Scotty's first year

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February must be synonymous with sickness

I used to think I had a pretty good immune system. Then my husband became a school teacher. HA! So much for any immunity! I swear he has brought home almost every possible sick germ. We have had sickies in our home for almost a month now.

First, everyone got a cold. That I could handle. THEN Scotty spent the next week teething horribly until 3 new pearly whites popped through. Whew! I thought, It's over!  Fat chance.

We all started getting sick again (flu?) and Scotty got a double ear infection and double eye infection. Thankfully, once he started his meds, all of that cleared up pretty quickly. Except then his buns hurt because the amoxicillin made him have loose stools and it irritated his buns really really bad. For now, diaper changes consist of filling up bowl with warm water and vinegar, using paper towels and cleaning him up, blow drying his buns, lathering him with Bag Balm, and then if you can catch him, putting on a new diaper before he leaves some surprise all over you or the floor. Yay! 15 minutes per diaper change.

The night before Scotty's 1st birthday party, I woke up around midnight feeling queezy and spend most of the rest of the night in the bathroom ridding myself of every possible anything that might be in my body. 7 hours later I was finally through with that part but I was so weak I could not even stand up. My whole body was shaking and I couldn't get any food or liquids into me. By this point, Jeff was pretty sure he had Strep Throat. Joy and rapture. We had to reschedule Scotty's party for another day hoping that our food would still be good by then.

It was so frustrating. It was such a perfect day for a party! Absolutely beautiful and Scotty was so happy! Ugh. The cruel irony. Saturday night Jeff's eye started gooping over and by Sunday morning he had pink eye. By Sunday I could eat a little and stand up. Over all I was feeling much better that day.

Monday Jeff was feeling better, still had pink eye so he called in sick and got a sub for the day. That night was Scotty's party (I'll write about it in a separate, much happier post) and I had a sinus/flu/migraine monster of a headache. None of us got much sleep last night because we were all hacking (some worse than others...poor Jeffrey) and when morning finally came, I woke up with a goopy, pink eye. Shoot me now. (really please don't.)

When will we get better??!?!!

The After Party

We just had Scotty's first birthday party and it was a total success!! Thanks to all of the family who totally made it all happen and everyone who came. They really saved me when I was feeling so bleh and my head wanted to implode. If you didn't get your invite I am so sorry. I still have a pile of invites on the table that we were supposed to deliver last week but last week was a heck week for us. But I'll post more on all of that and the party and lots of pictures later (hopefully). But this video was AFTER the party. 

Scotty had gotten to his past tired, silly stage and he was entertaining Uncle Tate and Aunt Melanie with this funny noise

I love our silly boy!! I can't believe he's so old already!

Scotty Update part 2 - Likes

He is so funny and loves to laugh. He has a sense of humor and will crack up and things he thinks are funny. He’s very ticklish, especially his thighs and buns.

He loves being outside and exploring. 

Eating rocks is one of his guilty pleasures (he looks guilty if we catch him!).

We make tunnels out of cardboard boxes for him to crawl through. He will spend so much time crawling back and forth through the tunnel. Our latest one even includes a starry roof from Christmas lights poked through the top. He really likes this one and will take his snacks and toys and go sit in it.

He raspberries on our tummies. 

He gives kisses on my cheek and then if he’s silly, he’ll raspberry on my cheek.

He can make a mess 10 times bigger than him in the blink of an eye.

He always wants to be doing what you’re doing.

He likes brushing his teeth (with your toothbrush not his) and can even spit into the sink.

He likes when I read to him but only as long as he can flip the pages.

He loves taking a bath. He can just about get in without our help, oh dear...

He’s a flirt. He’s just adorable and his cute looks got him a rocking horse purchased for him by an employee named Lisa at CVS.

 

He loves Ian (my boss) and Cami (the dog).

He loves playing with his cousins and they are CraZY about him.

Elysse is his favorite aunt.

He can crawl up my parents’ stairs in no time flat. He really is fast!

Every time we show him a picture of Grandpa Brinton he gets so excited, says “grandpa” and gives him kisses. It’s adorable. He does it without fail.

He is such a ham. When he gets really excited he starts snorting. He has the biggest smile and his eyes get so squinty he looks chinese ;) He sure smiles alot. 

And the best part? He loves me. He gets so excited to see me and loves when I hold him. I love holding him to my chest as he naps. I take such joy in each new thing he learns and discovers. Half of me wishes he could stay little forever but the rest of me knows the joy that comes in progressing. We have new adventures each day. Some are not so good but the rest are amazing. I love being a mommy and I am blessed to have the most amazing little boy as my son. I am so crazy about this little boy. I pray for him harder than I think I have ever prayed for anyone and definitely more frequently. He is God’s gift to us and I don’t want to mess up! I only want the best for him and to be able to provide him with the best future. I want him to grow up to be the kind of man his grandpa was and his daddy is. He’s an amazing baby and I can’t imagine our life without him. I love him so much! He is my pride and joy and my sunshine.

A Scotty Update Part 1

I know it's been forever. I'm not really good at this whole blogging thing! But I figure better late than never, right? :) This is going to be a really long post about the most adorable boy in the world.

Scotty is almost 11 months old now. He is adorable!!! His personality is just coming out! 

Size: He weighs 23 lbs and wears size 18 month clothes and we think he's about 30" tall. 

Chompers: He has the cutest toothy grin with 5 teeth! 2 on top and 3 on the bottom. 

Fun Things: He waves hi and bye. He can blow things and he blows kisses. Scotty also has started imitating sounds and movements. Like at church when we raise our arm to give a sustaining vote he now raises his arm too! He points his finger. It’s so funny because if he wants it really bad sometimes he’ll point so hard he starts shaking! If he wants you to come over to him he’ll keep waving his arm at you.

Words: Dada, mama, byebye, grandpa, that, and go! 

Sounds: He likes to mimic sounds. He can growl, bark, and tweet :)

On the MOVE: Most exciting news is that he can take 3 steps by himself! Not really interested in just walking though. Why walk when you can crawl faster?? He’s a turbo crawler and can get anywhere in no time flat! He can stand by himself and when he’s really excited he’ll dance :)

Music: He LOVES music. He any time he hears music he starts conducting it. He’s got rhythm that’s for sure.

Foods: He hates baby food now. Forget that, he’s a big boy. His favorite food are bananas. He could eat 5 bananas a day if we let him. He also loves pretzels, cookies (not that we give him cookies...) 

He found a sugar cookie bar without me seeing and
shoved it in his mouth as fast as he could!

apple sauce, bread items, sometimes he’ll eat rice cereal with fruit, gold fish crackers, cheerios and other dry cereal.


Sleeping: For the most part he sleeps really well. Some nights we’ve had to let him cry a little but he has been pretty good! One night last week he slept 9 hours straight. HALLELUJAH!