Sept 10: Miss Scarlett

Does she look like a southern belle or what? Little Miss Scarlett pays homage to her namesake adorning a French dress from Hola & Morning.

She's continuing to love the tranistion to adult food and packing on the pounds literally... she's moving in on 16lbs, now, so after 2 months of 2oz/month weight gain, she's hitting almost a pound a month, placing her firmly back on the weight/age chart (5th percentile). Diet additions --- it's getting hard to keep track - cooked chicken breast, frangipane brioche, to name a few --- and not just new foods, but she's eating an incredible amount and still taking large bottles and breast feeding.

Grandma came to visit last week, and I think she was amazed at the changes she's seen in Arley over the last month. Besides feeling like a ton of bricks, last time she was able to put Arley down in one place, to play catch, for example, and how, as soon as you put Scarlett down, she crawls off to investigate something.

And leave it to Grandma to teach the little one to wash her hands (she loves putting her hands in running water like the hose or shower) and exploring the joys of freshly warmed towels in the dryer... that used to be one of my favorite things, too...













We read somewhere that babies can get too much beta carotene in their diet (from carrots, sweet potatoes, etc.) can get a slight orange tint to their skin... I'm not sure this is what they meant... She's also starting to lose her inch-worm crawl, preferring the more conventional baby crawl ---













Finally, one of her favorite things to do is have books read to her (especially by her mommy). I couldn't believe it when she crawled over to "Little Bunny Follows his Nose", opened it, and started talking like she was reading... it was pretty amazing...

Sept 1: Green Bean

We were finally able to capture a picture of her first tooth--- bottom gum, her right--- I know it is a little hard to see with those blueberries jammed in her mouth, but it's there.

Arley is continuing to grow like a weed... None of her 9mo clothes fit (for length), and after only gaining 4oz the last two months, she's gained over 12oz the last month.

Her newest food love is brie (pasturized rindless). She's pretty much eating adult food now - and her latest thing is she is really into feeding herself, and not being spoon fed.

Scarlett and Toby are still best of friends... Toby has taken on quite the roll of a nanny dog, going in and sleeping in Scarlett's room, especially when Arley is crying.










We've also put in new planter boxes for veggies and herbs and flowers. Here's the fam together, Scarlett "getting her hands dirty" playing with some onions, and the after effects of eating some dirt :)