Buttars Punnett Square

   Growing up, I never really liked my ears. It's not that I cried over them, hid them behind my hair, or thought, "woe is me," but I was always a little bit self-concious of them. For one reason, my ears are upside-down. What I mean is that they are bigger on the bottom than on the top instead of the other way around. Another reason is that my ears have a folded over flap of skin at the top. It didn't help that my best friend had perfectly round, tiny ears.

   It wasn't until the last couple of years that I noticed that my ears weren't as unique as I thought. They looked exactly like my dad's ears, which look just like his dad's ears. That made me like my ears a little better. I was talking to my Grandma Della last weekend and she told me that the first thing she asked when each of her kids were born is, "are their ears folded?" I thought this was funny because the first thing I asked Jonny when Scarlett was born is, "does she have my ears?"

   It turned out she did... and now I don't think I could love my ears more.

Grandpa Vince (I wonder who his ears came from)

My dad

My ear (attached lobes come from Mom)

Scarlett's perfect little ear

Three Monther

Scarlett turned three months old last Saturday. She is such a sweet little thing. Here are some facts about Scarlett at three months:

- Smiles, giggles, kicks, and talks all the time
- Can roll from her tummy to back in about 5 seconds
- Weighs about 13.75 lbs according to the "weigh yourself, then weigh yourself with baby" method
- Sleeps in her cradle from about 9:30 PM to 9:00 AM with a short little breakfast at about 7 AM
- Naps in her big girl crib during the day (naps are starting to have a pattern as well)
- Ratio of throwing up on Dad to Mom is about 5:1 even though she's with me more throughout the day (I've   trained her well!)
- Is liking her car seat less and less, but still can't stay awake in it
- Loves going on walks and looking all around facing out in the Baby Bjorn
- Watches the pages of her books intently when you read to her
- Doesn't hate pooping any more as long as I don't eat curry or other spicy things
- Sometimes sucks her thumb
- Has her dad's nose, eyes, and square head
- Has her mom's ears, chin, and square mouth
- Has about 3 times more hair on the right side of her head than anywhere else (and looks like friar tuck from the back)
- Is called about 25 different nicknames a day including: Pumpkin, Turkey, Lettie, Angel, Pickle, and "insert any word"__________ -Pie
-Has her dad's easy-going temperment

Post blessing photo-shoot in the living room (more on that great day later)

4 Generations at Grandma Ann's 90th birthday party. Scarlett is falling asleep.

At the movies. Haha.

The whole family (oh yeah.. I cut my hair off!)