, and everyone will get to see Savannah. I can't wait!

Photofriday entry. Rest. My little angel. 

the not-so-looked-forward-to milestones

Savannah has learned how to pick her nose. And when I tell her no and pull her finger out, she thinks it's funny and laughs at me. Actually, she laughs at me whenever I try and discipline her. She's also learned how to climb up the safety gate to the kitchen. I looked over the other day when I heard her crying, and saw that she was half-way up the gate. She's done that a few more times since then. She never makes it very far up though.

She's growing like a little bitty weed. She's the most curious little thing. She has to investigate everything! Lately, hide and seek has been her thing. She likes to grab the bottom of her dress and throw it over her head and then "reappear." It's funny when she thinks we can't see her, cause she'll be laughing under her dress.

She knows who people are now. She knows who mama, dada, and nana are. As well as doggy and Bubba. If she even hears the dog's collar shake, she'll sit up and say "doddy!" It's amazing sometimes.

What a pose!  

after all these days

Savannah is calling everything "Bubba" now. Bubba is one of our cats' names. It's really funny to see her chasing him around going, "Bubba! Bubba! Buuuubbaaaa!" She's also said something that closely resembled "turtle" in reference to her chewy turtle. That was exciting.

Still no walking, but I'm sure it will happen with time, eh? She's crawling as fast as ever, and she's managed to make it all the way up the stairs in our house by herself a few times (with Rick or me closely supervising, of course). It's kinda scary watching her change so much so fast. It's just all flying by.

The doctor told us that she needs to gain weight. Apparently, she doesn't realize that Savannah is small like me. Everyone else thinks that Savannah is perfectly healthy. So what if she's not fat? She's active, she's happy, what more could we want?

She's learning new things everyday. Lately she's been getting her toy phones and holding them up to her ear and talking. And she gets her board books and turns the pages and points to things while she "reads." It's so cute. She loves books. Sometimes she'd rather look at a book than play with her toys.

The cutest bug face you've ever seen Photofriday entry for Faces. 

Where's the baby? PhotoFriday entry. 

not much to say

Well, Savannah has been a year old for over one week now. She's been quite awnry lately. She'll be happy for a while, and then be in a horrible mood the rest of the day. She did manage to wave bye bye, and she's been saying "mama" every now and then. What else is there to say? She's been pretty stylish lately in her new birthday clothes with her new little purse. She takes her purse with her everywhere, as a girl should! :)

Besides that, there's not much to say today. See you all later.

Happy Birthday!

Happy First Birthday, Savannah! We love you!!!

Head Banging

Savannah likes hitting herself in the head. It's the strangest thing. I read that it's normal though. Anyone else's babies do this?

She is in the worst mood right now, because she refuses to take a nap. Hopefully, by Saturday she'll be over her cranky episode.

Patty Cake is the newest lifesaver for the Nolan family. Just say anything that starts with a P and Savannah will start clapping.

Eat chocolate, it's Valentines Day! 

Trio Nolan's new home

Welcome to the new site! As you can see, I moved all the previous posts here, so that we wouldn't lose them. I moved us because it was too much hassle trying to update our previous website. I promise more updates here! Plus I don't have to fiddle so much with HTML.
But ya'll don't care about that stuff. On to what really matters, Savannah. Her scar from her surgery has healed nicely. We had our last appointment with the orthopedic surgeon the other day. He said everything looks great!
Savannah's first birthday party is a week from tomorrow! Can you believe it?! I hope everything goes smoothly. It should be fun.
Savannah has 4 new teeth. They just all came in at the same time. All four top front teeth. She got a little fever at first when they were all cutting through, but it only lasted a couple of days.
She's also been handing stuff to everyone. She'll play with something and then try to hand it to the person nearest her, but then she won't let go. And she feeds us Cheerios and Goldfish sometimes. That's pretty funny.
Still no walking. But she's very mobile! She crawls all over the place. And she's so fast sometimes it's hard to catch her before she gets into trouble. I can't imagine how "fun" it will be when she's walking/running.
She still only says dada. Although I think I heard a little "mama" the other day. Oh yeah, and she says "nana," and she tries to say "dog" but it comes out "dah." I'm trying to teach her sign language, so I can know what she's trying to say. So far, all I've gotten is laughs.
She's clapping! She does "Patty Cake!" I've been doing it for months now, and then last week, she just joined right in. She's been clapping ever since. hehe.
Anyway, I best be going. Enjoy the update!

Surgery

10 months, 3 weeks
Sleep: ok
Savannah had her surgery on the 3rd to remove her extra thumb. Thankfully, all went well. She is back to her normal self. Still not walking, but she is crawling and cruising like crazy. This baby is all over the place!! She's trying to say "mama," but it always comes out "nana." She hasn't figured out how to say an "m" yet. We've been putting her in quiet time lately, but it's not usually quiet, and she never takes a nap during this time. But at least we can get some things done during this time.

Fake Cough

10 months in 9 days
Sleep: okIt's been a month since I updated! I think that's the longest yet. Savannah is all over the place now! She chases the cats and the dog. She tries pulling up on everything she can reach. It'll be only a matter of time until she starts walking. She still only says "dada and nana," but I'm sure one day she'll say "mama." She's been doing a lot of little quirky Savannah things lately. Like Rick will make a noise, and she'll copy it, and they'll just make funny noises back and forth. She also has learned the fake coughing trick. She'll fake a cough, because she knows that when she coughs we get concerned. So, she'll cough if we aren't paying attention to her, and then when we look at her, she laughs. What else? Oh yes, we are going to see the orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday morning. This is just a consultation appointment, not the actual surgery. ok, gotta go, crying baby.

Zwiebacks

9 months in 1 week
Sleep: purdy good
Well, Savannah's two little bottom teeth are quite obvious now. She likes to touch them, and she's been playing with her mouth lately. She'll move her fingers up and down over her lips and make funny noises while she does it. She's becoming quite the mobile baby. Lately, it seems she is just all over the place. She's crawling across the floor and pulling up on all the furniture. I'm lucky if she stays still for one minute! She's started eating more solid foods. She eats some of the food that Rick and I eat. She really likes Zwieback toasts and water. We're going to her doctor again in the next week or so, and we will be discussing her surgery with Dr. Tucker. We're hoping to get her surgery done next month. Savannah is still stuck on saying "dada." That's all she says, well, and the occasional "nene," but still no "mama." We've been watching a lot of Sesame Street. We watch it nearly every day. She really likes Elmo and Cookie Monster. Other than that, Rick's working, and I am staying busy with Miss Savannah. Oh, our puppy is nearly 110 lbs.,and he's not even 7 months old yet! He's a great big, lazy baby!