Miss Scarlett's First Christmas

 

 

Such a cutie

Scarlett's Official Christmas Photos

The Princess and the Papa

Scarlett doesn't like to sleep much ... unless she's laying with her Papa!  Too bad Papa has to work and can't take her daily naps with her.

Scarlett and Bella's Water Dish

On of Scarlett's biggest obsessions is Bella's water dish.   We recently got a larger water dish, so at least Scarlett can't tip this one over.

 

Santa Baby

Miss Scarlett is 11 Months Old!

Our Miss Scarlett is now 11 months old ... I can hardly believe it!

Scarlett's eating has gotten a bit better.  We usually offer her a bit of what we're eating, and she'll taste everything (unlike her brother) She'll eat a little bit of:

• Shredded cheese
• crackers
• yogurt
• toast
• tortilla
• Vienna sausage
• mashed potatoes
• pumpkin pie

She has little-to-no interesting in baby food, so I've stopped buying it and wasting money.  And she still prefers salty/savory foods to sweet foods.

And she's only good in her high chair for a few minutes.  As soon as she starts to lose interest in her food, she starts to turn around to get out ... and if we don't get her out, the drama begins.   Whoooo ... drama.  Drama.  Drama.

She loves to say "Papa."  Sometimes she prounounces it "Pa-paw" (as if she's French).  When a door or window opens in our house, the security system gives a "ding."   Whenever it dings (and it occasionally gives a random ding), Scarlett says, "Papa!" and looks towards the front door, waiting for Jonathan to arrive.  It is so cute! 

Scarlett's latest method of communication is to SCREECH.  Loudly.  Really loudly. She is not shy about letting us know when she is displeased.  Ever.

She loves to crawl into her brother's bedroom to get him.  She's an early riser, and even if it is still dark, she'll crawl out of our bedroom and make a beeline for Christian's room (which is across the living room) ... in the dark.   Well, I guess the good thing is she isn't afraid of the dark!

And for the past few weeks, she's become scared of swimming lessons.  She clings to me for dear life, as if she's never been in the pool ... and yet, we've been doing lessons since July.   And she gets very upset during swimming lessons, too.  She's ususally relazed about 3/4 through the lessons ... but that first 3/4 is tough.  

Scarlett also gets a thrill out of turning off our DirecTV receiver (which I clearly need to move out of her reach).   It really frustrates Christian becuase she ends up turning off what he's watching.  So I often get this panicked five year old voice, "MOMMY!!  Scarlett is going to turn the TV off.  Can you come get her!??!!"

Scarlett's First Shoes

Just look at these cute little Puma shoes - and her cute little purple outfit from Granny!

Such sweet cuteness ...

These two ...

... love each other.  Christian loves to make Scarlett laugh .. and he's just so sweet with her (well, unless she's got a toy he wants.  He's not shy about taking it from her hands).

Miss Scarlett Turns 10 Months Old

Our Little Princessa is 10 months old today ... just two months shy of the big ONE YEAR. 

Miss Scarlett is a crawling and cruising maniac.  Take your eyes off her for just a few seconds and she's OFF.  She's a quick one.

Sadly she's still not a fan of sleeping, nor is she a fan of eating solid foods.  She kind of seems to have slowed down a bit on the solid food eating.  All we can do is keep trying and offering her a variety of foods and hope that one of them will make her happy.  For now, she's done after a few very small bites. :/

In the series of pics below, she got so happy when she saw Mommy and she made a quick beeline for me.

The Magical Sleep Helmet

Jonathan discovered that Christian's new bike helmet has the magical power of sleep!

Watch and be amazed! :)

Just because ...