A New Day Every Day

This is borrowed from Shana's blog, but I loved it so much I had to post it too! Scarlett's smiling at her cousin, only to be used for her pacifier!

We went to the Whole Earth Festival in Davis over the weekend. There were a lot of hippies and a lot of patchouli. Scarlett only gave us a limited amount of time there before informing us she wanted to go home. So home we went!! (but it was fun while it lasted) Scarlett and Dad playing "elevator" Scarlett and Dad playing "airplane" I love to chat!! I'm a ballerina!! Lettie and Dad, chillin' out I am a bad blogger!!! This has taken me awhile to update, and I don't even have an excuse because Scarlett is such a good baby. Oh, sure, she has her moments... (usually between 6 PM and 8 PM, or whenever Juan and I want to sit down and have dinner) but for the most part we've decided that we've hit the jack pot with babies! She's such a smiley, happy little thing. We're really enjoying watching her discover her hands or become fascinated by the cats. She still hasn't made the move to her crib, mostly because I love having her with me too m...

At my baby shower, we recieved a baby activity mat that Scarlett has paid very little attention to until this week. Now she loves it! We can put her in it and she giggles and loves the dangly little toys. She's even started grabbing for them! Mostly she just bats at the them with her fists, but the other morning I caught her opening her hand and grabbing at one of the little toys. I was so excited, you'd think she'd just cured cancer or something... Well, who knows? That could be next!! Scarlett reaching for a toy playing at being shy and pulling the blanket up by her face! Completely absorbed by the colors and lights! And, on a completely different note, here's Scarlett all dressed up for Emily and Philip's wedding! She looks really cute in blue, and it's sooo much fun to put her hair in ribbons!

Juan took his students on a field trip to the state capitol today, swung by the governor's office and there he was! The big guy himself. I was so jealous!!

Scarlett's new favorite hobby is to look at herself in the mirror of her little seat and smile. She doesn't know who that baby is, but she sure is cute!! This is Scarlett laughing. She thinks I'm pretty funny, which is great because all I have to do is stick my tongue out. She makes me think I'm the world's greatest comedian, though! Whoa!! A close-up!! This is a scrunchy smile! The three pictures above are morning pictures. That's when Scarlett's at her most friendly, when I'm barely cracking my eyes open she's giggling and kicking and smiling!! But that's also why she's on her changing table for all the poses. I keep a camera right by the diapers so I can catch the cute faces as they come! Mom didn't learn her lesson the first time... she let dad do my hair again!!

Today was Scarlett's two month check-up. Poor little baby really didn't like her shots, but she recovered pretty quickly once she was snuggled and rocked a little bit. She passed all her tests with flying colors. She's in the 65th percentile for weight, somewhere around the 50th for length and the 25th for her head. These averages are fine for when she's a baby but she's really going to have to pull it up if she wants to get into a good college! :) Here are some catch-up pictures: Scarlett doesn't like her pretty Sunday clothes!! A CUTE new outfit from Nana!! And pretty smiles from my pretty baby!!

Now that Scarlett can sit up I put her in her bumbo for the first time. She seemed to like it! For a little while, anyway... This is Miss Scarlett getting sick of the Bumbo.