undisciplined thinker

days 358-365

Here it is, the last 365 post.  We managed to remember to take a picture of Scarlett everyday for the first year.  I want to get all sentimental, but I'll save that for the pictures of tomorrow.

This last week Scarlett has learned how to open one of the brands of baby latches we purchased, smart little monkey, so we have to do some replacing.  She "helped" us weed this weekend and then water and we got to share her joy as she got completely muddy.  When she's cranky I'll ask her if she needs a "White Stripes Minute" and she instantly lays her head on my shoulder and will let me rocker her while singing Hotel Yorba and then gets down and goes on her merry way as if she was never cranky to start with.  She's seen the earth travel all the way around the sun.

days 351-357

Little Lettie sings now.  I was singing to her one day in the car and stopped and then she started jibbering melodically, not like her normal babble.  It's so sweet.  She also does motions for Itsey Bitsey Spider that are different then Patty Cake.  She got to spend a weekend with her cousins where they all humored her relentlessly, the Bonanza theme song with a shoot-out at the end was her absolute in hilarity for the weekend.  She rode in a wagon with Ellery holding her tight and yelled at Uncle Rick when he'd stop pulling.  Next time they see her, she will be one.

days 337-343 & days 344-350

Double post because time is slipping again.  Little things keep startling me to the fact that my baby is almost one year old.  As much as I talk about it, you'd think it wouldn't be a shock.  Yet, when I typed "day 350" my heart started racing.  Even day to day time is getting away from me, not just the big picture time.  You'll see quite a few sleeping Lettie pictures in the second week because all the sudden the day was done and I hadn't taken a picture.

We have baby proofed the house now that Miss S is so mobile.  The cats aren't a fan of the baby gate, but they'll make it.  She stands by her self and I see the pre-walking game starting soon. She went swimming in a lake for the first time with Jesse and she loved it.  She loves water so much.

days 330-336

This last week has been a big tooth week for MIss S.  She has her bottom two and now her top two have broken through.  It changes how she looks when she smiles.  While very cute, it's bitter sweet to know that the smile I've always seen on her sweet face is no more.  For some reason it took the top ones breaking through to prove that to me.  She is down to only one nap now and sleeps through the night in her crib every night, at least right now.  Her favorite toy is her bright green stuffed monkey that is almost as big as she is (it was bigger then her when she got it for Christmas.)  The thing we hear most from strangers who greet her are "those cheeks" and always followed by, "so serious."  I like that she is serious to strangers.  She doesn't give away her cuteness to the first bidder.  It's a earned privilege.  We are planning for her birthday party, she turned eleven months old yesterday.

days 323-329

Miss Scarlett is now an official crawler.  She still prefers swimming on land, but can and will crawl now.  She will also stand up without holding on to anything for a few seconds at a time.  She's showing interest in walking too.  Scooting around stuff whilst standing and holding on and taking little steps when we hold her hands.  I'm not ready for that, so I push her back down.

She has met two tiny babies this last week as well.  She likes to touch them with one finger and giggle.  Pretty sweet!

 

days 316-322

Hodge Podge: More teeth!  Her top two are starting to come in.  This means a bit of fever and a lot of crank.  She only takes one nap now and she can drink from a straw.  It's starting to feel like summer around here.  Hot weather, pool time, parks, picnics and play dates all in the last couple weeks.  Bret and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary last Friday and it was all the more special now that we are a threesome.

 

days 309-315

Every evening Lettie and I go outside and sit in the yard about a half hour before Daddy gets home.  She plays in the grass and crawls around (one of the few places she crawls because the less surface area on the grass the better, in her opinion.  Even when she's sitting she likes to hold or hover one leg over the grass).  Neighbors come over to talk to us and she watches the passing dogs that are out for their evening stroll.  She loves it very much.

Right now she enjoys taking things out of bigger things and then putting them back in.  It's very cute.  She also likes to tuck things down along her side when she's sitting.  Like she's hiding them and then pulls them out later.  So sweet.

days 302-308

This is a week late, but that's probably not a big shocker anymore.  The week of this post I got to spend a lot of time with my Lettie Lane.  I had my gall bladder removed and the one perk is time with my little.  We took a lot of naps!  She also got to spend the holiday weekend in Soap Lake with all sorts of family.  It's like sunshine to my soul when she is with her cousins.

As for developments:  She pulls her self up on anything and everything.  She has conceded and crawled a few times, but quickly goes back to swimming on land.  She's added a "mwah" noise to her blown kisses and sometimes it turns a bit growly when she really means it.

 

days 295-301

I don't have any new tricks to report this week, but Miss S is developing all over the place.  Figuring things and people out.  She turned 300 days this last week, which in nothing but a round number and a chink in my armor that protects me from the 1 year mark. 

I did catch a couple things on camera that have been alluding me.  First is the "smooshy face" in day 296.  She does this so much...when she is displeased, when she wants something, when she's tired...and it's been very hard to capture it accurately.  The other is the tooth in day 297.  She keeps this hard earned baby under lock and key.  It's like trying to get a reception with queen to see it, it's just not going to happen.  That's why she doesn't look very happy, but I got tooth!!!  Put that in your tea cup and drink it, Queenie. 

days 288-294

Not a ton has happen this last week, despite the drama in day 288.  Miss S is dealing with her tooth, sleeping a lot, playing with her favorite toy (a whirly-ball-popper-beehive) and chasing the cats.  She pulls herself all over the house and very quickly, but if she's going somewhere (like after a cat, lets say) and you go to get her, she speeds off in the other direction trying not to get caught before she reaches her destination.  It looks like swimming on land and is way more efficient then that sounds.  We celebrated Father's Day on Sunday and her favorite part was her nap with Daddy (it might have been his favorite too)!