Sweet baby indian

Scarlett celebrated her first Thanksgiving today...and did it in style!! Here's her as an Indian. She also chowed on some cajun turkey, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, a roll, and even had a bite of some pie for dessert! We had a great time and now I'm looking forward to some more fun with the big birthday party on Saturday!

Scarlett has a Christmas dress!

So my second major sewing project was to make Scarlett a dress...decided it should be a Christmas dress since it is almost December! This wasn't too bad and I would actually consider making another! I finished right in time for her to be decked out in her first visit to Santa (pictures to come soon!). Here's a couple pictures of it.

From the front (looking all dazed out because she's staring at her princess movie on the TV)

From the back (telling me, hey mom, why aren't these princesses on my tv?)
Posing with a few more birthday presents! Thanks Joe & Lindsey!!

Scarlett's first first birthday present! Thanks Uncle Randy & Aunt Jennifer!!

Scarlett got her very first first birthday present in the mail yesterday. We let her have it a little early and she LOVES it! Her very own bounce & spin pony! Thanks so much Randy & Jennifer!

Getting ready to unwrap
Getting a peek at what's inside


Almost there!
LOVES it!! Even just the box is exciting!
Trying it out. Bouncing with the animals on the screen



And even though this isn't the way it was intended, she loves playing with him from ALL directions!

Thanksgiving is ALMOST here!

Less than 3 weeks and we'll be celebrating a NOLA thanksgiving complete with a Cajun turkey! Yum! We are all so excited to have family down to see us. Scarlett's getting in the holiday spirit!P.S. Yes, my child has some crazy hair this morning. She did something to it in her sleep because it was laying down beautifully after her bath last night.

The zoo again!

Scarlett and I had another trip to the zoo today with our brand new Bayou Mama's group! We decided that our old mom's group wasn't doing enough activities that were outside the realm of McD's and the dirt and acorn park, so a few of my friends and I have started our own playgroup. We all decided to go to the zoo today since it was a beautiful day. We had a great time and here's a few pictures!

In front of the main fountain:



Scarlett and her playdate friends, Grayson and Parker

Look, mom SEA LIONS!

Happy Halloween!

We've had quite the eventful week with Halloween festivities! Thursday we went to the mom's club Halloween party. Scarlett started out as a chicken, but the day ended up really warm, so one of the moms offered Scarlett a Tinkerbell costume to wear. She was SO excited about it! Today, Halloween day, we dressed up again...this time as some sort of ballerina with wings...I don't know what to call it except PRECIOUS! We went to the mall with 2 of my friends and saw the pumpkin man and the spooky express train. Scarlett LOVED pumpkin man from afar (this was some dude dressed in overalls, a flannel shirt and a GIANT pumpkin on his head), but when I tried to get her to sit with him for a picture she freaked! The lady taking the pictures said that almost every single kid that day had run screaming. Honestly, this dude was a little scary looking. We came home and changed into the chicken costume again for some trick or treating. We only went to 4 houses, and Scarlett was like, hmmm...why are we knocking on doors and why are people handing me stuff? I think she had fun though! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the past few days. Check out the entire album here:

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Beach trip!

We just got home from our beach weekend. Although the weather was a little cool (70's mostly), we were able to get out for a walk on the beach and to dip our toes in the water. Scarlett had a good time with that!

Here's a few pictures:


Scarlett and I with the beach backdrop
Scarlett and Daddy testing out the sand Yikes! The sand is eating her feet!

Shielding from the sun and being extra cute!

More fun in the water. I believe this was right before she attempted to sit down and soaked herself!

We found a nice little park and Scarlett tried out the swings


And a firetruck.