3 Months Young

Spencer is 3!....? Months that is.

Spencer is a great bundle of joy. He now weighs a whopping 12.8 pounds. He usually sleeps from 9 pm to 8 am. He loves to watch Wyatt and follows people walking around the room with his head. He smiles more and more. But of course never when you get the camera out to take a picture.

He is starting to sit better, but he still needed a little extra padding from his blanket stuffed in front.

He holds his head up quite well.

He is beginning to grab and hold on to toys.

This is an added bonus. 

Wyatt and his terrible twos.

Spencer's Baby Blessing Day

We had the opportunity to bless Baby Spencer at our church on Sept 4, 2016. This is sort of like the Christening of the Catholic church but no baptism is involved. Instead we give the baby a name and a blessing as they start this journey through life. The name we gave is Spencer Otto Scott. Otto is the name  of Liz's great-grandfather on her dad's side and we just liked the name Spencer sp that came from our heads.

Here are some pictures from the day.

Here is Spencer with Grandpa Scott

Pictures of Spencer in his blessing outfit. It was the same outfit that both Jared Brunsman (his cousin) and Wyatt (his brother) were blessed in.

Spencer with his parents.

I am an awful mother and didn't get a picture of the people who stood ion the circle with him during the blessing. However here is a list of those who had that opportunity.

Jeffrey Scott (Father), Grandpa Hunter Scott, Uncle Ryan Scott, Uncle Steven Oakeson, Uncle John Scott, David Hampton (first cousin once removed), Jason Anderson (first cousin once removed), Bryn Farnsworth (first cousin once removed), and Peter Farnsworth (first cousin once removed).

Thanks for all those who were able to be there and show support to us and baby Spencer.

Rebuilding the back deck

The next house project we decided to take on was rebuilding the back deck. It was not built properly and this summer we tried to put Wyatt's swimming pool on it. When we filled the pool all the way up, the joists cracked underneath the weight and the deck started to fall down. So this past week we rebuilt the deck. Here are some pictures of our progress.

Jeff taking out nails from the floor boards. There were a lot of nails so this part took longer than we expected.

Deck without floor boards.

The Emperor's new deck!

New Floor Joists With joist hangers so they won't crack and fall down.

Screwing in the floor boards

Spencer's favorite place to watch the building

Then on to painting the deck.

Deck after the first coat of paint.

Deck after the second coat of paint.

We still have to rebuild the stairs but they work for now.