Happy New Year!!!

So I am a lazy blogger, but I had to post this.

Editor in Training

Miles is very opinionated when it comes to literature. The above picture is an example of how he feels about a good book.

Here is a picture capturing how Miles feels about my food magazine.


And finally how Miles feels about the book I got for him today :( I have about 50 pictures of him making this face as he shared his feelings about his new book.

New Do

Poor Miles has a backward mullet. Party in the front and business in the back.

Not a Fan

About a week ago Terry and I discovered that Miles had never touched the grass in our backyard. We were expecting him to love the feel and instead he was panic stricken. As soon as we set him down he started making an odd sound and tried to balance all his weight on his bottom so that his legs and feet were not in contact with the ferocious greenery.
Here he is making a break for safety. In the end he did tolerate the grass as long as he only had to touch it with one finger.

7 months .....almost

So, I'm not very good at updating the blog and I have a minute so I thought that I would do the 7 month post now.
Here are 7 new things Miles can do.
1. eat solids/purees
2. scoot crawl
3. say "mama"
4. wave
5. pick up crumbs off the ground (this is his favorite activity)
6. fall asleep without nursing (this is not his favorite activity)
7. reach to get his toy back, rather than cry, when it has been taken away by another baby ( he only has done this once but you have to start somewhere)

We love our sweet boy.

Happy Thanksgiving

Damn! The photos are in the wrong order. Anyway, this was Miles at 4:45 am. We were up ALL night. I guess turkey does not have the same effect on babies.

Cooking with Dad.

Hanging out with GG.

GMa love.

Another family photo with a serious message. Don't cut your bangs while you are talking on the phone or you will have to pin them back and look ridiculous in photos.

Happy Thanksgiving

Our Family Photo in beautiful Tehachapi.

A brisk walk to get our appetites going.

Miles was well entertained.

Enjoying nature.

Miles got a new hat and I am going to make him wear it no matter how hot it is.

Merry Christmas??

Miles and Zephyr pose for the Christmas card picture.


Miles decided that he didn't feel like smiling. So he didn't. Not even once. Not even a little bit.

Nothing says Happy Holidays like the look on Miles' face. Good thing Zephyr smiled big enough for the both of them.

Daddy Time

Miles loves to spend time hanging out with his dad.

This is how happy Miles and Terry are when I leave them home alone.

So Much To Say

"Hey, I know you."


"Are you serious?"



"That's pretty funny."



"Oops."

This week

Here are my 2 favorite photos from this week.
Aunt Jenny just let me borrow a book to help us get Miles to sleep better. I hope that the posts will get a little more interesting after the new system takes hold :) Wish us luck!

Then and Now

Then.
Now.
Then.
Now.


Miles is now 6 months old! It has been an amazing 6 months. We feel love beyond words.....

Happy Halloween

Miles and Zephyr trying to decide who looks funnier.

This picture sums up the overall mood. Miles and Zephyr were not nearly as amused as the adults .

Miles lost the ability to sit up in his costume so we had to prop him up with a ball.

It's Super Zephyr!

New Skills...Almost

Miles is starting to crawl/ push around with his legs. As you can tell by his eyes in this photo it takes a lot of concentration. He is far from crawling but he can move himself around when he is motivated to do so. The only problem is that he practices all night in his sleep, which means that he and I get very little solid sleep. When he was getting ready to roll over he practiced in his sleep for 3 very long weeks. I am hoping that he sleeps better tonight but I won't count on it.
Sorry this post is so boring...I guess I want everyone to feel my sleep deprived pain.

Santa??

Every time I tell someone that Miles is going to be Santa for Halloween they give me the same look people gave me when I told them we were going to have a home birth. So I feel as f I need to explain myself. However, I don't have much of an explanation other than I think that a baby dressed as Santa is really funny. My friend Megan gave me a bag of clothes for Miles, and in the bag there was a Santa outfit. I have personally never seen anyone dressed up like Santa for Halloween so I thought that it would be funny....I guess only to me. Maybe I should have gone with my first idea which was to dress Miles as Tobias the Never Nude from Arrested Development. A baby in cutoff jean shorts and sandals, now that's funny..... maybe next year.

Just a Few More Things.....

We got to hang out with Zephyr and Aunt Bernie this week!!!

Can you guess who Miles is going to be for Halloween?

Miles can sit up now!

So I really need to update the blog more often because people are going to stop checking it unless I keep it up. Sorry Laura!!! I will try to do better.

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch today and walked through the corn maze.

It was so bright outside that we couldn't get Miles to look up so all the picture are of his back or side.



Miles wasn't so sure about being left in a wheelbarrow.

The Wedding

The wedding was beautiful! It took place in an old barn and the view of the vineyards could not have been better. We have really random pictures from the wedding but they will have to do.

GMa and GG enjoying some of Napa's fine wines.

The bride looking beautiful.

Aunt Darcy and Uncle Mike eating mini cheeseburgers and fries.

Terry waring his favorite accessory.