The Christmas Pictures - Part 2

Part 2 - Christmas Day

Christmas Day morning Scarlet's Aunt Shaunna, Uncle Wade, & Cousin Logan came over to Nana's house to exchange gifts and see what Santa brought little Miss Scarlet. After getting her up and putting on her cute little "1st Christmas" Santa cap (which she only tolerated for about 10 min max) she was ready to dig in. Santa brought her a Fisher Price "Learning Puppy" which she seemed really indifferent about. And then with each present she received, she seemed much more interested in the wrapping paper, bows and ribbons than any of the actual gifts (as you can see in the pics). All in all it was a great first Christmas for her. But by the end of it all she just started to tucker out and so of course she had to get all comfy in her Nana's arms.

Scarlet is ready to see what all the excitement is about this morning.

Aunt Shaunna gets a cool blender and yet Scarlet is SO jealous of her funny silver hat.

Sorry Da-da, the Santa Cap had to come off.

Aren't I much cuter with my cap off anyway??

What? What's everyone looking at? Did Aunt Shaunna do something to my hair?

Oooh, shape blocks Nana! Now those look fun!
(and they are as she has been playing with them most every day)

The present I like best so far though is this COOL green ribbon!

Oh shiny, soft green ribbon how you feel so good in my hands.

It's been a busy morning Nana, I think I'll just relax here in your lap with my "Paci" and my favorite ribbon.

The Christmas Pictures - Part 1

Part 1 - Christmas Eve

Yes finally we're getting around to posting Scarlet's First Christmas pictures. Hey, a month late isn't THAT bad! :)

Scarlet had a great Christmas. She got to see a BUNCH of her cousins on Christmas Eve as we went to my Uncle Wayne and Aunt June's on Christmas Eve. Scarlet loves children and got to have her fill with her cousins Karson and Kendall really wanting to carry her around like a little doll. She loved the attention and all the excitement that was going on there at my Uncle's. Then we left to go back to Nana's house so Scarlet could eat, have her bath, and get ready for bed. Once she got her "I Love Santa" jammies on, she was all ready to wait up for Santa's arrival with her Nana. Daddy took the time to try some experimental pics of her with hanging snowflake ornaments in the foreground and Christmas tree lights in the background. They didn't come out quite like I hoped, but Scarlet enjoyed the time with Nana. Try as she might though, little Scarlet tuckered out before too long and was good little girl asleep in her bed when Santa delivered her toys.

Next up, Part 2 - Christmas Day.

Scarlet wants to play with cousin Karson.

And Karson was happy to comply and lounge around with Scarlet.

Scarlet loved being held by Karson!

Big sister Kendall gets her turn holding a giggly little girl.

Before leaving Scarlet says bye bye to her cousin Hadley.

Hadley is three years old and is battling "Krabbe's Disease" (Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy). Be sure to visit Hadley's web page at http://hopeforhadley.com/.

Scarlet with her Nana while attempting to wait up on Santa.

Oh boy! When does this Santa person get here?

Will Santa know I'm at Nana's house tonight?

Daddy, what is a Santa Claus anyway?

The Many Faces of Scarlet

Here are some pictures from the same evening that we took the ones of Scarlet in her pretty little pink-striped knit hat (shown in the last post below). We just brushed her hair and let her continue to sit there and play on the floor. She was quite entertaining talking baby-babble while making all sort of faces and looks. Some of her expressions are just priceless!

Do you like my hat?

The week before Christmas Ginger and I were out doing some shopping and ran across this cute little knit cap at The Children's Place and couldn't resist buying it for Scarlet. The next evening we decided to have her "model" her pretty new cap in just a diaper. She sure seemed to either like the cap or like rolling around on the floor with Daddy and Momma laughing and giggling at her looking so cute. It was all worth it as Daddy got some real keeper shots that will be printed out for a lot of people. Place your orders now. ;)

Play-mat Playtime

Here's two pics of Scarlet playing on her play-mat from just before Christmas. I especially like the second one where it looks like she's going to take a bite out of the toy yellow lion's head! :)

"I love you little cuddly lion - especially your oh-so tasty little head!"

The Christmas Card photos

This year Ginger and I finally joined the ranks of the "photo Christmas card" families. And what better time to do so with many of our friends and family who may have not yet had a chance to see little Scarlet. Plus even those who had would still love to see how big she has grown and how she looks at 6.5 months old.

So on the second weekend in December we had our little photo session. We got Scarlet a cute little red dress and both Momma and Daddy wore red to match. Of course it is no problem taking pictures of just Scarlet - Daddy has had LOTS of practice with that. But to get all three of us in a photo, there's a problem. What is going to get Scarlet to look at the camera? Normally that is one of us, but how do you work that in a family photo you're taking from home? Fortunately we have a super nice family as next-door neighbors and they helped us out by coming over that day and playing the role of getting Scarlet's attention and getting her to smile for the camera. It still took quite a few attempts, but in the end we got the shot we were looking for. Here's both the pics that we used on the card along with a few "bonus" shots that were good too - but couldn't land one of the four spots on the card.

With her fancy Pearls on....

Like any little girl Scarlet loves to look all fancy, but Momma won't let her have any jewelery for fear of her eating it. So what's the next best thing? Well a onesie with the pearl necklace already printed on it of course! Here's our little doll sporting her lovely pearls just before Christmas!

Sooner Scarlet and Cousin Logan.

While we were up in Oklahoma for Thanksgiving, Saturday the 24th was the day of the big "Bedlam" football game between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. Since Scarlet's Mommy and Daddy are big OU fans, her Big Pop (Ginger's step Dad - Bill) was kind enough to go out and buy Miss Scarlet the proper OU attire for the day. And while sitting in her Bumbo at the kitchen table, Daddy thought he'd take some pictures of Scarlet in her smart little crimson outfit. But with just-turned 4 year old Cousin Logan close by, everything turned into a mugging for the camera event! Here's a good number of the pics from that "photo session".