A New Day Every Day

Scarlett had her 9 mo check-up yesterday. She's healthy and feisty, weighing in at a whopping 19 lbs 15 oz (really, a wet diaper would have pushed her on to 20 lbs)and 28 inches tall. That's 66th percentile for weight and 70th for height. (Not that it's a competition, right mom?? :) ) Oh yeah, yaay for 9 mo checkup. No shots!!

This year, Juan and I flew to sunny Tampa, Florida for Thanksgiving. Scarlett got to spend time with her aunts, uncle, grandpa and cousins. It was a blast! The plane ride wasn't even as excruciating as you'd think-- mostly because Juan and I were able to score third seats (we flew Southwest) for all legs. We had three days of Thanksgivings, Wed. nite at Juan's father's house, Thursday at a restaurant, and Friday at a cuban restaurant. (Natch.) Overall, a wonderful trip! Gotta say, nice to be home in good old California. The warm weather in FL was disconcerting. Thanksgiving's supposed to be cold! Scarlett enjoying a little bread, Cuban style waiting for her mashed potatoes and squash! Thanksgiving at Grandpa Julio's The whole family (almost. it's minus Juan's brother Pablo and sister Migdalia. But pretty close!)

Blogger will only let me upload five pictures at a time, so these pictures are actually from the first part of our trip. It was a lot of fun spending Thanksgiving at the beach! Scarlett singing along with her grandpa's musical instruments! Scarlett, her aunts, and cousins!

Chloe and Scarlett have gotten to spend a lot of time together, thanks to a neighborhood proximity and a common babysitter! What lucky girls!

Just thought I'd post about something exciting that happened in our quiet little lives... Saturday night Scarlett was cruising around the coffee table and found a pencil (I know, not safe! We took it away from her.) While holding on and investigating the pencil, she took her hand off the coffee table and stood--all by herself! Very little wobble even. Of course, then she saw the look on our faces, started to cry and dropped onto the floor. Hopefully we'll be able to capture in on a camera soon! This is all happening a little too fast for me!!

Halloween, my favorite holiday! Scarlett was a butterfuly, even though most people thought she was just a bug. We went trick or treating with Shana and Chloe. It was fun, but we didn't make it very far. No, it wasn't the girls who got tired and cranky. It was the moms! We were pooped! But how fun to dress a baby up! I'm going to hate it when she starts having opinions about what she should wear! What a fatty! barely able to fit into her car seat! Look at how much the belt is stretched! all ready for trick or treating!

The day before Halloween, Shana and I took the babies to a local pumpkin patch. I just love these pictures. They show how the girls are starting to play together and we couldn't have planned cuter outfits! (And we didn't plan the color coordination!) What a fun warm-up to Halloween! (Scarlett's shirt and bib are courtesy of Auntie Mariposa! Gracias, tia!!)

We've had a whole stream of family visits lately! Here are a couple! Auntie Marila came to visit! This is Juan's mom, Pamela, and her awesome boyfriend, Bob! One of our favorite workers, Mike Reed! Scarlett really thought he was the cat's pajamas! These are Scarlett's aunties, Migdalia and Janine. (Janine in the background!) Migdalia is Juan's sister.