happy birthday, dear scarlett.

13 December 2009

it is hard to believe that it has been a year since the first sweater palooza, one of the most significant nights of 2008.  i remember clearly being dressed in my ugly Christmas sweater as my friends began timing my contractions and insisting that i leave the party.  after 20 hours of labor and inevitably a c-section, i met her.  scarlett was round and beautiful.  my first thought was, "is that BIG baby really mine?"  i am so indescribably happy that she is!

Scarlett has brought so much to our family.  she is simply joyful, effortlessly funny, and impossible to resist.  i love her more than i thought possible.  i had worried there wasn't enough love to go around, but somehow she has been the catalyst that has caused my capacity to love to expand.  i love her every bit as much as i love lucy, and i love lucy more because of her.  she is a special little spirit and i don't know how i could possibly be worthy to call her my own.  

some of my favorite scarlett-isms...

-her kisses.  she has been giving them to me as long as i can remember.  they are wet, and slobbery, and always a highlight of my day.

-her toddling.  she has been walking for a couple months now and it is stinking cute.  she gets a little tipsy when she is too excited and it is the best.

-her mischievous streak.  if she knows i have caught her doing something naughty, she doesn't show remorse; she runs.  the running is usually accompanied by shrieks and giggles and comes to a halt when she learns that hard way that she can't actually run through solid objects.

-her love of soft and cuddly things.  she practically dives into her bed to go to sleep because her blanky and kitty cat are there.  she also loves babies--real and dolls.  just today, i had to leave the sunday school room with her because she was making a high-pitched "I want that!" squeal at a baby in the row behind us (the same noise she makes when she sees Grandma's cat).

-the way she looks up to lucy.  i love it when they make each other laugh.  i don't always know who laughs first, but the other one thinks the giggling is funny and they often end up laughing hysterically right in each others faces.

-her impressive vocabulary.  i know you don't believe me, but i swear this baby talks.  some words and phrases she says for sure are: hi daddy/sissy, go down, all done, more please, no, oh, mommy/mama/mom, kitty cat, happy, baby, milk, ok, kisses, open...

happy birthday to my sweet little baby.  we are so happy you are ours.

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