LOVING this weather!

I am having so much fun dressing up Savannah every day! Between her finally fitting into things besides pajamas, and all the cute spring clothes she has, I am loving this wonderful weather each day.  On top of that, I can go with the windows down in the car, walk her around the neighborhood in the stroller, and open the doors and windows when we're home.  Even better, it is daylight savings time! All of this equals a very happy Amy.

Oh, the cuteness! Love her!

Thoughts on Colic

So, I've taken an accidental blogging break, mainly due to the evil colic that is lingering around this house. Savannah is the sweetest and most precious child I have ever known (obviously) and I cannot wait for her to outgrow this colic mess. Blogging has been put on the back burner while I keep my sanity. :) Our sweet families and friends have been keeping us afloat lately because it is just so very exhausting to have a baby crying all the time. We are lucky they are all around to give us breaks and play with Savannah or hold her while she cries.

I never really gave 'colic' a thought before I had a child, and even as I was pregnant I didn't think much about it either. Up until Savannah was almost 6 weeks old, it still hardly crossed my mind. Now I cannot tell you how my heart goes out to other parents and families who have a colicky baby. Savannah has some really sweet and really fun moments, and usually even one or two good days a week, but lots of the other days and hours are filled with my baby girl screaming and crying. I'm talking like over 5 hours a day, people. It is heartbreaking above all else. It means every time we go out in public, I am a nervous wreck worrying she will be the 'screaming child' in the restaurant or store. It means every night is a different story, sometimes she falls asleep nursing, and other nights she can stay up fussing and crying for literally hours. It means she is STILL waking up every 2-3 hours to eat if not more often than that. It means there is no 'schedule' at all for us from one day to the next. It has Birc and us, most nights, looking at each other asking, 'What is wrong with her? Where is she hurting? What can we do to help her? Colic cannot be this bad right?' We know these questions are silly and have no answer but we still keep asking them.

Anyway, I'm not having a pity party here, but I will want to look back and know how far we've come from this when she finally grows out of it. And while I'm at it, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for us? I, just as of Friday, am eliminating dairy from my diet to see if that helps per Aaron's recommendation. She also doesn't seem to have any major gas or reflux problems that we can tell, so nothing to fix there.

Here's a cute pic of my sweet girl smiling! See? She is sweet and precious too :) and we love her so very much no matter how much she cries. Hopefully I'll catch back up on blogging this week. I still haven't done her Baptism or 3 month blog, and I've got lots of cute new spring outfits to show you as well!

Jimmy Buffett!!

Thursday night, Birc and I went and saw Jimmy Buffett here in Little Rock! It was awesome and we had a great time! Birc has wanted to see Jimmy Buffett in concert for practically his whole life so it was a big check for his bucket list. Little miss Savannah stayed home with my parents and probably gave them a tough time. She is a pretty tough cookie to take care of at times, and any time I leave her, I just want it to be easy for whoever has her! But alas, it is almost never so. Oh well, at least she's super cute :). On another note, Birc and I realized how old we really are. After we got to the concert and the music started, we were in PAIN! It was so very loud we had to tear up napkins and stuff them in our ears. Yep people, we are that cool. Next time we are totally taking earplugs. What's the last concert you've been to? (and did you take earplugs? Haha!)

[Apologies-I'm blogging for the first time from Birc's iphone so this post may turn out crazy cause I can't figure out the pictures and such, but oh we'll. I'll learn.]

Watch out world,

cause I'm too cool for school in my new shades!

Something has happened to my skin mama....

Well? tell me what is causing this craziness!

Come to think of it, my fishies on my seat fabric are darker too...

Whatever it is, I'll just make a cute face so you can snap the pic and take 'em off :)

Baptized!

Our sweet girl was baptized on Sunday and we couldn't be happier! Not only was she 'washed by the water' but it was a beautiful day filled with everyone we love! I'll be blogging about it more later, but I am going to wait for my sister's pictures since she has a new fancypants camera and was the 'official' photographer of the day.  Our parents got some great pics too, along with our camera (whoever was taking them with our camera?)  Just to hold you over, here's a pic of her precious self about to get baptized.  Love her. :)

and below is another precious picture so you can see her pretty smile!

Can't wait to share the rest!

Bear with me...

...as I return to work part-time.  I can only imagine how it will be when I go back full-time! Oh my! I'm taking Savannah with me to work right now, as my work is flexible enough in the mornings I can get lots of stuff done while she naps and plays.

Happy 12 weeks today Savannah!

Here I am, working hard at St. James.  somebody grab my laptop!

Storytime with Daddy is the best!

We had a great weekend and lots of fun blog-worthy events occuring, so stay tuned!

Savannah the Chia Pet

 Yesterday...

Today!

Hah! Thought everyone could use a Friday laugh.  Savannah loves my hair on her face, and I was trying to get some around to her face when my dad spotted this hilarous photo op.  :)