11 Months

A day late, but our little bean is 11 months old now!

I can't believe she's almost a year old, where has the time gone?

She makes life entertaining and definitely keeps us on our toes.

 

 

Biggest news for this month is that Scarlett took her first steps!

I think she could really start walking if she wanted to,

but she'll do one round of taking a couple of steps

and then just decide she's done practicing and refuse to use her legs.

This is the best picture we could get of her standing :)

 

 

She also got her first teeth finally!!

The second bottom tooth just started to break through,

so she's a drooling (and often cranky) machine.

 

 

She climbs anything and everything,

she even discovered that she could climb over our

stair barricade so we had to revise our strategy a little bit.

 

She's started to say "daddy" pretty dang clearly.

It's super cute, but I'm still waiting for my "mommy".

 

 

Her favorite food right now is macaroni and cheese.

She's only tried it a couple of times when we've been out

to dinner, but she's obsessed and throws a tantrum when it's all gone.

 

 

Speaking of tantrums...yep, she's started them.

Anything that doesn't go her way, she'll throw her body to the floor,

bury her face in the carpet, and give a pretty pathetic cry

until she realizes that  we won't give in :)

 

This next picture is how she often looks nowadays with her teething.

Open mouth and drool hanging down, I love it :)

 

 

Scarlett LOVES music.  She starts dancing as soon as it turns on,

and she recently discovered how to turn on the radio and turn the volume up.

Smarty pants!

 

 

She also came up with a new dance move, luckily it only lasted for a day.

I probably shouldn't have recorded it, but it was too funny.

 

 

This little one is our pride and joy and I'm grateful

for every day we get with her!

Happy 11 months Scarlett Claire!



First Steps and Fourth of July

It finally happened, Scarlett took her first steps!

July 5, 2014 to be exact.

She's been standing on her own a lot more but then would

just fall into our arms without moving her feet.

But last night she just took off!

She only took three steps, but still, I feel like it was a breakthrough

for her and hopefully she'll really start getting the hang of it.

I was sooo proud!!

We didn't get the initial good steps on video, but we got a little

snippet a few minutes after.

 

We also had a happy fourth of July!

I unfortunately had to work that night so I didn't get to see

her reaction to the fireworks,

but we had a family BBQ earlier in the day and it was a blast!

I'm terrible and didn't even think to get her a cute 4th of July outfit

(ha, kidding..kind of)

But I remembered she had a hand-me-down red, white, and blue

outfit that worked out perfectly, so naturally I had to take some pictures.

 

 

Happy 4th!!

 



Nap Time

Nap time is probably the greatest time of day.

Don't get me wrong, I completely adore Scarlett and

love the time I get to spend with her,

but I'm also convinced that nap time was invented to maintain a mom's sanity :)

Bar none, the hardest decision I have to make every day

is what to do with my precious 45-90 minute break while

my precious babe gets her beauty rest.

I almost always want to take a nap with her, and sometimes I do.

But it's quite disappointing when it takes me a while to fall asleep

and then she starts crying as soon as I drift off.

So do I try to work out quickly? 

I could...but then I usually don't have time to shower

afterwards.  So it takes up two naptimes, a total of about five hours,

to work out and then look like a mess until I am able to shower and get ready

when the next nap comes around.

And then there's cleaning....

Cleaning and folding laundry is nearly impossible when she's awake

because she conveniently follows right behind me to undo everything I've just done.

Plus... do I really want to use my precious alone time to work more?

...Not usually :)

SO, I usually just end up being a bum and watch TV, edit pictures,

or in this case, use naptime to blog about what to do during my next nap time :)

 

Random thoughts from a sleepy mama!

Happy Saturday!

10 months

10 Months today!!

Scarlett has been so much fun this past month.

She entertains herself much more, so she doesn't get

as grumpy when we're not holding her

(Thank goodness, cause she is getting heavy!!)

Last appointment she was 20 pounds and 28 inches long,

that put her in about the 50th percentile for weight and height

(thinning out!), but still 90th percentile for her large head :)

 She is so curious and can't stand staying still.

Yesterday I went to Kohls and the strap on the baby seat in

the stroller was broken, and she was trying to stand and climb and turn around.

I eventually had to just carry her in one arm (while she was trying to grab everything

in reach) and try to steer the cart with the other hand. 

I was literally sweating and panting by the time I got done.

It's a workout trying to keep up with her!

 

She loves anything to do with music-

whether it's banging on the piano keys, playing her xylophone,

or dancing and wiggling everytime a song comes on.

 

She's learned to clap and is quite proud of herself for it.

 

She's finally figured out her walker!

She pushes that thing all around the house,

and today she took some steps just holding onto my dad's finger

with one hand.

She can balance standing for a few seconds at a time.

I have a feeling it won't be long until she can walk all on her own!

 

 

She's also become quite the gymnast.

Just in the past couple of days she's started doing head stands.

She also climbs over everything and isn't afraid to tumble

over things.

So photogenic :)

 

Some highlights from the past month:

Scarlett played with her first puppy,

and we were so smitten that we seriously considered adopting it.

 

 

 

To my delight, she was able to squeeze into her size NEWBORN romper, haha!!

A little snug though :)

 

She's enjoying bathtime more and more,

post-bath snuggles are my absolute favorite!



 

Her hair is growing!!  It's just so thin that you normally can't tell,

but when it's wet, I can put it in a little Mohawk :)

(Still no teeth though!)

 

Pool time is hit or miss with her.

She'll usually tolerate it for a while, but then just wants to get out and

play in the sun.  Like mother, like daughter, I guess!

 

 

Happy 10 months sweet thing!!

 

 

Pool Time and a Make-Over

I gave my blog a little makeover last night.

There's still some tweaking to be done, but I was pretty happy

with it, so I had to celebrate with a new post!

It's SUMMER!!!

I love nothing more than warm weather, basking in the sun,

washing the car, eating snow cones, smelling like sunscreen, being barefoot,

playing on the swingset, and everything else that comes along with summertime,

including pooltime!

             

Pooltime is a little different now that I have a baby- It's all about Scarlett!!

but it's so much fun to watch her have fun in the sun.

           

                   

It actually got pretty hot, so naturally I had to join her in the water to cool off.

                     

Scarlett AND Chris were having fun playing with the new pool toys

                

Today my sister and her little cuties came over for some swim time,

love these two little best friend cousins!

I looooove lazy Summer days!

9 Months

First Mother's Day all due to this little one!
9 Months Already?!

Next thing I know, she's gonna be a year old!

But that's ok, cause I'm already scouring pinterest and Etsy for

birthday party ideas :)  I'm pretty excited..

 

 

This little shnookum is all OVER the place!

I can't turn my back for a second.

On one hand, it's exhausting to always keep an eye on her,

but on the other, it's kind of nice because she loves

to explore everything and can keep herself fairly entertained.

 

She smiles at everyone and has developed a pretty

funny cheeseball smile too.

 

I kinda thought that Scarlett being mobile

was making her a little more lean and muscular,

but then I saw this picture and realized that probably isn't true :)

My little butterball!

 

 

She loves to walk along furniture and while holding our hands.

 

 

She loves to yank on her favorite toys: mommy's hair and necklaces.

She was waving to people for a little bit, but now she's suddenly forgotten how.

 

 

Still no teeth!!!

What the heck?

You'd think with the amount of drool she produces that there'd be

something developing, but no sign yet.

 

 

She's sleeping like a champ!

She must be a night owl like me 'cause as soon as we

started trying to adjust her schedule to work out with me working nights,

she suddenly started sleeping like 11 hours straight.

Hallelujah!

 

 

 

 

Photoshoots are getting to be pretty exhausting,

she makes a mad dash out of the shot as soon as we put her down.

Most of them either turned out fuzzy or with her crawling away.

 

 

Future class of 2030 people!!!

Haha, we got a kick out of her cheesey 80's pose.

 

 

 

My little cutie pie!!

Note to self:  don't start a shoot right before naptime :)

Happy 9 months baby girl!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 





Life in Motion

Scarlett's been changing so fast that I can hardly keep up!

We've been taking lots of videos around here,

and since I'm sure that everyone loves watching home videos

of my daughter as much as I do, I thought I'd post some of my favorites ;)

 

 

 I've already shared this one, but it's by far her biggest accomplishment this month.

I had no idea how much harder it is to have a crawler!

Church this week was exhausting trying to chase her around the classroom!

 

 

A close second in new tricks is that she can wave!!  It's pretty adorable.

She went from yesterday making random jerking motions

to today waving constantly at anybody that would pay attention to her.

 

 

...This one says it all :)  She could literally do this all day, and oftentimes she does.

Our favorite is when she does it at church and during prayers :)

 

 

This one's obviously not new, but I was scrolling through old videos,

and this has to be one of my all-time favorites.

Newborn noises are the sweetest!

 

And last but not least, it's not Scarlett, but something miraculous happened.

I caught Christopher singing on video!!

He usually catches me in the act and stops right away.

It's short, but I love his voice and this song :)  Love you babe!