We had a little snow Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday, so school is starting 2 hours late today. They are anticipating 5-10 more inches tomorrow! Miles enjoyed his first run in the snow.
It was starting to get dark by the time we finished the run, but I had a chance to get him outside for a few minutes. He was laughing at the camera here.
Miles discovers new toys in the kitchen while mama does laundry
Miles crawling around playing with his ball
Please send prayers to the Roth family. I have been following their blog for a while, and their little boy went to heaven yesterday. So sad, but I'm sure a relief that his suffering is over. Click on the picture for a link to their blog.
We went to Portland yesterday for Jared to work at a card show, so I had a chance to meet up with friends from my online mom's group again. We went to the Portland Children's Museum.
The museum had an entire area for infants, which was great except when parents let their 5-year-olds run amok.
All 5 babies: Jack, Miles, Josephine, Genevieve, and Jack.
Miles and Josephine
Baby love.
New toys to play with
They had this waterbed-like area set up (behind Miles in this picture). I thought he would love it, but it was pretty much the worst thing in the world. He wasn't very happy with me as soon as I set him on it. Maybe when he's a bit older and more stable. He did enjoy playing with the ball until an older kid stole it. (grr)
More from this week:
It was a big week. Miles just started army-crawling on Sunday, and by Tuesday he discovered there is a world beyond our couch (...the dining room and kitchen are on our main floor too). He took 6 "steps" on his hands and knees yesterday. We had to set up the baby gate we had gotten from a garage sale this summer.
Miles is becoming so much more interactive with his toys. Here's his car.
Miles is more active now and is moving all over. He loves pulling up onto his knees whenever he has the chance. He can also army crawl across the living room.
Miles figured out how to operate the switch on one of his toys (in the first picture right by the diaper bag -- his Christmas present from Santa). He would prefer to push them all down though and have one of us make them pop back up. He has also figured out how to put toys in and on things. Miles also enjoys driving the jogging stroller in the living room.
He's eating so much more food right now. He will pretty much have anything we eat that doesn't have a lot of seasonings or spices. In the last couple of weeks, he tried Greek yogurt, lean ground beef, spaghetti noodles with a bit of sauce, brussel sprouts (yum!), quinoa, cauliflower, egg yolk, cottage cheese, broccoli, and mama's oatmeal. He wasn't too sure of Greek yogurt the first few bites, but now he loves it and could probably eat a whole container by himself if I let him. Miles is getting really good at feeding himself small pieces of food. Yesterday, he decided it would be more fun to throw all the food off his tray. He would pick up a piece of food and bring it toward his mouth, then quickly fling it to the floor. I counted for fun - 17 chunks of food on the floor over the course of one meal. Oh Miles, you are too funny.
Pictures
Look! No hands!
(the flash was apparently really bright)
Talking the entire time.
And he's stuck.
Books go here...
I actually thought he was going to pull himself up on the TV stand, but
he had more fun putting books on the shelf and taking them off.
(No
worries, the TV stand wouldn't even budge if I pulled on it)
Videos
Standing to play with a little help from Daddy (sorry so dark)
