Scarlett's 2011 Wrap Up

I have been keeping track of a few of the funny things Scarlett has done or said lately, and I figured we should end the year with them:

* I call Rob "honey" quite often, and Scarlett has picked up on this.  She tries Dad, and if that doesn't get his attention, she calls him honey.

* Whenever we are running errands, she tells me "I need fries and a soda.  And some nuggets.  Get Dotor Pepper, Mom!"

* Rob had been working on a few things around the house and was joking about how much work he had done one evening, I said "Oh, you poor Cinderella".  Scarlett thought that was hilarious and every now and then calls him Cinderella.

* When asked what her name is by an elderly woman at the gym, Scarlett said "My name Scarlett" (but she pronounces it SH-arlett).  The woman said, "oh, hi, Charlotte!"  To which Scarlett very boldly replied- "NO!  My name Scarlett!"  Again, pronounced SH-arlett.  The poor old woman was really confused.

* After we had taken a shower one morning, Scarlett pointed to her chest and said, "I have little boobies, Mom, you have big boobies!"  I told her when she got older her boobies would grow.  She looked at me for a minute, then said "No, I like my boobies little".

* When asked what she wants to name baby sister, she always says "Cinderella!"

* She walked around the house one day repeatedly saying "Ladies and Gentlemen!" in her best showman's voice.

* She sat on her little car one day, leaned back, and then yelled "Start your engines!"

* She is always telling me, "I a big girl, Mom."

* When we are at my parents house, or even on the way there, she asks me if she can have soda, or cheetos.  If I tell her no, she says, "Ok, Mom.  I'll just ask Nama."

*Aunt Ashley asked her one day what her favorite kind of soda was, she said "MY soda!"  And later admitted "Dotor Pepper."

* Scarlett did a not-so-nice thing to her little friend Xander a few nights ago.  I took her in another room to talk about it, Yo Gabba Gabba was on in the background and amidst sobs she started wiggling like crazy because the Gabbas had said "now wiggle!  And freeze!"  She wiggled, and then froze- once she froze the sobs returned.

* We were heading to lunch with some friends one day and I told Scarlett the restaurant had pizza, pasta and salads- I asked what she wanted to eat.  She said "Hmm... pizza and pasta.  We can share, Mom!"

* Rob and I were having a discussion in the car one day, maybe bickering back and forth a little, and Scarlett suddenly yelled "Daddy! Stop talking my Mommy!"  I smirked, thinking she was taking my side- but she quickly added "And Mommy- you no talk my honey!  Ok?"

* A few days before Christmas, Scarlett found a few of her presents.  We finally got her to put them away and convinced her she would get them Christmas morning.  She fell down later that evening and while she was crying, told me "Get my presents- my presents make me feel better".

* Christmas day we were getting ready for lunch and Scarlett kept climbing on to the counter to get candy.  I told her no more, but she persisted.  My Dad came over and said "Scarlett, Mom said no more candy", to which she saucily replied "My Mom not choose for me!"

* After opening her presents Christmas morning, she was figuring out how to use her new camera.  She stood in front of my parents and said "Nama, say cheese!"  My Dad leaned out of the way, and Scarlett waved one hand at him and said, "No!  Bof of you!"

* While hanging out at my parents house one evening while Kyle and Ashley were still in town, we apparently weren't paying enough attention to her because Scarlett suddenly yelled "Watch me peoples!!"

* As I am writing this post, Rob is getting the family room ready for our little New Year's celebration, I heard Scarlett get mad at him for putting something away, so she is now crying on the stairs saying, "Mommy, I crying on the stairs- come get me".

I love.love.love you, little girl.  You make me laugh every day.

The Day After Christmas

The day after Christmas my whole family went to Davis to play paintball- since I can't play pregnant, and Scarlett is too little, Rob took one for the team and missed out.  We spent the day at Six Flags instead.

We finally got Scarlett to ride something other than the bench on the carousel.

Scarlett rode holding on to Daddy while he kept saying, "isn't this so much fun?"

The walruses were wrestling and playing in the water- Scarlett thought that was pretty fun.  And she is so dang cute.

Candy Cane Lane!  I'm sure it looked much better at night.

"Look!  It's Simba's daddy!"

"Chug, chug, choo choo!"

This girl was born to be on stage.

Christmas Day

We were a little unconventional this Christmas Day.  We usually get together to open our gifts and have a nice breakfast, but Ashley and Kyle left early in the morning to drive to Sacramento to pick Grandpa up so he could spend the day with us.  My parents came to our house to watch Scarlett open her gifts before we all went to church.

She loves her little desk.  It has a projector on it that teaches letters and numbers.

The Bradens got Scarlett a cute little scooter with this Hello Kitty helmet and bell.

Aunt Jenny made this adorable purse that Scarlett totes around everywhere now.

Just Dance Nickelodeon.  Woo hoo!

 I think the hit of the morning... her very own camera.

 How do I work this thing!?

 Say "cheese!" Nama and Granddad!

After all the presents, and a little breakfast, Aunt Pam and Marcelle showed up with a nice quiet book for church.  Everyone knows we need help keeping her quiet during Sacrament meeting.

We all went to my parents' ward and enjoyed the beautiful Christmas hymns.  I actually really like having Christmas on Sunday.

 Don't you just love Scarlett's Christmas dress?  Oh, and my 36 week belly.

We had Christmas day lunch as our big meal and had some friends join us.  We had delicious food- ham, balsamic pork tenderloin, cheesy potatoes, killer bread, green salad, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and two types of jello salads.  Yum.  Yum.

Scarlett needs a little snuggle time with Kyle every now and then.  What were they watching?  The Grinch, of course!

Yummy cupcakes for dessert.  After this lick, Scarlett didn't have any more.

Everyone stayed and played games for a few hours, and then when evening hit, and everyone else had gone home, we opened our family gifts.

Scarlett is so spoiled.  So. So. Spoiled.

Needing another squeeze from Uncle Kyle.

Thanking Aunt Ashley for all her new clothes.

Mom and Dad.  This is the first year Dad didn't wear the Santa hat while he passed out the gifts.  I missed it.  But I guess Mom made up for it with the reindeer headband.

One of Scarlett's presents from Nama and Granddad was a treasure chest of dress up clothes.  She was in heaven having Ashley treat her like her personal doll.

We never use "princess"- it is a swear word in our house- but look at our cute little princess!

Grandma told her it was a magic wand, Ashley told her to wave it around and say "bipity, bopity, boo", so Scarlett waved it and said "magic wand, boo!"

Daddy watching his sweet little girl.

After playing dress up, she decided she wanted no clothes.  And that she wanted Nama to swing her around.

After Grandma swung her around a few times, Scarlett decided she wanted to be "nakey" and took her diaper off.  We'll leave those pictures off the Internet.

We had such a wonderful Christmas.  We are so blessed with amazing family, and wonderful friends.  We hope all had as enjoyable a day as we did- celebrating the birth of our Savior, His love, and those people we hold so dear.  Merry, merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve

We started our Christmas Eve festivities by going to the matinee showing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical in San Francisco.  It was such a fun show- and Scarlett absolutely loved it.  She danced and cheered and sang the songs... she thought it was great.  She has watched the movie almost every day this past week and just loves the Grinch.  Seeing him in person was quite special.

Great Aunt El joined us for the show- as did Marcelle and Aunt Pam, but they weren't there yet when we took the picture.

"Ma'am with the camera- you, Ma'am!"  Is what the usher yelled as he ran toward me when I snapped this picture inside the theater.  Whoops.

Scarlett has loved having Aunt Ashley home for the last several days.  I'm not sure what we're going to do when she heads back to Utah.

After the show we walked a few blocks to the Parc 55 Wyndham hotel where we had a late lunch at City House.  Delicious!

We drove back from San Francisco, and attempted to lay Scarlett down for a nap.  After listening to her sing and talk for about 45 minutes, and then eventually say "I took a good nap, now get me out", we headed over to my parents' house for dinner and more Christmas Eve fun.  Since we had a late lunch, we did appetizers and finger food for dinner, which was perfect.  I told Mom I wanted to do that every year- a nice lunch- easy breezy dinner.

Scarlett is quite the lover of the camera lately- check out that pose.

Best little friends.

After opening a few presents, we read the story of Christ's birth and then sang some of our favorite Christmas hymns while Mom played the piano.

For the last few years Ashley has given each of us pajama bottoms for a Christmas Eve gift.  Here is our attempt at taking a picture of all of us.  I was setting the timer... everyone was figuring out where they should be, Scarlett was screaming NO!

I loved this test shot- Scarlett took off... everyone else in my life is just so special.  :)

A real family photo- notice Scarlett's can of Dr. Pepper with her straw?  Yep.

Whose belly is bigger!?

I chose to wear my pajamas to Mom and Dad's, and in so doing look much larger than my actual self- Rob's thick, baggy shirt is not doing me any favors.  But hey, I am 36 weeks pregnant.

The Turner girls in our matching pajamas.  Thanks, Ash.

Scarlett got an adorable pair of ornament jammies.  She loves them.

The boys in their almost matching pants.

We had such a great evening, just spending time together.  We have been spoiled with having Kyle back from BYU Hawaii, and Ashley here from Utah.  I love having my family close together.

I also love this time of year when we get to reflect on the birth and life of our Savior.  He is the reason for the season.

We headed home and hit the sack, after all, twas the night before Christmas... Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.