a baby + her puppy

ahhhh weather like today makes my heart sing! i. love. it. 70's + sunny, a little windy but i'll take it!! scar and i went shopping, hung out on the porch (days like today i am reminded at how important a yard is! i hate not having one), went to swim class and hung outside some more :) i loved not having to bundle scarlett up to go out. a dress, her floppy hat, and bare feet and we're good to go!

here are some photos of the babe + the pup from today....

 

she has recently become all about harlan. it's the cutest thing. he is very gentle and patient with her. we are blessed to have such a good dog...

comfort

some nights, like tonight, it takes a while to get scarlett to stay asleep. i will lay with her for an hour sometimes while she uses me as a pacifier. most of the time i thoroughly enjoy laying next to her, cuddling her...i take the time to pray for her and whisper words of life over her. but there are also times -- and tonight was one of those times -- that i don't enjoy it so much. i get impatient. i want her to let go of me so i can go get something done! or just relax without a baby attached to me! and then of course i feel guilty for feeling that way. but even in the few times that i have felt that way i would never change it for the world.

when she was first born i was so concerned about sleep training...and everything i read about that said DON'T nurse her to sleep. and don't be a human pacifier!  i tried not to. well. kind of. more like i vented to alex about how i didn't know how that would work and then would say "ok tonight i'm not gonna let her fall asleep while nursing"...aaaand then not so much lol. nursing her to sleep was easy and natural. just thinking about going against that made me frustrated so i gave up the whole idea of sleep training my baby (and have learned and realized so much since then that i don't even know what i was thinking in the beginning lol). we have been so much happier since then :)

honestly...i love and am thankful for being able to comfort scarlett by nursing. i love the bond we share because of it.

this is pretty much it...love this.


"You are not a pacifier; you are a Mom. You are the sun, the moon, the earth, you are liquid love, you are warmth, you are security, you are comfort in the very deepest aspect of the meaning of comfort.... but you are not a pacifier!" 

6 months!

six whole months. half of a year. it's already going by so fast.

scarlett is now 22 lbs 4 oz and 27 1/2 inches long! pretty high on the charts.
she has TWO bottom teeth! she has only bit me twice while nursing--the first time i jumped and probably made a weird noise and she cried...i felt so bad but it really startled me! i handled the second time more calmly :)
she sits like a pro...still diving for things...trying to crawl...but still doesn't enjoy being on her tummy.
she is fascinated by anything new. she loves bouncing, whether in her bouncer or in your lap.
she is such a relaxed, content baby. it takes her a little bit to warm up to most people. she doesn't smile at just anyone lol. but she is allllll smiles at home! especially when daddy comes home :) she gets so excited to see him. so sweet.
she talks all the time and loves giving mommy + daddy kisses :)

weekend fun

i turned 26 a few days ago. um. 26? when did that happen?
i always thought i would feel so much more mature and adult like by the time i was 26.
i guess this is just what adults feel like. themselves. but older.

that may not have made sense.

well moving on then lol...

we spent this last weekend at home with some family + friends. it was one of the more fun weekends home! i got to visit with a few different good, old friends! i miss them all so much.
also spent some quality time stuck in a blizzard with my mom and kronky lol....

we were headed to my moms gym to take scarlett swimming...and i swear as soon as we left it started blizzard-ing! i couldn't see anything. cars weren't moving. after about 45 mins we finally get there and i run my slightly bundled baby across the slushy, snowy parking lot in my flip flops only for them to tell us we can't swim because lessons are going on. yes it's our own fault for not making sure we could. but it still sucked. so then we head to del toro to eat...but it was closed because of the weather lol so then we head HOME...only for traffic to come to a complete stop for about 20 mins so then we detour and it took us about an hour to get home when it should have taken 20 minutes lol.

the next day i got to have lunch at the creperie- which is only the best restaurant ever-with some of my faves.

i had an adult lunch while scarlett hung out with daddy and grandma. but alex brought her later on so i could show her off to the girls :)

oh yeah. so a few minutes after i get to the restaurant alex texts me and says "she just had a poop explosion and i don't see any extra clothes in the diaper bag." (oops) i just texted back...

"crap."

lol. so i found out later him and his mom took her in only her diaper, wrapped in a blanket, to wal mart to buy her a new outfit. what? lol. i don't even know.

playing with auntie laura + uncle louey...

looking at my baby pictures! took a few onld albums home with me to scan. i'm excited.

hangin with gramps...

this one i just had to share because they all look so unique hahaha

before we left today i got to visit with my oldest friend in the world, sarah :) her baby boy is due to be here the beginning of may. so excited!!!

  scar kept diving for her boobies and her belly!

      giving her future boyfriend kissess! haha

let scarlett suck on a strawberry today. LOVED it.

                          before the messy strawberry....

i love my life.

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!