- One month young! -

I pretty much said everything there was to say re: Scarlett at one month in another post a few weeks ago, and it all still remains true... --> Great sleeper.  Perfect temperament.  Sweet like her big sister. And cute as a freakin' button!!! But we couldn't signal the "official" one month whistle blow without taking/posting the month-by-month chalkboard photo. So...

...hey there, sweet pea! Or as Harper says every morning, an inch from Scarlett's face, "Hewwo! Good morning, tweet-heart!" before planting an obnoxious kiss on her forehead.

Getting these chalkboard photos is much harder than it should be; luckily with baby #2, I had some cheerleaders in the background to keep our subject looking forward and alert! Brian might actually be off the hook this time around! ;)

At thirty-one days old, Scarlett's favorite hobbies include eating, pooping, and sleeping! She is a great nurser [once we got her bad latch corrected and my bleeding nipples healed, yowwww! That's another story for another day!] and ...maybe I'm eating some bad foods or maybe it's just the way God crafted her little gut... but girl has some POWER behind those intestines! Her Great Uncle Steve said she's going to have a hard time getting a boyfriend if she doesn't get her bowels in check! ;) :) She smiles in her sleep which totally melts this momma's heart, and she sleeps like a champ at that! At night, she's starting to give me a 4-5 hour stretch ...which of course makes me feel like a human again. #backamongtheliving ...finally! She hates tummy time but loves to lay on her changing table sans diaper and kick! kick! kick those skinny legs all around.  Bath time seems to be a hit, too, but she doesn't typically get the long, luxurious soak that she deserves when her big sis is chomping at the bit to jump in next.  And! Best of all, she has outgrown the dreadful cross-eyed days and can follow our faces/voices with those beautiful baby blues!  Scarlett had her one-month visit with the [new! improved!] pediatrician [also another story for another day] and weighed in at 10 pounds, 3 ounces and sprawled out at 21.75 inches! She's following both of her growth chart curves perfectly. Her head is really strong and also ginormous [87th percentile], which we of course attribute to her well-developed brain.  The pediatrician said she's absolutely perfect, but of course we already knew that! :) 

Watch out, world! This wee one is gonna move mountains!

BASICALLY and pretty obviously, we are enamored by this little blessing; and IF I was a bettin' girl, I'd guess that she kinda likes us, too. :) 

Stay tuned for the next month-by-month post, considering Little Miss will be TWO months in just a few days! #rahhhh #zomg #timecanslowdownnow !!!