Chair of 3 Generations of Shockley's

When I was little, my father gave me a little wooden rocking chair that was his when he was a child. It was something I sat in and used for years until I got too big for it. It sat in our living room near the fire place and I dragged it all over the house to sit in it (and even outside as the picture below shows). Back in October I thought Scarlet was about the right size for it, so I retrieved the chair from our attic storage, cleaned it up, and presented it to her one day. She sat right down in it and has been using it ever since just like her Daddy did - dragging it around and using it where and when she likes. I think her favorite thing is sitting watching cartoons in our bedroom in the mornings while Mama and Da-da finish getting ready for work! :)

Scarlet's Da-Da's Da-Da's chair.

"I like to move it around and look cute behind it!"

Ah, cartoons and bunny - life is good!

"I'm ready to go to school this morning Da-Da!"

Scarlet's Da-Da at 7 months in the chair.

Summer of 1968 - Scarlet's Da-Da at just about 3 years old watching his Da-Da prepare our Roanoke VA backyard for grass seeding.

So, SO Far behind - catch up photos.....

This is an official Scarlet blog apology to everyone. We have really been awful at getting ANY new pictures of Scarlet out here on her blog. And it is not like we've stopped taking pictures. Far from it. In fact we've taken a HUNDREDS of photos of her over the last few months. It just seems that we've had so much going on, that the blog is always put on the bag burner. Sorry everybody. We will try our best to do better! I've got a bunch of pictures selected to go out here from October and November and there's a whole lot of new December pictures coming after that as well. But first, here's a few missing September photos. We'll call these the orange plaid dress with bunny (and maybe a phone - one of her other favorite things - I know, it is starting way too early). Enjoy, and get ready for a lot of catch up pictures to come in the next few days!!!

The many expressions of Scarlet

Even though Scarlet's hair is a little "disheveled," I thought these were cute pictures. We are just now getting to the point where she will leave in barrettes that keep her hair out of her eyes.

Sleepy look

The "you are taking ANOTHER picture" look

The "you're silly" look. This is sometimes followed up with a fake laugh

We won by thiiiis much

Christopher's birthday

Last month we went to Christopher's 5th birthday party and of course got some pictures while there. Christopher is a HUGE pirate fan so all the kids got hats an pirate booty! The party was held at Going Bonkers, which is a huge indoor playground where kids of all ages can "go bonkers." Scarlet liked the play area but was still a little young to get the full experience.

(L to R): Nicholas, Nicky and the big birthday boy, Christopher.

Relaxing and taking a break. Playing is hard work!

Another picture Dada?

Arrrrgh! The littlest pirate.

Brian and Chloe
Ready, Set.....

GO!

The Miller clan
(Sorry Tana, the look on your face is PRICELESS though)

1st haircut

Although old, I thought these were worth putting on the blog. Scarlet got her first haircut back in July as her bangs were always in her eyes and she refuses to keep clips in her hair. She did GREAT and the haircut is adorable.

Elefun

I have been looking for some sort of rocking horse for Scarlet for the last couple of months and scored this cute little thing (rocking horses arent necessarily "horses" these days). I went to a consignment sale and found this in the bubble wrap that it was shipped in, for about 1/4 of the original price. Think she likes it?

The many faces of Scarlet

Here are some random pictures taken in the last couple of months.

Busy Scarlet

Silly Scarlet (playing in her Bear Chair)

Curious Scarlet

Sleepy Scarlet

another 1st!

We took Scarlet for her first merry-go-round ride a month or so ago (yep, we are STILL behind in getting things posted). Wasn't all that easy in getting a good picture while the horse, Dada and Scarlet were whizzing by.

Happy Birthday to Dada!

Man its been a long time since we posted anything....

Heres a pic taken in early August of Scarlet with her Dada. And yes, she liked the cookie almost as much as Ron did. Guess she takes after her mama when it comes to chocolate and sweets.