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In honor of writing down Scout’s “firsts”, I thought I would let the record show that he has been using the correct tense in sentences since about the time he turned two.  The other day he said, “I fell down” as versus “fall down”, and according to my mom….he is a genius.  Glad to know he follows in my footsteps!

Scout is the little comedian as of lately.  He is always cracking jokes, and they are usually hilarious.  We went for a Sunday stroll to the gardens, and he insisted on walking by himself.  (Another thing as of lately….always saying “go away mom” so he can do stuff by himself without help.)  We were trying to get him to walk quickly with us because he was pretty slow, so we sped up to hopefully put some fear into him like we were going to leave him.  He didn’t care.  Instead, he decided to drop his shorts.

Right before leaving the NICU at one week, they gave Navy an ultrasound of her heart.  We were cleared to go home, but at our appointment with Carruthy, he said that the test came back to tell us she had a murmur.  Something stenosis???  Basically, she had a narrowing of a valve that transferred her blood away from her heart.  It was manifested by a heart murmur, so we have been monitoring it.  Our most recent trip to the cardiologist was a success.  Scout and Nonnie were along for support and laughs.  The doctor said it is no biggie, and they will check her a few more times, but that he doesn’t think there is anything to it.  He said, I am surprised this was even caught because it is so minor.  Sounds good to me!  She is healthy as a horse!

Waiting like a nice boy.

Scout is always kissing and hugging Navy, and here was Navy’s good luck kiss.

Here is my little roly poly on the table…ready for her ultrasound.  She was perfect!

Scout and Navy opened their first savings accounts today!  I had a big talk with them, and told them that this was their first step towards financial freedom.  The event went as follows:

Scout emptied out his Noah’s Ark piggy bank.

He Ziplocked it up to take to the bank.  Although, he was confused that “bank” referred to the thing he keeps on his shelf and to an actual place, so he kept putting the pennies back in the shelf bank.  But we got it all straightened out!

On his way into the real bank to make a very important transaction. He was so excited!

Trying to wheel and deal, and getting a decent interest rate for the times.  He even got the bank lady to roll his coins for him.  Sweet maneuver!  I think she was in love.

Navy is handing over her mullah.  Navy is a little on the lazy side because all of her money was thanks to Nonnie.  At least Scout asks everyone for pennies, and then saves up. ($32.00 to be exact….plus Nonnie’s contribution….not too bad!)

The handshake that sealed the deal.

A parting gift for both kids….a new piggy bank.  It’s actually perfect so that we can separate out savings from tithing.

Navy wasn’t as into it as Scout.  She was more caught up with the DumDums that were out for free.  But I told her…life isn’t all about eating and getting freebies.  She said she learned from the best!

And then I took a bow.

Scout got invited to his first official birthday party outside the family.  It was a superhero theme, and they were supposed to come in their outfits.  Scout doesn’t even know what a superhero is, and didn’t have a get up, so we improvised.  With a fabby dabby idea from Belly, we went with “Captain Underpants”.  Trey was obsessed with him, so I knew who he was, so Captain Underpants it was!  My mom picked up some red flannel fabric for the cape, and some big boy unders to go over his diaper.  When Scout got all dressed up, he was in heaven, and was running around with his arms out like Superman.  He couldn’t wait to go to the birthday party, and even had a few meltdowns in the morning because he wanted to already be at the party.  Before we went, I had to run a few errands, so he came along in his costume.  Everyone at Nordstrom was dying over how cute he was.  I was interested in how he would do at his first party since he was two and the birthday twins were four.  Luckily it was a total success, and he loved the party!So much, that he has asked to go to a birthday party every day since.