Pre-School

This year we did preschool with my friend Miriam's daughter Anna who is Lydia's age. It was alot of fun. I had fun thinking of all sorts of crafts for the girls to do, and the kids had fun with all our activities. Every day we would check the weather, say the rules, and then...Dance! I think they liked that part the best. I'd turn on a kids song that went with the lesson, and the girls went wild!

We went to the fire station, the bread factory, we played pin the lips on the frog on princess day, we had a "T" party on letter T day, grew and decorated plant people, and so much more. (not to mention the addition of a baby one month into it!) For the last day we went to the Tree House Museum. It was great!

Easter 2012

Lucy at Grandma Mathis'

Lydia at grandma Mathis'

 Easter at Grandma Collier's

It was a long morning for Miles

8 months!

So, the past couple weeks Miles has been working on getting some teeth in. They finally broke through on the 15th of May. (I remember that because it was the day before our anniversary. 9 years, but the way!)  He was SO onery and not sleeping well, and I didn't expect it to be teeth because Lydia was 13 months before she got her first teeth! Miles just decided to be different. Well, the teeth are in and I can tell they feel funny to him. He keeps sticking his tounge in an out over them. It's funny. He likes to be rough. The other day he got a hold of a baby doll, just barely smaller than him, and he took it to that thing, poor girl. I'm just glad it wasn't his littler, but older cousin Jared! He's pretty fun at this age. Still more cuddly than the girls, but won't hold still for long.

Just a day at our house...

Poor Miles is so good to let Lucy choke hold carry him around the house. She's not supposed to pick him up, but she just can't help it. If he's awake, she has to be right there with him.

Such goofballs!

7 months

Miles is terrorizing the house! He's ALL OVER! standing up to all the furniture, starting to move around it, and following me everywhere I go. It's like I have a crying, hysterical, little puppy chasing me around the house all day. ( He even likes to eat our shoes when he gets the chance.) He's perfectly happy if I just sit on the couch, but if I get up to do anything, the crying begins...so fun...but on the other hand, he's always so excited when I come back in the room.  He loves his little brown blanket and if he's tired he'll grab it and bury his face in it. 

6 months!

Month 6 was a busy one for Miles. At his check up he was just shy of 20 pounds and still up there in the 90%+ for his age.  Just a day or two after his visit, he started sitting, then a day or two after that  going from laying to sitting all by his self. Then shortly after that, the rocking on hands and knees turned into crawling and by the end of month 6 he was all over the house and starting to pull his self up to standing! He went from baby to rug rat too fast! The girls think it's hilarious, of course.

Take our picture mom!

The girls are always wanting their pictures taken, so indulged them. This is a typical night (about 6:00!) already in PJs ready for a movie.