Shoots & Giggles!

It's been a while... We have had a whirlwind of a month (or so) that's for sure. Between a big move, Scarlett's 1st cold (yuck!) and her becoming increasingly mobile, there hasn't been much time for the old blog. The move went very well, all things considered! A few weeks after we were settled in, we had a professional photographer named Monica from Shoots & Giggles come to take some pics! We are so excited to see them all, but she posted a few on her blog...

Bat Girl

Today we took Scarlett to her 1st (of many to come) Dodger game. It was a beautiful day for a game, sunny and a little breezy to keep us cool. Scarlett seemed to love all of the action of the ball park! And of course, she is a Dodger fan. Although, she was a little sad she didn't get to see Manny (or maybe that was her mother who was upset...) Our seats were amazing, right behind home base, however, being in the direct sun along with an 8 month old who recently learned to crawl and wasn't crazy about sitting still, we didn't make it more than a few innings, but we had a great time all the same.

Break out the Baby Gates...

Because we've got a crawler on our hands! I will mention again that we are moving in less than 2 weeks, and we were pretty sure it would take her at least that long to really get crawling, so we haven't yet completed our total baby proofing, (eeek!) well she sure showed us!

On Friday afternoon Sam came home early and we went to pick up dinner at a local restaurant, the waiter asked, is she crawling yet? To which I responded, no, not yet! I am quite sure this lit a fire in Scarlett, because when we got home, right in front of Sam and I she took her first hand-knee-hand-knee crawling steps! And as she lowered herself back down to the ground, she looked right up at us, just as proud as she could be with the biggest smile on her face. It was adorable! And she spent the rest of the weekend working it!

Big Girl Grocery Shopping

Up until now, when Scarlett and I go to the grocery store each week, I wear her in the ergo carrier. She used to sleep right through it, then she started to peek her little head up to see all of the exciting stuff at the market, and then she got a little restless... She wanted to grab for things, and look around more, so I bought one of those shopping cover carts and yesterday was our maiden voyage. It took me a few minutes to figure it out, and I still haven't perfected what happens when its time to ring up the groceries, because the cover fell on the floor no less than 3 times, but boy did she LOVE it! She was trying to pull pasta off the shelves, and loved her new vantage point. We usually go to the store in the mornings, when all of the little old ladies are doing their shopping, and of course, sweet Scarlett has a smile for each and every one of them :)

Annnnnd Finally...

Scarlett hosted her friends: Lily, Jagger and Sutton over for a play date on Saturday morning.

Even though our dining room is filled with boxes as we are getting ready to move to our new place (!!!) in a few short weeks, we were so excited to see our friends. The last time this group got together our babies were so little, now, they are all sitting up and rolling all over the place.

It surely wont be long until Scarlett is fully mobile... she currently rolls, scoots, inches, whatever it takes for to get herself across the room, and she pushes up onto all fours and rocks back and forth! It amazes me everyday just how hard she works on her new skills.

"Here, let me get that for ya Lil..."
The BABIES are coming!

Summer Fun

So we have been introducing Scarlett to new foods every day, well, not every day - more like every 3 days to watch for any allergic reactions. She tolerates fruit and veggie purees, and oatmeal, but is not crazy about them. She seems far more interested in what I am eating, naturally. So I was cutting up a white peach we got from the farmers market, and I decided to hand it to her just to see... the verdict? She LOVED it! It was so ripe and juicy that I wasn't totally terrified of her choking, plus I was of course watching her like a hawk. She loves trying to feed herself much more than she likes me putting a spoon full of mush in her mouth. We tried some yogurt melts too, which she can sort of grasp and shove into her mouth and she loved those too (well, the few bits that actually made it into her mouth, as opposed to the floor - directly into Kona's mouth).

We took a trip to Babies R Us a few weeks ago, where we purchased this amazing duck bath tub. This thing is by far the best 15 bucks I think I have spent in a long time. In the bath, and in the living room, hours of entertainment!

We also got this teether - which thoroughly confused our girl, but then she kind of liked it ;)

A lot of catching up to do...

We have a lot of blog catching up to do around here.... might have to break it up into a few posts...

Sam's parents came to visit at the end of June, and Scarlett had a great time hanging out with her Nanna and Papa Rogoway! We spent the day in Malibu on Saturday, had lunch at Taverna Tony's and shopped around a bit. Then we had them over for brunch on Sunday. It was a great visit!

Shopping in Malibu!

Reading with Papa:
Hanging with Nanna!
For Scarlett's 1st 4th of July, we took her to the parade in Palisades. We were shocked at what a big deal this was! There were literally thousands of people on our small stretch of Sunset. It was really neat to see all of the people and I think Scarlett really enjoyed it. We decided that next year we will need to bring the dogs. We didn't see any fireworks this year, Scarlett had already been asleep for hours by 9pm, but we heard them!