Tuesday, August 25, 2009

She is almost crawling!










Scout is on the verge of crawling. She can roll all around now and just cracks herself up that she can do it. She bends over backwards and hangs her head upside down over pillows. She can get her stomach way off the ground and can get her knees up under herself...just not at the same time yet. She is fun to watch play with her toys. She can sit up really well alone and enjoys figuring out how her toys work. Her favorite toy is the jumpy in the doorway. She pounds away hard with her legs, reaching out to pet the dogs any time they walk by. She is starting to feed herself now. She can eat Cherios by herself and cold pieces of pancake. She has also learned to pick up her water bottle with a straw and get it to her mouth alone. One time, while lying in her stroller she picked it up with her feet, passed it to her hands and then had a drink! She is always moving and we are expecting to be really worn out once she gets mobile! her first session of swimming lessons is ending tomorrow, she loves to swim. She always kicks her feet and last week was also splashing her hands at the same time. She will start the next session in a couple weeks.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Cowgirl








Scout rode Tonto last night....we took her off earlier then she expected and started to cry! She loves her pony!

Zach graduates from OCS









After a long hard summer zach has graduated from Marine Officer Candidate School!! We are so proud of him. He worked hard, endured a lot, overcame injury, sickness, fatigue, hunger, the heat. With mental and physical toughness he made it to the end. There was a drop out rate of 26% in his platoon. Zach never considered quiting. He is back at college now to finish his senior year and lead the fire department as the Captain.

Scout did awesome on her first road trip. We drove down to Virginia and back, mostly driving at night so she could sleep. We spent one day in Washington DC at Arlington cemetery. We met the cap horse, Sgt. York. He was in President Reagans funeral as the riderless horse. Scout got to pet him in his stable. We also visited the Marine Corps museum.