Month of May.......and a fish picture

The month of May is going to be full of fun things!  The early part of the month, we hope to attend the Duke ICN reunion.  We didn't get to go last year because Claire had just had her liver surgery a week before.  So looking forward to that! 

Also towards the end of May is the March of Dimes in our area.  I hope we can walk in that this year.  We had a team last year that walked for Claire.  Claire and I were unable to walk because it was also during when she had her liver surgery. 

Dr. Rachel told us today that she will find out in May if she gets the job at Duke as a pediatric cardiologist.  We are pretty sure she will get it!  And are very excited to have Claire as her patient again!!!!  :)

And one SUPER exciting thing happening in May is "Books for Charley" collection again.  It will be with a twist this year though.  Charlotte's mom has so graciously offered to let us "keep" the books we collect for "Books for Charley" and donate them to the PCICU at Duke.  So we are excited to be a part of this wonderful project again this year and that the heart children at Duke will get to benefit from it. 

So May is going to be jam packed!  I am sure I am forgetting something, but I will update as it gets closer. 

And here's a picture that has nothing to do with May, but thought it was cute.  Claire, Granny, and Aunt Amanda went to Walmart this week and sent the picture to me.  I think Claire is trying to tell me something.....  She loves Elmo and his pet goldfish Dorothy.  Maybe that's what she's thinking.

Beauty in a Wheat Field

We stopped off at a friend's wheat field this weekend and took Claire's picutres.  While it wasn't the ideal time of day as far as the lighting goes, I think they turned out beautiful.  And thanks to Beth for editing them as my desktop crashed and that is where my Photoshop is!

Can you say we are a little proud of our girl!?!?  :)

Love,
The Scott Family

You're Gonna Miss This, You're Gonna Want This Back

I heard that song (I think by Trace Adkins) this weekend "You're Gonna Miss This" while driving Claire to town.  I just about bawled but tried not to because I was driving.  This weekend was full of fun and we tried to make some great memories.  Because Claire is growing up so, so fast.   And Trace is right, we are going to miss these days. The days like Friday night where Claire screamed during the entire prayer/blessing at supper.   I  already miss those days.  So we made great memories this weekend and tried to take lots of pictures!

Friday night, Daddy's fire department held a dinner and drawing.  Claire and I rode out for a while, ate a little chicken and pastry, and socialized.  Claire sought out the old men playing the mandolin and guitar (she loves Bluegrass!!).  They played for her and she just loved it!

This man told Claire that the mandolin was more her size than the guitar

Saturday we visited Grandma Neat Neat while she worked in Great Granddaddy's house.  This is the house that was so damaged by Hurricane Irene.  I think they pretty much completed it today!  It's basically been totally renovated and looks great!  The first picture below is of Claire in her Granddaddy Eddie's room that he grew up in. 

In front of the old mantle that came out of Claire's Great Great Granddaddy's house.  We have one like it in our house.

Then of course we found Shop Cat.  He followed us around until we fed him.  Then Claire followed him around. 

We played with Daddy's tractors.

Then came home and watched the Duke game. 

Sunday, we ate lunch with Granny and Big Daddy at Andy's.  Claire and Big Daddy had fun walking through the parking lot.

We then took Claire's pictures in a wheat field close to the house, but they will come at a later date!

So we walked over to Aunt Sarah, Uncle Franky, Connor, and Anna's house to play with the dogs and chickens and goose. 

being shy

LOVE

chasing the goose yelling "kin" meaning "chicken"

feeding the chickens

After walking up and down their porch steps 100 times, Claire spotted the "baaaa walllssss" (balls) on their big trampoline and there we went. 

static electricity

Connor and Anna joined in the fun!

Enjoy the videos!  I tried to catch Claire saying her new word, "baaa bowls" - bubbles, but she was more into saying "bye" and making monkey noises.  :)  And enjoy the trampoline fun! (I don't know why it posted way below, but I couldn't figure out how to move it. Sorry!





We really are going to miss these days.  Even if Claire was up crying for 3 hours Saturday night/Sunday morning and neither Trent nor I could make things better (dang those eye teeth).  I will miss Claire just playing "Momma's Baby" in the mirror every night after her bath or snuggling with her daddy on those rare occasions that she will sit still for more than 10 seconds. 

I just want to hold on to them forever. 

Love,

The Scott Family

PS - Please also keep Caroline and her unborn baby boy in your prayers.  I do not know Caroline, but was asked to pray for her and her baby.  She is about 18 weeks pregnant and her water broke last week.  They have not been given much hope from doctors or Duke, but have asked that people specifically pray for the healing of her womb and reaccumulation of her amniotic fluid so the baby can continue to grow and develop.  Please pray for miracles for this family because we know God can work miracles. 

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Who's the fairest of them all? 

My mom says Claire walks by this mirror on their house over and over again during the day to watch herself and I think it's too cute! 

Love,
Rebecca

Also, 2 prayer requests tonight:
- Claire's heart friend, Evan, had a BT shunt put in his heart today to hopefully buy him time to wait to have his full open heart surgery repair until he gets bigger and stronger.  Please keep him and his famiy in your prayers!  You can read more about Evan here:  http://accidentalpurpose.com/
- Please pray for Marilee and her family.  It's sort of an unspoken prayer but please pray for comfort, strength, understanding, answers, and hope. 

Cuteness

The other night Claire fell asleep on the way home.  She was exhausted from playing all day.  I tried to wake her up but she wouldn't open an eye.  Trent tried tickling her feet and she didn't even flinch.

So I laid her down on her fluffly sea turtle and took a nap!  It was adorable.  :)

Love,
The Scott Family

Flower girl in training

Exciting news!  Aunt Amanda and Uncle Colby got engaged this weekend!  So much fun!  Bad thing was we all knew except Amanda for like 2 weeks and it was all I could do not to accidentally spill the beans!

Claire is excited as she hopes she will get to make an appearance as a flower girl.  Although this has not been decided, in Claire's mind, she knows she will be chosen.  ;)

We are very excited for Amanda and Colby!  Here are a few pictures from "the day" and that evening when we all went out to eat to celebrate!

THE RING!



someone is excited! 





Claire is not excited here.  She wanted Granny to hold her.




Me, my sisters, my brother, and our spouses/significant others (note to self, do not wear this outift again as it makes me look pregnant and I am not pregnant.)



The happy couple!

Claire and the future bride and groom

Love,

The Scott Family

Profile Picture

Trent's mom gave us a silhouette of Claire for Valentine's Day and I  oldLOVE it!  You can obviously tell which one is her (the bow gives it away!).  But I thought it would be neat to compare her profile to Trent's and mine.  You can tell by the dates if nothing else who is who.  But the first is Claire, the second is Trent, and the last one is me.  Claire is 16 months old, Trent is three years old and I am four years old (funny how both of ours were done in 1983).   So if you combine my profile and Trent's profile, I guess you get Claire's profile!  Anyways, enjoy!

Love,
The Scott Family