Hello again! I took a long break from blogging while my life was a bit crazy with my active baby boy, my job, and my growing business! I have decided that I want to keep this blog updated so that I can keep a better record of all of Scotty's bench marks and the many adorable things he does.

I can't believe Scotty is already 15 months. Time truly does fly after you have a little one. He is still a tall boy (85%) and growing fast! He talks up a storm and has been since about the time he turned one. He started walking at 10 months and was very steady on his feet, running and climbing by 12/13 months. Some of his first words were:
-Dada
-Mama
-Chicken
-Ball
He also knew and used the signs for more, thank you, please, sorry, and all done.

He now knows many other words including:
-Fishy
-Dog
-Football
-Hike
-Bath
-Anna
-Katie
-Thank you
-Papa
-Granna
-Kenzie
-Cheese
-Water
-Bye Bye
-Hi
-Night Night
-Sorry
-Many animal sounds (cat, dog, monkey, snake, lion, bear, owl, duck, elephant)
-Wow
-Whoah
-Shoes
-Nose
-Eye
-Love you
-No
-Banana
-Juice
-Treat
-Jesus
-Amen
-Becca
-Joe Joe
-Ella
-Shoes
-He's starting to string together phrases like: "This is a ball" and "My ball"


His favorite toys are by far:
Any kind of ball. You will hardly ever see him without a ball in his arms, He favors basketballs and footballs and loves shooting baskets in his Little Tikes hoop. He also LOVES watching basketball, on TV, his daddy's city league games or BYU games. It is one of the only times he will sit still for an extended period of time. He loves books and "reading" them and also being read to. He absolutely loves being outdoors and going to the park to go down the slide over and over and swing on the swings. He loves phones and ipads and watching videos of himself. He also loves to FaceTime with his family members and pointing out his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, toes, shoes, etc.


Scotty just recently had tubes put in his ears because of recurring ear infections and he did great! The nurse said he was only the third baby she had seen that was so well behaved after that procedure. He had to be fasting before so they did it first thing in the morning. They took him back in his little hospital gown and they put him under general anesthesia (just with the mask) and it only took 5 minutes to insert the tubes. He has been a much happier boy since they put them in aside from the fact that all of his teeth decided to come in at once. He now has 4 top teeth, 3 bottom, and all 4 of his molars have cut through.


Scotty is a generally happy a delightful baby. He has really been easy in most aspects. He nursed until 12 months and he weaned in one day. He loves his binky but has not had a hard time getting rid of it except for naps and bedtime. After he wakes up he counts to 3 and throws it into his crib and says "bye bye." He eats really well and isn't extremely picky, although he has gotten more picky as he has gotten a mind of his own. Some of his favorite foods are:
-Bananas
-Beans and rice
-Apple Juice
-Fruit Snacks
-Any treat: (suckers, cookies, candy, soda)
-Blueberries
-Fruit and veggie baby food pouches
-Veggie straws
-Broccoli and Cauliflower
-String Cheese
-Pizza

He seems to be right-handed as he is learning to feed himself and also color and draw. He is really good at holding a pen/pencil/crayon or spoon.

Because Scotty is so active, he is very challenging to take care of at church. We are kind of counting down the weeks until nursery, and we know he will do great there and probably love it. He just wants to be able to run free. He is learning how to pray and knows to fold his arms when it is time to pray, and says "amen" at the end. :o)

He has started to get a little bit of shyness when he first meets a new person but he warms up really quickly. He's very friendly and has gotten over his fear of facial hair for the most part.


Scotty has had two haircuts so far. He has lots of beautiful curly hair and almost everyone that sees him compliments him on his hair and asks me where he gets it from. (The answer is, we think it came from my side since I have naturally wavy hair and my dad has curly hair.)


Our little guy has a wonderful charismatic personality and knows what he wants. We are so lucky to have him in our lives!