15 Months Old...Where did the time go?!

Scarlett 15 Months!

Happy August! We are in awe that we have a 15month old! Where did the time go? Scarlett seems to be changing daily and is so curious and smart. We love watching the "light bulb" go on when she figures out something on her own!

We have had a great summer so far. It's about to get even better next week when we head to Santa Barbara for a week with the Fleischmanns for our annual King/Fleischmann vacation. We rented an awesome house with a pool and are excited to relax, swim, and watch Harper and Scarlett play. Then, on our drive home the six of us are spending the weekend at the amazing Dolphin Bay Resort in Pismo. So excited for 10 days of fun!

Newest Tricks:

Scarlett has become our little "parrot" in the past month. She loves trying to talk and mimic us. Her newest trick includes pointing to all the major body parts: hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, teeth, belly, fingers, & toes. And, she loves trying to make animal sounds! So far she can anwer, "What does a ____ say?" for a cat, dog, monkey, elephant, birdie, & baby (she loves to pretend cry like babies do). This is just precious to watch. We practice our animal sounds daily of course!

Favorite Toy This Month:

Scarlett loves puzzles or any toys with parts! She gets frusterated when she can't get the pieces in sometimes and arches her back and squeals. But, for the most part she can do a pretty good job and enjoys practicing with shapes and putting pieces back together.

Biggest Thrill:

S loves exploring her yard. She loves riding in her pink car, playing Chuck-It with Hazel, smelling the flowers, and getting into mischief outside :)

 

Biggest Highlight/Biggest Challenge:
Our biggest challenge has been Scarlett getting sick. In the past 6 weeks she has come down with Hand Mouth Foot and Pink Eye. Both were pretty brutal on S and us since she was in so much pain for both. Whewww. We were all exhausted!

Our biggest highlight has been Scarlett's independence and having her formulate her own opinions. She definitely has preferences on almost everything.  She will tell you exactly what she wants whether you like it or not :)
For example, today when we were walking around Train Town together and I asked her to hold my hand, and she said NO! She wanted to walk all on her own!
Miss Independent.

Sweetest Moment:

Jeremy and I have been trying to get out once a week for a date night. So far, we've been successful two weeks in a row! When our babysitter Kailyn was here watching S this week, she asked Scarlett if she was ready for bed. Scarlett took Kailyn's hand, walked her to her room, and pointed to her crib. Ha! She WAS ready for bed! Too cute.

We are excited for a fun-filled August and looking forward to lots of fun family & friend weekends coming up this fall. Jeremy has been busy at work, and now I get to enjoy this year as a mama. It will be so weird not going back to school in 3 weeks, but I'm excited to give this stay-at-home mom thing a shot. We are thankful and blessed.

Lots of Love,
The Kings!