Long time no blog

Well, it's been an interesting few weeks in the Scott household, which would explain the dearth of blogging lately. My apologies ... I'll get back on the stick and have some more pictures up here soon. Maybe even a video or two.

First things first ...

Most of you already know this, but we are once again in a family way. Yep, Wilder's gonna have a little brother or sister to do his bidding and be his personal court jester here soon. Not too soon ... we're not due until late March but, after some initial concerns early in the pregnancy, it now looks like we're gonna bring another 'lil Scott into the world.

As for Wilder, he's doing great. He's finally stringing some two and three word sentences together (as in, "Where's the hippo?") and his vocabulary grows noticeably every week. So cool to see. He's climbing like crazy (I've even caught him table dancing ... seems he can scramble up on top of the dining table for a jig in the time it takes me to look in the fridge). He's jumping and dancing and generally delighting in the knowledge that he can do many things now that he couldn't a month ago. He's also listening, a big boon for his parents, and generally following simple directions. He's growing like a weed and has his Papa's skin -- they're both loads tanner than I am right now. We slather on the sunscreen, but he soaks up the sun anyway. No sunburns ... he's just a little brown boy.

In three weeks, we leave for Hawaii. Kauai, to be more exact. We're going for six nights, partly to see our friends Julie and Jim get married and partly to get the hell out of dodge for once. We've got two and three day layovers in Phoenix going and coming. That's where Wilder's other set of grandparents, my pop and his wife Sharon, live, so we're really looking forward to seeing them and letting them get to know Wilder better. At any rate, we're very very very much looking forward to this vacation. We've got a wonderful place to stay, and even some built in babysitters in the form of our good friends Jeff and Ginger who'll be staying with us. The trip cannot come soon enough ... my only regret is that Wilder will likely not remember a single detail of it, but that's just a good excuse to go back soon, right?

OK, enough babble. Forgive me if I don't blog often in the next few weeks and don't blog clever and with some mildly successful attempts at humor. I'm in full-fledged pregnant-brain mode right now. And, without further ado, some recent pics:

In the backyard, floating around with mama.

Taken during the Pop-and-Wilder Weekend Extravaganze (mom was in Colorado)

Handsome in his new camo shirt courtesy of Grandma Teri.