Oh Christmas Tree

We celebrated our 1st Christmas with Savannah this past weekend. Savannah didn't really know what was going on but it was cute to see her reaction to her new toys. The link at the bottom has pictures of her and Izzy enjoying their Christmas presents.

This week is a busy one. Matt is traveling to Colorado Springs (Mon-Tues) and San Antonio (Tues-Thurs) for shoulder surgeries with some important doctors. Hopefully, the weather cooperates and he can make it out. The weather here has brought me out of denial. Yes, I am in MN during the winter and yes, it is crazy cold. Yesterday we had ice and snow. Today we have just cold and strong winds. It is a high of 1 today and a wind chill of -20. The news said we set a record low for this time of the year--of course, our first winter and we get record lows right out of the gate.

We are also getting ready to come home for Christmas. There is so much to pack when you are bringing a baby and a dog--not to mention yourself. We will be leaving on Friday night if the weather cooperates. If not we will be heading out when the snow clears. We will be in IN for little over a week so we can celebrate with both sets of grandparents.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and have a very Merry Christmas!

Matt, Jeri, Savannah, & Izzy

http://picasaweb.google.com/jeri.purdy/Christmas2008?authkey=wl3TlJaVVBA#

Thanksgiving Weekend

Savannah is now 2 months old! I can't believe it. She is really growing fast. Last Wednesday she had her 2 month check up. Unfortunately, that meant she had to get shots--4 to be exact. She took them pretty well. Just a little bit of crying but nothing too bad. I was more afraid that I was going to cry and pass out. I hate needles so Matt went with us to make sure that Savannah had a strong parent present. Other than the shots it was a good check up. She weighs 10 pounds 4 oz and is 22 3/4 inches long. She has gained 4 lbs and grown 3 1/2 inches since she was born. The doctor said she is a very healthy little girl and she doesn't have to go back until 4 months when she gets more shots:-( The visit pretty much took it out of her. She slept most of the day, but I think she was just resting up for Turkey Day:-)

Our first Thanksgiving with Savannah was amazing. Matt, Savannah, Izzy, and I watched the entire Macy's Parade. The first time that Matt and I had watched the entire parade. I say Savannah watched but she mostly napped. However, she was awake for the most important part--Santa's arrival. Again, Matt and I were way more excited than her. It was great to spend some quality time together and just relax--the food was good too:-) Matt and I have been eating turkey since Thursday--he is sick of it but I think I could eat it everyday until Christmas. Thankfully, for Matt it is almost gone.

Most of our long weekend was spent relaxing and finishing up projects and fixing random things in our house that broke--like our dryer. We are not after Thanksgiving shoppers. All of those people drive me nuts so we stayed clear of the malls. On Saturday night we went downtown to watch the Minneapolis Holidazzle Parade. It was various floats like the nutcracker, wizard of oz, etc all lit up. The parade runs every Thurs-Sun until Christmas. It was really neat and great for kids. Again, Savannah slept through the whole thing. She woke up in the elevator on the way back to our car:-) While we were watching the parade we meet people that were visiting family and they were from Plymouth, IN. We thought that was pretty crazy and it was nice to hear Hoosiers not the Canadian accent:-)

Below is the link to the pics from the parade and our weekend. Enjoy and for some of you we will see you this weekend!

http://picasaweb.google.com/jeri.purdy/ThanksgivingWeekend?authkey=c45VY0K_v-o#

Matt, Jeri, & Savannah

MN Baby Shower Photos

Savannah and I had a great time at our shower in MN. The link below is a few pictures of Savannah enjoying her new gifts!

http://picasaweb.google.com/jeri.purdy/ShowerGifts?authkey=-dV9nob1sK8#

Some Random Pics

Not much new to report. Savannah is growing fast. She has out grown almost all of her newborn clothes and is working on her double chin :-) I guess she is putting on an extra layer for the cold winter. We had our first dusting of snow last Friday--yuck! I know, I know there is WAY more to come. While I hate the snow and cold weather, I am looking forward to the first winter with Savannah and her first Christmas.

This weekend is Savannah's MN baby shower. Our realtor is hosting the shower and some of our new friends and Matt's co-workers are coming. We are looking forward to that on Sunday. Below are some new pictures from this last week. It is hard to believe that on Saturday she will be 7 weeks.

Tired from her morning photo shoot

She is trying so hard to suck her thumb. She hasn't yet got that her thumb can't be in a tight fist:-)

Napping with daddy

Trick or Treat

Savannah was only awake for the photo shoot of Halloween. She slept through all our trick-or-treaters. But we still think that she looked pretty cute:-)
Getting sleepy

Ready to pass out candy

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the cutest little pumpkin:-)!!

Thanks Aunt Katie and Uncle Drew for my socks!!!

What do you mean I can't have candy?!!

Look for more pictures this weekend as she debuts her first Halloween costume. Here's a hint she will be a little spicey...

More Pictures

Here are some pictures from when Grandpa Purdy, Grandma Purdy, & Aunt Sarah visited last weekend. Thanks Sarah for setting up the link.

http://picasaweb.google.com/purdyasarah/SavannahAveryPurdy?authkey=quuu4B0ZSdA