Mama

I'm writing this to give much due credit to the most loving mother. Emily is there every day for Savannah and has sacrificed much to be home with Savannah and be there for her every need. Mama takes the time to make sure everyone knows how Savannah is doing and where all she has been. Well, I'm here to make sure everyone knows what a wonderful mother Emily is. When the day starts, Mama gets up with Savannah and makes sure she is sporting her best outfit for the day. They go for walks and hikes and if its raining, they go shopping. Mama makes sure she has a clean warm place to sleep when its nap time. There is lots of feeding and being there for Savannah when she calls. After being a mother all day and made sure Savannah had the best of everything, she goes to work at night after daddy gets home. Mama calls to check on her and supports daddy when he needs a second opinion on what to do during daddy daycare. I want everyone to know how much mama is loved from both daddy and Savannah.

Mama feeds her...

Mama bathes her...

Mama naps with her...

Mama tries to dress her in orange...

Mama includes her in all activities...

Mama holds her close...

Mama,

We love you and want you to know how much we appreciate you.

Mom's side Thanksgiving

Somehow we didn't take many pictures on Mom's side. I guess because we'd just been there for Granny's birthday. Actually, I had a few more pics but the people that were in the pics would have probably killed me for posting them on the web... so these are the ones I thought I could safely get away with!!

Here's all the great grandkids on Granny's side. Taylor's holding Savannah and her sister Chelsea is in the green. Laiken and Dylan are in the back.

Mom
Taylor, Andrew, and Chelsea. Too much fun!! :)

Sims Thanksgiving

I'm posting a ton of pics from the Sims Thanksgiving. We've had technical difficulties here, so sorry about the delay in getting them posted. There are so many kids on this side now that it's like the paparazzi at holidays now... cameras flashing all over. Here are some random pics.

I like this pic of JJ.

This is Logan. He's just a few weeks older than Savannah but he's so big compared to her!! And he has the prettiest blue eyes!!
We're completely losing the battle against the thumb sucking. Savannah will take her paci out of her mouth the suck the thumb. At least she's learned to soothe herself... but I might hate it in another year!

Grace is almost walking!! In fact, since it's taken me so long to post these pics she might be walking by now. She would take a few steps on her own... till she realized what she was doing.

And Savannah is almost sitting up by herself. Same thing... she will until she realizes what she's doing... or goes to grab something and knocks herself off balance.

Here's Melissa cheezin.

Grace and her beautiful brown eyes!

Michelle cheezin.

Carl, super happy about me taking his pic.

Shane with Grace. Pretty funny considering he'd never held a kid till Savannah was born. Now he's actually asking people if he can hold their babies.

All the great grandkids with Meme and JJ. Luke, David, and Lauryn standing up. Grace, Savannah, and Logan in the laps.

Gotta get one shot of Meme and JJ with just Savannah... she is the star of this blog!

She got to enjoy a grand Thanksgiving feast of green peas. She was happy with that. I had to wrestle the banana pudding away from her Nana or she would have had that for desert. I'm still not fully convinced she didn't get a taste.

Here's Nana and Poppa with Savannah. I don't really get to see her much when they're around.

Here's Lauryn. Her hair is starting to grow back out from where her and her brother were playing Barber Shop.

Meme and JJ's kids, my Dad and Uncle Fred.

Michelle and Grace

Stookey Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day. They always share dinner with their neighbors and their family. We had it outside this year and it ended up being such a pretty day!

Here's a pic of Savannah at the table.... cause the Princess always sits at the head of the table!

Her outfit was too cute!! Her Bebe made it special, just for her!! The pics don't do it justice. The embroidery was so pretty!! Savannah looked too cute in it!!

You can click on the picture and see some of the details on the outfit.

These pics are out of order... but this is Savannah taking her bath before dinner. She LOVES her bath and it really doesn't matter where we do it!!

Savannah meets Jackson

Yep, yet another boyfriend. I don't know if Shane's going to make it through the next 18 years. He's a little ham and LOVED Savannah!! Too cute!!

Here's story time with Jackson. He read her a book while we were there.

He was so sweet with her! When it came time for bedtime Sara said she was putting his pajamas on and he wiggled away from her and came running in the living room where me and Savannah were sitting. He came to give her a bedtime hug and kiss... then ran straight back and got in bed.

Savannah meets another Grandpa

We got to meet up with Shane's dad while we were in Atlanta. We haven't seen him since our wedding and it was nice for him to get to meet Savannah. He's been so excited about her since Shane told him we were pregnant. She's his only grandchild.

Savannah meets Solon

While we were in Atlanta for Thanksgiving Savannah got to meet another boyfriend, Solon!! He's such a pretty baby!! And he seems to have the same calm, peaceful disposition as Savannah. I think they'd make a good couple. In like 27 years.

Mary Margaret checks out Savannah. She's grown so much since last time (and Moe shrank!!).

I can't believe the size difference!! Seems like yesterday when Savannah was this tiny!

Jay takes his turn with Savannah. Look at Solon checking me out!!! Haha!!

I love the look on Solon's face. He's just taking it all in!!

We were having a pretty deep conversation here.