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Besides dressing up, Scarlett loves to draw! She came into the kitchen one night as I was making dinner super proud of this...

There are faces! I thought it might be an accident until she started drawing sad-faced "poops" at my parents' house last night.

She drew this one today, so I asked her who everyone was.

Michael and I are fairly obvious, but Scarlett drew herself HUGE! She must think she's pretty dang important! If you can't tell, her eyes are on either side of Michael and her mouth is the big line above my head. 

Then, it was my "turn". Scarlett can be quite the boss. She had me draw everyone (I have to say, my upside down stick figure drawing skills are quite superb. Minus the fact that I have 6 fingers in this picture). I had her draw the baby. He even has arms and legs! And I think he's sleeping...

 These little faces just brighten my day!

Mini baby update: 38 weeks along on Wednesday! I was measuring 40 weeks at 36/37 weeks, so I have an ultrasound tomorrow to find out why (baby is big or maybe too much amniotic fluid). Hopefully by Wednesday we'll have a date for when I'll be induced! But baby will be here no later than July 2, my Dr. is going out of town for the Fourth! Only 2 weeks left of life with one baby. Yikes!

Animal Excursion.

Me: Do you want to go see some animals?
Scarlett: WAAAA! (YEEAAHHH!)

So to see the animals we went.

We got a picnic lunch (subway) and headed on over to Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary, which was just a hop and a skip from where we live! At $5/adult (donation), I think it was worth it. It took us about an hour and a half to mosey around...and Scarlett didn't want to leave.

These were the "petting goats". I don't recommend going in. They are big. One jumped up on me like a starving dog trying to get my food. Then, I punched it in the face. Then, I chucked all my food as far as I could and got the heck out of there.

Awww. Baby duckies.

Sweet peacocks. There must have been a dozen of these guys.

....even an albino one.

Tortoise (bottom right corner).

Some black bird that semi resembles a chicken.

Ponies!

This llama didn't like us. Every time we got near it he'd give us an Elvis lip...

A NICE goat. If you want to see him, he's in with the donkeys which were my personal favorite.

Rolling down a hill after lunch.

Last stop. Ostriches. Have you ever seen these up close? Their eyes are ginormous (hey, blogger didn't underline "ginormous"), their plucked skin is just like a chicken's except 100 times bigger, and their feet were stolen from a T-Rex. Oh, and they poop super nasty.

Okay, I lied. We stopped back by this cockatoo because I wanted to take him home, and Scarlett was fascinated that they could talk.

The first time we saw this guy....

Michael: Did that bird just ask me, "What's the matter?"

Julie: I don't know.

Michael: I swear it did! It said, "What's the matter?"

Cockatoo: Hello.

Julie: Hello? Are you okay?

Cockatoo: What's the matter?

When we got home I asked Scarlett if it was fun seeing all the animals. All she said was, "Birdie. Poopoo. Yucky." Apparently the ostrich pooping made a pretty big impact! 

big girl bed

We moved Scarlett over to a big girl bed back in February so there would be no attachment whatsoever to the crib once Baby A arrives in June. Yeah, I know. My due date is officially July 4th, but a girl can hope.

If you know Scarlett, you know she's the energizer bunny. She will not fall asleep anywhere except her bed...that was until we moved her into the big bed and she figured out she could play as much as she wanted during nap time.

Since then these are some examples of how we find her mid nap.

Most usual spot: right behind the door.

Where's Waldo.

Second most comfy spot besides the bed.

 Behind the door position 2.

And the best for last. Yup, she's standing. She was really confused when she woke up like this!

Come play with me!

You may have noticed that my blog has been merged with Mommy's. How dare she. 

In other news, I got a slide of my own! I can go down all by myself now. It's not worth trying to hold somebody's hand just to get shocked.

Yeehaw! 

When the fam's in town.

My oldest brother (plus fiance) and sister live on the east coast, so when they come in town we do lots of fun stuff.

Like going hiking in Red Rock.

And forgetting to wear sunscreen.

And taking the wrong trail. (In our defense though, it's totally not marked.)

Scarlett loved hiking, although she was pretty tired at the end. Michael had to carry her out. Good thing he's so buff. Our 2.2 round trip hike was not 2.2 miles...it felt more like 4. We were all tired at the end.

While in Red Rock, we were fortunate enough to spot some wildlife. Animals are pretty scarce in the desert, but we did manage to see a teeny tiny chipmunk and a rare hairless desert yetti....

 So worth the sunburn and accompanying wonder tee tan.

Oh, to be two.

Scarlett is now a whopping two years old! Boy, does time fly. 

Scarlettisms at two:
-She no longer says "yes". She says "yeah". Mostly my fault.
-This girl will play outside all day if you let her.
-From the picture above it's obvious she loves putting on make-up!

-For the first hour or two of her nap she usually just plays in her room.
-Baby dolls are her toy of choice and she always has to point out real babies at the store.
-Diaper changes are a nightmare. But thank goodness she no longer takes her diaper off when she has to go.

-Above: She has taken a liking for all my old stuffed animals.

-Washing her hair is torture. For both of us.
-She has found her sweet tooth, and it's ginormous.
-Sterling is her partner in crime. On our trip to LA, Scarlett would try to take away everything Sterling had...except for when they were playing upstairs together where they weren't supposed to be. Oh, and they can't seem to kiss each other on the cheek. Always on the mouth...

-Some of her favorite shoes are her pink snow boots, which I caught her napping in a few days ago.
-She loves to help. If she catches you putting the silverware away she usually gets pretty angry and tries to take it away. It's her job...don't tell her otherwise...

I remember when she was only a few months old Michael and I talking about how Scarlett would eventually walk and talk and how foreign that idea seemed. Well, now it's a reality. And it's weird. But completely awesome at the same.

Eggs galore!

Friday was my Grandma's funeral, and the one nice thing about funerals is all the family comes in town. Being Easter weekend, we decided to do an Easter egg hunt together with all the cousins/1st cousins once removed/all the little kids that are related. Everyone pitched in pre-filled eggs...which came out to 24 eggs per kid! I'm pretty sure there's at least a dozen still in the bushes somewhere.

Before the hunt.

Funny faces.

Note Scarlett with the basket on her head...

And let the hunt begin!

Grandpa helping Scarlett out.

Bubbles?

Auntie Robbyn showing Scarlett what's inside those eggs.

The clan heading back to great Grandpa's and Tige being completely normal.

Once she knew what was inside, I'm pretty sure not an egg went unopened...and then eaten.

Happy Easter!