Oooh, oh, oh, It's Magic!

Scarlett woke us up at 2am the other morning singing, "Oooh, oh, oh, it's baaa-gic!"  We died laughing at her cuteness!  (Next time, I must get it on video!)   I have to say, I'm kinda loving Selena Gomez now, too!  (Thank you, Alyssa, for introducing us all to the Biebs' gf!)  

And you're welcome for getting this song stuck in your head...!  ;)

Big Things are Happening in Our House.

Here is Scarlett.

She pooped on the potty tonight!!!

Woohooooo!

She was pretty horrified by the whole experience...

and it may have been an accident,

BUT

I still say it counts as her first time on the potty.  Yessss!

She was less excited than me and wicked grossed out.

SO

We gave her her favorite treat (candy pumpkin).

Now we need to stock up on them because I'm pretty sure we're in

full potty training mode at this point...eek!

Just Another Thursday in the 'Ville.

Okay, let me preface this with explaining that Tyler, the man with two jobs, is on vacation this week.  After cleaning out the garage, he was planning on relaxing and playing Madden...until I kindly reminded him that he has a one-year-old and a tiiired wife who wants to sleep in and have help taking care of Scarjo.  Sads for Tyler, but Mary and I were pretty much loving the idea of spending our Thursday afternoon perusing the aisles at Target.  (Did you know they have Missoni baby flats?!)  So Tyler, trying to be a good sport, climbed on into the Escape and came with us on our shopping spree to help with the babies!

While we were at Target, we ran into old co-workers and their super-cute (not as grumpy as Scarlett) babies, walked around in said Missoni flats, and stocked up on strawberry-filled panda cookies that Alyssa loves (and are only $1!), but then Scarjo started to lose her S-H-I-T.  Sooo...

We left Target, ate fried pickles at Texas Roadhouse, and then we went to THE CHRISTMAS TREE SHOP!!!  So. much. fun.  They have everything!  While we stocked up on crazy brand-named deep conditioner, discontinued best ever mascara (FYI, I paid $2.99 for mine.  F.), and mats for Tyler's wet boots, Scarjo walked around the store trying to apply men's deodorant.  It's her new thing; she witnessed me applying spray deodorant and has made it her everyday ritual since!  So strange.  (and hilarious!)  Luckily, the deo had the protective shield on it, so she didn't reek like a man all day.  Scarjo also noticed a rack of "shoes" and proceeded to sit in the aisle, take off her own shoe, and try to stick her foot into the "shoes" that she had discovered.  Those "shoes" happened to be doggies' chew toy shaped as shoes.  Smartest Funniest baby ever!

Second most entertaining Scarjo move of the afternoon was when she requested the hand mirror while sitting in her car seat eating her toddler Mum-mum.  I look back and this is what I witnessed:

Oh yes, she is watching herself eat in the mirror

Fruitcake baby!

The MOST entertaining Scarjo moment was probably so awesome because I am her mother, but still...the whole way home she fed her baby it's bottle and gave it love.  Cutie-cutes!

Clearly unfazed by the screaming "Nene" sitting a foot away from her!

So SWEET!

Yeah, it was a pretty fun day for me and the roomies!  We ended it with sleeping babies (who skipped their baths and went to sleep quickly), revisiting fun purchases as we put everything away, and a large-ish glass of wine with Molly.

Apple farm & open swim are on the agenda for tomorrow...I'm already excited!

Ouch!

Tonight, I made the mistake of giving Scarlett kisses.  Whoa!  She got angry, made a grumpy face, and picked up the blanket to rub the kisses off!!!  Sads.  Is she already too cool for her "Mummysssss?"

On a happier note, I had a celebrity sighting today!  I ran into Ashley Underwood at Sun Tan City!  That counts, right?!

I blame potty training?!

While out & about with my sister and all of the little ladies, but after my nalgene of water AND a large iced coffee, I had to race to the nearest public bathroom quickly, with Scarlett in tow.  I fly into the stall, grab the paper seat cover out, and try to rip out the middle, but as I'm in the process of ripping, I look over and Scarlett has her hands in the toilet water and is playfully splashing it around!!!!  Ahhhh!  Funniest Grossest thing ever.  I whip out my wet ones while I use the restroom and then we scrub, scrub, scrub with copious amounts of soap and warm water.  Blech!  That was how my most uneventful eventful day began...more updates (& pictures!) to come...!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!  I already have my Fall wreath on the front door and pumpkin shots in my coffee! 

Halloween 2012

You may be asking yourself, "Already?!  What a nut case."  But, yes, Scarlett (& Louisa's!)  Halloween costumes have been purchased and are in the process of being shipped as we speak.  And while what they're actually dressing up as must remain a secret, I have to share some sweet things that I've spotted along my journey to finding the perfect costume.  Oh so many adorable options for Halloween day!

Scarlett's obsessed with kitties, so these would be perfect!
Clothes with "Daddy" sayings are. not. allowed.  There can never be enough of these sayings, though! 
Honestly, all of these would be acceptable, but I'm dying for the princess jammies!  (and can we talk about those ballet slippers?!  LOVE.)
Sweet!  Just not sure if Scarjo could pull off all that orange!
Gotta love Etsy!
If only Tyler could pick her costume...yikes.
Not her costume, but I kiiinda wanted it to be...!
Absolutely love this, this, and this!

Here is Scarlett last year on her first Halloween, my little cupcake, with Princess Tiana! 

All bundled up for trick-or-treating!

Oh Dear.

Scarjo loooves trucks.  When we're driving around town, she'll be quietly munching in the back while Mary and I chitchat, then out of the blue, she'll yell, "tuck!"  It cracks me up!  If I spot the truck first, I'll always point it out, so she says, "tuck!"  Well, we were tooling around this morning and I saw a truck, so I said, "Scarjo, look!  It's a truck!  Isn't it a big one?!"  And then in my head, I said, that's what she said."  Eeeek!  I mentally gasped, and thought, "have I been spending too much time with Tyler and his dirty jokes!"   

...But then I read this post.  If MODG can drop a TWSS, so can I!!!  Turns out I'm not a dirty creeper after all.