Our Weekend.

What a great weekend we have had.

We went to my best friend's wedding on Saturday.

Everything was perfect. Thanks to my parents for watching Scarlett. Westy and I haven't been away from this little gal longer than fifteen minutes so those two hours were awesome.

Brian is a lucky guy. Kelsey is perfect. Cares more about others than herself. Always doing things for others. She texted me a lot during the hard morning sickness days. It meant so much to me. I'm so happy she is happy :)

 How cute is that?! Her nephews holding her dress.

The luncheon was fabulous. Everything was so cutely decorated. I wish I would have taken more pictures. The adult tables had gold fish. The kids table had windmills. 

^^^Kelsey's parents are amazing. Such great people they are.

^^^These were punched out and scattered on the tables. 

 I am kicking myself for not taking more pictures at the reception. We had some amazing waffles from Waffle Love food truck (minus the truck). MMM.

Kelsey's brother returned from a two year mission in New Mexico on Wednesday. He spent most of his time on Native American reservations. He helped make these things. 

Today we went to Landon Michael's baby blessing (cousin Tiffany's baby). He is so perfect and such a sweet baby.

Cousin Sydney was so sweet with Scarlett.

 Allergies are killing me right now. My left eye has been red since last night. I itched it like crazy. My throat tickles and I have been coughing and sneezing. My eye looks a little crazy in this picture with Westy. My friend's mom died recently, and she said she wished she had more pictures with her. I am inspired to take more pictures with the ones I love because we don't know how long we will be with them. That is one of our goals for this year.

Random Tandem

We randomly started demolition in our bathroom last weekend.  

Scarlett is such a cutie. If her hands aren't in her mouth, they are clasped together. That is one of my favorite things that she does. (of course I don't even have a picture of it!). 

We LOVE her laugh.

FIVE months

Our Scarlett turned five months old last Sunday. The five months have gone by fast, but at the same time, we feel like it has been years. 

• Scarlett rolls from back to front but not front to back. She really doesn't like being on her belly for long. I have started to teach Scarlett some American Sign Language signs. She probably won't sign back to me for a few months though.
• She would rather play with her hands than her toys. Scarlett loves grabbing her toes.
• The little lady is drooling like crazy. She started sticking her tongue out a few weeks ago. But she doesn't just stick it out, she points it out. I tried pointing my tongue out and it takes some effort. 

• She LOVES rice cereal. Scarlett cries if we take too long getting her a bite. We tried bananas and carrots; she gagged trying both. She loves to put her fist in her mouth with a handful of food inside. We feed her solids twice a day.

• It only took me becoming deathly ill to decide it was time to sleep train and put Scarlett in her room. Having chronic fatigue from the disease I have doesn't help. {Even with sleep, I still feel tired}. I prayed for months to know what to do as far as her not sleeping at night or during the day. I kept getting a feeling to sleep train her, but it says to not sleep train until six months. MOM KNOWS BEST. The "crying it out" method isn't for everyone, but let's be honest. What parent likes hearing their child cry? It gives me so much anxiety. We started sleep training Scarlett on a weekend so Westy and I could help each other. This is exactly what she needed. She is still a horrrrrible napper. Horrible napper= grumpy baby. She does sleep through the night for the most part (usually 10pm to between 5am and 6am). She will sometimes wake up once or twice a night, but I give her her pacifier, and she goes back to sleep. If she is hungry or needs a diaper change, she won't go back to sleep. I'm grateful for any sleep verses the alternative of waking up every hour or two during the night. Sometimes you have to do what is best for you first in order to do what is best for your child. This ended up being a win win for both of us.

 Scarlett has some wild hair after naps. She gets it from her dad.

• We took family pictures last weekend. I had fun making her a headband and bracelet. I can't wait to see the pictures! woot.

• We had a baby shower for my sister Jennifer last weekend. My sister Brooke flew in for the shower and Memorial weekend. She brought with her some cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and some macaroons. We went to the zoo while Brooke was here. We love us some family time.

 Us at the zoo.

Sydney and Scarlett. The only girls.

 Scarlett with aunt Brooke and cousin Sydney.

Brad, Ethan, Jennifer, Sydney, Westy, Dad, Aidan/Tony Stark/Ironman, and Jody playing Bocce Ball.

Scarlett's cousin Jack is such a happy boy.

More pictures to come! I promise.