one year ago today, we found out we were gonna have a baby :)

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                                                         one of the best days of my life.

thanksgiving is the start of my favorite time of year!

i'm a little behind on this but better late than never, eh?

scarlett's first thanksgiving was spent in iowa with [some of] alex's part of our family!
i love this family that has become my own, so much.
they are each such a blessing and i am so grateful for each and everyone of them.

now on with the pictures!

                                                           GP + scarlett

                                                                 auntie laurel

                                                             very excited to be grandparents :)

                                                           papa wimmer + scar scar

                                                   
                                                                      uncle mike

                                                              spent alot of the week like this :)

                                                          scarlett loves these girls                   

                                                                     with uncle dan

                                              great grandma and grandpa wimmer

                                                                     love her

 

  happy first thanksgiving babygirl.

Scarlett is 3 months old today...

: )

she is beautiful and funny and happy and loved.

little miss thing weighs 15 lbs 13 oz...she's still a chunk as you will see :)
she's always trying to pull herself up and when she grabs my fingers and i help pull her up
she gets so happy and looks so proud of herself! she's hilarious. she has gotten so loud recently...she squeaks and squeals and makes all kinds of adorable sounds. she has also found her thumb just in the last week. i knew that was coming. definitely prefers that to her soothie (aka passy). she is still sleeping fantastically! always at least a good straight 8 hours-then i'll nurse her and she goes right back down for a couple more. God must love me ;)
we just got our tree up and decorated a few days ago and i think she could stare at the lights and ornaments all day long. i think she loves christmas just as much as her momma already :)

love this girl so much.

 

                                                 bahahaha love her.

                                         

home.

so.

because of such sweet blessings from sweet Jesus, two incredibly caring, loving families...

i get to stay home with my sweet, SWEET babygirl! :)
(sweet seems to be the word of the day)

i am so grateful that i am able to do this...
at this point in our lives, while alex is still in school-i didn't think it would be possible.
we are deeply loved.

my heart is too full for words. so here are lots of pictures :)



                         we are constantly asked how our dog is with scarlett....this is pretty much it :)

                                                            we love bath time!

"watching" the bears game

helping momma with laundry

haha she trys to suck on anything she can

she loves to stand, with a little help of course :)

so today marks my first day as a stay at home mom :)

poop happens.

today scarlett and i went to visit the girls at work. it was fun until scar pooped like a mofo and it went EVERYWHERE! quite literally, everywhere...but then after wiping her off
i brought her (naked-no diaper) into the bathroom to clean her up some more and she pees and poops all over my pants. it was an epic mess. (unfortunately i did just say epic)
lol. oooh the joys of motherhood :)
but is it weird that i wasn't grossed out? and didn't even really care that i had baby poop all over me?
hahaha, i guess that's what being a mom does to you. plus it wasn't the first time i had been peed on by a child. working in a room full of 2 year olds-poop happens.
just thought i'd share my poop story for the day ;) also. i never thought i could talk about poop so much.


here are a couple random pictures for the day...



                                                           then (just a couple days old)

                  
                                                                  and now (2 months)

wobbles

we put scarlett in the bumbo last week for the first time! it was so cute. she was all leany and wobbly :)
we didn't leave her in for long but she loved it. she has had unusually good head control since she was born. the nurse even commented on how well she was holding up her head right after she was born. she keeps trying to sit up on her own-it's presh.




                        

                                        this is hilarious. she has such a little belly and by little i mean huge.

and it begins...

i have finally started this blog. i have wanted to since i got pregnant but never seemed to be able
to get around to it. that's a problem i have - having so many things i want to do, but not making
the time to do them. no more excuses! i am committing to blogging...[mostly] about this sweet little family of mine (happy face).

so on that note...

scarlett just turned 2 months. TWO MONTHS. she is so big.
13 lbs and just over 23 inches long!
we call her our little chunk for a reason :)
she has a million different expressions that are each just the cutest thing EVER! she loves to smile and talk to us. especially in the mornings it seems. she always wakes up so happy! she definitely gets that
from her daddy ;) i love it. everyday i look at her and i just can't get over how much i love this tiny little person. and to think it's just a glimpse of how much God loves us!
becoming a mother has definitely shown me God's heart in a new way. and i am definitely in awe of this God who loves so fiercely and tenderly at the same time.

*sigh*



                                                              1 month

            this was probably my favorite onesie on her and she out grew it so fast :(
              she's in 3 mos. now and alot of 3-6 mos stuff too

                                                  
                                                                i love naked baby!

                                                                    2 months