3 Week Check-up is a Success.

We just got back from Kate Scot's 3 week check-up and she did so well. She's right at 50% on weight (8 pounds, 11.5 ounces) and head circumference (14 in.), AND she's 80% on length (21 inches). Maybe I need to go ahead and set up the basketball hoop so it's ready for her when she can walk?


Christmas 2008 was so much fun, yet such a blur. We were so happy that everyone was able to come over and visit us so that we didn't have to travel with Kate Scot. Here are a couple of good pictures to document the time. I'm planning on posting an online picture album soon.


Happy New Year Everyone... see you in 2009!

We Have Lift Off!

Today marked a big achievement in Kate Scot's development. She has been moving her head around sporatically since birth, but today (Saturday, 12/27/2008 - 2 weeks and 5 days old) she demonstrated her calm agility and smooth muscle coordination as she lay on her stomach and picked her head up to move it side to side. We were able to catch her in the act a couple of times and wanted to post this link to the videos for everyone to see. There are three clips, each a minute or two long.

Some things to note: She's really been cooing a lot lately and "talking" to us in sounds that seem like the beginning of a cry, but are more like grunts. Also, she really shows off her tongue to the audience in true KISS fashion. She's much more alert and playful, enjoying things like her bouncy chair, being walked around the room, or even just put in her car seat and swung like a pendulum. Movement is the key, even if it's just bumping around in the stroller.

PS> Christmas was awesome this year. Everyone was so great to come visit us. We'll be sure to post a bunch of pictures very soon. Until then, enjoy these videos... and if we don't see you 'til next year, Happy New Year!

Pick Up Head Movies 12-27-08

Kate Scot's Birthday Slideshow

Just click on the link below and it will take you to a website where you can press PLAY to watch this slide show of pictures and captions showing the night before, day of, and days after Kate Scot's birth. This is just the beginning...

Kate Scot's Birthday Slideshow

The Many Faces of Kate Scot

[Prolouge: We borrowed this idea from our friends, Ben and Moira Plaisance, and their new baby boy, Jean-Paul. Babies just make the darndest faces. You can check out their blog by clicking on the link at the left under our Blog List.]

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So, it's Day 2, and as we were trying on Kate Scot's new fluffy hat (made by Gigi, Debbie's mom) she began making some amazing new faces. Feel free to add a comment if you have any good ideas as to what she might be thinking as she makes these crazy faces.

The Infamous "Pouty" Lip, documented here on Day 2, but first witnessed by her Father minutes after her birth.

We like to call this one, "Here's the church, here's the steeple..."

"The Finger"


"The Kiss... not til you're 30!"


"The Yawn... Rough Day"

Welcome to the World, Baby Kate Scot!

December 8, 2008... if you've been reading since the beginning of the blog, 12/8/08 was the due date that we were given from the start. And right on time, 3:49 PM that is, our new baby girl arrived! At 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and 20 inches long, she's everything we could have ever imagined.