savanna rae is 1!

i can't believe that my little biscuit is 1! i know i say it ALL the time, but time really does go by way too fast! so here we are a year later and some days it feels like just yesterday! since i went down memory lane for carter i'm gonna do it for savanna, so they will always know the details of their birth. so savanna this is for you! march 22nd the day i went into labor was such a fun day! i had called the nurse at my dr.'s office to schedule my induction for march 29th because i was wanting to make sure i didn't have an april fools baby! so carter and i went walking at the beach (our usual walk along the boardwalk in huntington). your dad worked on main st for a dr. there, so he met us for lunch and we went to cronic tacos on 11th st. it was one of the most beautiful days at the beach :)! later that day i was feeling some contractions and was thinking ok i think that's what they are. we went to your brother's best bud chase's bday party and felt contractions the whole time there too, so we went home to our apt in mora kai and had nikki come over to watch carter until grandpa could come over and we went to the hospital that night to see what the deal was. when we got there they ran tests to see how far apart the contractions were. i was nervous, but excited all at the same time! i was soooo excited to have a baby girl i could hardly stand it! the nurse came in and said they were gonna send me home because they were too far apart! i was kind of emotional because i was "ready" to have you and then they were trying to say j/k! after a couple more hours of waiting to be released the nurse came back in to say ok, we decided to keep you and induce you! yeahhhhh! all thru the night there was not much progress. i wasn't dialiating at all or sleeping! so at 8 in the morning they broke my water and then things started to move along. i was way less drugged this time around so i was more aware of everything, which was great! at 2pm it was getting to be time, so we tried to see if we could hold off till we could get the video camera there, but you were just too ready to come out! i pushed a few times and you were out! you were born at 2:28pm on march 23rd, weighing in at 7lbs 7oz and 19.5 inches long! we had a couple names in mind for you, we thought we would name you piper if you were born w/ dark hair and savanna if you were born w/ light hair! funny because you were born w/ super dark hair, but we still named you savanna! that is a name your dad and i liked before we even got married, so i guess that's the one that really stuck! anyway, you have been such a blessing in our home and i can't imagine life w/o our little savvy girl! your brother carter just loves you and can't wait for you to get bigger and chase after him! you melt your mom and dad's heart and we just want you to know how much we freakin LOVE you! thanks for being apart of our family!