4 months

 My little one is 4 months old!

I definitely sang "Happy Birthday" to her this morning.

Every month is so exciting and comes around so fast.

 

Chris and I were marveling last night about how

amazing it is to see this little person

learn new things.

It probably sounds silly, but watching this little

child go from absolutely nothing, just laying

around like a limp noodle,

to looking and reaching and grabbing

and being curious and smiling when she looks at you...

There's really nothing else like it :)

 

Though I loved her as a newborn,

she is so much more fun now haha.

I could just play with her all day....and that's

pretty much exactly what I do :)

 

We had to postpone her 4 month appointment until

we move to Utah due to insurance stuff,

but we performed our own

little growth charting session the other night.

She weighed in at 15.8 pounds, 75 ish percentile.

She was above 95th percentile in length

and around 50 percent for head circumference....

which I'm not too convinced is correct

cause she's got quite the  noggin.

 

She's occasionally sticking out her tongue,

but her current fixation is her little hands and fingers.

Yesterday, she started playing with her toes too.

We enjoyed snuggling up during Scarlett's first snowstorm!

What the heck, I thought I didn't have to deal with this

much snow until we moved to Utah, boooo.

But it was fun to bust out the sweaters and hoodies.

 

I got sick last weekend, and poor little thing also caught her

first cold :(  Aw it breaks my heart hearing

her all stuffed up and coughing and knowing

that I made her sick :(

(But she does have the cutest little coughs I've ever heard)

Plus the snuggles are AMAZING when she feels crummy.

 

Her muscles are getting stronger!

She rolls from her tummy to back,

and we're convinced that she has the ability to go the other way,

but she HATES tummy time so much that

she probably never will.

She'll probably skip crawling altogether just because she

hates being on her tummy.

Below: Her head is just a little too large

to keep it up on her own :)  She just falls forward.

 

Scarlett's first birthday party experience complete with face painting :)

Adorable, yes, but kind of a pain to get off.

 

Those thunder thighs have been put to good use!

She absolutely loves standing,

and we discovered she can do it on her own leaning

against a table.

 

I promise we don't just stick our

child in front of the TV..

(Well, sometimes Chris does without my knowledge lol)

But we were working on rolling over and then

I found her fixated on the screen...ugghhh

 

Starting to hold her own bottle to Chris's excitement.

The other night Chris and I were working

on our Scarlett facial impressions.

Apparently I'm not very good, according to Chris.

 



 

Our biggest news this month is that we're MOVING on SATURDAY!!

Utah, here we come!!

I could not be more excited.

Packing, however, has proved to be quite difficult with a baby hanging around.

Yesterday I came up with the best idea EVER though to

keep her happy and occupied :)

Thank goodness for bumbos and mirrors.

 

Funny story of the week:

Scarlett was born with adorable fuzzy ears :)

Haha they had quite the little tuft of hair

and it was adorable, of course.

The other day I went to play with her ears, as usual,

and noticed they felt entirely too soft and smooth.

I told Chris, "Hunny, her ear hair fell out!"

He got this weird expression on his face....

then explained..

"Well yeah, cause I cut it off last week"

He trimmed her ears!

I was so upset, cause I loved her ears just the way they were,

but what can ya do? :)

 

 

I don't know how it's possible,

but our love for Scarlett just continues to grow!

She makes our lives so much better!

 

 

 

 



Thanksgiving (& other miscellaneous goodies)

We were so happy that we could visit

Chris's sister and her family in Omaha for Thanksgiving.

We had so much fun spending time with them!

 

Scarlett did so well on the drive there (8 hours)

but not too well on the way home.

We stopped midway for some delicious BBQ and got

this lovely thug picture of her.

 

 

Already rocking the LAFD pride.

 

Our first day there we played some RACQUETBALL.

Oh my, oh my.

I haven't played my favorite sport in over 2 years

and it was soooo magical to play again.

(Though I was super rusty)

 

This was Scarlett's first time wearing real-ish clothes

rather than onesies.

Ahhh jeans and a sweater, so precious.

 

Scarlett loved playing with cousin Kate.

Kate was so cute with her:

she sang to her, played with her, and notified us

immediately if Scarlett was ever sad or fussy :)

Such a good helper.

 

Where's Waldo?

 

 

Cuddles with Daddy

 

She wasn't loving it as much as Chris was..

 

We also went to the gingerbread house display

at Winter Quarters, there were soooo many!

 

There were pioneer clothes there that the kids could dress

up in, Kate was the cutest little pioneer there ever was.

 

But Scarlett was pretty dang cute too in that bonnet.

 

We saw the Winter Quarters temple

(I think that's its name?)

So pretty, but obstructed by a windshield and a tree.

 

Scarlett does this new thing lately where

she is so obsessed with lips.

When she eats, she just plays with my lips the whole time.

It's pretty cute unless she has long nails....kinda painful.

 

We had such a fun trip!

Thank you Sarah, Ryan, and Kate for letting

us come for a visit!  Can't wait to see you guys

again soon hopefully.

 

After we got home I put Scarlett down on her playmat.

I'm worried that I have a TV addict on my hands.

She is so infatuated with it.

I put her down facing away from the TV

(I'm paranoid about it being too fast paced for her)

and next thing I know she's turned 90 degrees

and happily watching the show.

 

I love how snuggly she is in the morning.

 

 

She's rolling over!  With some assistance :)

 

 

 

 

 

The final countdown

The countdown is OVER, I'm all done with work!! At least in Oklahoma. We're moving to Utah next month, finally! Chris's 3 month internship turned into over two years of us working, going to school, and having a baby. When I went back to work after maternity leave, Chris eased my heartbreak with this adorable chain counting down the days I had left.

He even wrote down Scarlett's thoughts on the matter haha.

So it started off pretty long, I was planning on working up until the time we move...

But after my first week back, the schedules just weren't working out with me on nights so I turned in my two weeks early and got to rip off a lot!

Two more days!

One more day!

During my last shift I forgot my lunch, so Chris brought it to me and I got to show off my cute family to my coworkers.

ALL DONE!!!! I can't believe it. This has really been an amazing job. I've loved the people and patients I got to work with and am so grateful for the experience I've gained. I'm gonna miss this place! But I'm excited to see what adventures lay ahead for us!

3 Months

Oh how the time flies!

I'm a little late with her 3 month post because Somebody forgot

to have the chalk board present during the photo shoot.
....Ok that somebody was me...oops :)
 

 

But that's ok, cause we got some pretty dang cute daddy-daughter

pictures out of it!

 

So we did round 2 today.

 

She's getting so big!
She's become quite the little chatterbox.  Chris calls her
little coos her dinosaur noises, cause they're
really squeaky and high pitched.
Her biggest development is she LAUGHED!
The video is on facebook,
and it was a huge miracle, because that was literally the first
and last time that I heard it, so it was amazing that we caught
it on video.  I haven't gotten her to laugh since.

                                                

 

Such a daddy's girl!

And Chris just went and did an unofficial weight

and she is almost 15 pounds...holy cow haha.

                               

 This picture seriously melts my heart.

 

 

The main bit of news for this  month is that I went back to work.

It was the hardest thing I've ever done.

I'm pretty sure I scared Chris with what a wreck I was,

you would've thought that I was never going to see Scarlett again

with how much I cried when I went for my first shift.

(But then again, it was also because it was her first Halloween that I was missing)

But honestly, I'm glad I went back because it made me realize

how much I completely adore being a mom.

I would be giddy with excitement driving home cause I couldn't

WAIT to see Chris and Scarlett.

It was super hard, though, since Chris is still going to school

during the day.  I would be up with Scarlett while he was at

school and then go to work at night.

No sleep for me :)

 

 

She is just the center of our world,

I love every second that we get to spend with her.

There's nothing that I'd rather be doing :)

 

                                 

I'm trying to think of any other new developments...

She continues to lose her hair, but I am optimistic that it will grow

back soon, hopefully.

Other than that, she's just a joy to be around and overall

a super happy baby..

(Though she's screaming bloody murder as I type this haha)

 

                                

When daddy dresses me

I'm always curious to see what Scarlett's going to be wearing after my sweet husband gets her dressed. I'm either really amused or really pleasantly surprised. It doesn't always match and sometimes she's wearing a boyish outfit ( some people at my baby shower didn't know what gender I was having) but it always brings a smile to my face. 

The other day Chris was so sweet to wake up with her and before he left for school he told me that she was fed, changed, and dressed. He's such a good dad! And this is how I found her :)

In a church dress, size newborn, that was too small for her a week after she was born hahaha.

It looks more like a shirt, but it was too funny to change her so she wore it all day.

Those buttons can only dream of closing :)

And then sometimes he goes to change her and she comes out looking adorable! What an amazing daddy she has :)

Fall Photos

 

Chris's sister, Sarah, was sweet enough to snap a few  photos of us

at the pumpkin patch.  Finally a family picture!

Here are some of my favorites :)

 

 

Mother, I know what you're thinking, "No socks!!"

Don't worry, it was warm,

and the sockies went right back on after the picture :)

We don't torture our child for a picture.....

 



And we definitely don't lay our daughter in the dirt either...

 

I'm a terrible mother!!  Haha, she got a thorough scrubbing after this.

 

 

And last but not least!!  I think this one should be on our Christmas card :)

 



Love my little family!!