I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Scarlett Kay: 12 Months




Weight: 18lbs 8oz

Length: 28 inches

Clothes: 9 months to 12 months

Diaper: Size 3

Eating: 3 meals + two snacks of solid foods plus 3 breastfeeding sessions (morning, noon and night)

Sleeping: 12 hours through the night (if she doesn't cough/barf herself awake)




My oh my that was the quickest year I've ever experienced.  When we had our first, we felt like that first year just drug it's feet!  Mostly because we were living in two different states and we were ready to all be under the same roof, but still.  I swear it went so much slower then Miss Scarlett's first year.  I seriously just don't know where it all went.  Thankfully I kept up with the blogs and her baby book, so I have some idea.






Let's start with what this little girl LOVES!  She loves her sleep, still sleeping through the night about 12-13 hours with a 1-3 hour nap mid day.  She loves to EAT!  She really loves everything she can feed herself, especially crackers and peas.  This past month she was ALL about Mama.  Like serious stage 4 clinger.  She'd grip my neck when I'd try to pass her off to Daddy, she'd cry meltdown style anytime I would set her down to leave the room.  This girl just really loves her Mama!  She loves being outside, and sprint crawls to the back door anytime it's open.  Lastly, she loves to point at everything with her cute little index finger!  She points to anything that intrigues her.  We play a little game where she point to our noses and we say "nose!" then our mouths "mouth!" and then she just giggles up a storm.  She's also a huge fan of sticking that finger up my nose or in my mouth when she nurses....little stinker.




At her 12 month wellness check, always pointing!


Speaking of, she's still breastfeeding strong!  We've cut down to just three nursing sessions a day, but I'm hoping to drop the midday one next.  I don't see her self weaning anytime soon.  She signs strong for milk every night or in the mornings when she comes downstairs with Daddy.


Made it ONE year!

What breastfeeding looks like with two toddlers!

Always fun and games!


Poor thing has been congested with a nasty running nose and mucous for like the last three months.  So much so that she'll cough so hard it'll make her throw up.  Especially in the car.  So fun. UGH.

She dislikes when Mama walks away from her anytime.  She's still not a huge fan of the car seat though she's tolerating it better.  She isn't a fan of avocado, boo!  Lastly, she hates laying down when she's trying to play (note that all her monthly photos she's crying because she doesn't have time to lay down and pose!) Not much really she doesn't like.




This month we celebrated her first Halloween!  She was Luna girl with the family then a warm, snuggly unicorn for trick o treating!


PJ Masks + Luna Girl!






We also celebrated Thanksgiving on the day of her actual birthday!  Such a big girl!


Thanksgiving in OKC with the cousins

Waking up as a 1 year old!





Favorite pictures from this last month as sweet baby Scarlett!




Kisses!

OSU Homecoming!

Baby Poke



Zoo Trip

First carousel ride





Getting our Christmas tree after TG!



While Mama is at work, she puked in her bed so Dad got to visit with her at 2am!







I can't say enough how much this girl brings joy and laughter to all of us.  We all love her so much.  Norah can't remember life without her and really it's hard for us too.  We're so glad to be your family baby Scarlett!




Sunday, November 25, 2018

Thanksgiving 2018

I can't believe we just finished Thanksgiving 2018!  The actual day of TG was my holiday this year, so I had to sleep all day in order to work that evening.  My husband drove the kids to OKC and they celebrated with his family.






This day also happened to be Scarlett's actual 1st birthday!  I couldn't request off work because it was my set holiday to work this year.  It hit me hard that I had to miss seeing her (and Norah). 





We cooked and celebrated with my side of the family on Saturday!  Kit brined an awesome turkey (probably his best yet) AND he put together all the sides.  I at least did the grocery shopping!  We had an awesome day and Norah was so excited to see everyone.










We had an awesome long weekend, especially since Kit got off work for 5 days and spent so much great time with the kids.  I had to work, but we made the best of it!  I'll blog soon on Miss Scarlett's first birthday party that we celebrated the weekend before soon! 

We really have so much to be thankful and grateful for this year.  First and foremost each other.  Health.  Stability.  Great jobs.  Family.  Adventures.  Time with our sweet Zeus while we had it.  Education and opportunities.  And an awesome roof over our heads.  These holiday times just keep getting better and better!

Happy Thanksgiving!