Pregnancy Update
I am 17 weeks pregnant this week and finally feeling like my old self! My energy level is slowly returning, and I'm so busy with S that I often forget I am pregnant :) I'm still able to wear all my regular clothes (except jeans-- I welcomed the stretchy band jeans last week) so that is nice, although I'm starting to notice my shirts are getting a little short :) No weight gain yet, but there is definitely a belly!
Scarlett 17 Month Update
We just got back from a week vacation to Southern CA visiting the Huefner clan and my high school girlies. It was awesome! Scarlett immediately made herself at home at my mom's house and started chanting "Nonni" and "Evi" all day long to her grandmother and uncle. She was already a chatterbox last month, but she literally picked up 10-15 new words/phrases in the week that we were down there! We also had an awesome surprise bday dinner for Jeremy at the private room at El Adobe in San Juan Capistrano- all of our OC family and family friends made it. Even Taylor drove up for the celebration, which made Jeremy's day! Scarlett even mastered saying her auntie's name..."Tay Tay."
Newest Tricks
Scarlett is a monkey. She climbs on everything now- up the couch, the rocking chair, kitchen chairs, benches, etc. You name it, she wants to get on it...ALL BY HERSELF. She no longer welcomes help! Miss Independent wants to figure out everything on her own first. Sometimes, if she's stuck and desperate, she will ask, "Help please." Well, it sounds more like, "hep eez." :)
Other new words and phrases this month: book, eat, thank you, love you, choo-choo, dolly (she finally knows the difference between dollies and babies), park, cart (shopping cart), juice, milk, more, outside, duck, bath, teeth, knee, etc. The list goes on!
We are still obsessed with books, but now getting back to dollies too.
Scarlett spent most of September feeding her dollies, pushing them in their stroller, burping them, or changing them. Yes, changing them. We spend hours putting real diapers on and off her dollies :)
Biggest Thrill
Swings. She is OBSESSED. We can't drive by a park, or see a picture of a swing set in our books without her getting excited (sometimes hysterical!). We go to the park 1-2 times a day just to get it out of her system! Although, now we can't even say the word out loud. It's P-A-R-K until we get there to keep her from going crazy!
Secondly, Scarlett has been dabbling with potty training. This has been going on for about 7 weeks now and she goes potty on her little potty a few times a week. Nothing consistent, but enough to say that she is getting the hang of it! Some of my bribes include Fig Newtons, juice, & oatmeal cookies.
Biggest Highlight/Biggest Challenge
I hate to say this because I may I jinx it, but this month has been SO much easier than the few months prior. Scarlett gets it. She can talk so much better and has even been able to put together some two word sentences (Dolly poopoo. More please. Hazy outside. etc.). We are grateful! No major challenges to report this month- hurray!
Sweetest Moment
There are always too many darling moments to remember or write. But the one that sticks out is Scarlett's singing. At our music class, we sing a special song to open and close the class. Scarlett sings the tune ALL the time. Now, she puts her family members names to the tune. So multiple times a day, I hear her singing, "Boppy boppy...mimi mimi....mommy mommy....daddy daddy...nonni nonni....evi evi...hazy hazy...." to the melody of our music class song. PRICELESS! :)
Happy October!! Lots of love to you all!
The Kings!
Scarlett is seriously such a doll and you look gorgeous Elisa! :)
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