Well boo.

I wish I had better news but Savannah is still pretty sick unfortunately.  Tuesday night she ended up throwing up all over me and my bed and herself, probably (and hopefully) from the drainage and mucus from the Croup.  It was SO terrible.  I can't handle vomit so Birc had to do it all.  Thankful for a willing husband!  I had to take a sick day to take care of her today but we managed to enjoy the day despite her feeling badly.

And now as of tonight (Wednesday night as I'm typing) she's gotten a fever up over 100 and so she will still be missing school tomorrow again.  CC is thankfully coming back for Thursday so I can go to work and I am hoping Savannah can be on the mend by then.  She's not eating or drinking well at all so that is our main goal to get her appetite back up a little so she can have some energy to fight whatever she's got.

Just all around pitiful around here.  (including the parents-we're exhausted from losing so much sleep.)  These pics are from the other day when CC was here.

Flopsy and Blanket are never far away.  As the sickness and the week have progressed, we've added like 4 other "necessary-at-all-times" items including another blanket and matching pillow (from Aunt Jan-she is LOVING them!), her "Velvet" bunny from Anna and Aaron (who looks like the velveteen rabbit) and her Polar Bear.  Lots to transport from room to room and couch to bed to crib.  But whatever makes her feel better I guess, right?

Croup

Well we were rudely awoken Tuesday morning around 1 AM with a very loud barking sound.  Come to find out, it was our daughter coughing like a SEAL.  Poor thing has Croup.  Very luckily, our pediatrician takes our phone calls at that time of night as we were both nervous she was having an asthma attack (I have asthma and am always on the lookout for any signs or symptoms that I have passed it onto Savannah which I pray I haven't) as she was wheezing so badly in between coughs.  Also very luckily, CC responds to texts at that time of night and was here in a jiffy yesterday around 10 AM so I could still go to work.  Since Dr. Uncle Aaron put her on a steroid, she was a bit of a pill for CC at times on Tuesday but they were both still smiling when I got home at the end of the day so it couldn't have been horrible.  Here's to hoping that this family is sleeping well and not up for 5 hours like the night before.  And here are two pictures from Tuesday night playing. We've gotten out every toy that we own at least twice because our sweet girl has SO. MUCH. ENERGY. with the steroid in her system.  Anna also stopped by to provide some entertainment so Birc and I could sit on the couch without having to move much (we are obv. not ready for baby #2 to arrive and lose sleep again) and Savannah loved having her here to entertain.  They did some dancing, reading, feeding baby dolls, puzzles, and probably more I didn't even see.

Baby Brother News

Baby Brother has a name and I wanted to share it with you! We settled on it a few weeks ago and I keep forgetting to post it.  His name is...

Walker Bircham! 

Birc's middle name and my middle name together.  We love it! Walker is my mom's maiden name and my middle name, and Bircham is where Birc gets his name, obviously a family name. I'm pretty sure Bircham is his great great grandmother's maiden name.  I'm excited to meet little Walker and Savannah is too.  Although she cannot quite get his name right because she cannot say her K's yet.  So for Savannah, his name comes out as Walter.  Hah.  We will be sure to correct her until she can say her K's.

I was looking for some artwork for Walker's room and came across these prints from Sarah+Abraham. I still have to frame it, but it just came in.  A friend of mine gets things from there all the time and I always think they are adorable!  You can pick any image available, and put your child's name in.  They also have really cute lunch boxes, plates, placemats, etc.  You should check out their website for monogrammed stuff.

I also got one for Savannah's room because they are just so cute! Since Savannah loves balloons I picked that for her room and since I don't know what Walker will love best yet, I went ahead with the same one for both.  There are tons of options though, like a little boy with a dog, little boy on a rocking horse, little boy fishing, baby boy sitting up, etc.  Same big variety with the girls too.  The cool thing about Sarah+Abraham products (like the plates and lunch boxes) is that you can choose specific child details if you want that really resemble your child's features.  Hair color, curly or straight, eye color, skin color, etc. plus something they love as an image.  They have tractors, trucks, princesses, etc.

Here's the little card that came with my package that shows other stuff they do. You can see the top row, second from left is a green print framed like what I ordered, and it is so cute! I can't wait to get mine framed and up.  

See you guys tomorrow!

Babymoon!

Birc and I went on a little babymoon to Memphis this weekend and Savannah stayed at my parents house! We had such a RELAXing time and Savannah had a fabulous time at CC and Grandad's house!

We took a bunch of selfies...

saw my roomie and her husband for a double date night!

and had lots of good food!

We also managed to squeeze in two movies, sleeping late every day, going to the Pink Palace Museum, and just mosey around doing whatever we thought of.  We stayed at the Madison downtown and it was really nice.  

Of course, Savannah had no idea we were even gone.  CC and Grandad kept her very busy having all sorts of fun and she cried when we left Sunday.  She rode her motorcycle 'side-saddle'...

Had her first ice cream sandwich (I am thinking she only ate some of one...)

Went out to lunch with CC's friends...

Played with Granddaddy!

and served him tea several times...

Planted new plants in the front flowerbeds...

watered the new plants...

went swimming...

And so this was her about 5 minutes after we hit the road Sunday afternoon.

We had such a fun time just the two of us, but we could tell all weekend something (somebody!) was missing and could not WAIT to hug Savannah and squeeze her! Thanks so much CC and Grandad for keeping her loved on and entertained so we could have some time to eat slow meals and go to the movies (our two favorite things to do) before baby brother arrives!  This was the longest I have ever been away from my baby and it was hard, but luckily Birc is my most favorite person to hang out with so I made it.  :)

We're ready, y'all!

For football season!

One of Birc's prouder moments: Savannah calling the hogs. :)

We're ready for being cute!

and being sure to pull our dress over our knees so our undies don't show! She does this all on her own and I think it's adorable.  And appreciated.

 And we're ready for a fun weekend! Can't wait to tell you all about it Monday! TGIF!

Suckers and Shoes

Savannah had a little dum-dum sucker tonight before bed.  Yep, parents of the year here. :) and I also took a pic of her adorable green toms for you to ooh and aah over.  Enjoy!