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9 Months!

The 15th marked 9 whole months old for Miss Scarlett Magnolia. I know I say this every month, but I truly am in disbelief that she is so big already.

She is 19 lbs 5 ozs = 50th percentile.
She is also 27.5 inches = 50th percentile.

I was surprised that she weighed so much; that's 3 lbs up from her 6 month check up. Though the last 2
weeks she's been devouring any and all food she sees. I guess it really was time for a growth spurt!




9 Things About Our Darling to Commemorate 9 Months on This Earth:

1. She can stand unassisted for several seconds. Still lacking the confidence to do too much as she always tries to cling to George or I.

2. She prefers table foods now and wants to eat anything she sees any one else eating. Even if it's totally inappropriate for her!

3. She's pulling off anything I try to put on her head; hats and bows. Sad day for Mommy.

4. She still manages to wear 6 month clothes and her feet are so tiny that 3-6 is a perfect fit. We are just now going to be getting her into size 3 diapers. Seems heavy, but she really is petite.

5. She LOVES peek-a-boo.

6. She's really feisty and when she doesn't get what she wants she turns beet red and whines.

7. She LOVES Oliver and she loves doing whatever he is doing no matter how much he doesn't want  her  to!

    8. She is mastering a ton of new facial expressions and cracks us up with new faces she tries out!

    9. She absolutely adores animals. She welcomes licks to the face from dogs and enjoys petting kitties!

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This Makes Me Laugh

This picture is hilarious. It is such a representation of our family's every day life. No undies on Ollie? Sure. Books everywhere? Of course. Neither kid looking at the camera? Ding ding!! 

Oh, and don't forget mess. :)

Though I did love catching the two of them looking at books together. I had been in the bathroom and came to find them like this. Of course once they saw the camera the moment was over, but I caught the tail end. :) Oliver was showing Scarlett pictures in various books and she was clapping and laughing. It was really cool to secretly watch such a wonderful bonding experience.

Bicycles

Here is Scarlett taking a hand at "riding" a bike. Oliver was right behind her on his dump truck. He hasn't really played with that since he started walking. He used that to walk behind when he was just starting to take steps. Aw, the nostalgic memories...

Cousins!

 My cousin Aga moved to Tri-Cities a while back and we stopped by on our way home from Idaho. I don't know why I don't come visit more often! It's only 3 hours away and her girls (Maja and Isla) are so darn cute!!!

I just keep imagining what this picture will look like when her baby girl is born in November and my future child comes to fruition. That'll be quite the herd of little ones!!!

This series of pictures crack me up because it truly illustrates what getting 4 kids under 3 together looks like!

This picture is Oliver telling Scarlett, "We gon get nem en nems, we gon get nem in nems (M&M's)!!" Like Scarlett has any idea what that means!! But the conviction with which Oliver was telling her was so stinkin' cute!!!

Vacation: IF & Yellowstone

I have taken a little hiatus from updating this blog...After vacation I've been swamped with work and the thought of sifting through hundreds of photos to post was nauseating! Haha. That's why I post so much otherwise, because I know if I wait too long, I'll never do it!!

Now if we're FB friends I've got a ton of pictures posted there of both Idaho Falls and Yellowstone. This uploader is making me really angry right now so you'll just have to make due with those photos.

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The kids had a really good time, as did Mom and Dad. The 13 hour car ride there and back was actually a breeze. (Just the last hour there was torturous for both as we had driven all night long so they woke up with sore butts! The way back we got out enough times that everything was great).

Fourth of July was definitely what it was cracked up to be. I know I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed the small town vibe of everything like the parade and fireworks.

We also got to enjoy Yellowstone. The kids were NOT at their best. :( But I had an amazing time as it was my first time going. Though we had to put up with a few too many tantrums, I was still excited about the thought of going when the kids are older and we can actually camp, hike, fish, not get mauled by bears, etc. :)

I did get to see a lot of good friends and spend enough time with family that overall the visit was a success. I'm not waiting another 3 years to go back...we'll be back sooner.

Oliver's 1st Movie Theater Experience!

Cars 2 came out on Friday, so of course the Buchanan Family (sans Scarlett who was at Babi and Dzia Dzia's) was at the movies on Saturday, bright and early.

All I have to say is that Oliver was AMAZING. I owe it to his LOVE of the first movie. He owns about every piece of merchandise ever made for this franchise. I would still be hesitant to take him to any other movie only because his attention span for things he has no vested interest in, isn't that long.

Buuuut we saw the previews for the Smurfs movie and Oliver was really receptive. Perhaps we'll try the theater again soon. :)

I have to say that I really enjoyed taking him to the movies. George and I LOVE going to the movies, so it was fun to take my son to an activity I enjoy.

Here are some photos from the event:


Up the escalator!!




He's looking!




Look at that excited face!




He brought Red the fire truck and an ambulance.





M&M's and his cars. He's a happy boy.




About the best family pic we could get. :)



Nem in Nem's

"I go potty now!" "I get Nem in Nem's!"

"Oliver you only get 2 M&M's before bedtime."

"No, 5 Nem in Nem's."

"Oliver, only 2!"

"No, 5 Nem in Nem's!"

(Deep breathe in and out) "Okay, go potty Oliver and we'll see how many you count."




HAHAHA. That's what we get for rewarding peeing in the potty with M&M's and having him count them.
Positive: He's getting really good at counting and is really well potty trained.

Negative: Above mentioned conversations...

Mommy's Kisses

I forgot to post this pic with the last post.

I was comforting her after her wet butt ordeal.

Poor litte thing.

80 Degrees, Whaaaat?

On Tuesday we had a VERY warm day!

We took the kids to the fountains at Kent Station.

Oliver loved running around and splashing.

Scarlett was being cranky because her tooth had JUST cut.

But it was really fun and both kids we're TIRED by the time we got home.

Let's just say bed time was a breeze!

Constantly running!

Soooo bright.

"What is this cold water?!?!"

She was not happy getting her butt wet! Such a girl. :)

They're both looking!! Okay, okay, its not perfect, but I'm desperate!

Happy, Beautiful Baby Girl with Tooth #2!

Look at her!!!! Oh Em Gee. Yup, I made her. :)

She's such a happy little thing. The teething has worn us out though.

Within a matter of days Miss Scar Scar got 2 teeth! On Tuesday #2 cut all the way through.

It. Was. Rough.

She has most definitely taken teething a lot worst then Oliver ever did.

Hopefully she'll have a little break before any more teeth cut. For her sake.

AND ours!!!

You can see the first tooth here and then just  a TAD of the 2nd that cut that day.

My Ruffle Butt

She is so darn cute! She is walking between the couch and the coffee table now.

You can KINDA see one of her teeth in the bottom picture. :)

I Try So Hard...

If it's not one...

 It's the other...

NOT looking at the camera!

I promise you, even if it takes years,

I will get them both looking AND smiling.

She's Tough

Scarlett is getting more tough by the day. If she has another brother one day,

she's very prepared to hold her own!

Hahaha, Sleeping

Oliver loves to watch videos on the iPod before bed time.

Here he fell asleep watching Curious George.

8 Months Old

8 whole months old(yesterday)!

Look at those red cheeks. You can teething has been intense!

Amazing Memory!

It's funny how the smallest things your kids do make you SO proud as a parent! I have to write this down to remind myself down the road.

Yesterday Oliver was watching The Chipmunks and there are lots of Christmas scenes in that movie. George asked him if he remembered our Christmas tree. Neither of us thought he'd know, but he surprised us by pointing to exactly where the tree had been. Oliver started talking about Santa and presents. We were blown away that he remembered that from 6 months ago. I keep forgetting that he's such a big boy and its developmentally normal for something like this to happen, but I am still really proud of him and shocked that he retained that info!!!

Then today he shocked me again. Most people know that he is obsessed with Cars. (Cars 2 in 2 weeks will be Oliver's first time to a movie theater!!) In the movie they play Rascal Flatt's version of "Life is a Highway" a few times, especially when Mack, the semi. is driving Lightening McQueen cross country. Anyway, I was trying to find music on the radio on the way home from work because every station was playing commercials (I hate that!). I settled on a country station because I heard music NOT commercials but without registering what was playing. All of a sudden I hear, "Momma where Mack? Where Mack with Lighting Keen momma? And then he burst into laughter. Then I finally tuned into the song and started laughing with him! He knew that song was from the movie.

Again, nothing super special but boy was I excited. To me he's a genius!!! But I know any other mommys or daddys out there know their babies are all master genius'!!! I agree. :)

Tooth #1

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!

My poor little girl has been teething since 3 months. I started feeling swollen gums and teeth right under the gums at about 5.5-6 months. She was acting just as Oliver had been at that age so I figured she'd have at least 1 tooth at 6 months like Ollie had.

Boy was I wrong!!

One day short of 8 months and we have the bottom right tooth out!I knew the diarrhea and low grade fever and crankiness this week meant something!!

I'm trying to get a picture but I can tell her poor little mouth hurts because she's having a hard time smiling for long periods of time.

So Fresh and So Clean

Someone was dirty after spaghetti! I finally placed Scarlett in the tub with Oliver as opposed to in her blue tub because let's face it, she's just gonna get herself out of it! This standing thing is getting intense! Everywhere and on anything!! Walking by my birthday...just sayin'. Countdown to August 12th started 3 weeks ago!!!

"Monster"

This is Oliver's interpretation of a monster. Suuuuure...

Haha, he's not quite at a stage where he draws anything close to what its suppose to be but I'm proud nonetheless. :)

He kept saying, "monster scaaarrry!"

Sketti!!

I feel like I'm doing a lot of things late this second time around. I think I'm just really busy? And time is flying? I dunno, but either way, I feel like I should have introduced noodles ages ago! So here are some pictures from her first spaghetti experience. :)

They were high fiving. :)