New words

Well my phone is totally smashed and useless (thanks Scarlett). So I havn't been able to take pictures or videos for a while, which sucks because Scarlett is out of nowhere full on walking & talking... kind of. She just started saying soo much! Its crazy. She now says "tickle, tickle" and makes tickling fingers it's the cutest thing ever! She says "here!" when she's trying to feed you or hand you something.  I swear she also says doggie. Wish I had some videos to show ya... heres some pics from the past week I took on Tony's phone. 

                                                          Having fun at the park

                        Today at Bass Pro Shops.. my little shopper. She's such a girl.

Firsts

Scarlett said her first word! So for a while now, since about about 7 months, Scarlett has said mama & dada. But she doesn't really say them with purpose, she kind of just babbles them throughout the day. She does yell mama when she's crying and wants me, but i'm not gonna count that... because I really feel like Hi is her first real word. Maybe I just want it to be because its so dang cute. See for yourself... She was saying it to me a million times and when Tony finally got his camera out she only said it once. The cutest part is she knows when to say it at the right time. She says it when we first see someone and she waves and says "hi." 

Also, Scarletts hair is finally long enough to do pigtails! I was so excited when I first tried and she actually let me do it. I gave her a forbidden object (a quarter) to hold, so she would sit still, and they looked soo cute on her. They also made her look so much older :( She hasn't let me put bows in her hair since she was about 6 months, so i'm so happy that I can finally do something to her crazy hair!

 Tony & I both swear, ever since she's turned 1, she seems so much older. She also gets cuter every day <3

One year old

Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. How very true. I have never been happier in my life, Scarlett has brought us so much joy! Every day with her is special. Every night after I put her to bed I think back on the day and smile. And about 10 times a day I say to Tony "Look how cute she is!" I just can't get over how amazing she is! Here are some things Scarlett is doing at one!
*Shes the happiest little girl. Im sure most parents say that, but she really is. Everywhere we go, people comment on how happy she is
*Loves the bath more than anything! She splashes so much theres barely any water left in the bath. 
*Finally sleeping through the night!! She usually goes to bed around 630/7 and is up around 6/630
*Claps for just about anything. She is always very proud of herself :)
*Waves when we say hi and just started saying "hiiii" in the sweetest little voice ever. It melts my heart every time
*Says mama and dada 
*Shes walking so much now, but still prefers her siLLy crawl
*Loves to smile :) for the camera. Probably the cutest thing ever!
* She eats really well. She looooves quesadillas. blueberries. bananas. broccoli. 
*She usually wakes up from her nap in a not so happy mood, not sure why. But if I give her a pretzel her whole mood turns around. Its hilarious
*Loves being outside
*Loves the dogs, she tortures our dog Beasley but he puts up with it because she feeds him half of her food
*Loves the toilet and toilet paper, what baby doesn't
*Loves cell phones. She is very serious when she talks on the phone and usually "yells" at the fake person on the phone with her
*Finally goes to bed all on her own! Im so proud. I rock and nurse her and lay her down awake and shes out in a few minutes. If anyone knew what we've gone through to get here, they'd be proud too :)
*Nap time is a different story. She insists on being rocked to sleep :( Its exhausting because it can take longer to rock her to sleep than her actual nap! Scarlett you're lucky we love you so much!
*Refuses to let me put bows or hats on her. But she loves to put headbands around her neck
*Loves brushing her teeth!
I could go on forever! I just don't want to forget a thing! 

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ONE!

Thankful

I just wanted to write a quick little post about how wonderful my mother in law is. She has always been there to support Tony and I. She's so thoughtful and sweet and the most amazing mother. After Scarlett was born, she spent the night with me and got up in the middle of the night to help me change and feed her so I could get a little sleep. She made us dinner and breakfast when we came home from the hospital and helped us with dishes and laundry and everything else during that crazy time. She is so great with Scarlett and will come over anytime to babysit. Scarlett loves her! Last night, she came over to watch Scarlett while Tony and I went to work, and not only did she play with her all morning, but when I woke up all of our laundry was done and folded into a million neat little piles. All this laundry would have taken me hours! I am not exaggerating when I say there was about a months worth of laundry!! I am so thankful for her and all that she does for us! We love you!

Happy Birthday

I cant believe it's been one year since my baby was born. I miss that teeny tiny little cuddle bug, but I love the independent, bubbly one year old she has become! Im bummed I didn't blog about the day she was born, so I will just have to go back in time for a minute to reminisce... My due date was November 15th, but Scarlett just couldn't wait, definitely fits her personality. A week before, me, Tony and his sister went to dinner at El Segundo, our fav, and then got milkshakes next-door at Stripburger. This close to my due date, my belly was so big and I was so uncomfortable that all I wanted to do was hang out at home. So afterwards, thats exactly what we did and I'm soo happy because I didn't know what was coming next! Im not sure I would have survived the embarrassment of my water breaking in public. Tony is so sweet and made me a huge comfy bed on the couch and we watched tv. All of a sudden, it felt like Scarlett gave the biggest kick and then BOOM! ...just like the movies,  my water broke. There was seriously so much water, Tony and I were both in such shock, our brains couldn't remember what to do! So we called his mom and she ever so wisely told us "GO TO THE HOSPITAL!" Naturally, I took a shower, because you have to be clean for when your pushin out a baby, and off we went to the hospital! We got there at 11:45 and the first thing I asked was "when can I get the epidural?" I got my epidural within an hour of getting to the hospital. I felt contractions for about 15 minutes until the anesthesiologist came and thought I was gonna die. I have no idea how women do natural birth! Me, Tony and our best friend Kara just hung out in the room and watched movies all night until it was time to push.  I had an amazing delivery experience thanks to the epidural! And on November 8th at 753am Scarlett Lilly Zanello was born <3 Im so thankful to have had Tony, my mom and Kara there. Of course, Kara filled the entire room with fresh flowers, brought my favorite meal and deserts from Panera bread, brought a million snacks, and a case of water with a bunch of lemons, because she knows I love lemon water. I know shes amazing and were so lucky to have her in our lives! 
Fast forward one year later... The night before Scarletts birthday Tony and I had a little date night and went to El Segundo and got milkshakes :) The next day, we took Scarlett to Town Square to play and the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. Afterwards we went home to have cake. We were gonna let her have the whole cake to smash, but she seemed to have a little belly ache. But you can't not have cake on your birthday, so I gave her a tiny bite to try and she spit it out! She's never had sweets so I thought she was going to be in heaven! I don't know any kid who would rather eat broccoli than cake! Scarlett definitely marches to the beat of her own drummer! This year with Scarlett has been the best year of my life and Im seriously so lucky to be her mommy! We are also so lucky to have amazing family that has been there to help us every step of the way!! We love you!

Yayy! I'm one!

I put a million candles so Scarlett would like it :) 

Halloweenie

I always like to go all out for holiday decorating and activities, especially this year because we have Scarlett to start doing fun things with! Halloween lasted extra long for Tony and I, because we had to dress up all weekend for work. Our good friend Jesse came over to do Tonys skeleton make-up and it looked so good! She's amazing! Thanks again Jess! I originally bought Scarlett a cute Tinkerbell costume, but then found the cutest little bunny one at Pottery Barn Kids, which seemed much warmer so we went with the snuggly bunny. The day of Halloween Tonys mama came over, we watched creepy movies and I made little ghost cookies and later on Tony came up with the brilliant idea of going to Town Square for their "Town Scary". Let me just warn anyone who might want to go there next year, don't! I think every person in Vegas with a kid was there! After spending 20 minutes looking for a spot we decided to leave and do actual trick or treating, which was so much fun! We drove over to the neighborhood across from us, mine and Tony's dream neighborhood :) Almost all the houses were decorated so cute and scary! I thought Scarlett was going to love it because she LOVES meeting people and having ALL eyes on her :) But she didn't give one smile out, just took their candy and split. One of the houses we went to lived the scariest old lady. She picked out each piece of candy she gave Scarlett very carefully and was talking in the creepiest voice. I think she was pretending to be a witch, but she might have actually been one, not sure. Being the paranoid people we are, Tony and I threw all the candy away! ha So even though we had no candy, we had the best first Halloween with Scarlett! 

One of my favorite girls <3 Caroline

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