Scott Family

In an effort to lose all those baby pounds, mommy is attempting to do the “Self Challenge” (http://self.com) It’s basically just focusing on eating right and exercising to lose weight and get healthy. It’s only been two days but I’ve been doing a great job with what I’ve been eating. Because I’m nursing I have to be careful not to decrease my calories too much or it could affect my milk production. I’m actually really loving the food I’ve been eating. This afternoon I made a yogurt smoothie that was fantastic! I havent’ really done any exercise yet (I get my Cardio chasing Camden and my weights lifting Parker!!) I’m hoping to get back into the habit of going to the gym. Tonight is line dancing, that should burn a few calories!

Parker cut his third tooth. He’s not any less cranky though! Today he has been especially clingy and grumpy. He’s happy when he’s eating…. moo! We tried green beans for the first time today and he though they were worth eating.

Today we went to a birthday party and the boys had fun.l Hullaballo was there, which was kind of funny since he will be at Camden’s party next Saturday Parker showed off his crawling skills when he was in a good mood. The best part was that I got to shop for girl clothes! Not something I get to do very often

Ugh…. this software is no compatable with Windows Vista and Firefox and I keep forgetting it! I keep writing posts and then they get erased. Boo! Ok, take two….

Parker is 6 months old now. Before we left for our trip he had his 6 month appointment. He is 28 inches long and weighs 19 lbs 14 oz. His head is 45 3/4 cm. His weight gain has slowed down but it’s not too surprising with all of the jumping he does in his Jumparoo! We got home last night and I put Parker down on the floor and he started crawling! He’s been so close for so long and he finally did it. He also got himself almost up into a sitting position. He’ll have that mastered in no time. He’s growing up so fast. He is also eating rice cereal, squash and sweet potatoes. We tried peas once but he really was not impressed, we’ll try again one of these days.

We have been in Montana visiting grandma and grandpa for the past 10 days. We all had a great time, especially Camden! He had so much fun playing in the snow. It only snowed a couple of times while we were there but there was snow on the ground the whole time. Camden rolled down the hill, jumped down and landed on his bottom, slid down the hill on his bottom and on his tummy and burried daddy in the snow (then walked on him.) He slept in a big twin bed (and only fell out twice….) Camden also enjoyed eating snow, making snowcones with daddy and making homemade ice cream.

Mommy and daddy got away for a night while we were there. We went to The Lodge at Whitefish Lake. It was the first time we left Parker over night and he did well. I spent all week pumping so they would have enough milk for Parker. I’m so glad that I don’t have to pump every morning any more! I even got to go to the spa while we were there and had a great sugar & ginger scrub and massage! Dinner at the lodge was really good too.

It’s been a while since my last update (what else is new!) Lets start with what Camden had for dinner tonight…. two hot dogs, a yogurt and chicken curry!! Moose! And, he kept asking for more. Just before bedtime he kept asking for more… “how about some cheese?”… “daddy, how about an apple?” I wonder if he’s growing? Camden has become a super pee-er. Currently his motivation is candy. We’ll have to figure out how to curb that later. We have a basket of halloween candy that is left and we need to get rid of that and just give him a few m&m’s otherwise he’s going to OD on candy. The important part is that he is going on the potty and that’s pretty cool - especially since we aren’t actually putting much effort yet into the whole potty training thing.

Parker wants to crawl so badly! He’s getting pretty close too. He gets up on his hands and feet sometimes and he gets on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth. He moves backwards but not forward yet. He has tried peas and made some great faces. Unfortunately when we got the camera out he stopped with the faces. Oh well. Lately he appears to have forgotten how to eat… he sticks his tounge out and blows raspberries at us and makes a big old mess of mushy food and drool… gotta love it! He has really discovered his tongue lately so it’s actually pretty cute - especially since he has a big smile on his face when he does it. He’s also discovered his toes. Every time I try to change his diaper he sticks his feet up in the air then tries to chew on his toes.

Our family has been hit by some sickness lately but we are on the mend. Thankfully Parker has stayed pretty healthy. He sounded a little hoarse today but that’s it so far. Brian, Camden and I have all had a stomach virus. We’re all better now. Brian and Camden have a cold that they are recovering from. So far I have stayed away from the cold - which is only fair since the stomach bug hit me way harder than them. I lost about 8 lbs in two days. Ick! We’re getting better so that’s what’s important now!

On a more positive note, we finally have tile on our bathroom floors! WOOHOO!!!! We always hated that the bathrooms are carpeted so this is great. I’ll take pictures soon and post them.

That’s all for now!