swim class!

ahhh swimming! one of my all time favorite things :)

i love the water. being near it, on it and in it. i would love to live on a lake...with a boat. yes, that would be nice. 

i cannot wait to take scarlett boating! we will hopefully be taking a trip up to the lake this summer! (the lake meaning my grandparents cabin up in NW minnesota. which is my favorite place :)

anyway i don't ever remember not knowing how to swim...so when i realized there were BABY SWIM CLASSES i got way excited! scar's friend gavyn is taking the class with her which is fun for momma too! 

    daddy came to watch and take pictures!!! yay! 

                                        waiting for class to start

                                                                                                       "jumping" in!  

                                                                   making new friends :)

      scarlett and alex were being funny

   

   she did not want to let that thing go

      relaxin in the shallow part at the end

 scarlett did not like being on her back at first but quickly got used to it. we sang a song, floated with the noodle and "swam" after the block haha...i had fun with her and i think she did too! she was very relaxed. just chillin. it's a half hour class 2 nights a week. we go back tomorrow! i love bouncin around in the water with her! i need to get some better pics of just her in her swim suit cause she's so stinkin cute! 

joy

i have so much fun with scarlett! 

her smile is contagious. i can't help but feel happy around her, she brings so much joy to my heart. i'm loving this age! she's learning and discovering new things all the time. except rolling over!

 the girl will not roll over. haha i think it's more funny than anything else. she'll get so close but then she's just kinna like.."eh no. don't feel like it". and that is fine with me--she will roll over when she wants to! 

she soo wants to get movin tho! i think she thinks she can crawl.

                                                                                                                                                                                    i enjoy every second with her. and i hope she always knows and feels enjoyed.

                                                                   



with you comes joy baby girl.

                                 

i pray.

recently as i've been praying for scarlett this verse has come to mind...

"[your beauty].... should be that of your inner self, 

the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."

1 peter 3:3-4

scarlett has such a sweet spirit. she is calm and already so affectionate. my guess is she is going to be all about touch like her momma :) i look at her as she sleeps so soundly and sweetly (alright sometimes it's not so sound so then i pray for that too! ;) and i imagine her growing up in this world and being hurt, i think about how while i will never intend to, somehow, some way i will be the one to hurt her. and my heart breaks. 

and i cry. i want so much to protect her from everything. but i know i can't.

so i pray.

 i pray hard. more than anything i want her to know Jesus.

 i want her to experience His love. His grace. His mercy. His protection. because tho i have fought it in the past--only with Jesus am i completely free. so i pray. i pray that i will be the mom God has called me to be...one of grace and forgiveness.

playdate!

my friend mary and i try to get together at least once a week. mary is also a SAHM so i know it's a time we both look forward to! i love spending time with her and watching the babies play! they're SO cute! scarlett mostly wants to chew on them :)

                                                                                                penelope + scarlett

                                     
                                                                         and ben!

happy valentines day!

today was a fun day!
this morning we went to the library for baby storytime which was 20 minutes of singing, bouncing and reading.
it was so cute--loved it. i think we're gonna start going every week now.

i then got to go into work and sub for the (5 hour) day. it was fun and really good for me to get out of the house and have some adult interaction without scarlett lol...that doesn't ever happen. but she was right down the hall hanging out with the other babies :) it's amazing how much i missed her by the time i was done even tho i got to see her and nurse her a couple times throughout the day.

ooo we got her new carseat today! finally! alex has been gone all night working. this semester has been so time consuming for him. i am enjoying my time alone tonight tho. but i hope he's home soon because i don't like to go to sleep without him here :/ and i need to go to sleep soon cause if i don't i'm going to start eating haha...

i love being a stay at home momma :)

5 months

little miss is growing so fast!
she has such a sweet spirit and is just so beautiful in every way. she now weighs 20 lbs 12 oz...
we love reading together. i'm amazed how a book can calm her down when she's having a rough time.
and of course music! what baby doesn't like music?! she loves when we sing.
a couple weeks ago she started sitting up all by herself! i love it. she has yet to roll over but she's close!

we love her more than anything.

today scarlett went to her first birthday party!
it was so fun to see her with all the little kiddos. she was so cute just sitting there trying to put everything in her mouth while all the other babies crawled and ran around her. she was definitely the littlest one there--in age, not size lol ;) karla did such a cute job with everything. it just got me even more excited about planning scar's party :)

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAVYN!

scarlett got her first taste of food today! i had been planning on waiting until she was 6 months to give her anything but she has been so interested in everything we eat that we thought we would give her some things to taste just for fun--and it was fun :)

we gave her some of our chicken at dinner which she seemed to love.

she didn't swallow much of anything but she liked sucking on it! and that's all i expected and wanted at this point.we will probably wait until 6 months, or at least really close before we give her more.

we are doing what is called Baby Led Weaning. which is a fancy way of saying eating food lol. we get asked about this a lot so there's the link if you're interested in knowing about that :)

she also laughed today!!! which i have to say was the highlight of my day.

she's been laughing little laughs and giggles for a while now but today she laughed harder and longer than ever before and it made my heart melt. apparently me blowing in her face is the funniest thing ever. laughing with her is my favorite.

we also skyped today with my mom and kronky (kronky is my baby sister for those that don't know. laura is her real name. my parents did not name her kronky lol) and alex's dad and pattilicious. we skype with them fairly often. everyone wants to see the little chunk!!! 

scarlett has not been sleeping that great the last week and a half  (and by not that great i mean terrible)...waking up every 1 1/2 - 2 hours and i now find myself staying up later and not wanting to go to bed because i know i will just get woken up soon anyway. probably not the smartest way of thinking...but that's what's happening.

she's actually awake now but my wonderful, God given husband is putting her back to sleep. 

i should probably go to bed before i start rambling. 

goodnight.