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Friday, January 23, 2015

PDA

Ever since Scarlett was 1 month old she has always had to be up and at it. Whether it be jumping on laos, or just squirming around in your arms. I always thought of babies just wanting to cuddle and kiss and all those sweet things. Don't get me wrong, Scarlett is a sweetie, but she never stops moving! It's so crazy to see her move 24/7 and never stop! Now that she is trying to figure out the walking thing she is going even more crazy then usual. I love how she explores even if it does mean getting into every trash can in every room.

Lately Scarlety has been getting a little more cuddly (on her own terms). Whenever she is playing with me she will pause for a second to come by me, lay her head on me, and then start playing around again. It may only last 2 seconds but I will take that over nothing! :) It makes me so happy every time! She has never been into the cuddles but I think after forcing her so many times she has decided to give in... kind of. I've found myself envy of Scarletts dolls because they always seem to get the 10 minute make out sesh's.

On another totally different note, she just started to bite... and it actually really hurts!! I always say, "ouch!" When she does it and she thinks that it is about the funniest thing ever. So I have to refrain from shouting or she just keeps doing it over and over again... all over me. It's like a fun game for her, a very cruel game.

We had to go to the doctor this last week because Scarlett was sick and we found out that she weighs a whopping 20 pounds!  Whooo! After all of my hard work to chunk her up, it is finally working!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

WIWW

I already had this all written out and then for some reason it got deleted! So I will try to remember what I wrote…
My sister came up with the idea for all of us sisters to do "What I Wore Wednesday." This is definitely the greatest idea because even if we are just sitting around the house for the day, at least we will be looking good ;). Scarlett hasn't been feeling very good at all this week so we have mostly been just hanging out at home and staying warm. I just hate to see her so sick and not be able to do anything about it! :( But yesterday we ventured out to Babe's for lunch with one of my sisters, my mom, and my grandma. My outfit consist of…

Black sheer top- Forever 21
Vest- Bohme
Scarf- From my sister Charli :)
Jeggings- Bohme
Boots- Macy's


I literally wear these jeans almost every day because they are so comfortable! I have purchased the same exact jeggings 3 times because I love them so much!


After eating so many nachos, I decided it would probably be a good idea to work out…

Rob got me this outfit, but I think it is all from Sportsman's Warehouse




On another note, Scarlett has been pooping every SINGLE time we put her in the bath lately. I don't know what it is but she really just lets it loose in there lol. You can usually tell when she is going to because she will just sit there still with a blank face. But yesterday she stood up like she wanted to get out, so I went to get her out when she just let it all out. Standing? It was weird, and gross. So from now on we are going to try out morning baths. She also will get on all fours in the tub and drink the water like a dog would (before pooping). Hahaha it is so funny… and then after that she will just drink it from the faucet.



She's definitely getting her weirdness from Rob ;).

WSWW

I felt like Scarlett needed her own What I Wore Wednesday so here is What Scarlett Wore Wednesday.

She has been sick today but has still been so happy! Rob and I are going on a date and we are dropping Scarlett off at his mom's for a bit. So of course a fabulous outfit was needed. It's been so hard to get pictures of her lately because she won't sit still for 1 second but luckily Rob is here to help!

I got her top from Fred Meyer and her cute leggings from a little shop here called Love at First Bite. 

she even gave us a little pose AND kept her headband on :).

Monday, January 19, 2015

Growing Pains

Scarlett has been growing so much lately and so has her peronality. She has been doing new things everyday that show her little personality and it is so funny!

She just started climbing on top of everything, but now when she gets on top she does a little dance on it. Victory dance!



Whenever she is eating she brings both of her feet up on top of the tray and just reclines while she eats and watches tv. Ah the life.






She has been sleeping much better lately. I started pumping a big bottle for her before she goes to sleep and now she only wakes up about 3 times a night now! PHEW! Night life just got a whole lot better around here!


She never stops moving. She is always on the go and will never sit still for 1 minute unless Mickey Mouse is on or Monsters University.

She goes everywhere in the house and lately her favorite thing to do is go in her room and pull all the diapers out from the trash can... she is weird. Lol.

She won't wear hats or hair bows anymore. :( That poor bald head of hers gets real cold when she is outside because she constantly pulls her hats off!

Speaking of weird, yesterday she was sitting by the door and came over to me and I noticed she had something in her mouth. So after fighting her for 5 minutes I finally get it. Somehow she found a lady bug and put it in her mouth... And then cried when I took it out. Ew. Mom win.



Mini Vanilla wafers have become a favorite. Scarlett will get one, and just stick it in her cheek until it gets moist enough to swallow. Lately she has been storing all kinds of goods in her cheeks.

The only people that she willingly will go to are me, the two grandmas, and sometimes Rob. She is definitely a girls girl and is very afraid of boys… hopefully that will last ;).

AND she has taken some steps by herself!! She does so good walking by herself but then when she realizes that no one is helping her she gets scared and slowly sits down. I think I need to slow this whole walking thing down because she is just growing way too fast :(.


Wednesday, January 7, 2015

2014 - Best Year Yet

2014 was definitely the best year yet... besides 2012 :). Rob and I became parents when Scarlett was born on March 7th! Ever since that day we have both changed so much. It made us better people, and it made us even more in love. That's cheesy, but so true.

I never went into detail about my labor and Scarletts birth, so because that was the hugest thing to happen this past year I thought I should. This is going to be long so brace yourself or just don't read lol.

February 28, 2014 was Scarletts original due date. For her 3D ultra sound she was measuring small, so they changed the due date to March 5th. Of course in my head I kept the due date at February 28th... bad idea lol. During my pregnancy I must've had a dozen people come up and talk to me and tell me how they went into labor early, so of course I told myself okay I'm going to go early! Okay so in my head that made me due around Valentines day. Obviously this was a bad idea and around Valentines day I made myself and everyone around me miserable because I kept thinking why isn't she out yet?! But time kept passing along.

We went in for a check up a couple days before my due date (February 28) and I was SO excited! I got ready and thought okay they are going to check me and I'm going to be dilated and they are going to rush me to the hospital and I'm going to have her tonight! So wrong. I wasn't even at a 1. Poor Rob had to sit with me while I sobbed for 1 hour until he took me Five Guys. After that I was as happy as could be. Shout out to Five Guys and Lucy's Pizza for my massive weight gain, next pregnancy you aren't going anywhere near my mouth. Pictures speak a thousand words lol.

So after that the doctor told me to come in about another week and he would check me again (more tears). A week passed by and we went in, got checked, nothing! You'd think after all that "checking" with large male hands it'd start something up? Nope! More tears came and my nice Doctor told me that he would induce me in a couple days! Happy tears were shed. I think I cried more during my pregnancy then I have cried in my entire life. Actually I know.

The day finally arrived to give birth!! Yipee! The doctor said to come into the hospital and they would "induce me." For some reason this sounded very pleasant to me, like I was going to go in and they would give me a drink of something and boom! baby! Obviously I knew nothing about pregnancy and giving birth. This was the most unpleasant thing. I'm not going to let myself go into major detail... or maybe I should to spare myself from wanting a baby soon. Okay I won't but it just wasn't a nice sip of tea is all I'm saying. I felt like I was getting "checked" with a large needle poking my insides numerous times.

The "inducing" started at 6 p.m and I was suppose to be all set and ready to deliver the next morning around 6. About an hour or so after I was induced I started having contractions. This isn't suppose to happen until the next morning but it was possible. After a couple hours of the contractions I had a nurse come in to check where I was at. I was barely a 1. I think they said a 1 was like a cheerio? Okay that's fine I thought, I'm going to have her soon obviously since I'm having contractions. The contractions kept getting stronger and stronger through out the whole night. I felt so bad for rob, luckily we got a big room for the night and he could sleep on a couch, but because I kept having the nurses come in through out the night he didn't get any sleep. I remember watching the contractions on the screen and thinking, "Okay this has got to be it I HAVE to be ready to have her. So i would wait a couple hours until I couldn't bare the pain and have a nurse come in.

I was still at a 1 until about 7 that next morning. Then the 2nd love of my life walked in. The anesthesiologist. Getting that epidural was the best pain ever. After that was done, I was in heaven. My sweet husband, mom, and mother in law just stayed in the room that whole day with me. I really have the best family. I just laid in my bed numb as can be while my husband got me cherry ice. after about 10 hours of that (best husband and family ever) we were ready to roll!! The nurse came in and told Rob to grab onto my leg and we got to pushin! Rob was seriously so awesome through it all. Before we got to the hospital he said he might not even look... ha! He was there the whole time with his eyes glued lol! I literally had to ask him at one point to not look because in another 6 weeks I'd still want him to look at me the same haha. After about an hour of pushing, Scarlett made her way into the world.

Thinking about this moment still gives me goosebumps and makes me cry. This was hands down the best moment of my life. As soon as she came out I looked at Rob, and looked at her and knew this was exactly what we were suppose to be doing. She was so tiny and so perfect. She made everything else disappear. She made me want to be induced a misllion times just so I could have her and have this moment. Anything is worth having that moment. It's so great you can't even describe it. Holding her in my arms was the best/scariest thing. I just thought, how am I going to take care of her? It was the scariest thought to think that we were all she had, we were her everything and she relies on us for everything. But something kicks in after you have a baby and you suddenly can do everything for that baby. It is a miracle! That was hands down the best year yet, and the best day in our lives. I know 2015 will bring us even more and I am so excited to see what all it has in store.

As of Lately...

Lately I've been feeling super stressed about the upcoming months. Scarlett still is waking up 4 times a night and still won't go back to sleep until I feed her. They say 12 months is the time you can start weening them off, and now Scarlett is 10 months old so the time is shortly creeping up!

I know I don't have to ween her off exactly at 12 months, but this no sleep thing really is getting ridiculous. Every day I tell myself, "Okay tonight I will let her cry it out every other time she wakes up." But then when the time comes, I'm so tired I just want her to sleep so I go and feed her.

So here it is, tonight I WILL let her cry it out every other time she wakes up. Maybe this should be my New Years resolution lol. Now that it's said and out there, I have to do it. I know in the back of my head that this isn't normal first off and second it will only take a couple of days for her to get the message.

Anyways, that wasn't exactly where this post was going but I just needed to get that out there haha. Scarlett has been doing even better at this baby-led-weening and it gives me hope that maybe eventually she will be weened off of me! Usually when I put new things in front of her to eat she is hesitant and it takes her a couple of minutes to try it. But once she does she loves it! 

Lately her favorites have been...



 Wheat Ritz crackers with a little cream cheese on top. At first she just sucked off the cream cheese, but once she ate some of the cracker she didn't stop. Oh and I gave her mixed veggies but those didn't go over as well as I had hoped. 



She loved them lots. :)


Yesterday I bought some of those baby Gerber meals (I know,I know...)  and tried one of them yesterday. The first one she tried was the spaghetti o's with meat sauce. At first she was hesitant so I put some on a wheat cracker and then after that it was game over. She couldn't get enough of it! 
                                          


Pasta (she devours this and it usually ends up covering her whole body).


Homemade chicken noodle soup! Especially the carrots so that's good to know she already likes her vegetables. I was afraid she'd be like me and never eat veggies or fruit!

Tomatoes, she just tried them the other day and wouldn't put them down. She definitely has Robs taste buds!


Oh and here is Scarlett's first pony tail. :)