15 Months

Scarlett turned 15 months on Sunday, the 19th.

14 months started out a bit rough for Swilly.  She battled a lot of nose drainage for the first week or so but as long as I suctioned her with my handy dandy Nose Freida she did quite well.  The crazy weather with 70+ degrees one day and 35 degrees the next, isn't helping any of us!  But, we thank God that we have all stayed very healthy this "winter." 

Scarlett had a follow up appointment with Dr. Strand (her urologist) and her kidney is looking great.  She will have a repeat VCUG in April to check on her ureter and bladder function since the reimplantation.  We expect everything to be healed by then.  However, until then, she has to stay on antibiotics everyday. 

14 month happenings:  Scarlett has 16 teeth, she absolutely loves to give the dogs treats (all day if I would let her), her favorite foods are avocado and banana and during her bath she isn't interested in toys lately; she just wants the water to run so she can fill up a cup and dump it on herself!  She is very interested in the trash and loves to throw things away, she knows where her ear is and loves other peoples belly buttons.  If she wants to see your belly button and you don't willingly show her, don't worry, she will just rip your shirt up and see for herself!!

I didn't realize how busy we were this past month until I started looking through all of the photos!  I have quite a few pictures and videos so enjoy them all!

Chad & Scarlett were outside playing and discovered a new fun toy!  I hope you can hear her laughing.

One day during her nap all I could see on the monitor was a foot. I went in the room to check on her and this is what I found:

Our MOPS group had a play date at the Galleria.  This place is so much fun!!  Swilly gets so involved watching all the other kids (I wonder where she gets that from - it's people watching, NOT staring!) so it's really hard for me to get a picture of her looking and smiling at the camera.

At the beginning of February we had dinner with Uncle Jason, Aunt Ashley and Cousin Addison.  Scarlett & Addison had so much fun with Addy's toys.

 

 Papa (my dad) & his friend babysat Swilly while Chad & I went to B-Dub's for our regularly Tuesday evening visit.  This was also the 1st time to sport a "Pebbles" hair-do!

 Next comes Valentine's Day!  My previous post has the details and some pics from the day but here are just a few more of our favorites:

  

As you can see, we were obviously very busy this month - at least with taking pictures and having fun!  WOW, this turned out to be such a long update loaded with tons of beautiful pictures and fun videos of our Swilly!  Chad and I are so thankful for the blessing of a child.  She fills our hearts with such joy.  The best start our day is to see a big smile on her face, stare into her gorgeous bright blue eyes and kiss her good morning.  Everyday we learn something new about ourselves because of Swilly.

Valentine's Day

I have the best husband in the world.  On Sunday, we were getting ready for a birthday party.  Kellie's son, Graham, was turning 3 and having a superhero party.  When the invitation arrived, Chad said, "We have to dress Swilly up!"  As a child I had Wonder Woman Underoos so I knew that Swilly would be going as Wonder Woman - I just didn't know how!  I didn't want to buy a generic costume so I began asking friends what I should do.  I ended up at the re-sale clothing shops searching for a blue tutu, a red onesie and something gold or yellow for her hair and for a belt.  I found some of what I needed, now I had to put everything together. 

AWESOMENESS OF CHAD #1:

Sunday morning we were up bright and early as usual.  I began hunting for material to make stars for the skirt and material for her belt.  Bingo!  I found what I needed.  Chad & Scarlett were playing while I was attempting to make stars.  Do you know how freaking hard it is to draw a star?  Let me tell you, it's really hard for me....and apparently for Chad too!  About an hour and a half later I decided I had enough stars and that I'd put on what I had and be done with it.  Now came the task of actually getting the stars onto the tulle.  The material I used ended up fraying really bad every time I touched it.  I tacked each point - all 5 of them - of every star I cut out - to the tulle.  I am hoping that no one gets down and looks at the skirt too close!  But it's done, so we're good on the bottom half.  Chad then said, "What are you doing for the WW decal?"  I said, "I'm not doing anything; you are!"  I handed him the material and showed him the picture.  Chad is freaking awesome!  It is perfect!!!  I tacked the decal to the onesie and headed to the shower.

Scarlett was taking a nap so I had to take full advantage of the 1 hour I had to get ready.  Here's why my husband is the best in the entire world:  While I was blow drying my hair and putting my make-up on, Chad opened the bathroom door and said, "I have your lunch ready.  Stop what you're doing and please take a few minutes to eat."  Oh my gosh!  I sat down to eat 2 miniature sandwiches with ham, cheese, lettuce and, my fave - AVOCADO, BBQ chips, a brownie and a coke to drink!!!  He told me that he knows I don't take time to eat much and wanted to make sure I had something in my belly for the day.  I just LOVE him so much.  Chad always puts me first.  Amanda told me years ago that I deserved to be treated like the Queen of Sheba; I deserved to be put on a pedestal.  Chad does that.  I love you honey and I want to whole world to know!

Scarlett's Wonder Woman outfit turned out really well and we had a wonderful time at Graham's party.  Here is a sneak peak of a picture; there will be more to come soon.

AWESOMENESS OF CHAD #2:

Valentine's day.  I knew that Chad would be working late and that we wouldn't be able to go to our normal Tuesday night hang out of Buffalo Wild Wings.  On his late nights I take a break from cooking and just eat whatever I can find, like popcorn.  So, I was really surprised when he called me at 8:30 saying he was on his way home!  This was WAY earlier than I expected and he hadn't eaten dinner.  We were both hungry so I told him I'd take whatever he was gonna grab at Taco Bell or Jack in the Box or Whataburger on the way home.  45 minutes had gone by and he still wasn't home.  I was getting really worried.  He finally showed up with a huge bouquet of red roses in a beautiful glass vase AND.....dinner from Central Market which consisted of:  Salmon, Green Bean Almandine, Potatoes and a Tomato, Basil, Mozzarella Salad!!!!  WOW - see why he is awesome?  I was totally OK with fast food and he said, "On this, the day of St. Valentine, I'm not getting you fast food!"  Awwwwwwwww.

More Valentine's.  There's a picture of Chad & Scarlett that was taken the day of her birthday right after she woke up from a nap.  It's Chad's favorite pic of the 2 of them.  He's said on several occasions that he wants that picture - meaning lets not just leave it on the computer.  So, it's Valentine's day, we have some paint, a canvas and the picture is printed!  Here's what Swilly made for her daddy:

She's not quite sure what to do....

She's getting the hang of it, but needs more paint....

I'm not sure if there is more paint on the canvas or her!!!!

Scarlett's 1st Masterpiece is complete.  Daddy's gonna love it!!!





I wrapped up the masterpiece in the sheet that Scarlett painted and when Chad opened it all he could say was, "Awesome...Thank you...I love it!"

Scarlett will be 15 months in just a few days so stay tuned for an update with A LOT of pictures and probably a video or two.  Have a great week.