Saturday, June 5, 2010

Weekends...

I sat down last night to post this blog, only to have it somehow delete and then immediately save the just-deleted/empty post version.  Let's try this again...

The last couple of weekends, we've been in North LA; first, celebrating Mom's birthday, and then last weekend for Memorial Day.  For my records, David Scott had to go to the doctor for his 6-month well baby visit on Mom's actual birthday (May 21st).  He was "perfect," and weighed 17 pounds, 2 oz., and was 25.5" long.  During the visit, we discovered a third tooth coming in.  It is also on bottom like the first two.  If you watch the tv show "The Office," then you know the character Kevin.  IF Kevin shows his teeth -- even when smiling -- it's only his bottom teeth.  Scotty and I have an ongoing bet that he doesn't even have any top teeth.  Well, it looks like our little DS is going to look like Kevin for a while...but much, much better looking!

After his visit with Dr. K, David Scott went on to daycare and I went to work.  After work, we left for the 'Boro.  Because Mom and David had a function that night, we ate dinner with Sue Sue and her crew at San Marcos.  The company was great; the food, not so much.  That night, David Scott had his first real bath by himself without his baby bathtub.  It was a success!


Saturday morning, DS and I headed to Monroe to visit with Mimi and Mamaw for a while.  Scotty stayed in BR so he could get some golf, I mean, work done.  After a couple of hours, we headed back to Winnsboro to hang out at Mom's.  Jessie's mom, Gayla, came over for a quick visit since she hadn't seen DS yet.  A little later, we got into the pool for a little while, but DS was less than impressed, so we went in.  We were all a little tired since DS hadn't slept very well on Friday night, I think, due to the shots and the teething.  He didn't sleep good on Saturday night either, so Auntie Boo and I were both up and down all night both nights.  Needless to say, I think it will be a while before David Scott has any cousins to play with.  We came home Sunday afternoon and had a pretty uneventful week.

This past weekend, we headed back up north.  This time Scotty came with us b/c him and Lee were playing in a golf tournament.  They didn't win; we'll leave it at that.  Friday night, DS and I stayed at Mom's again where we went out to eat at Brown's Landing.  I've been going to Brown's my entire life -- since I was younger than David Scott.  He had his second encounter with a pickle and seemed to like it.

On Saturday, once again we headed over to Monroe where we had lunch with Mimi and Mamaw followed by a quick playdate with Betsey and Stella Grace.  SG is exactly 3 months younger than DS, and with him being on the smaller side and her being on the bigger side, when we laid them side-by-side on the floor, they were almost the same size! David Scott is curious about everything these days -- hair, earrings, noses, random stuff in stores, so when he saw Miss Stella Grace's headband and bow, he immediately started grabbing for it. Betsey and I were both laughing so hard, trying to move SG away from DS all the while trying to keep them both upright since he was the Leaning Tower of Pisa and she was just in need of some support, that we failed to capture that moment. And yes, that was the longest run on sentence, but that's okay. It's my blog. I'll make a run on sentence if I want to.


After our playdate (this was the first real one for both), we went to the nursing home to visit Papaw.  He's so funny, that Papaw is.  Only occasionally does he refer to our little boy as "David Scott."  Usually it's "David," "Davey," "Scott," "Scotty," and I think he may have even called him "Peanut" when we were there.  However, as long as he doesn't call him "Junior," I wouldn't dream of correcting him.  :)  After the nursing home, we took Mamaw to eat at the Olive Garden.  That place is consistently good; always a favorite of mine.

On Sunday, we got ready for a small cookout at Deb's house.  When we saw that we'd have a little time to spare, Mimi and I decided to take "the boys" -- Doodle the dog and David Scott to the park by her house.  They both had a good time.


Doodle pooped out and decided that he'd prefer to ride in style in the stroller basket.

That night, we ate outside and DS got to sit in the same high-chair that Scotty sat in as a baby.  It is now considered an antique or vintage.

On Monday, we returned to Mom's house for more food and fun by the pool.  This go round, DS very much enjoyed the water.  I suspect that he will be a water baby given how much he already likes bathtime and now the pool.  Hopefully the oil will be gone from the beach and we can take our little man to Gulf Shores at the end of the summer like we'd planned.


This week was uneventful as well.  As I was making my first attempt at updating last night, I brought David Scott into the extra bedroom with me so I could type and watch him at the same time since Scotty wasn't home from work yet.  After a minute or so, he started grunting.  I looked down to see this:

Yes, David Scott can go in a complete circle (multiple times) on his belly, and now he can go a few inches back, but still not much forward motion.  It'll come, though.  I can tell that the pieces of the puzzle are about to come together.  It's time to batten down the hatches. 

And because I haven't included enough pics, here are a few more:

DS and Gran

Chillaxin

1st popcicle -- sugar-free -- loved it!

Mimi and DS


David Scott:  "Hey girl.  Whatchu doin?"
Stella Grace:  "Uh, Mom...he's touching me!!!"

1 comment:

  1. olivia went backwards for a good month before forward motion came but once they "get it" they "get it"! i hate we've missed each other everytime you've been up. we'll get it together one day soon!

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