Scarlett is 15 months old!

Baby girl is growing up!  :o(

At 15 months, Scarlett:

*weighs 22.4 pounds (60%ile)
*is 32.5 inches long (95%ile!!)



She has my exact figure.  Poor girl!

*has 12 teeth (I think!?) including 4 molars
*has curly blond hair and blue eyes

*wears 18 month clothing, size 3 or 4 shoes and size 4 diapers
*walks (started right around Thanksgiving around 13.5 months)

*SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT! This happened all of a sudden when she started walking.  I never thought it would happen and hope I'm not jinxing it by putting it out there for everyone to read!
*naps once a day for about 2 hours.  Sometimes she will take 2 naps a day but that is if the first one is cut short.  She is a good napper and goes to sleep with no help from us
*Talks...alot!  She says: Mommy, Daddy, Bray (our cat), PawPaw, up, tick tock, apple, bye bye, hot, hi, moo, meow (and with the correct animal) and lots of things I can't think of right now.  She mostly babbles but it seems to be important when she says it.  Lately she says "I - uh - ooh" which is her way of saying "I love you" and it is adorable.

*sings!  She can hum a tune and loves to.  Her favorites are "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Daddy, Daddy, I love you" from church.  We hear her singing all the time and can usually pick up what song it is.
*is starting to run even though she doesn't mean to or know what she is doing.  She just gets going really fast!

*loves to climb.  On chairs.  On stools.  On couches.  On the bed.  Then she falls off.  Often.  She has had more bruises than her sister has in her almost 4 years!  We now have to hide the doggie stairs to our bed and Lilli's stairs to her bed because Scarlett can go up them.



This is her trying to get on the floor at Lill's gymnastics class.

 *loves to eat! I can't think of any food she doesn't love.  Her favorite is powdered donuts. 

Sweets are a rare treat for her, because she would definitely eat too many at one time!  She loves brightly colored fruits and vegetables and will choose those on her plate first.  She wants anything we are having and will beg until she gets a piece! We haven't tried seafood or peanut butter but she is doing well with everything else.

*still takes a bottle at night.  This is our fault. We hate to take it away from her because we want her to be a baby forever! But she can drink out of a straw and a sippy.  She drinks whole milk - about 16 ounces a day or less.
*enjoys bathtime with her sister.  She is so easy to bathe - she never cries, despite Lilli dumping tons of water on her head each time.
*LOVES books.  She will bring me a book and have me read it to her while she crawls in my lap.  At night, she wants Jason to read the same book 3 times (at least!)

*plays with Lilli's toys more than her own.  She skipped over baby toys and loves to draw (with her right hand) and play with Lilli's "little guys"
*favors her 2 blankets but doesn't seem to care for any loveys yet.  She has a ton that she sleeps with but doesn't prefer any of them over the others.  Every morning she throws everything out of the crib and laughs.

*takes a paci, mostly at night and naps. I do give it to her other times but she is getting it less and less.  She loves it and it soothes her easily

*is her sister's little shadow.  Seriously, these two love each other more than I could have ever imagined!
*started giving hugs.  They are few and far between but when she does it is precious.  Lilli loves them the most.  Other times she fakes you out and just tries to push you down.  Stinker!
*is very curious.  She is always in our cabinets and loves to drag stuff out.  Her favorite play spot is the pantry.  She has dumped open containers of grits all over herself and the floor.  She loves getting things out of the package/box.  She also likes to hide stuff.  Again, she's a stinker!

*isn't too interested in cartoons/TV but she does pay attention to "Small Potatoes" on the Disney channel and she seems to like Elmo.
*is such an easy baby.  She loves being out and about and is easy to take places, as long as you bring snacks!

*has been sick a few times this winter - she had pink eye in both eyes and had the "gunk" for a while in December.  Then just last week I took her back to the doctor and she had a sinus infection.  Taking antibiotics for only the 2nd time in her life (1st was the toe.) While sick she has acted great and slept fine, despite a bad cough that keeps ME up! 

Since her first birthday we have celebrated Halloween

Thanksgiving

Christmas

 

She loved them all.  She got a baby doll and Winnie the Pooh from Santa as well as some books and clothes and other toys.  She was just so happy to climb on the boxes!

Jason's Birthday

Jason turned 31 on December 21st!  Every year I do a set of photos for a trifold frame he keeps in his office.

Here is 2012 -

Scarlett was NOT cooperating - she wouldn't sit still for one second.  This photo session always leaves me sweating and exhausted.  But I love seeing them over the years.

2011-

2010-

2009-



Then every year I make him his favorite cake - it is a chocolate chip cookie base with mint chocolate chip ice cream.  Then I crumble cookies and drizzle hard chocolate shell on top.  It is yummy!

I got him the new Duck Dynasty book...so far he is really enjoying it.  We even went on a date - we saw Lincoln (enjoyed it!) and had a day together while mom watched the girls.  It was a good birthday!

Christmas IPhone Photos

I have lots of better quality Christmas pictures and an update...but for now I wanted to drop these photos off from my phone.  These are basically from the month of December.  You know Shutterfly has an IPhone App that loads them directly to their site?  I use Shutterfly for all my books and photo albums so the app is a no-brainer!



Scarlett's first time to see the tree

 


She got stuck underneath and was NOT happy.

Our Elf, Alfie.  He is not too mischevious.  I am too lazy.

She loves Mr. Gatti's and has always loved this rinky dink carousel.

I made banana pudding from scratch.  She helped!



Look at those curls!!



She was bossing me around...

Passed out - she was sick :o(




Scarlett, where is your belly button?



Santa at the Arkema Company party.  Neither cried = success!

Future astronaut?

Dickens Christmas Festival & Parade

 

 

Lilli loves a parade!





Lilli's Preschool Christmas party



I have no idea...



My aunt and uncle came in (haven't seen them since our wedding!) and Lilli loved playing with her "new cousin"



Scarlett LOVED this doll house at Cracker Barrel.



The Perry cousins - minus Karsyn, the newborn

Reunited and it feels so good! (Lilli got Mrs. Claus last year and asked THE Santa for the toy Santa)

Peek-a-boo!



She was fascinated by the eyes.  They sort of freak me out.



She loves her Auntie!



They both love their recordable storybooks!



We spent lots of time in our jammies watching cartoons!



Annual Patti's Visit



Just being real...



UK girl



This was Lilli's 1st Christmas dress!