I can clap!

Scotty started clapping on Friday November 18.
It's the cutest thing!
(Sorry for the bad quality. I took this with my phone)

"Watching Scotty Grow"

My grandma told me about this song written in 1970 called "Watching Scotty Grow". I found it on the internet and fell in love with it. It is perfect for us and our Scotty. It is so sweet it brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. 

"Watching Scotty Grow"

There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad

What a handsome lad
That's my boy
BRLFQ spells mom and dad
But that ain't too bad
That's my boy


You can have your TV and you nightclubs
And you can have your drive in picture show
I'll stay here with my little man near
We'll listen to the radio
Biding my time and
Watching Scotty grow


Making a castle out of building blocks
And a cardboard box
That's my boy
Mickey Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock
Well that's quite a shock!
That's my boy


In four short years
I've gone from rags to riches
And what I did before that I don't know
So let it rain on my windowpane
I got my own rainbow
And we're sitting here shining
Watching Scotty grow


Riding on daddy's shoulders off to bed
Old sleepy head
That's my boy
Got to have a drink of water and a story read
A teddy bear named Fred
That's my boy


What's that you say momma
Come on and keep you feet warm
Well save me a place
I'll be there in a minute or so
I'll think I'll stay right here and
Say a little prayer before I go
Me and God
Watching Scotty grow
Me and God
Watching Scotty grow...

You can also watch it being performed on the Lawrence Welk Show here.

From this... 

To this in only 8 1/2 months!  

I can't believe how fast Scotty is growing! 

Thankful - Day 5 I'm a Mormon

On a similar note as yesterday, I am so thankful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every good thing in my life I can attribute to my being a member of the church! 

 I've written more about it on my Mormon.org profile. Check it out here: http://mormon.org/me/5Q5Q/ 

Thankful - Day 4 Sabbath

I am thankful for the Sabbath Day. I'm grateful we can go to church each Sunday and be edified by the teachings of Jesus Christ. Enjoy your Sabbath!

My handsome boys ready for church (in Snowflake)

Thankful - Day 3 Work

Ever since I was a little girl, all I wanted to do was to grow up and be a mommy. In college, I kind of lost sight of  that because I got swept away by the "corporate" dream. (I wasn't getting closer to the whole marriage and baby thing up there at school!) Thank goodness I moved home, met Jeff and snapped out of that dream! Now that I'm a mommy, I just want to be a stay at home mom! Forget about corporate America. Leave that to everyone else. I want to be the VP of my home not a company. Since Jeff is student teaching right now I get to be the one to provide for our family. (Student teaching! Really that's a sweet deal for everyone BUT the student. Seriously! The student PAYS the university lots of money so they can work full-time teaching public school without getting paid! How fair is that?!? Anyhow back to being grateful...I'm grateful for student teaching...I'm grateful for student teaching...) 

I am blessed to have a great job and an amazing boss who lets me bring Scotty to work everyday. And even more, they like each other! My boss will get down on the floor and play with Scotty! He even lets Scotty chill with him at his desk! How many moms would do anything to have a situation like that! 

I am thankful for my job, for my boss, and especially that I get to hang out with this cute kid all of the time, even when I'm at work.

Fun at the office

Hard at work :)