So I just had my first parent-teacher call with Micaela's preschool teacher. She reported that Micaela is doing well, she transitions well, listens and answers questions, and appears to enjoy herself. This is not surprising, as Micaela loves interacting with other children, but here's the kicker, her teacher said she has a little boy in her class that she always hangs out with. Apparently they even walk with their arms over each other's shoulders! Her teacher said they are "the class couple!" Seriously I have to worry about this already? Is she too young to get "the talk?"

Innocent looking for now...

The following pictures are completely unrelated, but I know my mother will appreciate seeing new pictures of Scarlett. So here's some pictures of Scarlett NOT crying mom!

Spending quality time with dad




Jeans are very important to me so I had to take a picture of her first pair of jeans. I'm glad someone around here can fit into cute jeans.

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We are excited, another football win for the U!!


Touchdown!

We are upset, BYU had a win too:(

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Today Scarlett is one month old! I cannot believe it has already been that long. It's been a fun first month of life, visiting friends and family, but we are now home for a while and establishing a routine.
I am very excited that a few nights ago Scarlett started sleeping through the night! She eats at 11pm and sleeps until 6am! I never thought I would be so excited to wake up at 6am. Ok so I am not excited to wake up at 6am and just yesterday I was yelling and crying to Caleb about how tired I was, but I've been doing better. I've even begun doing my workouts in the morning, which helps me wake up and go to bed earlier.
In other news Scarlett has gained two pounds. She has been to the doctor a few times, and she is so much bigger every time. She had a nasty case of Thrush, which thankfully is all gone now, although it never seemed to affect her eating.
She also loves to be held. At first there was nothing or nowhere else she would want to be, but she's starting to like her swing, sleeps at night in her bassinet, and loves her car seat/stroller. She hates her bouncer. Especially the music and nature sounds it makes. She is most entertained when Micaela is playing with her. She seems completely in awe of Micaela and follows her with her eyes every time she's around. Micaela is hilarious because she says the same things to Scarlett everyday.

"Oh sweetheart you are so pretty."

"Look at that hair!"

"Good boy Scarlett" (She does know that Scarlett is a girl, but she always uses the pronoun "he" when describing her)

"You're fine Scarlett, you're fine."

She also wants to hold her. All the time. And she doesn't want to give her back. Which would be ok I didn't have to balance Scarlett awkwardly in her arms.

Overall she's coping very well with our new addition. I think Caleb and I are coping as well. I'm starting to feel a little more normal and working on losing my baby weight. I have a goal to lose it all by Thanksgiving so I can enjoy stuffing my face without worrying about calories. Wish me luck!

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So after our drive to Reno and back we decided we needed a bigger car. Two car seats in our economy size car was not cutting it. We made it with just two cars for almost 6 months now. Let me explain the real reason why we have to have three cars, and I'm sure you will agree that it is all Caleb's fault.
Caleb loves cars, particularly mustangs. He has an older mustang that he just can't part with. Although it sat in our garage for almost three years, waiting to be repaired, he was never able to give it up. Which is a story in itself, as he had multiple offers but never found a buyer "worthy" of it. Seriously he wouldn't sell it to any of the people who offered to buy it because he didn't think they would care for it the way it should be cared for. Hence, I finally agreed (or gave up) and we decided to keep the car. So two cars would be fine. Except we live in a city that has snow during the winter and fails to properly plow the roads. This means that it is really not safe to drive the mustang in the winter. Although this is a point we disagree on, because Caleb believes that he can safely drive the mustang in the snow, and I believe that I do not want him to die.
Even though it is Caleb's fault we had to buy another car, I did agree that this new car could be his car. I agreed to this because every car we have ever bought has been my car. I even got his new car when we got married, which we don't mention because I "killed" it (aka totaled it). The funny thing is he still wants to drive the mustang until it snows, so he is letting me "borrow" his new car.
Here's a picture of the new car. Although this is just a picture from the website, as I am too lazy to go outside and take a real picture.

We now are an official Ford family, as all three of our cars are Fords.

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