Savannah's first year. (Finally!)

Seriously this post is long overdue. 

I've been meaning to do this post for a while so I decided to give everyone some highlights of Savannah's first year of life!

This is my favorite newborn photo of Savannah while we were still in the hospital :)

 This was taken the week we brought her home:)

 I kinda failed at having newborn photos done, So this was taken when she was a month old:)

 These are photos of our first family trip! We went to California for Uncle Jacob's senior trip. 

She was only 2 months old!

 This was her first Halloween! As you can see I went with the traditional pumpkin costume. 

Though I did it in a much cuter way I think! :) I was one proud mama!

Side note: This is when her love for Minnie Mouse first started as you can see:)

 This is a photo of when she first was learning to crawl.

She crawled at 7 1/2 months.

 This is when Carter and I moved into our own place.

And yes she has her very own room!:)

 This was a family photo we took while at the temple when one of my best friends got married:)

Savannah's first Christmas Eve pjs!

Our first Christmas card! 

I'm not sure how old she is in this photo but I had to have one bath photo in this post right?

It's my favorite one:)

Savannah's first snow day!:)

This fun photo was taken at cousin Kristoffer's first birthday party!

Bow tie and mustache optional.

     These photos were taken during her first superbowl.

Another side note: This is when her love for funyuns was discovered:)

                                

Learning to walk!

Savannah walked at 11 months:)

This was taken at her first birthday party.

These fun ladies are her favorite Aunt Lilly and Britney!

p.s. We miss Aunt Britney lots!

Her first birthday cake:)

   

 I took TONS of photos her first year, but I needed to narrow it down and every one of these photos are some of my very favorite. I absolutely love my little Savannah bug and it's crazy how fast her first year of life went by. I hope you all enjoy looking at her milestones as much as I enjoyed experiencing them!

Thanks for reading!

Giving it another go...

Well folks! I'm horrible at keeping up with my blog but I've recently been inspired to try giving it another go... So we'll see how well I do!

I'm starting small for now.
Oh and the name of my blog, well for anyone who knows me... Enough said. ;)
Seeing as how yesterday was the 4th of July it seems like a good place to start.
We started our holiday with staying out late on the parade route the night before. I love how into Provo, Utah gets into the spirit of our freedom! It's one big party out there on University Ave. And boy do people get into it... :)
The next morning (the 4th) we got ourselves out of bed, put our flag shirts on and headed down to see the parade. I love the parade but man I'll tell ya this year it was really hot out! Dealing with a 1 year old certainly didn't make it anymore enjoyable so we grabbed our little one and headed out a little early back to the air conditioning. Good thing too since we avoided all the traffic the parade creates! :)
We then had a BBQ with the King family and later made our way to my parents home to have yet another BBQ!
Next was Stadium of Fire! Savannah got to stay with her Nana since I do not believe she would have cared to sit in a stadium full of people and not been able to roam free. That could have made for an even longer night so we definitely took advantage of our resources! Thanks again Mom. ;)
Carter had begged me ALL day about how he wanted to take me on his Mom's scooter to the Stadium. I'm not going to lie, I was seriously nervous about it, and was not going to give in. But I love my husband, and even if I had a small panic attack on the way there (hint hint) I gave in. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be though :)
We had a blast! And seriously I must add that Fireworks are my absolute favorite part of Independence day. We then ended the evening driving home on the scooter. Oh no wait... It didn't quite make it. Yes that's right, the scooter died right outside the MTC. So we parked the thing in a church parking lot nearby and got a ride with Carter's Aunt who fortunately and unfortunately happened to be very close by. I say unfortunately because we were now stuck in an hour long car ride home. But that's okay we were grateful to have a ride!
The best part of my day though?? Coming home to a letter from my bro who is currently in the MTC.
Couldn't have asked for a better ending :)

Thanks for reading!

The birth story :)

On 4/11/2012 Savannah Lee King was born. Our due date wasn't until the 17th but the doctor had told us to expect our little one at any time. The day before I had had my weekly checkup and I had been 90% effaced, and was almost dilated to 4 centimeters. Carter went to work early that morning completely unaware that today was the day. I woke up around 10am with what I describe as a ballooning effect happening to my stomach. (Little did I know it was called a contraction.) My mom called me to find out if anything had changed over night and if she should take off work. I told her about the "ballooning" effect of my stomach and how it was happening quite frequently. Of course my mom being who she is starts to panic and exclaims "Your having contractions, I'd bet money!" I didn't want to believe her since my so called contractions didn't hurt at all! I didn't want to get my hopes up so I told her she was overreacting. She told me to get my things ready for the day, they were coming to get me so she could keep an eye on me. So with makeup bag and clothes in hand I got into the car and prepared to spend a long day with my mom as she threw a thousand questions my way. My dad and Emma were the ones who picked me up so I was spared the 20 questions game for a moment longer. Of course the moment I walked into the house that all changed. Of course at this point I had been "ballooning" every 4 to 5 minutes. I walked in and my stomach started to contract and my mom of course is freaking out exclaiming "Anna! How long has this been happening? How often? Well of course it doesn't hurt, mine didn't either at first! We are taking you to the hospital now!" I of course being who I am told her before I went anywhere I wanted a shower and needed to do my Makeup! After that was all said and done, I texted Carter and his parents to let them know I was headed to the hospital to find out if this little girl was on her way! Carter met us at the house and was the one who drove me to the hospital with my family right behind us. When we first got there, I explained my symptoms to the nurse. She set me up in a room so they could check me before admitting me. They measured my contractions for about an hour. They were inconsistent but frequent enough that the doctor wanted them to continue to monitor me for another hour. During the 2nd hour things really picked up and it was official that I was going to stay. This is where things get a little hectic and frankly a little fuzzy for me. The Doctor was going to come in and break my water but before that had happened I really needed to go to the bathroom. My mom had been in the bathroom when the doctor came into the room so they wouldn't wait and just let me go before he broke my water. Seriously during this entire process I remember thinking I just need to pee! The doctor broke my water and this was when I started to feel the contractions. I was in so much pain I couldn't even speak. Not to mention they had now given me oxygen and I had to keep the stupid thing on my face. No one would tell me why I had to have it on only that it was important. Of course now at this point I am feeling the pain, and crying because I am scared that they have given me oxygen and the stupid thing kept falling off my face! Meanwhile I still really had to go to the bathroom! Now the nurses were being very pushy about needing to draw some of my blood and how urgent it was to get a monitor in me, and I still needed an IV. So on one arm a nurse is taking blood, while on the other arm a nurse is trying to put in an IV and failing so she had to try 2 times. Also they are sticking a monitor in me. Oh and lets not forget the oxygen mask that keeps falling off of my face. I was so frustrated with the mask, in absolute pain because I can really feel the contractions now, lets not forget I still needed to pee, and absolutely scared to death that I cannot stop crying. At one point I heard a nurse whisper something about an emergency c section. I just wanted to be told what was going on! Later I found out that the babies heart beat had dropped when they broke my water, hence the oxygen. After all the chaos of the nurses poking me with needles and being very hush hush, They finally were able to give me an Epidural. At some point I recall Jared giving me a blessing though I don't remember when. My memory of it all is very fuzzy. After the epidural things calmed down, but not for long. The doctor came in to inform me I was at a 7. However because the babies heartbeat had dropped so low he wanted to go get some pitocin to speed this up. The doctor left to go get the pitocin and the nurse measured me again. In one contraction I went from a 7 to an 8. By the time the doctor had returned, I was ready to start pushing. I recall my mom and Carter counting to ten 3 times. In 3 pushes, our little girl was finally here! For the first 20 or so minutes of her life she remained nameless since Carter and I had not yet had a moment to decide on her name. When we finally did it was kind of incredible how we both thought she looked like a Savannah. So Savannah it was. Savannah Lee King. Born at 2:40pm, only 4 hours after having arrived at the hospital. 6lbs 9oz, 19 1/2 inches long. Our little Miracle was finally here :)

Hi everyone!!! I am starting this little blog for my family and our new life together! I'm still currently in the process of getting it up and running and figuring out all the little details so for now I just wanted to get it started. Later I hope to be adding photos and writing a few posts on our wedding, the birth of our little girl Savannah Lee, and all of her milestones so far. I'm excited to get started and hope to have pictures soon! Thats all for now!!! Love always The Kings :)