Beach Trip

Savannah experienced the beach for the first time this past weekend. We took a 4-day weekend trip to Ocean Isle with Nana, Grandpa, Uncle Waylon, Aunt Robin and Noah. We really had a great time. It is so neat to see Savannah and Noah interacting with eachother. Of course, next years beach trip will be even more fun, since Savannah will have a new little girl cousin:) in October!!! Aunt Robin is expecting #2 in October and Savannah is so thrilled to leave her legacy of pink things to her younger cousin! :)

Here are a few snapshots from the weekend. Enjoy!

Savannah basking in the sun on Thursday. She really isn't so sure about the sand and waves.

Friday...She is warming up to the sand. She was so cute. She would lift her feet up when you tried to stand her in the sand or ocean water. If she couldn't lift both feet, she would lift one like a little flamingo!

I just love this shot. She started to play in the sand a little bit by this point.

Here we go...she's into it now!! Our only problem was that she wanted to EAT the shells!

We had a pool at the house we rented...so nice! Savannah LOVES the pool. That is a good thing since we have joined our neighborhood pool.

On Saturday, we went out on Daddy's boat. Sean is keeping his boat in Little River for the summer. We are going back down to Myrtle Beach this month for a family reunion with Sean's dad, brothers and sisters. Savannah is excited to meet all of her Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins.

The Parham's and The Sharpe's

The Sharpe's

Nana and Grandad with the grandbabies

Our last day at the beach. Me and my sweet angel!

Savannah and Daddy. She refused to keep her hat on:)!

So sweet. She was actually starting to act VERY tired Sunday. She slept the whole way back to Raleigh and wanted to keep sleeping once we got home. She seemed to be feeling bad. I was thinking that maybe she was teething (I don't usually attribute a baby being fussy to the teething thing, but I could see two coming in), but I ended up having to take her to the doctor on Tuesday. She wasn't eating a lot and refusing her solids. The doctor said she had a virus. He said she should feel better by her 4th day (which is today), so I hope I see some improvements tonight.

Happy Mother's Day

We celebrated my first Mother's Day yesterday. I had a wonderful day spending time with Savannah and the extended family. Savannah is growing like a weed (19 lbs at her 9 month check-up last week) and really becoming a little independent baby! Sean got me a great camera for Mother's Day. I spent the weekend trying it out and taking tons of pictures. Here are few shots I got this weekend.


Savannah at Nana's house. She LOVES to be pushed around in the little car. Check out the little foot propped up..."just chillin"!

Savannah outside in the flower bed. She loves to explore her new surroundings and of course wants to touch everything!















My very first Mother's Day gift. Savannah made me this T-Shirt at Kindercare. It came with a little card with her picture and hanbd prints.















I just love this picture! This is typical Savannah...just taking it all in!

First Steps, Playdates, & More...

Our black lab, Kaleb, was laid to rest on April 27th. We planted a Dogwood tree in honor of Kaleb as we miss him immensely. I'm glad that Savannah got to know Kaleb even if it was for a short period of time.

I have been "tracked out" the last two weeks. I kept Savannah home with me last week and we had the best time! Savannah's friend, Wilson, came over for a play date. As you can see from the pictures below, they had a great time! Wilson is the son of our neighbors, Will & Alston. Wilson was born 3 weeks to the day before Savannah last summer:).

On April 25th, Savannah took her first steps behind her walker. We captured video of the event and will post it soon. She was quite proud of herself as she jabbered & smiled the entire time she was walking!