Birthday Fun

Watching the fireworks

Playing with a birthday gift

Savannah had a wonderful birthday. My dad brought my nieces Sydney and Emily to meet my mom, Joel, Savannah and myself at Chuck E Cheese. It was Savannah's 1st time there. She loved it! She rode some rides, played in the toddler section and loved Chuck E the mouse!! Then we came back to our house and she opened some gifts and ate cake. We then took all 3 kids to the pool with our neighbor and her kids. After the pool we grilled out and then our neighbor's little boy wanted to have a firework show in honor of Savannah's birthday! Wow! What a fun and eventful day! Savannah had a blast!!

Happy Birthday Savannah Leigh!

The day we were coming home from the hospital

Today is Savannah's 1st birthday! As I look back at the past year I have so many joys and memories that I will cherish in my heart always!
Looking Back: On October 30, 2006 after year of trying and a hysterosalpingogra I finally saw those 2 pink lines that I so desperately had been waiting for. I was thrilled that I was finally going to be a mommy! My pregnancy was great and seemed to be going perfect until I hit 30 weeks when I started having preterm labor. For the next six weeks I was put on complete bed rest and ordered to take medicine to keep my contractions at bay. On June 25th at 9:36pm, at 37 weeks, and 5 days after coming off bed rest, my water broke. As we drove to the hospital I had a thousand emotions running through my body. I was scared, yet excited! The day I had dreamed about for so long was finally here. We arrived at the hospital and I was already 4 cm dilated. Little did we know we were in for a very long and rough ride. After 18 1/2 grooling hours of labor, only progressing to 9 cm. , having my epidural tube get kinked and stop working 3 different times, and just bypassing an emergency cesarean....Savannah was finally born sunny-side up during the third and final try using a vacuum, leaving her mama with a terrible 4th degree tear! Although recovering from such a terrible tear felt at times more than I could bear....she was worth every bit!!!
She is our little angel who melts our hearts with every smile and kiss! She is a bundle of joy and is truly what I live for everyday! She has filled our lives with so much love and happiness that I didn't even know was missing! Our house now feels like a home! She loves to give kisses! It is so cute and sweet! They are open mouthed and slobbery, but the very best! She is so curious about the world around her and is always pointing her cute little chunky finger asking "that". She also loves to dance to any music. One of my favorite times with her each day is in the evening before bed when she snuggles with her daddy and I to read a few of her favorite books. She has developed such a cute little personality. She is such a happy baby and loves to be a little ham and have all the attention on her. She doesn't know a stranger and waves and talks to everyone she passes. Each morning that I wake up and hear her saying "da-da-da" over and over in her bed I smile and thank God for giving us such a wonderful blessing! This past year has been so incredible....I can only imagine how wonderful the upcoming years will be!

Savannah 's One Year Pictures...

We took Savannah today for her one year pictures! I was so pleased with them! Here are a few of the ones we really liked! There were also several others. She was such a little hotdog there! Being silly the whole time! My little ham!!

Video of Savannah Walking

Here it is! I know...I am a mean mommy...I am bribing her with her goldfish and my bag of chips...but hey whatever will get her to walk on video!

It's Official!

Well, it's official! Savannah is WALKING!! She has been taking 1 and 2 steps here and there for the past several weeks. And earlier this week she took about 6 steps but she didn't realize that she was actually walking and hadn't done it again since. But today at my parents she started walking and continue to walk over and over again, getting up to 13 continuous steps without falling! What is kind of funny about this is that it happened while at my parents house. It seems that almost ALL of her "firsts" have been while we have been at my parents house. She started crawling there, said "doggy" for the first time there and now has started officially walking while at my parents. I left her at my parents today to spend the night since I start teaching my dance camp tomorrow so I was not able to get it on video. But as soon as she comes back home I will video her in action and post it here on my blog.

Savannah with her Birthday Cake

Savannah's 1st Birthday Party!!!

With Nana
Kisses from Pawpaw

Before the festivities began
The little princess's chair
The birthday girl with her birthday dress on
Her "smash" cake...just for Savannah
I love her cake!


She dug right into the cake!

With her cousin and the girls I watch after school

After a day full of birthday fun!

Today was Savannah's 1st birthday party! It was WONDERFUL!! We had about 40 people...including neighbor's. She was our little princess! Little princess is the theme we decided to go with. Her cake was too cute!! She had a blast! She loved her cake and playing in the baby pool...there were too many older kids for her to be in the bigger pool. She had a great time opening all of her gifts and just crawling around playing with all of the kids. She was thrilled that we had balloons on her table!! It makes me a little sad to think that her 1st party is all over now and that there will never be another 1st birthday. I, myself, am exhausted from all of the fun and excitement and am also feeling very blessed to have been given such a beautiful, healthy little girl! Thank you mom for making all of the food and helping to decorate...thank you dad for bringing/putting up/and helping to take down the water slides and bounce house! Thanks also to all of our family and friends that came to help make today such a wonderful, memorable day!!