Month of November

It has been a great but busy couple of months.... time to get caught up with all of Scarlett's changes.... Here, Scarlett takes her first merry-go-round with grandma right after Thanksgiving.

In Novemeber, Scarlett continued to improve her coordination in Novemeber, taking her first steps and going three or five strides. She also shifted from making a grabing motion to show she wanted something to pointing, and accordingly, has developed the ability to really show strong preferences. Of course, it is a mixed blessing... while she can better communicate what she wants, she is developing strong likes and dislikes, so if she sees something she'd prefer, say some fruit in the kitchen, she will refuse to eat what's on her plate and just point at what she wants until she gets it.

She's eating pretty much eating everything now... blueberries are her favorite food with pasta/mac and cheese and chicken and carrots and peas not far behind. We are pretty lucky she's been so easy with food, and actually really seems to like veggies like carrots, peas, and corn. Other new foods include jello and oranges. She has 6 teeth (4 top, 2 bottom) that have come in like giant shards of glass, but after getting these teeth in early, she hasn't gotten any other teeth.

Scarlett is looking older and and older in big girl dresses, but still finds a little time to get into all kinds of trouble--- her strong sense of adventure coupled with her uncanny ability to open draws and doors have gotten her into all kids of trouble----so that's why they invented baby locks....