Time With Daddy

One of Savannah's favorite positions to lay in is on Chris' legs. I love how she just snuggles in and sticks her hands straight up in the air! We joke that she is dreaming of being in church, raising her hands in a "Praise the Lord" stance!

Nike Baby

Around here we like to show off our Nike loyalty with lots of Nike apparel, and Savannah is no exception. Here she is in her Nike jammies and cap...

...and here are her first pair of shoes, a cute little pair of Nike Mary Jane's in a size 0. So cute!

One Month Old

Today Savannah is one month old! It is going by so quickly, too. It has been a busy month full of firsts, from her first Duck game (pictures to come soon) to her first trip to the park. Here are a few of the firsts...
Savannah had her first trip to the zoo, with mommy, daddy, big sister Sydney, and Aunt Abbie. She pretty much slept the whole time!




Savannah also had her first trip to our favorite restaurant and got to meet our number one waitress, Michelle. Once again, she slept through most of it!

Baby Fix

Savannah Faith is 3 weeks old today. Things are going really well, but we are very tired. We are still getting up lots in the night for feedings, so please pray that she starts to do some good stretches for me. Thank you for your prayers for Sydney, she is better with her baby sister every day (Praise God)! Here are a few pictures of the little miss sleeping.

2 Weeks

Tomorrow Savannah will be 2 weeks old, which I can harldy believe. I am so very tired, but at the same time I am cherishing this time because I know she will never be this little again. I honestly don't mind those late night feedings because it means more snuggle time with her, we just need to work on sleeping in between those feedings so I can function a little bit better. We are settling in here. Chris has been off from work, which has been such a huge blessing. Sydney is starting to come around to the idea of a baby sister. Here are some pictures from the last week.

First trip to the park:


We finally had to force Sydney to hold the baby, and now once a day at least we insist. She always says no, but she usually ends up smiling like this:


First tummy time:


I pretended I wasn't watching and Sydney went and got a toy to "help Savannah feel better." Love it!


I joke that Savannah is my Asian baby! Doesn't she look like it? So cute. Everytime I see her I just melt!


Bathtime is one of my favorite times of dayy. She almost looks like she's smiling:

Amazing

There aren't words to describe how I feel.

Welcome Savannah

We are honored to announce the arrival of our newest blessing from above! Savannah Faith Wills was born August 5, 2010 at 1:14am, weighing in at 8lbs and 19in. She is a pure delight to all of us, and we love and adore her already! Sydney isn't too sure about her little sister, yet, so we would welcome your prayers to help her transition smoothly. Savannah has captured our hearts! Thank you, God, for the amazing blessing of my daughters!

Spa Day

This morning Sydney and I had a fun "girls day out." We went to my friend and stylist, Shannon, and Sydney got her first haircut! She looks so grown up now. She wasn't so excited about getting her hair wet or the blow-dryer, but she chatted it up with Shannon the whole time and had a blast.







After the haircut, we went and got mani/pedi's. I love this shot of her hair the best, she looks totally grown up here! They painted her toenails and fingernails and included little flowers on her thumbnails and large toes with a rhinestone center and glitter. She was so excited!

Birthdays and BBQ's

This week was my mom's birthday (Happy Birthday, Mom!!) and on her birthday Sydney and I met her for lunch. We went to our favorite restaurant, one we go to all the time. Sydney thinks she owns that place, all the waitresses know and love her and Sydney knows every inch of that place. This week the waitress let Sydney help "pay." So cute! She even let Sydney bring us the the card and receipt to sign.


Last night we went to our church for the summer BBQ and family fun night. We initially had fun. Sydney got her face painted and we enjoyed BBQ burgers and tacos.



Maybe you noticed how I said we had fun "initially." Well, after about 10 minutes, we noticed that there were these tiny little bugs EVERYWHERE! They were crawling all over us, the tables, and it looked like the ground was moving because there were so many of them crawling everywhere. We tried to get Sydney to go into the bounce house and right when it was her turn, we noticed that the inside of the bounce house was covered in bugs, too. Well, that set Sydney off. She immediately started sobbing and was terrified of all the bugs. They were all over her legs and feet and arms. Melissa summed it up best, it was pretty much Sydney's worst nightmare. She hates bugs. We have had to get rid of all her polka-dot sheets because she wakes up thinking she is covered in bugs. Everywhere we tried to go, there were bugs! We did manage to get her to play in the water a little bit. There was tons to do...

...but all she would do was play with the water from the tiny pools. She wouldn't go in them, of course, because there was grass and bugs in them, but she would dip out water and splash Chris! Poor baby.

When we tried to leave, the bugs were following us in the car and everything, so we got in and crawled around the inside trying to kill all the bugs while Sydney sobbed in her carseat! After we went home, she had a nice bubble bath and felt much better. So much drama!

Nothing New

I know it's been an entire week since I posted, but really not much has been going on. I've been holed up in the nice cool house trying to wait out our 90+ degree heat. The camera is packed in the hospital bag, so I haven't even taken any pictures lately. But since I felt so guilty about depriving you all of cute pictures of our daily lives, here you go. These are actually from a few weeks ago when Melissa and I took all the kids to a park to play in the fountain.

Here are the cheesy girls, soaking wet and having a great time playing in the fountain.


It wasn't originally the plan to let the twins play in the fountain, but it was so hot and they looked so sad just sitting in their stroller, Melissa let them out and they had so much fun! I love how they were crawling around like Mowgli (is that how you spell that) from Jungle Book, with their butts straight up in the air! So cute.

Ballet Class

Last week Sydney started a ballet and tap class for 3 and 4 year olds. Needless to say, she had a blast and so did I! This is what having a daughter is all about! I see a ballet birthday party in her near future. Some of these pictures are kind of dark because they were taken through the viewing class that I was sitting behind while watching her class.

Sibling Tour

While I would fully agree that however many years separate your children presents it's own set of unique blessings and challenges, I have to say that I am loving the age difference between the girls already, and Savannah's not even here yet! Sydney has been able to be so involved in the pregnancy in a way that I know she wouldn't have been able to be a year or even six months ago. She has helped with the room, the purchasing of things, and the packing of bags. She loves to feel the baby kicking, and she loves discussing everything we will do with the baby. For example, she thinks it's halarious that we will bathe Savannah in the sink. She always says, "You're going to put her in the sink?!" like we're crazy or something. Each of my doctor's appointments, in Sydney's little mind, are purely for her entertainment. The doctors and nurses give her treats and stickers and let her "help" check my blood pressure. Last week the nurse let her help with the doppler. Sydney got to spread the goopy gel on my belly and help position the doppler to listen to the heartbeat. She was so excited!


Then yesterday we went on a sibling tour at the hospital. Designed for siblings 3 years old and up, they watch a movie about babies, then practice holding dollies, and then they make a birthday card for their baby.


After that comes a tour of the mom's room and the nursery. Sydney was the only brave one who volunteered to ride on the "magic bed." She wasn't too sure at first...


...but eventually settled right in and got nice and comfy! She went up as high as the bed would go.


Last stop was the nursery where there was a bay for them to all look at.

It was such a fun experience for her! I hope all this excitement carries over when Savannah is actually born!

Swim Lessons

The last two weeks Sydney has had swim lessons. While I'm glad the daily laundry of towels, swim suits, and wetsuits are done, it was totally worth it because Sydney had so much fun. She came really far in the two weeks, too. She learned how to do bobs, dunk her face, blow bubbles, and do a tiny bit of floating. She does NOT, however, like to jump in the water! Isn't that weird? Most kids love jumping in, that's their favorite part, but not Sydney. She had one week of lessons with a family friend, Jade, and another week with my sister, Abbie. It just kind of worked out in the schedule at the pool to have them teach Sydney and she had so much fun!