alright let's start from the top: I'll randomly insert pictures as I go.
Scarlett's first time out - My sweet baby is pretty well behaved for the most part. She throws her temper tantrums, but even those have gotten a lot better since a few months ago. (the not giving in thing really does work) Anyway, last week we were pretty low on groceries and I was trying to find Scarlett something to eat, and fast because she was repeatedly telling me "I hung-
uhr" which means find me something quick mom before i lose it. We had a can of healthy choice chicken tortilla soup so I thought I'd give it a shot, even though she'd never had it before. So I heated it up on the stove and poured it in a bowl and gave her a spoon. She kept saying "it's hot, it's hot" so we would blow and blow and finally it had cooled down enough - or so I thought. Scarlett thinks things are hot even when they're bordering on room temperature. She kept spitting it out after every bite and I was getting pretty irritated. Finally I let her feed herself and she was doing pretty good, until I guess she got a "hot" bite again and threw the entire spoon full of soup at the wall. I reprimanded her of course and told her if she did it again it was time out. She looked at me like "what the heck does that mean?" and I guess she was so curious she decided to find out. So she deliberately threw a spoon full of soup at me. Ha! So off she went to her crib for two minutes and she did NOT like it. When I got her out she ate the rest of her soup :)
She looks like such a big kid in this picture. She loves to pull her hoodies up.
Barney - better known in our house as "
Barduh." Scarlett can say "Bar" and she can say "knee" like your real knee, but she cannot put the two sounds together to save her sweet life. It's so cute. Phyllis introduced Scarlett to Barney a few months ago with a DVD she had bought her, but she wasn't really interested. Then a few weeks ago at my parents house my mom put in an old Barney tape for her and she LOVED it. There has been no going back. She now has 3
DVD's and a stuffed Barney from my mom that is her new best friend. She loves to sing the "I love you" song, which yes, makes me cringe, but honestly, I don't care. Barney's not exactly my first choice of programming, but it makes her so incredibly happy that it doesn't matter. And its not like she just sits there watching it. She's up and dancing and singing and having so much fun and actually learning. Plus, since Robert and I canceled the cable, she doesn't watch any other shows at all, so 30 minutes or so of Barney is
awesome because I can do whatever I want and she's completely occupied. So, I never thought I'd say this, but,
YAY for Barney!
she is almost always wearing a necklace or something girly.
Me working - Robert has played "Mr. Mom" these past two weeks because I've been meeting with lots of different retirement communities around Ft. Worth. It's been fun and so far every one I've met with has been super nice and excited about what I do. And it's been really good for Robert and Scarlett to get so much play time together with out me around. Scarlett went through a period where she only wanted me to do things for her like get her milk and snacks and change her diaper, but I think this has really helped! So
yay for working and
yay for some precious father-daughter bonding.
First push-up ice cream.
Sugar Land - We had a great time house sitting for my parents while they were in Mexico the other week. It was a business trip - My dad was the #1 salesman for his company for the second year in a row - go Dad! and also their 25
th anniversary trip a little early. They went to
Puerta Vallarta or however you spell it, which is where they went on their honeymoon too! So cute. Anyway, I met with a retirement community there too, we played with our faves, the
Tichenors, and got to spend lots of time with Uncle Wes. The end our trip was bittersweet though. After such a fun week, my very best friend from high school, Devin, lost his dad that Friday. So instead of going home Saturday we stayed until Monday to go to the Memorial Service. It was so sudden and so, so sad. My heart just broke for Devin and his family. I was really thankful though that I was in town when it all happened because I was able to go to the house and spend time with Devin along with the many, many other people there to support the family. Please, please pray for the
Hotzel's as they struggle with finding peace with their tremendous loss.
Robert's job status - still searching. he went through 3 interviews with a company in Ft. Worth but ended up not getting it. :( That's OK though, I guess it means it wasn't where he was supposed to be. At least that's what I believe.
Me being a vegetarian - Blah, I've written enough. I'll go into it in another post. I will say though that I feel better and healthier than I have in my entire life and I know it's because of how I've changed my diet.
Scarlett loves doing her "pudders"...aka puzzles. She cracks me up the way she says some things.
Other things about Scarlett - she's just the best little kid in the world. She's saying 2 to 5 word phrases and sentences. It's getting easier and easier every day to have conversations with her and long gone are the days that I couldn't figure out what was wrong when she was crying. She can put most of her shoes on by herself, she is picking out her own clothes, which is always entertaining, and she even knows what clothes to wear when it's hot or cold outside. When it's time to play outside she runs to her room and puts on her shoes and a hat and jacket if it's cold. She is always amazing me with how observant she is. We drove by Uncle John's school today on the way to the gym and she said "Where's Don?" She knows when we turn on our street and says "Our house! our house!" and she always remembers where she put things, even when I don't. She sleeps with a pillow ("pirder") now, and calls her blanket a "
beddie" - it's too cute! She LOVES all of grandparents and gets SO excited when we talk about them and she loves to call them on the phone. She eats milk and cereal every morning for breakfast now, all by herself. She doesn't let us help her until the last few bites when she has trouble getting the last couple of floating pieces. (Don't worry
GiGi- she eats fruit with her cereal too..
haha). She has been using the potty pretty frequently at home and is finally realizing it's better to
poopoo in the potty than her diaper. She's learned lots of funny things at the gym like how to "pop like a bunny" so she "pop pop pops" all over the house and attempts to do somersaults. She loves to sing and dance and will not let me leave her room at night until I have sang twinkle twinkle little star,
jesus loves me, the barney song, hush little baby, and you are my sunshine at least 3 times each. It's
exhausting but worth it.
This is how we found her the other night. She put all those "babies" on the pillow by herself. I take away the pillow once she falls asleep.
Alright I've gone on and on enough I think. Thanks for reading it all if you did!
