Bitter Sweet...

    Scout will be 11 weeks old tomorrow...she is growing SO FAST! I go back to work on Monday and I am not looking forward to leaving my baby girl all day. I have enjoyed being home with her so much and getting to see all her expressions and taking care of her all day. Monday will be hard. I will be a wreck. I am sure she will do fine at her daycare but it's just the idea of leaving her. Ughh....I need to stop before I start crying.
   Scout is doing wonderful! She is smiling a lot and starting to laugh a little too. She is very happy in the mornings and typically I put her in bed with me when Kris leaves for work and we talk and she goos and smiles at me and the ceiling fan :) I love mornings with her!  She is very active too...she is constantly kicking her legs and she gets bored in the same position for too long. We think she is going to be quite the character! She will definitely let you know when she is annoyed or unhappy. We are having so much fun with her and she is a really good baby! She sleeps through the night sometimes but some nights she wakes up around 2 or 3 because she is wet or hungry and then she goes right back to sleep. She is precious and more perfect than we could have ever imagined she would be. I am sure all parents say that....but we truly feel blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy baby girl!
    Last week I took Scout to TN for a quick trip to see my family one more time before I go back to work. We had a great trip and Scout did wonderful on the plane. On the way there she slept half the flight and the rest of the flight took a bottle and smiled at me and other people sitting around us. She definitely got a lot of attention and we got stopped several times on our journey to TN because people wanted to look at her. On the flight home Monday night we had a whole row to ourselves and she slept the entire way. I have to admit I was a little surprised she did so well. She is a really good baby, but she can get mad sometimes. She didn't cry one time on either flight so I was very thankful for that. Once we got to TN we spent the weekend just hanging out with family. Scout finally got to meet my dear friend Molly. We had lunch at the Farmhouse with Mom, Jana, Grandparents, and Aunt Sherry and Uncle Danny. Love that place! We went to see my cousin Crystal's baby girl that was born 2 weeks ago. Laynie May is her name and she is the second girl born in a line of 14 boys in the Willis family. Scout and Laynie will have lots of protective boys to look out for them thats for sure! Although something tells me they will end up being the boss :)  We also got to go watch part of Eli's baseball game on Saturday and had dinner over at Jenny and Andy's. Sunday we went to church and then my Granny fixed us lunch. After lunch Eli and I threw baseball for over an hour and then Cameron decided he wanted to play so that was interesting. The glove was way too big for his hand! He tried though! The weather was awesome on Sunday! Cameron is talking a lot more now and I had a lot of fun with him while I was there. He is very independent, especially when it comes to opening things, dressing, and undressing himself. Everything is "I do it" or "I get it"...and for the majority of the weekend his shoes were on the wrong foot and his shirt was on backwards. He is also a little daredevil. One day when we were on the porch he jumped from the top step of the porch to the sidewalk below...4 steps....landed on his feet and then looked at me and smiled. Then a few minutes later he did it again. I don't think I could even do that now! He tries to walk around in my Dad's cowboy boots which is hilarious! He is definitely all boy. He was very sweet to Scout though and I got some really cute pictures and a video of him.  (there is a video on the blog post below this one).Considering he is only three he does a good job with her. He and Aden are growing so fast and I just love getting to spend time with them! They are the such sweet nephews!
     It was of course hard to leave on Monday. My Mom and Dad both cried at the airport. My Dad rocked Scout to sleep every night and my Mom fed and bathed her pretty much every day we were there and they had a hard time saying goodbye. It's always hard, but a baby makes it even harder. I don't know for sure when I will get to go back to visit. One of my friends that I graduated high school with is an actress and is performing in "To Kill a Mockingbird" at TPAC October 2-23 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the book. I would love to get to go back to see that. It would be very special to me since I named my daughter after the character Scout Finch from the book, and even more so that a very special friend of mine is one of the main characters in the play. I don't know that I will get back there that soon though. Flights are pretty expensive! Oh well...we will see I guess.  I was happy to see Kris when we got home because we missed each other a lot and he definitely missed Scout. Five days is a long time to go without seeing her. It was also nice to come home to a clean house thanks to my wonderful husband! :)  The rest of this week has been pretty low key. I am just trying to savor every moment I have left of maternity leave. This weekend is the Texas/OU game so I know what we will be doing on Saturday! I hope it isn't too ugly.Other than that we will go to church and try to make some plans for Kamden's 10th birthday that is coming up on the 16th! Crazy...he will be a teenager soon! Anyway say a prayer for me on Monday!  Below are some recent pics. Goodnight All!

Dear Scout, 

The last 11 weeks have been amazing! You have been such a blessing to our family and I love being your Mommy. Your smile melts my heart and I just want to hold and kiss you all the time! I am sad I have to leave you to go back to work on Monday. This is going to be a hard day for me but I know you will be okay. Just know I will miss you terribly and as soon as I can I will be there to pick you up and wrap you in my arms. You are so special and I thank God every day that we have you in our life! 

Love, 

       Mom