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It has been a busy weekend. Friday was girls night at Jackie's house. We had some dinner and then helped with invitations. Last night Charlie and I went to a couples shower for Josh and Jackie. We had fun. Charlie and I enjoyed the evening out with eachother in general. Today will be spent with Savi and hopefully relaxing.

Yes, it's true, I haven't posted in awhile. Brittany has been really good at keeping the blog going. So many things to say, I'm not even sure where to begin.

Staying home with Savannah has been great. Keeping a full-time job in the process as well leaves me wanting more sleep every night. But sleep is an easy thing to sacrifice when it comes to taking care of our little girl. The minute I wake up and see her smiling face is all I need to get up and get going.

Savannah is sleeping in her room again. We had been cautious after the first time we moved her in there, and brought her back to our room. We were afraid she was refluxing to the point of choking, and put her to sleep in her playpen so we could be closer to her if she needed help. Better to be overly cautious than take chances in my book. However, after her four month checkup, the pedi didn't seem too overly concerned, and told us to watch for a couple serious reflux symptoms, of which Savi really hasn't had any. So, she's back in her room and sleeping great at night! I keep the baby monitor at my bedside and crank up the volume so I can keep an eye on her at night. She fusses a little, but always puts herself back to sleep. It's been nice to get a little more sleep, but the constant alertness that comes with being a parent isn't something I expect to cease any time soon.

As far as development goes, Savannah is doing great. She can roll from back to front with ease, and is constantly grabbing her feet and sucking on her toes. She can't quite roll front to back yet, but I am sure it's only a matter of time. She stands up extremely well, and when she has her hands on something firmly attached to the ground, she can even hold herself up (with daddy's hands hovering around her tiny belly if he needs to catch her). She can hold herself up on her elbows when she is prone, but hasn't quite mastered that task on her own. It always takes a little help from mom and dad. She's babbling up a storm, but is always even chattier when Brittany comes home. Which brings me to my next topic...

I spend 4 days of the week at home with my daughter, and she is so much fun to be around. Always talking, laughing, putting toys in her mouth, and keeping me on my toes. I love it. She loves spending time with her dad! But when mommy comes home, her face lights up and she laughs and squeels more than any other time. She LOVES when her mommy comes home from work. She is constantly babbling and laughing with such excitement that you can tell mommy is her favorite person in the world. As she should be! Mommy still has all the good food!

We've got more pictures we need to post, but as I am at work right now, I don't have access to any of them. So look for pictures soon!

Everything is great and wonderful. I love being a dad. Life is awesome.

I officially weighed 115lbs. this morning. This is what I weighed pre Savi:) Such a good feeling! It took a little over 4 months to get there and thankfully with not to much work. I wanted it to be gone immediately but that did not happen so I definitely stressed. Eventually though it did. I feel like I need to be toner though. I think that would normally come from dance which I was off of for a good portion of my prenancy, so I am definitely hoping that gets me right where I want to be. Savannah was well worth it and I am slowing becoming used to the fact that I will have to go through the ups and downs of weight stuff again when Charlie and I decide we are ready for another:)

Savannah is getting so big! Charlie is so good with her. He stays with her almost everyday and is a great dad! She is eating some rice cereal, laughing a little, and rolling from back to tummy. Lots of little milestones:) She weighted 13.1 lbs. and was 25 inches long. Apparently she is a little long for her age. Tall and skinny is fine with me:) The doctor said everything else looked great! We fall in love with her more and more everyday:)

Apparently Charlie has no time to blog:) So now in order to keep it updated I am doing it. Which is so not how this all started out. Oh well!

We took Savi for her 3 month pictures at Portrait Innovations. They did a great job. Savannah was all smiles and it was pretty painless. Here are 2 of the shots we picked:)

Charlie and I had a great Christmas! We have such great families:) We went to Christmas Eve service at Prestonwood with my family and then over to Charlie's parents house to do Christmas. (Charlie had to work Christmas day) I got this really cool Santa while we were in Eureka Springs that sits in front of the fireplace and plays music. I got it a little early so I could enjoy it but that was my cool gift from Charlie's parents. Bryan gave me a butterfly shirt (can't go wrong with me and butterflies:)) and Chris gave me some pink slippers!

Savannah got a cabbage patch doll and some other cute toys she loved! Charlie got some tools,clothes, beard trimmer, madden 09 and the most useful of all gift cards...WALMART! We ate a yummy dinner and then went to go do Christmas at our house as a family. It was fun, we set up a fire and laid out our quilt and began with Savannah's gift before she fell asleep on us:) Charlie gave me a beautiful cross necklace, Grey's Anatomy, a watch, and some cute work clothes! I got Charlie a ipod shuffle, clothes, movies, xbox game, and a food trivia game:)








Christmas day I went to my parents for the day since Charlie had to work:( Savannah got a different newborn cabbage patch doll (grandmothers think alike:)), her first carolina outfit, and a cute penguin from aunt missy. I got some coach ballet flats, a portable dvd player, some clothes, and a new phone! We lounged for the rest of the day and then had some Christmas ham. Charlie came by after work and opened his gifts from my parents. He got a deep fryer and lots of spices/cooking stuff. My parents also got Charlie and I a gift that I had to wait to open till he got there. It was a roomba, which is one of those cool vacuum robot things. My mom has one (Rosie) and loves it. I haven't decided what to name our yet!

Tuesday, December 22nd Charlie and I went with Mike and Cathy to ICE at the Gaylord. We had a lot of fun. It is decorated so beautifully there. We ate some dinner, exchanged gifts, then went and stood in a lovely line to see ICE. We have a much better game plan for next year:) Either way it was fun. Cathy and I don't get to see each other as much as I would like so I had no problem waiting in line with her! In the future when she will enjoy it we will definitely bring Savannah:)

Dancing! Completely ignore me in this one, I don't exist! My, what a good dancer our little Savi is! Hah, anyways, here's a video of our dancing prodigy.

We finally took Savannah to see Santa! Such a painless experience when you go in the middle of the day. We walked up, took the picture and left. Prob 10 minutes at the most. No crying either!

He is all mine and I am so lucky! So far I have had a great day thanks to 2 things. My husband and the weather:) The weather is just because I like cloudy days. That may sound weird but I don't know what it is about them but I love cloudy days. It just keeps me kind of mellow and on my drive to and from work I feel calmer. And of course when you are at home on cloudy/rainy days it is great to just snuggle and be warm.

Now for my wonderful husband. This morning he made me breakfast, which mind you meant he got up around 6:30am on a day where he could easily go back to sleep while I watch Savannah in the mornings. Then as I got up and did all my usual stuff to get out of the house I kept finding little heart notes. So far I have found 5. He put them in my car, the freezer, on my keys, etc. I love stuff like that and he knows it. I am lucky to have him and Savannah in my life.

Last week after Thanksgiving we went to take a quick family pic for our Christmas cards. After only a 20 minute photo shoot we got it! I am going to a Christmas card addressing party this Sunday and then they will be out in the mail! Sometime this week we will visit Santa and then we will also have some proffesional shots taken of Savannah.