Doctor! Doctor! The Sequel (Dec. '09)

• "There it goes again — that funny feeling about bare behinds, syringes, needles, pain and tears. Talk about having deja vu all over again!" (Scott, 12/23/09)
• "Just great! Does anybody whip out a cell-phone camera when YOU go into the doctor's office and have to take off YOUR clothes? I didn't think so!" (Scott, 12/23/09)
• "No wonder I'm in the 55 percentile for height when they measure me here — I don't have any hips, legs or feet. I'm just half a boy!" (Scott, 12/23/09)

Photo finished (Dec. '09)

• "What gives, Mom? Dad keeps saying stuff about 'cheese' and 'pickles' and watching the 'birdie," but I don't see any food or feathered animals in here." (Scott, 12/23/09)

Feeding time (Dec. 09)

• "No, really — when I see ziti and steamed vegetables and fresh salad and more on everyone else's dinner plates, I can't help but get excited eating lukewarm, mushy cereal of some sort." (Scott, 12/23/09)
• "I'm calling it 'Carter's Law of Infant Physics: What goes down may very well come back up within the next hour.' " (Scott, 12/23/09(

Dream on! (Dec. '09)

• "OK, Mom, one more time — watch and learn. Whenever you're tired of talking with someone, all you do is close your eyes and pretend to fall asleep. Like this. Works every time. I suspect I'll be doing this a lot during next week's trip to Utah — especially with my uncles!" (Scott, 12/23/09)
• "Rats! I always blink when Dad takes my picture. Let's try again." (Scott, 12/23/09)

Chew on this! (Dec. '09)

• "Hey, you've heard of a toothbrush. Well, this is a gum-brush, to clean those hard-to-reach, pre-teething places." (Scott, 12/23/09)
• "Doesn't this suggest that maybe I'm ready for some solid foods now?" (Scott, 12/23/09)

Ready for a ride (Dec. 09)

• "So, Mom, is today the day you promised I could back the car out of the garage all by myself?" (Scott, 12/19/09)

Eye-level (Nov. 09)

• "Welcome to my view of the world, with your chin an inch off the carpet." (Scott, 12/18/09)

Snooze-fest (Oct. 09)

• "Boy, Dad, you're right — pretending to be in a coma is a great way to get out of doing the dishes!" (Scott, 12/18/09)

Doctor! Doctor! (Nov. '09)

• "Hmmmm. I have this funny premonition — something about a bare behind . . . and a nurse . . . and a needle . . . and a sharp pain." (Scott, 12/18/09)
• "I'll bet if I cry loud and long enough after my shots, Mom will feel bad enough to take me out to eat after the doctor's visit." (Scott, 12/18/09)

Magically asleep (Nov. '09)

• "Then you close your eyes like this and really, really concentrate and -- presto! -- you can make the pacifier float in the air above your head!" (Scott, 12/10/09)