4 Going on 24

That's the phrase some of the L&D nurses used to describe Savannah the first night we were here. Here are a few of the great Savvi quotes for the week:

"We're gonna have a baby!" In a sing-song tone, Savannah chanted this in the OB's office when we told her that Cooper was coming that day. This followed the immediate reaction, which was a Cheshire cat-esque grin combined with enthusiastic bouncing.

"Go Bama! Go Bama! Rooolllllllll Tide Roll!" Her pure excitement coming out as we drove back to the house to grab a few things before the delivery.

"Is that Cooper?" This is what she finally said after about thirty seconds of wide-eyed apoplexy upon first seeing her brother.

"Mommy, are you sore?" The first words she spoke to Kelli when Kelli returned to the room.

"I think he wants me." Her firm opinion about why Cooper cries.

"I'm holding him before he goes." She refused to let Cooper go to the NICU without spending a moment with him.

"Breastfeeding time!" She and I were playing in the L&D suite. I had helped her deliver a toy kitten which was tucked under her shirt. She was holding the kitten and talking sweetly to it. Then she pulled her shirt up to her chin and stuck the kitten to her nipple while shouting out this quote.

"Mommy, when I get big like you, can I see my brother?" I guess this is what happens after repeatedly telling your daughter that she can't visit her brother in the NICU because she's a little girl. This one nearly broke all of our hearts.

And today, when she talked to Kelli on the phone she asked the following three questions: "How is Cooper doing? How is he eating? How is his temperature?"

She's a wonderful kid. We are so blessed to have her.