Watching Scotty Grow

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Scotty is One Half!

Ok, so officially scotty turned 6 months last Tuesday, but today was his checkup (and shots, poor baby) so I now have the stats about my sweet little guy:

Scotty's Six Month Stats

Length: 25.75 inches (25th percentile)

Height: 15 lb. 4 oz (25th percentile)

Teeth: none (yay for mama!)

Night Wakings: none! ok, occasionally one...

Favorite Trick: sitting--he'll do this for hours, especially on the couch watching TV

Favorite Toy: a spoon (preferably with food on it), care bears, our dog Tess

Favorite Color: yellow! He giggles when you even say the word "yellow"

Favorite Book: the colors book--especially on the yellow page

Favorite Time of Day: morning, believe it or not...must be eric's child

Sleeping Song: "Sweetest Little Fellow" he cries and rubs his eyes whenever he hears this--it's tremendous!

Newest Trick: waving his tongue around, hysterical!

Nicknames: Scotty, "The Juice" Larsen, Scottbroker, Little man, Biscotti, Great Scott!


Perfectly proportional, if I do say so myself. I have to admit I'm excited he's a little on the small side, it helps me stay in denial about him growing up. My mom has gone crazy taking pictures and I have a few fun ones to add myself, so keep checking for an official slide show.

In other news, Eric and I have officially booked our cruise, including free airfare, to storm the Bahamas in April! We are soo excited :o) We plan to snorkel, latin dance, eat a ton of food and otherwise live it up--we also plan to tour the Kennedy Space Center while we're in Cape Canaveral.

We also spent a great but short weekend in Colorado for Stephen's (Eric's brother) homecoming from the Paris, France mission! We crammed in as many games of Nerts, Acquire, Trains, and Wii golf around the great food and a few hours of sleep. It was great to see everyone!

New Scotty Tricks!

We took the fam to an ASU vs. Utah gymnastics meet this last friday--it was great night! I have a confession to make, however: i let my mom pick scotty's outfit. For those of you not familiar with my family history, attending BYU was a sign of my rebellion; my parents have degrees from Utah, USU, and Weber State. I grew up in a USU aggies sweatshirt--it was "Anywhere but BYU."

See, Scotty looks so cute...


but he's actually been contaminated!







I told Eric he was wearing it so he could spit all over it (which of course he did...) We both have to admit that it is pretty cute despite the random lettering on the front.

This has been a big week for Scotty--he's had the strength to do lots of things before but this week he finally decided that it would be fun to get a little mobile...

First he sits...



...and then he rolls!

Well, that about sums it up for us. I love knowing what's going on with all of you! let me know if you have a blog i don't know about, and feel free to shoot me an email with updates :o)

A Family Update

Well, I think we're officially settled here in Phoenix! (it only took what, a month and a half?) Eric is liking his internship, really liking his coworkers, and loving the money (especially the overtime!) Just this past week was the earnings release for Freeport-McMoran, a fortune 150 company that just merged and was a first time audit for EY, so that was a good experience for Eric and lots of nice overtime...

It's been a little strange to be back in the ward I grew up in and feel like an adult--sometimes R.S. feels like I'm hanging out with my mom's friends instead of my peers! But I'm coming into my own i think, and scotty being a better sleeper makes church reasonable peaceful for a change! Eric and I spoke in church this last week on the hardest topic I've ever been given: Jesus Christ. At least there was no shortage of material! We received lots of positive comments so we must not have said anything blasphemous ;o) Eric has been called to be an Elder's Quorum instructor, and I have a hodge-podge of callings. They wanted to put me in YW but it's tough for just a semester, so they called me to be the choir accompaniest. and the junior primary pianist. and the primary co-chorister. WOW! It's nice to have music callings again though.

In other news, I found yet another reason this past week to be glad that i chose to nurse scotty instead of formula feed (besides the convenience, bonding, and $$): he's allergic to formula! Since we started him on solids a month ago, I decided it would be easier to make his cereal with formula. Within five minutes he had red marks on his face surrounding his mouth--total allergic reaction! So we tried a lactose-free formula, and it seemed like that was okay. But the second time i made cereal with lactose-free, he got red spots on his face again! and up his arms and hands (where he'd 'helped' me feed him...)! Next on the list is soy, which costs more but might be ok. My last resort is hypoallergenic, which is $26 for 11.5 oz.....YIKES!!! He's also gotten this reaction once after my dad gave him a few bites of vanilla ice cream. (every time i turn around my dad is feeding him random things! i love you daddy, you crack me up!) Anyone have any clue what would be causing this reaction?

Five Months Strong!

Well he's growing up, despite my requests...kidding, it is so fun to watch him grow and learn new tricks! One of my favorites is that everytime he sees me (or wants me! aka is hungry...) he says "Mmmm-ba, Mmm-ba" to call me!

Enjoy new pictures.