A New Day Every Day

Savannah Violet was born March 21st at 10:02 AM, weighing in at 8 lbs 7 ozs and 20 inches. She was (is) absolutely perfect!!! We got to go home right on time and she has such a good temperment (so far!) Adjusting to life with two kids is a little rough. Scarlett is a wonderful big sister. She loves to give kisses and makes sure the baby has socks and a hat on at all times. Sometmes she's a little too lovey, but we're just trying to walk that fine line between encouragement and distance!! I'm absolutely exhausted (no surprise, Scarlett decided she didn't want to sleep anymore either). But I'm happy, healthy, and slowly learning to walk again. (Anyone who's had a c-section has to know what I'm talking about!!) All the pictures I'm posting are from the hospital. I haven't uploaded pictures from home yet. Hopefully those will come soon. Quiet moments are really hard to squeeze in right now!!

Other than some teeny details, we've finshed the baby's room. Juan did an amazing job painting (and I did a fabulous job directing) and I love the way it turned out! We didn't want to go pink/brown/green since that's the colors we used (and are still using) for Scarlett. So we decided on a baby blue and purple color scheme. It is TOUGH to find purple stuff for little girls. Everything's pink!! I'm still looking for wall decor, etc, but I really do love everything we've found so far.

38 weeks along! Can't believe it's almost time... this pregnancy flew by, probably because I was so busy with Scarlett and with work (for half of it, anyway!). I haven't "popped out" as much as I did with Scarlett... which is funny, because I'd heard it was the other way around. But trust me, I got enough "Are you sure you're not having twins?" jokes to last me a lifetime when I was pregnant with Scarlett! I certainly don't miss those!

Scarlett's learned the fun of dress-up... she has "interesting" taste. Rain boots and princess dresses? No problem! Abby backpacks and mom's shoes? Her favorite!!

A round-up of Scarlett's new and continuing habits: 1. She likes to use the personal pronoun whenever possible. I.E. Every morning right after Juan leaves for work, she looks at me and says "Where'd my daddy go?" (except for it sounds like "wheremydaddygo".) She also likes to distinguish what belongs to whom-- Daddy's hair, or Mommy's foot, or Elmo's book. 2. She plays mommy and she's terrible at it. she alternates between smothering her babies with kisses and throwing them. 3. Out of nowhere, she'll sidle up to you and say "Candy?" and if that doesn't work, "Cheese?" and then, in a final act of desperation, "Dora?" 4. She has a cowboy walk--- she'll throw her legs out and walk bow-legged for no apparent reason, just to entertain herself. 5. No chance of EVER getting rid of the pacifier, or potty training. I'll be sending a kid off to kindergarten in a diaper with a pacifier. 6. She has...

Formula for a successful trip to Disneyland with a 2 yr old and a 9mos pregnant mom: 1. Get there right when the gates open so you can go on lots of rides with no lines. 2. Let mom sit down. 3. Stop every once in awhile for a Mickey Mouse shaped ice cream. 4. Meet lots of characters-- but understand that two yr olds can be very scared of Goofy. 5. Let mom sit down. 6. Accept the end of the day melt-down/dirty shirt/fit throwing. 7. Don't complain about the heat-- there's nothing you can do about it anyway. 8. Appreciate how many rides at Disneyland have no restrictions for toddlers and pregnant ladies. 9. let mom and toddler go back to hotel to take a nap. 10. Make friends with pint-size Tinkerbells 11. Have lots and lots and lots of fun!!!

Trying out her new car from Nana and Grandpa!! Scarlett is the world's WORST driver. So many presents!!! Everyone enjoying their cake Who needs a fork when the cake goes right into the mouth anyway? Right after this, Chloe blew out the candles for Scarlett!! Scarlett couldn't figure out how to do it anyway! This picture's dark, but I think Elijah is the spitting image of Shana here! Our family photo-- even has the new baby in it, if you count the tummy! Scarlett's cake. We love Costco cakes. A funny looking princess, but a delicious cake!!!!

These are pictures from the day Scarlett turned two. Cute kid on a special day!!