Birthday Party

We had a party for Miles with a few friends at The Rock. It was a lot of fun!

 Miles, Elliot, and Phoebe

 Camera! / Cake fingers!

Laughing

 We went to the park after his party. It was about 75 degrees. Couldn't have asked for a better day! Miles got over his fear of nature. He's standing barefoot in the grass!

 Love this picture.

Miles's cake was fun to make. First, make white cake mix and divide into bowls. Add food coloring.

 Pour each color right in the middle of the pan. Here are the first few layers

 Just before baking

 Monster cake. Happy monster ~ didn't want to scare Miles!

A view of the inside.

 I made a 3-layer cake for Miles's birthday, so we had an extra layer to eat this week. Yum!

Miles dancing with his new drum

ONE!

Miles is already 1 year old! When did that happen?

Miles had his 12 month well-baby checkup yesterday. Miles is 23 pounds 5 ounces and 29.5 inches tall. His pediatrician thinks the height measurement is a big short, so he's actually probably just over 30 inches tall. Miles had 3 different immunizations yesterday too. Now they go in his arm. Poor little guy screamed for the MMR. It didn't last too long though. He just needed some cuddles with his mama.

It's close to 70 degrees today. Miles and I went to the park after getting him a new pair of shoes from the consignment store. Converse shoes just like his mama!

Can't forget about Miles's bear pictures!

One of Jared's friends sent cupcakes for Miles. He had a lot of fun with it. And they were delicious!

Video of Miles playing with Simon

Video of Miles walking on his birthday. He walks all the way across the gym when Jared takes him now.

Walking!

Miles started walking on Friday! He now walks all the way across the living room when he wants to. He also started talking more. Well, babbling, but he is quite vocal.

Here's a video of him walking on Thursday, just a few steps.

And him walking on Friday. He walked up to 8 steps in a row on Friday.

Miles also thought his turtle was hilarious.

We went to a park yesterday for a little bit. Miles really enjoyed the slide. He wasn't too sure about the rubber turf under the playground equipment. He did enjoy climbing the fake rocks.