A Scamehorn Summer

Hi Friends!  This summer has been quite different.  Having expanded the Scamehorn family, we had to get creative (and be flexible) about keeping Natalie entertained while simultaneously keeping Wesely on some asseblance of a routine and protected from the sun.  We've had lots of playdates at the house and we joined the Kid's Gym for the summer to get some indoor exercise. 

Hey! Hey! We're the monkees . . . people say we monkey around.  We did a lot of that this summer.

Here I am "monkey-ing" around again with my dad and my cousin.  I spent so much time in the water this summer that my mom thinks I grew gills. 

My Aunt Janet came up to celebrate Grandma's birthday.  We built a flamingo with tinker toys.  Aunt Janet is a lot of fun! She even had a sleepover in my room while she was here!

Chillaxin with Aunt Kimmie in her pool.

It's great living close to Daddy Ron.  We got to meet him for lunch one day at Long Horn's steakhouse - that's no bull! (Nope, it'sa bison)

Rub a dub dub, 2 cousins in a tub!

I love having Backyardigan time on the couch with dad.  He's my cartoon buddy . . .

. . . and my coloring buddy.

 . . . and my finger puppet friend. We are playing with finger puppets that I got from "big girl" Sunday School, which I got to start in July.  They have Praise Time (kids worship), dancing, Bible stories, crafts and (my favorite)  - snack!

When Dad isn't busy coloring or goofing off with me he likes to catch up with Wesley.

Wesley got  to spend time with his friends this suumer, too.

For Grandma's birthday we ordered had pasties and watched "Tangled".  In case you're wondering, a "pasty" is kind of like an empanada - it's a pastry filled with meat and potatoes.  Grandma's grandma used to make them when my Grandma was a little girl.

Aunt Jan and Grandpa enjoying pasties for Grandma's birthday dinner.

I will be starting art lessons in the fall.  Here I am meeting Laura Bird Miller ( a local artist), who will be my teacher in the fall.  We drew toucans together and I got to use pastels for the first time.

One of the most exciting milestones for me this summer was going tubing for the first time.  My parents' friends Becky and Steve invited us over for the 4th of July to go tubing and play with their daughters.  It was great fun! I loved it immediately.

I didn't want to get off of the tube, even when it was going very fast. I loved it!

Of course, we had lots of pool playdates this summer.  Here we are with the Waterston clan (and part of the Lattimer clan) enjoying some fun in the pool.

My dad joined his family in Satellite Beach to watch the final space shuttle launch.  I stayed home with mom and grandma, who was visiting for the week.

Wesley (or "Wes the Mess" as we like to call him) took his first swim in Aunt Kimmie and Uncle Kenny's pool.  He seemed to like it for a little bit, but not for long.  Next summer it will be a different story, I'm sure!

I love being a big sister and I think we make a great pair!

"What is this crazy girl doing in the place where I sleep, Mom? She wasn't here when you put me to bed!"             Hey! Party in my crib!



Another big milestone of the summer - Wesley finally turned 4 months old.  He looks pretty excited about that in this tummy time picture!



Wesley has decided that his favorite position is to hang "monkey-style" over mom's shoulder.  Not exactly convenient for Mommy, but she doesn't seem to mind too much.

I enjoyed quite a bit of time just playing inside.  I am a great independent player.  This summer brought a lot of arts and crafts time on my own (or with mommy).  Stickers, paper plate crafts, lots of coloring sheets and, of course, my favorite - the dry erase board.

We had lots of playdates with my friends from Northland Early Learning Center.  Here I am with my friend Maddie playing doll house.

Yawn . . . . it's a pajama playdate with 2 of my favorite girlfriends!

There were lots of other exciting things this summer.  Later on, I will post some pictures of our first family trip to the beach.  We also took a fun trip to Ikea, spent time at the farmer's market, and dad even took me to Disney a couple of times.  In the fall, I will start a new school closer to home so Wesley can have a more regular daily routine (among other reasons).  I loved my old school and my friends at Northland Early Learning Center, but I will still get to see some of them at church on Sundays. I hope everyone enjoys these last few days of summer and we'll post again when fall arrives.

6-12-11 Update; And the world turns

Hello everyone from SUNNY Florida,

It has been several weeks since our last update so I will try to let you know what has been happening in our life. Our little boy Wesley has been growing up nicely. He recently had his two month appointment and the Doctor Lacey used the words, "Wow" and "This child doesn't belong in your family". At his two month appointment he weighed 12 pounds 5 ounces (70 percentile) and his length was 23.75 (80 percentile). He had his three shots.

Grandma came to visit the end of May for a week. It was great to have the extra help and someone to spoil Wesley with lots of holding. Grandma, Natalie, and Dad went to Chucky Cheese after Wesley's appointment for some pizza and lots of Natalie fun.

Our favorite neighbors next door (Chris, Carole, Paige, and Tyler) made a plan and accomplished it by selling their house and moving to Evergreen, Colorado. It was emotional to see them pack up the moving trailer and spend their final days in the house. They had moved in just a few months before us and we had lots of fun together. We will have a lot of good memories including watching Natalie and Paige grow up together since they were only three months apart. (See the early blog for photos) We wish them well and hope to visit them next year and see their mountain views and three acree rental they are moving to. Now we have two sets of friends about thirty minutes apart in the Colorado area. Good luck Jacksons, you will be missed.

Natalie and Paige enjoying pool and lunch together

The week our neighbors moved out, Natalie finished her last year of preschool at Northland Church. Another great year with a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Scott. We will miss Northland and all of her friends that she had been with since her Mommy's morning out days. Next year she will start VPK at St. Luke's which is a lot closer to the house which will be nice for Mom now that she has Wesley. We have been to a couple orientations and we are looking forward new opportunites that she will have there. We have heard good reviews about St. Luke's from the neighbors that all attended including Paige, Reagan, Syndey, and Jacob.

Natalie with Mrs. Scott

Wesley's First Bath

Grandpa playing with our big guy on his play mat

Natalie giving a bottle to Wesley

Daddy Daughter Dance, March 2011

 I know there is lots more to tell, so hopefully we will get more time soon to update you all.
~Scamehorn Family

A Son Is Born!

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with the entire world that we have been blessed with a son. Wesley Michael entered this world on March 28. It was a Monday evening about 5:15 when Mom began having contractions a few days early (due date was April 17th). We asked Daddy Ron to travel down to watch Natalie and borrowed his car for our trip to the hospital. We arrived around 7pm and watched a little Family Guy on TV while we waited for our turn to be seen. When we got into the room with Nurse Gail, Mom was strapped up with the fetal heart and contraction monitors. I guess there is a new rule that they have to have twenty minutes of recorded data before the nurse can check you out. Well after twenty minutes they checked and Mom was 70% ready. They frantically rushed her in the bed up to delivery. The Anesthesiologist took her sweet time going over the questions and more questions (which I pretty sure they ask the same ones at least nine times, assuming their computers do not utilize a network and cannot share the same data) and then proceeded to give the pain medicine next door. She said she would be back, but in turn that would not matter, baby was not going to wait. So without our doctor or meds the baby started to come. We received a resident Doctor and several giggling nurses and out came Wesley. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Our Doctor walked in as Wesley was being delivered and took care of Mom. Wesley's sugar level was low with a 37 (minimum needed was 45) so after some hellos and a feeding he was sent to a transitional nursery for a couple hours until his level reached 50. He then returned to us for the two day hospital visit.

 Moments after birth

 Hi Mom!

 Daddy bonding

 Sister first sitting

Wesley Michael

.. More to come ;)

Sun Sets on Summer . . . Autumn Approaches

My summer was full of fun and firsts. We took our first long road trip as a family. We stopped in Atlanta to meet my Great Uncle Buzz and Great Aunt Dianne (my mom's aunt and uncle). While we were there, I saw my first beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium. We traveled farther on to North Carolina (Murphy-area) to visit my Great Grandma Lois and some more of my extended family. I saw my first fireflies (or lightning bugs as mom calls them), and met some of my cousins for the first time. I ended my summer with a little trip to St. Petersburg. Mom and I tagged along with dad while he had to work and we visited Lowry Park Zoo (my favorite thing was the giraffe skull), the beach near where my mom grew up (Redington Shores), and topped of the trip with a Rays game, but not just any Rays game. It was THE Rays game - the first no-hitter in the history of the Rays! I was there with my family and some friends. Here I am with one of those friends (Justin) below.

This year I am still in preschool and I am going 3 days each week. Just before my first day of school (see pics at the left), I got my very first haircut (see below). It was just a trim, but I really enjoyed it. School is a lot of fun and I love my new teacher, Mrs. Scott. This year, mom gets to help out in the classroom about once a month and I like having her in the classroom.

Here I am just dressing up for fun. This is a dress that my Aunt Kimmie and my mom wore when they were little girls.

The approach of the fall also brought an onslaught of birthday parties! Here I am at my friend Grace's birthday party enjoying some dress up time and, Play-doh, and (of course), Dora and Swiper. It was lots of fun.

A good friend of ours had a 40th birthday party at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel near Disney World, so we took the opportunity to stay overnight and enjoy some fun things at the hotel. Here's a picture of our room (I loved the balcony).

I had a great time swinging in the hammock with dad.

I spent a lot of time playing with my ponies. I buried them in the sand, took them on the playground, and taking them swimming in the pools.

The water was definitely cooler than my pool at home, but mom came in and braved the cold with me. I even tried the "big-kid" water slide, but mom and dad couldn't get pictures because one of them had to help me at the top of the slide and the other one had to meet me at the bottom, but TRUST me - I DID it!

I completed my trip to the Swan and Dolphin with a big, sticky, messy, lollipop. Mom was not happy about the fact that dad let me have it in the car (I have a propensity toward wiping sticky, messy things on the car seat), but she wasn't too upset because I had eaten a great, healthy breakfast that morning. In fact, Goofy, Pluto, Chip and Dale also came to breakfast! It was a lot of fun.

After lots and lots of waiting the pumpkins FINALLY arrived! Mom and I took a trip to the pumpkin patch by ourselves. We took some fun pictures and took home some pumpkins, too.









Here are some pictures from another birthday party. However, this was a special birthday party. It was at Green Meadows Farm, which is one of my favorite places!

Mrs. Tammy (the birthday girl's mommy), helped me feed the goats.








I was a little bit afraid to feed the goats myself, but I did like petting them!

The highlight of the trip for mom was watching me kiss this little, tiny baby duck. However, the highlight of the trip for me was when the duck pooped on daddy's shirt. I guess I squeezed the little thing a little too hard. Even my friend Paige got a kick out of that.

I was feeling a bit "sheepish" standing next to this ewe. If you could hear this picture, you'd hear me giggling and making "baaa" sounds.

Paige and I were very amused by the rabbits, but mom was more amused at how similar Paige and I look in this picture.

I got to play around in an antique school room. It had "old-fashioned" desks that mom remembers having in her classroom. Wow, my mom just might be a bit antique herself.

Chugga-chugga Choo! Choo! We took a train ride together and I really liked watching Baby Tyler while we were on the train.

Even mom got into the farm life for a moment and held a chicken.

No trip to Green Meadows would be complete without riding a pony. I stayed very steady on the horse and rode it like a pro! (well, nearly . . . .)

When I came to Green Meadows for my 2nd birthday, I was too scared to milk a cow, but THIS time I did it! I also got to feed Sweet Lips - that's the cow's name.

Here I am with my family. Mom likes this picture because she says you can tell that I look a little like her and a little like my dad. I just think I look cute and totally prepared for a day at the farm.

So, that was my summer and fall. Who knows what the winter will bring!