Three years ago [last Friday], I waited oh so impatiently for Brad to get home from school, his surprise sitting on the dining room table. I kept wandering to the window, watching for him to pull into the parking lot. And then he came inside, saw what was sitting on the table, and I couldn't stop smiling.
Three years ago we found out we were pregnant with Savannah. It is one of the most precious moments in my life.
I remember being so excited, I felt about to burst with love for our little coffee bean, thinking that 9 months seemed so far away. And now I find myself, three years later, so in love with that little tow-headed tornado. She is chaotic, she is exhausting, she is beautiful. I cannot get enough of her. She is stubborn (like her mama) and eats like a bird. She is tiny for two, but perfect just how she is. She is so smart, she blows me away on a daily basis. I don't know where she learns half the things she knows, but nothing gets past her. She knows her abc's, she can count to 10, she sings so many songs on a daily basis. We don't have nearly enough video of her because she is fascinated with our side of the camera. I have never known someone to have such immense love for their sibling- she lives and breathes for her little brother. She wants to teach him everything she knows. I can't even keep track of how many words she knows, because she learns more every day. She speaks in full sentences (though she often confuses pronouns) She has a memory like an elephant. She is perfect and imperfect at the same time.
She recently learned how to say her name correctly. First she was "Nanner" and that progressed to "Sanare" and then over Memorial Day weekend she started pronouncing it Savannah. If you as what her name is she will tell you, very matter of factly, "Savannah Belle Martin," with emphasis on the T. She knows her brother (Landon Dale Martin) and mommy (Jenna Michelle Martin) and daddy, too (Bradley Dale Martin) We are working on everyone else. But she has the animals down pat too (every animal has the middle name Dale, too)
She passionately loves the aquarium. All the fish have names and she recites them ten times a day. She wants to help daddy with the tank all the time and gets such a giggle out of feeding the fish. She wants Pablo to "get her finger" (he gives kisses!) She loves chocolate milk 10 times a day and loves the outdoors. She hates when it rains, and is scared of thunder. She sings "rain, rain go away" whenever it storms. She loves everything TinkerBell and is such a girl... but hates brushing her hair and loves to play in the dirt. She has such compassion, she is always worrying about things that seem sad to her. She is full of emotions and isn't afraid to tell us what she is feeling. She is Savannah, she is a mess, and I love her to death.
