November 2008

It's hard to believe how much life has changed in the past year. And how much a child can change in that same amount of time. Scot is finally getting his third tooth, and there are three more still waiting to drop down. They have been hiding just out of view for about a month now, but never will quite come out. Fortunately, Scot doesn't fuss about them at all. He has learned a new skill, how to play with the dog. Like all dogs, Sonny enjoys a good squeeky toy, but he doesn't have any because once he gets his teeth on the thing, he is already bored with it. But, Scot does have squeeky rubber duckies. Just a few days ago he figured out how to actually make them squeek, and quickly after that, realized how excited the dog gets over it. So here they are, a baby waving a squeeky toy in the dog's face and a dog that is too timid to take it from him and instead just gets excited. Makes for a good laugh for the baby.

I decided this year to see if Scot would be interested helping me carve a pumpkin. Well, just the de-seeding part of it. As you can probably see from the picture, he was a little less than interested. Each time I helped him stick his hand inside, he immediately pulled away and tried to get all the slimy pulp off his hand. So that activity didn't last very long.

Lastly, Scot has found himself a "lovey." His aunt and uncle in Idaho gave him a teddy bear for Christmas last year and every time he sees it, a huge smile erupts across his face and he proceeds to give it a great big hug. He enjoys having it in bed to fall asleep as he sucks his left thumb and then plays with the bow on the bear's neck with his right hand. But, we are also lucky enough that he doesn't have to have it in order to fall asleep. I think we just got lucky with an easy kid.