front yard photo shoot

not bad for killing time before bed right? here are some updates on our little guy.

1. eats stage 1 baby food. LOVES bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots. squash is OKAY. HATES peas.

2. naps are getting much more consistent. he is going on his second 2 hour nap of the day as i type this. yay!

3. i think he is getting another tooth right beside the one on the bottom. not sure about this yet.

4. sits up on his own pretty good. we still sit behind him or put pillows there just in case.

5. favorite toy of the moment: either a $.99 blow up pool toy that looks like nemo or a ball that has spikes. he also loves to tear apart mail and magazines.

6. loves going for rides in the bob. i bet my neighbors think all we do is walk him around in the stroller! linda says he also loves watching kids play basketball when maddi goes to open gym. pretty soon he wont want to just watch!

7. i dont think i posted an update from his 6 mo. appointment. if I did here it is again. 19 lbs. 12 oz. (86th percentile), 27 in. long (78th), and i forget how big his head is but it was in the 60-70 percentile.

8. we went to buy buy baby yesterday and made a stop at greenwood village to see the great-grams. we were one for two. grammy jo was getting her hair done but he was able to brighten grammy bert's day! marcia met us over there too. He loved having people laugh at him for rolling over and watching him play. what a little sweetheart.

9. next weekend ben and i are going on a getaway to nyc for 2 1/2 days. i already know how much i will miss that little stinker. it will be good for ben and i though, glad we didn't go this weekend!! miles is partying with sam one night and grandma becky will stay with him one night. so glad to have family close and eager to help. thanks guys!!

we got one!

you can barely see it but we spotted it, and felt it tonight. who knew? what a little sweetheart. how is it possible to be proud of a baby for getting a tooth?

miles + maddi(e)

Miles has got a few friends. Maddie and Maddi. Maddi is Linda's daughter (Miles' babysitter on Tues./Thurs.) and Maddie is their neighbor. They are only in 4th and 5th grades but are so good with him. In another few years they will be on my short list for babysitters. Linda got a few pics of them playing this week. He's sitting up now too and I think he feels like he can see what's going on!



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reverend miles

looks like he's ready to preach out of the back of a van. we get kinda crazy in the mornings around here, this is why he has his jammies on, sitting in his high chair, wearing a fedora. probably as i make our usual 10-12 cups of coffee. we just love this kid. we also have way more fun in the mornings now that we are getting 7-9 hrs of sleep. amen to that.

Genius.

This dog is a keeper.

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this little piggy went to market...

I've had a lot of quality time lately with Miles. Saturday morning we went to the Carmel farmer's market where we got peppers, peaches, a cherry pie and some bread from Scholar's Inn. He also saw some amish people for the first time. :) Our little guy will be six months in just two weeks. What does this mean?

1. Some friends borrowed my baby scale. We got it back and put him on it and he was 18 lbs. 15 oz. The kid likes food.

2. He now uses 6-12 months pacifiers. This really is not a big deal other than the pacifier is a bit bigger and he seems to think it is a lollipop.

3. He has grown out of his 3-6 month clothes. :(

4. He goes for his 6 mo. checkup on August 2nd, where the doc will probably tell me to start baby food. How exciting!

5. He is sleeping from about 7:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. I'll take it!

6. He is loving his excersaucer. It is obnoxiously noisy and doesn't go great with the living room furniture but whatever. As Erin put it, I feel like God gave me a hug when he started playing in it.

7. He is getting more and more hair everyday, and we think he is as cute as a button.

8. He now sits like a big boy in his high chair and loves it as well. Here is a pic. He looks a touch Asian but I know his dad and I know there is no Asian in that man.

9. Now that Miles is old enough, I can start jogging with him! I picked up some new running shoes this week and ordered a jogging stroller! As soon as it cools down outside, if that ever happens, we are starting family runs. Norm is still deciding if he wants to participate. He may like the couch better. Soooo excited.

First family vacation, kind of.

So here I am blogging from my phone in bed, at 8:39 I might add. We had our first trip last week to Lake Michigan with Jonathan, Stacie, and Sam. My parents were also there for two of the days. Ben played in the Indiana Open in northern Indiana and just drove back and forth each day. Jonathan caddied for him one day so he had some company. He finished 16th, so good job ben! The tournament was four days so three of the days it was me, miles, jonathan, stacie and sam. J&S were so helpful but it was a tiring week.
Miles is doing great sleeping in his crib on his own room at home but we maybe weren't ready for a pack n play trip. So we rented a condo and he stayed in the room with us. I wanted ben to try to get sleep so I got up and gave him his pacifier multiple times a night. (miles, not ben, although at this point ben probably wished he had a paci too) The day we left we had to leave at 5:45 am. I was up with miles at 4:30 so I thought well I might as well go ahead and finish packing our stuff up. The next thing I know I wake up on the floor next to my suitcase. At that point I thought get me home. Oh and we also quickly realized how difficult it was to go to dinner with our little guys. The last night our brains finally kicked in. We wanted a GOOD meal, not the same crap we had eaten all week. So Jonathan ( who is known for reading reviews) found us a place about 20 miles away in the gay capital of the state. We knew this was a nice restaurant so we planned to get carryout so everyone else in the restaurant could peacefully eat. Stacie called and the lady told her they don't take orders over the phone. So next, in my car, we load up stac and I in the front, 2 babies with carseats in the middle, two dads in the third row made for midgets, and two strollers/diaper bags/etc. I don't know if we resembled Noahs ark or a traveling circus but it was a sight. Totally worth it, the food was unbelievably delicious and we had some good laughs along the way. Overall we had a ton of fun over the course of the week and it was also very tiring, but probably a good experience for us too. Oh, and I don't have any pics to post yet because we smashed my phone in the process of cramming a stroller into the car to get the carryout...
It's now 8:55 and way past my bedtime. Goodnight blog readers!

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