a hint of Scotty's Birthday Party!

So my parents were in town this past weekend (Yay!) and my mom of course took a hundred pictures of our sweet boy, so I'm waiting for her to get back to Phoenix and send them to me...


In the meantime, I thought I'd post just a few shots to celebrate his cuteness :o) I'm glad I took a video on my mom's camera of his first day really walking, because he's already starting to run around the house!

My parents got Scotty a rocking chair so he can sit by me--he helped put it together! They also brought him a Scottie dog from Scotland, which he immediately loved, cuddled, and bit...











Speaking of Scottie dogs, my mom helped me make this adorable cake for Scotty's birthday! Yellow, his favorite color, and practically life-sized. He loved it and had no problem eating the entire tail of the cake--including the coconut on top.

Now this is what I call "Rocking Out!"

Business Notes

Ok, a few items of updates and random facts.

1. I'd like to welcome Janae to blogging! (Yay, our nagging was finally enough!) The link to her blog is in the 201st ward list.


2. I finally succumbed and read the first three books of the twilight series. I've had mixed feelings about them overall--I'm not thrown by the vampire/werewolf thing, but am bugged by the "being obsessed with beautiful boy who i barely know but have decided i could never live without" and the seemingly controlling/possessive relationship...but i admit, by the end of the third book I was finally starting to understand her relationship with Edward, was glad she finally admitted she also loved Jacob, but was actually glad she didn't choose jacob because he'd been an arrogant prick most of the book. I guess I defected from Team Jacob to Team Edward.

Moral of the (long-winded) Story: Does anyone have a copy of Breaking Dawn I can borrow? I'm not in the least bit tempted to drool on it...

3. I want to get pictures of Scotty taken while he's still so completely adorable, but I was not to keen on JCPenny's or Sear's. Does anyone have recommendations about photographers to use or not use?

4. I think I got this out to most people, but I didn't have email addresses for everyone, sorry! Consider yourself invited if you're interested, and if not, well, I'll just have to eat your cake for you...

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5. I am LOVING my education program--I even enjoy reading the textbooks sometimes! I'm also totally rocking, which is a nice little boost for my academic self-confidence after dropping out of my first master's program. This time I really will be Master Megan!

6. I am totally cracking up reading this mock-blog to Eric...check it out if you need a break or a chance to laugh at yourself! http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com


7. I love the Olympics! I've ventured over to campus and the dorms a few times to watch the gymnastics coverage, but as we have no TV reception at home I've been watching the live internet feeds in the middle of the night...some highlights: discovering judo and archery, and actually understanding the rules of fencing (though I still can't really follow it), being able to watch all of the gymnastics routines (after the fact) instead of just the highlights on TV, and watching the US women's soccer team pull-out a steal of a win over the much better brazilian team LIVE, without knowing in advance that Michael Phelp's pulled off an amazing 0.01 second win...err, you get what I mean.

Great Scott! A year in a review...

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Adventures in Bryce Canyon

He's showing me a rock he found...how exciting!

WOW what an adventure! Early Friday morning our little family caravaned down to Bryce Canyon with Eric's brothers, Brent and Stephen. We thought adding a tent to the mix would be too much for the monkey, so we rented rooms in Panguitch and shuttled back and forth to the canyon.

Overall Scotty handled the drive time pretty well, though his yelling is even more piercing in the confined space. He loved having his uncles sit by him and feed him graham crackers. He also liked the hiking for the most part! We did three separate hikes and Eric carried Scotty--who spent time checking everything out and waving at all the French people we saw. I expected to see lots of foreign tourists, but we were all amazed at how many were from France! It was great for Stephen, who just returned from the Paris, France mission in February.

We all had a great time hiking, watching the Olympics, and eating junk food. I felt even better after I bought tennis shoes at the local thrift store for $2...I thought Eric had grabbed my shoes and he thought I had them, so I spent the first day hiking in flip-flops. Yikes!

Scotty's One Year Stats

Weight: 19 lb. 5 oz. (5th percentile)
Length: 28.5" (5th percentile--he's small very apparently very proportionate. Except for his large head (50th percentile) and his ears, probably...)
Teeth: 4 (two top, which are actually behind the bottom two, meaning he has the death bite...)
Naps: one long morningish nap, and occasionally a cat nap or two
Night wakings: none! Well, the other day he woke up once because he got his arm wedged between the bars...
Favorite toys: spoons, his little puppy, cars, and his hungry hungry hippo walker! he also likes his toolbench a lot and spend a lot of time banging toys and yelling
Favorite food: everything but lunch meat. And i mean that--no exaggeration! Some days he eats more than I do...
Favorite games: tickle, dadzilla (aka "i'm gonna get you..."), and anything involving water
Words: mama, dada, wa-wa, and "please" in sign language
Favorite things to do: get into mom's drawers and/or pull books off the shelf, EAT, go to the pool, visit the ducks ("bwack-bwacks"), climb up slides, and push things around. and EAT. Did i mention eating yet?
Favorite book: nothing, really! to my chagrin, as I am a total bookie. I refuse to give up, however. For now, I settle for him dancing in front of the tv to Donny Osmond in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Newest tricks: walking. Yes, hard-nosed as I am, I officially count this now. He's taken some steps here and there on his own, but today out of the blue, he walked across the waiting room at the department of health. All on his own! I barely even noticed as I was looking the other way and he was walking toward a random woman. Some day he'll walk to mama! Maybe if I have food...

Also, yelling, though I am not nearly as enthusiastic about this. Especially in church. Though he made me smile last week when I was accompanying in sacrament meeting and he yelled "mamamama!" and when I looked up he was waving at me...