My oh my...where has the time gone?  I feel like I just posted an entry then realized it's been over 3 months!!!  Life for the Scott's is wonderful, but still busy.  Our little Lila Bean just turned one on the 14th.  We had a birthday party with family and close friends on the 15th.  Lila had such a good time at her party.  We had lunch, cake, presents and went swimming afterward.  It was perfect and so many special, wonderful people were able to join us.  Pappa and Granny came out for the special event the Tuesday before.  Granny, Lila and I ran around San Antonio for 3 days getting everything ready.  As always Lila was a trooper.  She only got fed up with the constant going once on Friday night.  It was all worth it in the end though because the party was so nice and Lila got so many nice gifts that have kept her occupied ever since.  We all thoroughly enjoyed watching her devour her very own birthday cake, but one of the best parts of the day was when everyone sung "Happy Birthday" to her.  She just stopped and looked at all of us with a huge grin on her face.  She knew it was special for her, which made my heart melt.  That night after she had gone to bed Spencer said to me, "You know what my favorite part of today was? How she reacted and how happy she was that everyone was singing to her."  Makes me get all choked up.  After her party Spencer had the brilliant idea for my niece, Kirstine, to watch Lila while my parents, his parents and us all went to see "Man of Steel".  It was really cool that the 6 of us were able to all go together.  Don't know if that will ever be able to happen again. It was a fantastic day, I wouldn't have changed a thing.

Playing with Uncle Brent.  (Love this one).

Playing with Uncle Brent's hat

We make this face A LOT whenever we are excited about something.

Can we say messy?

I love her name.  It is perfect for her.

A little bit about what little Miss Lila Jeanne is up to these days.  She started walking about the middle of May just after Great Grandma got here for a visit.  She had been letting go of furniture and attempting to take a few steps here and there for a few weeks prior, but really mastered walking (to the point where she gave up crawling) about the 18th of May.  It was so fun to watch her work at it.  I'd sit on the floor and encourage her to "come to mama". Now one month later we NEVER crawl and can run.  She loves to climb, on the couch, mom and dad's bed, the stairs, etc.  Her motor skills, especially her gross motor skills are amazing.  We are now working on the fine motor skills and verbal skills (including some sign language).  She has a ring stack and can stack on all the rings; I just have to hand them to her in the right order.  As I hand them to her I say the color to her.  We also LOVE books.  She spends so much of the day flipping through the pages.  We really like the books with animals in them.  So, of course we have to go over what each animal says.  She knows cat, cow, bee and lion.  They are still a work in progress, but she can do them.  It's really funny, I have this pajama shirt with cats on it (yes, it was given to me as a joke haha) and every time I wear it she points at it and says "meow".  Hehehe she's so stinkin cute! And by the way she loves our cats.  Our boy Siamese cat, Imotep, is her favorite.  I think he secretly loves her too.  He lets her knock him over and love on him.  Sometimes she's pretty rough, but he always comes back for more.  She doesn't really say a whole lot, sometimes "mama" and "dada" and we of course have mastered "no", but other than that she still babbles...a lot.  She loves to talk on the phone.  She also LOVES the water.  We go swimming a lot now that its so hot here in South Texas.  She likes going under water, sticking her face in the water, kicking her legs, floating on her back and of course being thrown up in the air. We have so much fun with her.  She is always making me laugh.  She knows just what to do to get me to laugh and then when I start laughing she starts too.  She is such a doll. I'm really LOVING this age.  It is so fun to watch her learn.  She is very curious and inquisitive.

Spencer and I are doing well also.  Things have been very stressful still.  Spencer finished his semester with an 'A' in O-Chem1 and Physics2 (both with labs).  He's LOVING his new job.  He always has lots of stories to tell me and talks about how much he is learning.  He's also made some really important contacts for getting into Medical School here in San Antonio.  He takes his MCAT exam August 22nd, so he is VERY busy studying for that.  He's on a 9 week study program and has so far said he feels pretty good about the material.  He's only really complained about the Physics portion.  He will apply for Med School in September.  It's hard to be patient.  We are both anxious to know how he will do on the MCAT, which schools he will get accepted to (no doubt in my mind he will get accepted) and where we will be living for the next four years.  It is all very exciting, but a little trying at times also.  As for me I'm busy working part-time , which is still going very well.  I get to bring home some money and get to keep our nice apartment with a hefty rent break.  I've also become pretty "crunchy" lately.  I've started making a lot of things from scratch.  All my spices, soup bases, juice and cleaning products I make myself now.  My next goal is bread and possibly getting raw milk and making my own butter with the cream.  I'm really enjoying all that I'm learning about healthy/clean living.  I guess that is all from The Scotts.  I'm excited for our future.  There are a lot of variables at the moment, but all of them no matter what happens will be positive and exciting.  Hope you enjoy the pictures, I know I sure do.  Hopefully you'll hear from me sooner next time.

Easter at the Boring Farm

Mommy and Lila in our new Easter dresses (Thank you Granny)

Playing in the Blue Bonnets

Eating the Blue Bonnets?

We don't like Blue Bonnets.

Opening our chocolate Easter Bunny from Grranny. Mmmmm Yummy!

We love books

Dang, I got caught taking pictures

Enjoying Grandma's pool

Before we could walk.  Playing with cousin Hannah.

We love Cousin Rissa

and Oskar too.

Lila and Pappa

Lila and Uncle Brent (she really likes men...scary?)

We like to try getting our self dressed. We carry clothes all over the house all day trying to put them on.  These are her favorite because they have bees on them.

Just having fun

Wearing Pappa's hat

Talking with Granny