Our baby girl is 6 months old!

Whew! I can't believe that Savannah is already 6 months old. I can't begin to tell you how much fun we are having with little Savy. She's changing everyday and we love to see her explore with her eyes, hands and recently her VOICE! She loves her exersaucer that Nana & Papa gave her for Christmas...it makes lots of noise and therefore she gets lots of attention! Last week, during her 6 month birthday, she was vomiting. Yep, that's right, our sweet baby girl had a viral infection...then we found out that all of the vomiting aggravated her reflux, so now she's on Zantac, which seems to be working (thank goodness!). She was back to her normal self on Sunday, so we ventured out of the house (mainly because we were all going BONKERS in this house!) We took Savannah for her first trip to the Junior Museum. We had the most fun watching her check out all the animals...it's was her first time seeing horses, turkeys (kinda funny that they would have turkeys at the museum.). Florida Panthers, snakes, deer, foxes, black bears, some weird exotic barking deer from China...etc. etc. etc. We took some great photos during our visit, but posting all of them would take me forever, so I picked 2 of my favorites. We are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives, she has changed our lives in ways we can't describe! She is our EVERYTHING!

She loves riding on her Daddy's shoulders. I love it when she leaves a big glob on drool in his hair. The love I have in my heart for these two stinkers in undescribable...my cup runneth over.

Uncle Larry's lakehouse December 2008

Over the Christmas holidays, we went home and chilled with the family at my brother's house on the lake. It was an amazing day and we had tons of fun playing around the lake, riding the four wheeler and roasting marshmellows by the fire. Uncle Larry has the coolest house! Here are some random photos that we took during our visit.

Me and my baby girl!

Daddy is wrapped!
I love my PaPa!

Random photos - Thanksgiving & Christmas

Here are some random photos that we took over Thanksgiving and Christmas, I figured I needed to post them before Savannah was a year old! I am such a procrastination these days about posting photos of little stinker.

Some of the photos are of Eli, Brody and Savannah that we took over Thanksgiving. Mom and Dad used one of these photos as their Christmas cards to send out to all of their friends and family.

'bout time I posted something, huh?

On MLK day, we met Aunt Lori, Uncle Steve & Brody for lunch and ice cream. Here is a photo of Savannah chillin' while we ate some yummy Maggie Moo's Ice Cream. Isnt' she getting so big and so stinkin' CUTE!

Man O Man, it's been crazy here in the Pate house over the weekend. It all started with me getting sick with a cold, then the flu bug hit me like a ton of bricks. THEN, as if that wasn't enough sickness to deal with, I decided to share the love with Chris and got him sick with the flu bug. And ya'll know when a man gets sick, it's pretty much the most horrible thing and the world is going to end right then and there....that's my man, Mr. Drama (butt). THEN, we were are trying to turn the corner to feeling better, poor little Savannah starts getting sick. After she showered the wood floors with formula and pedialyte, I called the doctor and they sent us to Urgent Care...we had the sweetest doctor that came in and checked Savannah (she weighs a hefty 13 lbs..my little pork chop!), he told us that she has a viral infection and there isn't anything he can give her for vomiting, etc. It just had to run it's course....and it is! We're home now and pretty much exhausted from all the events today....so why am I posting something on the blog tonight...cause it's been waaay toooooo long since I updated everyone on the Pates! Besides being sick, we are doing great. Savannah is such a mess. Her little personality is starting to shine and she is cracking us up on a daily basis. Not only has she discovered her voice, but now she has discovered it has many different volumes...which she experiments with daily! I promised to post some recent pictures of Savannah once I can find the time to download them all on the computer.

Savannah & Santa

It's been a while since I've posted anything..it's been crazy around the Pate house these days. Work keeps us busy and when we're not working, we're spending every minute with Savy! She is changing everyday and watching her little personality blossom is beautiful and hilarious! She makes the funniest facial expressions, Chris and I just laugh at her. It amazes me how much she loves her Daddy! He walks in the room and her face lights up...he's so WRAPPED! This photo was taken the day after Thanksgiving....I actually talked Chris into going to the mall on Black Friday...only to see Santa and then quickly leave! That was the first and last time anyone will see Chris at the mall on Black Friday. I have tons of photos to post of our Thanksgiving events. Keep checking back to see those photos...maybe I'll have them posted by Christmas...I'm such a procrastinator these days! Savannah asked Santa for one more bow on her outfit, hee hee! Ain't she cute as pie! Keep Savannah in your prayers as she is sick...she has a ear infection, bronchiolitis and the stomach bug/flu. Bless her little heart...we're going back to the doctor tomorrow morning for a check up and to get some test results to see if she has a more severe respiratory infection. I'll keep you posted on how she's doing! I better get some sleep...she is waking up a couple times a night coughing like crazy...of course, I jump clear out of bed and run to check on her...most of the time, she goes right back to bed...other times, she's up and HUNGRY.

Pure Sugar

This afternoon, Craig, Trisha and Andrew came over to eat pizza and take some photos of the kiddos. It was interesting trying to get a 2 year old and a 4 month old to sit still and smile at the same time. We did manage to get some cute photos of them together, which I will post later. In the meantime, here is one of the photos that Chris took, ain't she cute? I can't believe that she is almost 4 months old. Gosh, I love this girl so much!

Our little Genius

How funny is this picture? Savannah is getting stronger and is able to sit up with some help. This little chair helps her sit up all by herself. This picture was too funny, I had to share it. We can't believe how much Savannah has grown in the past month. She has certainly discovered her VOICE. One morning last week, Chris was getting ready for work, he walked past Savannah as she was sitting in her bouncy, Savannah screamed at him (almost like she was saying, "HELLO, you better acknowledge me Daddy!"). Chris can make her laugh out loud...from the time Savannah was about 2 months old, she and her Daddy would sit and watch football together...there is some chats that fans do at the JETS' games...so Chris decided to entertain Savannah with it one night....little did he know that she would bust a gut every time he does that chat with her. It is absolutely priceless to hear her belly laugh and then to hear Chris laugh at her. Oh yeah, as if we didn't already know this, but Savy is a little spunky thing. Her personality is definitely starting to blossom, we can honestly say that she takes after Chris and I.