One month old

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I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of our newest addition, so there's lots of pictures below. We're doing great and Savannah is in love with her new sister as you can see from the pictures. She wants to hold her ALL the time. She's also very helpful. Sydney is a good baby so far. She wakes up a few times at night but is good to go right back to sleep after she eats. She weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz. at her 3 week checkup so I'm guessing she's around 9 lbs. right now. They grow soooo fast! Enjoy the pictures.





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First Bath





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2 weeks old

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4th of July




1st time to go to church




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Introducing...

Sydney Claire
Born June 22, 2009
7 lb., 9 oz.








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Happy 3rd Birthday Savannah!!!

Better Late Than Never

I guess it's about time I announced on here that we're expecting another baby girl! I can't believe I've waited so long to post this news. I'm almost 28 weeks pregnant and due July 5th. Savannah is soooo excited and hugs and kisses my belly all the time. She has named her baby sister Coco and that's what she tells everyone her name is going to be. We're not sure where she even came up with that name, but she's sticking to it.




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Dying Easter Eggs

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First Trip to the Dentist

Savannah had her first trip to the dentist last week and she did so good. She wasn't scared at all and laid in the chair by herself. But she was VERY shy though. She wouldn't say a word. And she wouldn't crack a smile at all! Her teeth were fine and after picking some toys out of the toy box, we were on our way home.




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Circus

We went to the circus a couple weeks ago and Savannah enjoyed most of it. As you can see from the pictures, she fell asleep, but only during the last 20 minutes. We couldn't believe it though b/c she has never been one to fall asleep in public. She really enjoyed all the animals, but didn't care much about the acrobatic stuff. Michael and I loved every bit of it. I hope we can go again next year.


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Christmas 2008

Well, I'm finally catching up on my blog. There are LOTS of posts below to make up for my lack of posts lately. Below are several Christmas pictures from all the different places we went for Christmas this year. We had a busy holiday season and Savannah got WAY too much stuff of course, but she's still enjoying every bit of it. She really enjoyed opening presents this year, but it was a little overwhelming for her to get so much stuff, I think. Enjoy all the pictures!

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Baking Cookies for Santa

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School Christmas Program

This is from Savannah's Christmas program at school. She never opened her mouth once to sing, even though she'd sing Christmas carols around the house all the time. But then the boy behind her bumped into her and made her trip down on the next step and she lost it. So the teacher had to hold her the rest of the time. Oh well. At least it lasted long enough for me to get a picture.

New Baby Cousin

On December 7, my brother and his wife welcomed their new daughter, Taylor Alexis. This is Savannah's only first cousin. She's been awaiting her arrival for months now, so she was excited to finally get to meet her. She would love to just hold her by herself and hug and kiss her all over, so we have to watch her and help her out a little bit.





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Opryland Hotel

Savannah actually sat in Santa's lap this year without crying. She never smiled, but at least she was willing to sit there long enough for a picture We talked about it so much beforehand to prepare her, so maybe that's what helped.



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Flower Girl

Savannah was in her first wedding back in November. It was Michael's brother's wedding and she did great. She got to walk down the aisle with her cousin Abby, who she loves, so she did just fine. I don't have any good group pictures of the whole wedding party since Michael and I were both in it, but here's a few of Savannah that I managed to take. The last one is her on the dance floor. She loved running and twirling around on the dance floor.




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Fall & Trunk or Treat

Savannah was Snow White for Halloween this year. We started off a week before Halloween going to Trunk or Treat at my mom's church. Then we went to Trunk or Treat a few days later at our church. Then Savannah had a halloween party at her school and went trick-or-treating at the other classrooms. We went out of town for Halloween since we'd already had our fill of trick-or-treating and more candy than we could ever eat.

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Pumpkin Patch

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Potty Trained!!!

Well, Savannah is finally done with diapers (except when she sleeps). She's been wearing "big girl pants" for about 2 weeks now with very few accidents. She really did it all on her own. She became interested when she kept seeing another girl at her school use the potty and she was finally just ready. I can't believe how easy it's been. The only time I don't like it is when we're at a dirty public place and she has to go, but I'm still glad she's done. I just couldn't bring myself to post a picture of my child on the potty for all the world to see , so that's why this picture is not at all related to potty training!