Happy Halloween!

victory and defeat

Scott rolled over from his back to his stomach all by himself on Tuesday evening. He has been soooo close for several days, and he finally managed to get himself all the way over and then up on his elbows without any push from us. His victory was short lived, though. He started his roll on the bathmat (waiting for his bath) and finished his roll off the bathmat on the tile. As soon as he smiled at us over his victory, he forgot to keep holding his head up and he bumped into the tile floor - a crashing defeat followed by crying... No harm done, just a quick bump of the head that was quickly forgotten by getting in the warm splashy bathtub.

We didn't get a picture of the moment. But here is a picture of him in his activity center being well supervised by Riggs.

Reading a Pop-Up Book

By popular demand... here is a photo of Scott and Grams reading a Mother Goose pop-up book. Note the look of concentration on Scott's face. :)

Boo at the Zoo

Friday evening Grams, Scott & I went to "Boo at the Zoo" - a Halloween event at the Brevard County Zoo which is just up the road from us. (Brian missed it because it is drill weekend, but don't worry - he is having a good time.) We met our friends Tasha and Aiden there and all of us had a great time looking at kids' costumes. Scott wore his "Little Monster" outfit for the occasion, and he fell asleep in the stroller about half way through our visit. Aiden is about 2 months older than Scott and he stayed awake chewing on a nifty glow in the dark bracelet. The kids older than ours were busy getting candy from all of the business and non-profit groups that had set up booths around the zoo. We didn't see too many animals, but we did see some monkeys who seemed to be having great fun watching the people. This was a fun little outing, and I am sure we will do it again next year. Maybe next year Scott will stay awake and he can be in the costume contest.


Here's another picture of the "Little Monster" outfit where you can actually see the outift.

Swimming... or not

Scott thought that the water in the pool was a little bit too cool for his taste, so we will try swimming again in the spring, or in a heated pool. He liked the hooded towel much better than the pool.

New toys

Brian put together Scott's activity center last weekend. We weren't sure if he would be big enough to use it yet, but figured we would try it out. Scott is just barely tall enough, but he LOVES IT! He gets in there and goes to town - hitting things with his hands so that they makes sounds, "talking" the whole time and drooling up a storm. He plays so hard that he has worn himself out early these past few nights and gone to bed a little earlier than he did last week.

We have also discovered that the tip about balloons that we got from the "Be Prepared" book is true. Scott gave Brian a Clemson balloon for Brian's birthday, and it is hard to say who loves it more. If you put the string of the balloon loosely on Scott's hand or foot he will yank the balloon around and stare at it - enthralled.

Smiling and "talking"

Scott likes to smile and "talk". Of course we have absolutely no idea what he is trying to tell us, but he concentrates very hard on what he is saying... If you start laughing he will join in. Here is a picture of us laughing on the couch this evening.