Favorite Toys @ 9 Months

Your favorite toys the last couple months:

This is a Melissa & Doug fish tank that you LOVE! Your favorite is the fishy. His tail is corduroy which you like to munch on. 

This is your toy winkle. You like to bite it. 

Scout the Dog always makes you smile! He is programmed to say your name & sing your favorite songs. He also plays bedtime music for you. 

You don't go to sleep without your sock monkey. You even have a baby sock monkey that you cuddle.

Here are some of your favorite stuffed animals:

And you think socks are toys. You chew on them and stretch them out. 

Here is baby bear. He usually travels with us.

And life would not be the same without your all time favorite Jumperoo! You jump in, you rock in, you laugh at, you play with, you talk to and you fall asleep in this!

And this is your FAVORITE book. You cry when it is done. I guess you take after Daddy with his love for farming...

Sources:Amazon.com

Reading a Book

      Dear Scarlett,

     Here you are at 8 months old reading a book with mommy. You turn the pages on cue and point to each page. What a smart little cookie. 

Month 8

Dear Scarlett,


      This is the post I made for my personal blog this morning. It was perfect to share for your 8 month Birthday as well. I love you Peanut Baby:

Today, my heart is filled with Scarlett. She completely fills me with joy. Every time I see her little smile, I thank God for giving me such a beautiful, healthy little peanut. She is eight months old today! I can't believe it. I just want time to stop. Just for a little while. Just long enough for her to never grow up. 

 I feel like she was just born and now here I am, planning her first birthday, watching her stand by herself and outgrow all of her 9 month clothes already.  :( Scarlett really is such a good baby.  

Yes, she is growing like a little weed. The endless things I love about my precious Scarlett. The unconditional love I have for this little person. It is not possible, in words, to tell you how I love her. 

 I love how she wraps her little arms around me when I pick her up. I love how she covers her face with her blanket to soothe herself to sleep. And if I take her blanket away, she uses her tiny hands to cover her face instead. 

I love the way she giggles when I dance with her. I love her smell, her chubber cheeks and her big eyes that Daddy can't say no to. I love how she looks at me and rubs my face while she eats her Bubba. I love how she rubs her eyes when she is getting sleepy. I love how she says "thhhe" over and over. 'The' just might be her first word. Ha ha.

I love how when I read books with her, she turns each page as though she was actually reading. I love the little bald spot on the back of her head. How she falls asleep in her Jumperoo because she loves it so much. I love how she shrieks in excitement when you eat her belly up. 

I love how she takes her socks off, eats them and then claps her bare feet together. I love her baby tears when she wants nothing more, then to be held and rocked. I could rock her for an eternity. Even at 3 pm when I'm beyond exhausted, it's worth it to feel her cuddle me. Her little heart beating on mine. 

I love how she can't get food quick enough at lunch time. I love her long eyelashes. I love how she completely soaks me during bath time. How she tells me minute long stories in baby language. I love how her little hands open and clasp rapidly (baby sign-language) when she wants milk. 

I love how she will look around me if Olivia is on. I love her lint-filled toes. I love how she enjoys being pampered. She sits so still while I clip her nails, as if she was getting a manicure. I love changing her dirty diapers and folding her small little clothes. 

I love all of it in a way that is impossible to express. I hope Scarlett knows how much I love her. Not just now, but forever. I will tell her everyday. I will show her. Because she is more than part of my heart. She is my heart. 

This is for You Scarlett....

Happy 8 months Little Baby. Mommy & Daddy love you!