Scholten News: Life After Baby: Parker's on the move!

Which might explain why it's been so long since I've posted. Seriously, two months?! I guess I have lots of catching up to do :)

We'll start with his 7 month post. In early September, he started sitting up on his own, and soon after, crawling. His pictures will emphasize this, as I've learned it's very hard to capture a still photo of the kid! Within days of his first attempt at crawling, it seemed he was on the go, non-stop. There was so much new territory for him to explore and he couldn't get enough. What is it about light sockets that seem to attract little ones?? We quickly realized it was time to start baby-proofing and headed to the baby store to stock up on the socket covers. Does anyone else think these things are people-proof, not just baby proof. Seriously, I have the hardest time getting them off, which I suppose is the point. If Parker gets those suckers off anytime soon, we have big problems on our hands ;)

Parker has also mastered the trick of pulling himself up and especially loves doing so on the ottoman.
It seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as his main objective is to pull the remotes and/or cell phones off from it. We decided to buy P his own cell phone in the hopes of deterring him from those (yes go ahead and laugh, we're rookies after all), but of course only the real thing will do for him. Looks like we've got a mini-Scott techie on our hands!

Seven and eight months also brought some unwanted sickness, including another ear infection for poor P. In fact, he and mommy were sick at the same time at one point. Can we say not fun?! Anyhoo, enough rambling and on to the stuff you've been waiting for.....pictures!!