Scarlett's Going to Be A Big Sister!

 Your new baby brother or sister will be here in early June of 2015!!!! 

Santa 2014.

This year, you went right up to Santa and sat on his lap telling him everything you wanted. A HideAway Pet, a Unicorn named Onchao, a bike, and so on.

Winter 2014.

Dear Scarlett, what has been happening lately??

Breakfast in Saratoga with Daddy and me. 

 Daddy's  birthday in December and we celebrated by going to dinner at the place where he proposed to me on the anniversary 2 years ago.

You built this snowman that had it's arms stolen by a pup who shall remain nameless……But not to worry, we found him some new ones and you seemed content with that.

;)

 The great thing about you attending a learning based daycare, they make the best gifts/artwork. In love with this plate that we used for Christmas Eve Cookies & Carrots.

 And some photos of Christmas this year. Christmas morning was a quiet one which mostly revolved around you and your sheer joy that Santa arrived. We tried not to get you too many gifts. I can notice a difference between your gratitude at the beginning of Christmas and the change that comes by the end of the holiday. It becomes a, "Where's the next one?" game. Less is more. Remembering this for next year as family always gets a lot of gifts as well.

You loves these bug-eyed creatures. 

 Christmas Morning Brunch: Stuffed French Toast which was amazing! I used the recipe HERE, Frittata, Sausage and Mimosas. 

A wonderful family photo taken by Uncle Peter.

 Another great shot by Uncle Peter.

Apple Picking. Fall 2014.

(Taken from my main blog)

It's been awhile.
I feel like these long periods of time have been common lately. Not that I like that at all. I miss blogging. But life has been….well life and I've been prioritizing. October was a really rough month. We spent the entire month being sick….

I'm hoping that this isn't a sign for what is to come this winter. Scarlett is in daycare and that accounts for most, if not all, of the sicknesses we acquire. Scarlett's building her immune system and I'm told that she will be one healthy Kindergartener. If not, the doctor has some serious explaining to do!!

The one thing we did manage to do this Fall, (besides move and vacation and try to to recoup from virus') was to go apple picking. We gave Scarlett the choice to either go the Elm's Farm, a great place where the kids can go on rides, participate in Fall fun and all sorts of great kids activities, OR to go apple picking. She chose the apples. I guess Disney was enough rides for one year…

We had a good day and Scarlett was really into the fact that we could pick any apple and just start eating it. I think we ate more apples that day than the rest of the entire year. Halloween is not my favorite holiday and so this was the highlight of Fall for me. Now that it's done and over, I'm extremely excited for the holidays!! I've got some good posts in store!! Some room/home tours and of course holiday stuff!

Let's hope for a much healthier November!

It's Summertime.

My little Scarlett. You are now fully potty trained. I am kind of glad that I didn't push you too much early on because, practically overnight, you decided you were big enough to use the potty. Two or three days of accidents and then you were golden. No more diapers. YAY! It's strange that you no longer wear diapers. You are growing up in all sorts of ways. You are as independent as ever. And you crack me up most days. Here are a few things that you have said this past month:

(While laying in bed cuddling under the blankets)
"It's a little bit cold in here Mama, turn the ABC off."


Daddy: "How is your food?"
Scarlett: "Good, but it's a little bit spicy."
Daddy: "But you like spicy, you're Korean."
Scarlett: "I'm not a crayon, you're a crayon!"

We've begun summer with swimming, walks into the city, horse drawn carriage rides,  miniature golf and even some fireworks. You are amazed with the big world around you. I have loved every age and stage of you but this age, (3) is one of favorites. I am VERY excited to bring you to Disney World this fall.

Your 3rd Birthday parties.

Dear Scarlett…..

    A post from my blog:

Scarlett turned 3 back on May 4th. I've been so caught up in….well life, that I haven't had a moment to share the photos. It was a weekend full of fun things. On Saturday we had the family from Massachusetts up to celebrate.
Scarlett got to see her Grandparents that she doesn't see often. She picked her own cake. Of course it was The Little Mermaid. She was so excited to hear us sing to her. All week she had been practicing singing it to us and informing everyone we saw that she was turning 3. We took a walk with family and spent a lot of time catching up.
On Sunday, we had a Frozen themed birthday at the YMCA where they bounced in bouncy houses and obstacle courses. I am normally the one who loves to plan a good ole' party complete with the best decorations and loveliest details. Her first birthday party here and her second birthday party here felt much more put-together. I feel like I say this a lot but working full-time has stopped me from doing a lot of those things that I love doing. I just don't have the time or energy to plan like I used to. None the less, I still managed to put together a fun Frozen/Bouncy House themed party. And the YMCA was great because they helped me set up and did all the clean up. It was well worth the money. Scarlett and all her little friends had a great time building snowmen out of marshmallows and pretzels. They made Scarlett wonderful cards and brought the most thoughtful gifts. She was a blessed little girl to be so loved by friends an family.

I can't believe that our small little baby has turned 3! I don't know where the time has gone but she sure is turning into one amazing little human. I never know if I'm making the right decisions or doing the best things but I guess we are doing something right….she's such a joy to have in our lives. Happy Birthday Scarlett. We love you.

Cupcakes: Cakes By Amanda

Toppers: Topper Of The World