Change of Plans

Just to clarify, Scott didn't end up going out of town. He was suppose to go on the 25 of September. But our stake completely redid the boundaries making five wards instead of six. There was a meeting on September 28 to go over all of that. The owner of the company Scott works for, whose in our ward, wanted to go to the meeting. So he told Scott that he could ride down with him after the meeting. Then as of Sunday morning, plans changed, and he was told that he could either go Sunday at 2, or Wednesday (with the other owner....their brothers). So he decided to go Wednesday. They told us that at church, so Scott would have had to leave early to go get his stuff ready, and also we wouldn't have known what to do with Spencer....I play the organ in Sacrament meeting, then had to teach the Sunbeams. Well, they ended up getting a job in Louisiana....so Wednesday came, and they were still waiting to hear something from that job, which would change everything, and who goes where. I don't know the details, but they didn't hear anything on Wednesday. They were then suppose to hear on Thursday, but again, didn't. So as of then Scott doesn't know what the deal is. So I asked him again a few days later, and he said that if he was going anywhere, he wouldn't leave until the 20th of October. I asked again, a few days later, about leaving on the 20th, and he doesn't know. So as of right now, he's here, which is fine with me. He might get sent to a job in Washington near the end of the year. This job would actually be a few months, but from the middle of December to the end of January I don't have school, so I could go with him. And during school, I could go visit...Washington is definitely closer than Texas or Louisiana.

What makes life 100%?

I love watching conference. My 2 favorite talks this year were from Elder Holland, about Angels, and President Monson, about change, and making the most of everything. Which is ironic, because our entire stake had it boundaries redone...and I don't think anyone is that thrilled. It made me feel a little better that, the housework has gone to crap, my biology is not going as well as planned, and my flute doesn't get touched near as much as I would like....but I do play with Spencer almost 24/7. We go swimming, to the park, on walks, Planet Kid, go see the dogs at the mall, we do it all. You should Spencer's face when we see the dogs, and he doesn't care what he's doing as long as he's outside....Everything can wait. When I heard President Monson's talk I thought about a little think I got in Seminary.

If.....(A=1, B=2, C=3...etc., like so...)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R U S T V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

THEN,
H A R D W O R K
8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98%

K N O W L E D G E
1114 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96%

BUT,
A T T I T U D E
1 2020 9 2021 4 5 = 100%

(I have all the numbers and letters lined up, but then when I publish the post they're not...so line them up in your mind:))

Talking up a storm

I love Spencer's baby book. It goes into so much detail. It has a page for, family trees, ultra sound stuff, pregnancy stuff, stuff about mom and dad, hospital details, baby shower details, coming home details. It even has a current events page, so you can see what was going on when you were born, and a price page, where you can right down the prices of thing when you were born. I looked on that particular page, and August 2007, I put 3.00 +/- for gas. Man only 3.00 or so for gas...just a year ago! Then it has a page starting at 1 month going all the way through 12 months, where it has spaces to write: sleeping patterns, foods, words, just about everything. Well once it hits a year, it then goes by every year. So I'm going to try to keep track on my blog some of Spencer's new achievements, since there isn't any more space in the baby book. Spencer is a absolute, complete mimic. Up until now, he can easily say: dad, mom, ball, uh-oh, dog, baby, and Katie. His newest word within the last week is "grandpa". My dad had a week vacation he took, so Spencer and I had company. Spencer loves hanging out with Grandpa, so since that week, he says "grandpa" a lot. When he sees something he likes, he points with his short, round finger and goes "Oooooo"... and when something is fun he goes, "Weeeee". As far as the mimicking goes, we can get him to say, "grandma" and "football" He doesn't do those 2 by himself, but he will say them if we do. He also tries to say bath. He is always talking though, whether we can understand or not. He is even starting to mimic rhythms, and voice inflection.

Swimming

We love swimming! Spencer has always loved the water. He loves to splash, kick, and go under. I put him in swimming lessons, this summer, but we try to go to the YMCA as often as we can so he doesn't lose what he learned. Spencer is fearless when it comes to the water, so I'm going to always make sure he's in swimming lessons. My mom said that I was two or so the first time that I swam across a pool, Spencer is definitely headed in that direction. So, we went to the YMCA today to go swim. He loves slides, so we gave the Kiddie-pool slide a whirl; he fell backwards. So I put him down a few times on his back, but when ever I do that, he just freezes...It's so funny. Most kids try to sit up when you force them on their backs, but he stays put until you move him. After a while I put him back sitting up and he did fine. He only fell back one more time (I think he was tired). We also tried the big blue slide. He loved, he said, "WEEEEE" the whole way down. WEEEE is his latest word. He says it everytime we go to the park, even if he's not going down the slide. He says it while other people go down slides. And he says it to his toys, especially his cars, as he puts them down slides. He is definitely a water-dog. In this picture (on the slide) he's not even going down. He frozen. His suit and his head are keeping him from not going down. His head is where it is still flat.

Swimming with cousins, Natalie, and Alex.
No he didn't just come up from underwater...I just got a really weird shot.

Photography

We were too lazy to take Spence in to get his picture taken....So, like most people, we attempted to take a "professional-looking" picture ourselves. And like most people, it was a disaster. We did however, figure out a trick to get him to smile....the dog. Spencer loves our dog, but our dog (my parents dog) does NOT love her. She is a gray toy poodle, who is almost fifteen years old. We all decided that she is mentally retarded as well. My mom, and Scott, keep threatening my little sister that one day the dog will meet with an unfortunate accident. Anyways, she's old, and does not like little kids. She snaps at Spencer all the time, and he thinks its the funniest thing. It doesn't hurt because half her teeth have fallen out. So, my point is, the dog keeps his attention, and makes him smile. So it ended up being a good trick. Just to note, the only background that we could find (that was a solid color) was this creme color...Which completely washes him out.

This was the best picture, I took it to Kinkos and printed it out in black and white. It looks really good, and more professional, in black and white. We also printed the date on it. So for anyone out there who knows if I can change it to black and white on the blog, let me know...I'm not that advanced. So here are a few that are cute, but look like just a snap shot. Very obvious that they weren't professionally done.
Can you tell what's making him so happy? He loves that dog! I think the key is a background that doesn't scrunch up so bad, and a decent camera. Both of which we were lacking:)

Hair Mania!

Today was my little sister's first dance (Well actually 2nd, she went to Freshman Farewell last year). It is Homecoming, and yes Borah actually won their homecoming game. Borah is in the top 5% of best high schools in the nation, academically, but we couldn't ever win a football game to save our lives.When I was there I don't think they won a single game....maybe a few. Anyways, I did Katie, and her friends hair for the big dance. My older sister Lindsey did the make-up.

This would be the mid-way through shot

Final product (Cassie had to leave before Katie was done). Looks gorgeous.

Can't get enough of the park

The past few days Spencer has wanted to be outside non-stop. We stayed very active this summer, and spend a lot of time outside. Whether it was swimmig, going for walks, or going to parks we spent a good chunk of everyday outside. It has died down a little; we spend more of our time inside. We still go outside some....However, yesterday my older sister Lindsey babysat him while I went to class, and they spent most of their time outside. Since then, all evening yesterday and all day today, Spencer has been wanting to go outside. He stands by our backdoor and just cries until I take him out. It's been a rough day. So after I got done with a test this afternoon I took him to the park. He loves the park. We have about four or five different parks that we alternate between. His favorite thing about the parks are the slides. He does pretty well with them, if they are too big then I lay him down, but for the most part he can sit up while going down them.

I rarely put him in shoes. I never wear them inside, so he never does either. And if we are going somewhere I usually don't bother putting them on him, because he's usually in a cart or the stroller. But I always put him in shoes when we go to the park (obviously), every park has those dumb wood chips. So if I put shoes on him, he knows where we are going....and gets very excited.