A New Day Every Day

Christmas morning was a storm of paper and ribbon at our house. Scarlett liked the boxes more than the actual gifts (at first, anyway) and she definitely thought my gifts were awesome! The white stuff on her face is lotion... S had a little rash on her cheeks, we think from the central heating. Oh, also, a Christmas surprise! Scarlett had been standing on her own for awhile, but on Christmas day she decided to take her first step. She went from the coffee table to the couch just as easy as you pleased. Since then she's moved from one step to two, but she's kind of frozen on that level. It's okay if it takes awhile!

In case you didn't see these yet on Shana's blog or Mom's blog, these are our family pictures: Can you believe that this time next year we'll have THREE more babies to add to this picture? And not a single of them is coming from me!! :)

Before Christmas, I sat Scarlett down in her pretty Christmas dress and attempted a photo shoot. Pictures were a lot easier before she was moving, that's for sure! Anyway, so here's a random sample of the pictures that were taken. I love the patent leather shoes!!

Since Thanksgiving, the Valdes house has been pretty busy! And no, there's no pictures of all the busy-ness. (Should be spelled business, but oh, the confusion it would cause...) I've been a terrible picture taking Mom lately! I'm due to post a whole bunch soon, though. But it doesn't help that Scarlett thinks it's more fun to attack the camera then to actually pose for it. Here's just a quick update, for all those who have waited patiently: The semester at Woodland Community College ended, and so now I have a nice long break. The last week was an absolute logistical nightmare. I don't know why they expect English teachers to be able to handle paperwork and technical computer systems because we've been immersed in a book our whole lives. Anyway, so that all got sorted out and now I can offically kick back with a box of chocolates and blogging. What's that? Oh yeah, except I can't! Scarlett is a mover and a shaker. She crawls so fast s...