Scarlet's First Easter

Happy Spring!

Scarlet's 10 month old milestones:
-She weighs 18 pounds 11oz. (45th percentile)
-She is 30inches long. (99th percentile)
-She is crawling and standing for a few seconds alone.
-She is saying, "DaDa, Moma, Nana, Bob, and Og" (Dog)
-She has 2 bottom teeth and 1 top tooth coming in.
-She smiles constantly!
-She loves to chase the dogs!
-Her favorite foods are pears/cinnamon oatmeal, squash, peach yogurt, mango's, bananas, vegetable beef, fruit smoothies, green beans, cheese grits, and puffs.
-She likes a bath and splashing water.
-She dances to any music.
-She eats yogurt with her daddy!
-She walks on her tippy-toes.
-She loves to play with clothes and racks.
-She steals the remote when your not looking.
-She is obsessed with cords, ropes, strings, or laces.
-She will unzip anything she can reach.
-She loves baby Einstein videos especially the ocean video.
-She barks like a dog when she see them.
-She loves ducks and giggles when they quack.
-She loves to be outside in her wagon and swing.
-She hates grass. (we are working on this one)
-She wrinkles her nose when she is sleepy or mad.
-When she is finished eating she will put her pacifier in her month.
-She loves to open and close doors.
-She is not really into her sippy cup. (she thinks its for teething)
-She does not sleep well at all. (wakes up alot and cries)
-She takes naps and is very happy when she wakes up.

She is the love of our life! We kiss her constantly! Her daddy dances with her every night before bed. She is spoiled.

Scarlet's First Bath in the Tub

Lots of "first" for Scarlet

Scarlets month has been full of "first." She had her first Valentines Day, trip to Mikata's, crawls on the living room floor, table food, and spend the night parties at both grandparents house.Scarlet went to Mikata's for Aunt Hannah's birthday. The picture of her sitting beside her daddy with her hands in the air is when our chef surprised her with a big flame while preparing our food. She loved it!Happy Birthday Aunt Hannah! Scarlet was 9 months old on Feb. 23rd.

Oh, how I love my wagon!

Scarlet is now 8 months old. She is growing up so fast. Scarlet's Milestones: She is 16 pounds. Her favorite toys are books, blocks, Violet (talking bear), and drums. She says dada, nana, and bob. She is now eating baby food. She loves banana puffs. She loves banana anything. She is crawling backwards and rolling on the floor. She can stand alone when holding on to things. She is pulling up and trying so hard to walk. She loves her dogs and grabs their hair any chance she can get. She loves her walker and can get almost anything in her reach. She loves a bath and all her rubber ducks. She is sleeping in her own bed in her room. She loves music and dancing. She loves to bounce. She loves to play with shoes and socks. Scarlet's nana and papa gave her a wagon for Christmas. One of Scarlet's favorite past times these days is going outside and riding in her wagon. Bama, our basset hound, loves to run beside the wagon and bark at Scarlet. Scarlet loves it! She giggles the whole time.

Scarlet's First Christmas

This is Scarlet's first Christmas. Jason and I agree this is our greatest Christmas. Watching Scarlet at just 7 months old playing with wrapping paper, boxes, toys and bows was so amazing. The look on her face was priceless when she spotted her new toys under the tree. We didn't think she would be old enough to enjoy opening gifts. The pictures tell a very different story. Christmas morning we slept in (until 7:00 late for Scarlet)and had our traditional BIG breakfast with family and friends. Jason and I always host a Christmas breakfast for our family. While preparing the food Scarlet bounced in her bouncy seat in the living room with the Christmas tree. About 2 minutes after she scanned the living room she spotted all the new toys. She immediately started smiling that bouncing really hard while pointing at her new toys Santa had delivered. For my friends that don't know Jason has been working on our new room (mother-in-laws suite) for several months. Before Christmas he laid hardwood floors in the new room. The next day the room flooded. The power steering went out on Jason's car along with the door handle that broke off. We just focused on how blessed we are to have Scarlet and tried to stay positive. I thought that I pulled a muscle in my back after moving furniture before entertaining my family for candy making. Because of the flooding our dirt road was awful. Jason had to shuttle family and friends in and out of our house during our candy making night because of the roads. Christmas morning I realized I had an awful rash around my back and chest along with terrible back pain. Jason looked at me and said the dreaded words, "surely you don't have shingles." Of course it was Christmas and there was no doctors office open. I stopped and prayed "please Lord please don't let me have the shingles." All I could think was that Scarlet would get chickenpox from my shingles. Well I stayed home while Jason took Scarlet to his families for Christmas dinner. I stayed home and cried thinking about missing her smiles and expressions as she played with Cooper and opened gifts at Nanny and Papa Hughes. I went to First Med. the next morning and sat for 3 hours to confirm I had shingles. I do remember saying could anything else happen to us after the flooding of the new room. I regret saying that after getting the shingles. The Lord has blessed Jason and I so with our little miracle, Scarlet. We hope everyone enjoyed the time with their families as much as we have this year. Both Jason and I wrote Scarlet letters and placed them in the book, "Twas the night before Christmas" so one day she can read and understand just how much having her this Christmas has changed our lives. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We Are Back!

I can't believe I haven't posted since July. Where did all the time go? So much has changed since my last post. Of course, Scarlet is growing up to fast. Everyone told me it would happen. I have a FABULOUS new job as reading coach at my school. My wonderful husband has started and almost completed the most amazing remodeling project. I can't wait to post the pictures. Scarlet went to the pumpkin patch for the first time. Below I have posted the cute pictures of our family adventure.

Milestones in Scarlet's life.
*Scarlet is 5 months old today.
*She weighs 14 pounds 8 ounces.
*She was giggling by 2 months old.
*She was smiling and recognizing mommy and daddy by 3 months old.
*She started saying "Da Da" the first week of October.
*She started rubbing her eyes when she is sleepy at 4 1/2 months.
*She smiles all the time and loves kisses on the cheek and neck.
*She giggles when her daddy whispers in her ear, when I kiss her fast on both cheeks, during bath time, when we laugh, when she is bounced around, when someone sings/dances, and when her daddy picks her up in the air.
*She loves her bouncy seat, her swing, and playing on her play mat.
*She has just discovered her feet and plays with them constantly.
*She likes to take her socks off and suck on her feet.
*She loves outside and to hear birds.
*She giggles and smiles when birds chirp.
*She loves a bath and kicks water while playing with her rubber ducky.
*She is eating rice cereal with bananas and pears.
*She is eating a half a jar of squash at lunch.
*She has a FAKE cough that she uses to try to communicate with me.
*She loves to pull hair, glasses, and earrings.
*She blows bubbles and loves to touch peoples faces.
*She recognizes her mommy and daddy when we walk in the door and gets so excited.
*She started sleeping through the night at 4 months old.