Scarlett's Official School Pictures - Fall 2015

And the cute pics I got before the official photo shoot:

Croup Returns to the Lucero Household

Overall, we are blessed to have healthy kiddos.   Until now, croup has only paid one visit to our home - Christian.   This week, it has returned to spend time with Scarlett. 

The first order of business was a doc visit and oral steroids (which she downed like a champ!).   The next order of business was to spend the night in a recliner, since croup is worse at night when a child is laying flat.  

Keeping her upright did the trick - she slept peacefully with little coughing!  And, of course, Hello Kitty joined in on the action. :)

The Pumpkin Carving Diva

Scarlett as Buzz Lightyear-ess

Scarlett kept insisting she wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween.

As a mommy who LOVES to make Scarlett as girlie as possible at all times, I kept making other costume suggestions.     But, Scarlett immediately found this adorable Buzz Lightyear costume for GIRLS!   

Alas, it was too big for her, so I didn't buy it.   Which is too bad, because I had many friend offer to alter the dress when they saw this picture.

Scarlett Loves the Cardinals

It warmed my heart today when Scarlett (3) - on her own - chose to wear her new AZ Cardinals t-shirt ... and she was so very proud of it!

Our Tiny Ballerina

Struttin' Her Stuff

We struggle with getting Scarlett to wear her eye patch.  One of Christian's teachers from last year helps us with incentives.  She'll tell Scarlett that if she'll wear her eye patch all week, then she can come get a prize from the treasure chest.

Today was that day, and I love this pic I got of Scarlett!

Vintage School Room Photos!

Last year, a friend posted beautiful pics of her children in a vintage schoolroom scene and I vowed I'd get some like that this year.   Happily, the photographer had open time slots.   And ... VOILA!

Miss Scarlett at 3 1/2.  

Scarlett has Style!

This is how Scarlett dresses for a morning at the pool.  Rain boots included!

Hello!

Scarlett (age 3.5) just being Scarlett!

Scarlett's Eye Patch

In addition to glasses, Miss Scarlett will need to wear an eye patch on her left eye for two hours a day.   This patch will help to strengthen her left eye.

There is a company that makes super cute eye patches, so hopefully Scarlett will find the patches to be fun.   Hopefully ....

Praying With Papa

I snapped this pic of Scarlett and Papa praying together at Vacation Bible School.

Scarlett's first ride in the ...

New BMW!!!

The Tiniest Martial Artist

The kids are taking a six week matrtial arts trial class. We were told Scarlett is the youngest and smallest student this martial arts school has ever seen.  They did not even have a uniform shirt small enough to fit her.  She is just soooo cute!

The Impromptu Haircut

I walked into the room to, "Mommy, I cut my hair, just like Miss Debbie!"

Oops ... Mommy forgot to put the scissors away.

So thankful I walked in when I did, and this was all the hair she cut off!

Scarlett's First Visit to Tiffany & Co.

The gift inside was mine ... But as far a Scarlett was concerned, the bag was all hers!

Scarlett's Spring 2015 Photos - Age 3

Scarlett's Three Year Old Well-Child Exam

Today Scarlett had her three year well-child exam and while she is meeting (and exceeding in some cases) her developmental milestones, she is still extremely petite.   A while back, her pediatrician sent us to a pediatric gastroenterologist, which didn't get us much.  So her doc ran some blood work to rule out a few causes for her petite stature ... and everything came back normal and he chalked up her size to genetics.

Today's exam showed Scarlett is still a very tiny 22 lbs (she is small, but mighty!).  And she hasn't gained much weight at all since her well-child exam a year ago.

So we've been referred back to the gastroenterologist, and I assume they will do something other than tell us to increase her food intake.  She eats all day long, so it is definitely not a lack of calories. 

We're also being sent to a pediatric endocrinologist. 

But aside from all that about her petite size, she's healthy and doing fabulously!

And we selected ...

Here are the glasses we picked for Scarlett!  The sides are super cute and colorful!

Don't mistake her smiley face for excitement about her glasses.  I was just really lucky to get a smile when I pushed the camera button.

The glasses should arrive in two weeks.  I, too, am getting new glasses shortly - good timing.  I have started to wear my current pair of glasses on a regular basis, and tell Scarlett how much I love them.  Hoping that will help

Scarlett Needs Glasses

 Our precious Scarlett needs glasses.   We learned one eye is significantly worse than the other (+2 on one side, +4 on the other).   That means one eye is working really hard for both eyes, so we need to get that corrected ASAP.   

 

Since Scarlett loves to go into the Target Vision Center and play with glasses, I was expecting she'd enjoy the search for glasses and be excited about them.

 

Nope.

 

Not at all.

 

So many glasses to choose from and I am certain she won't want to wear any of them.   She did really well at her eye exam and the doctor said in her experience kiddos who do well in the exam do well with actually wearing glasses.

 

Ah, she doesn't know our Scarlett.

 

Below are some of the glasses we have looked at.

 

 

Scarlett waiting patiently at the ophthalmologist's office