Miss Scarlett is 20 Months Old

20 months old and going strong ... that's our Miss Scarlett!!

She is such a busy, busy little girl these days!  Always on the go, always climbing on something, somewhere.

She loves computers ...

And loves to go to the library and pull books off the shelves, and walk all over the chairs.

She's still so petite, but looks like such a big kid at times!

And she adores her big brother!  The other day, we put him in timeout for a few minutes, and she walked over and kissed him over and over again.  Kind of defeated the purpose of timeout, but it was just too cute!

Miss Scarlett loves to go in the backyard, even when the heat is stifling.  And she gets really upset when we deny her a visit to the great outdoors.

Scarlett used to LOVE bath time.  But somehow, out of the blue, she gets really upset and screams when Jonathan announces bath time.  It is quite the mystery.  So he's now started asking her if she wants to wash her hair, and she goes to the tub willingly.

 

She is now big enough to get on Papa's shoulders!

Each day after we drop Christian off at school, Scarlett and I take our time walking back to the car.  She loves to stop and look (eat) rocks, and smell flowers ... and look at planes and birds in the sky ... and look for the moon.  We aren't ever in a hurry, which is nice.

In fact, Scarlett now likes to sit on the bench in front of the school and watch as late parents quickly drop off their children.  She likes to wave "hi" to everybody as they walk by. 

She is so fast and is hard to keep up with!  We were at the park, and I turned to find her on the other side, conquering the stairs!  

Scarlett has been eating soooo much better lately!  She's really liking black beans, Spaghettios and asparagus.  And if she sees fresh blueberries, she'll gobble them up (in the photo below, we were in a church parking lot waiting for MOPS [Mothers of Preschoolers] to start, and having a snack of blueberries).

But the fact remains, she's still very small for her age.  As such, we have an appointment with a pediatric gastroenterologist on 9/11.  We know in our hearts she's fine and expect the appointment will be short and sweet.  Since we see her every day, we don't see the growth ourselves, but other people have commented that she seems to be taller, and her face getting fuller.   We have noticed that her tummy is getting more plump, as are her legs.

She's very expressive and is starting to put words together.  Like, she has been telling Bella, "Go away" when Bella gets near Scarlett's food.  And if she wants her shoes off, or an article of clothing off, she'll say, "Take it off."

She has figured out the remote control to the TV has a purpose and if she doensn't like what's on, she'll bring me the remote to change the channel.

Scarlett has very little patience and the moment things aren't going her way, she protests ... VERY loudly.  Doesn't matter if we're at home, our out in public.  She knows what she likes and wants and has no patience for things that displease her.  

She is still extremely attached to Mommy.  In fact, Jonathan can no longer soothe her when she wakes up screaming.  And he cannot put her to bed ... period.  She won't have it.  So if I go out somewhere in the evening (which only happens on occasion), Scarlett stays up until I get home.  

We don't have immediate plans to put her into daycare.  We have made some great friends and get out and about quite a bit these days - MOPS, various playdates, Bible study, church, etc.  So I feel she's getting some great socialization and interaction with other kiddos.  In fact, one of our favorite friends is Allison. whom Scarlett adores.  At last week's Bible study, Allison brought Scarlett some Hello Kitty stickers and paper, which kept Scarlett happy for quite some time!