Busy Baby

Becky meeting Miles for the first time.

There's a little smile!

Miles and new friend, one week old Simon.

Playing on his monkey mat.

He loves to reach for the little monkey toys.

Yoga baby - Miles at his first yoga class.

Hangin' in the Baby Bjorn.

Miles and mommy at the State Fair.

Miles sitting on his little cousin.

Rachel's baby shower.

As written on Sunday night...

It was another busy week in the Gray household. Sarah loves being at home with Miles but goes a little stir crazy if she and Miles are at home all day, everyday. This week however we were so busy that we probably over did it and are all tired today as a result. Here's a rundown of our busy but fun week.

Monday - Sarah and Miles visited friend Becky who is home from a summer internship with Intel in Portland. We walked along Minnehaha Creek. Mike worked.

Tuesday - Sarah and Miles brought a meal and present over to friends who just had a baby. Sarah could not get over how big 6 week old Miles was compared to one week old Simon! It's also so amazing how much stronger and more alert Miles is compared to a newborn. Miles holds his head up on his own for long stretches and looks around. He kicks his arms and legs a lot and likes to wiggle. He can raise his head up when on his tummy, is starting to coo in conversation and gives us at least one smile a day. Mike worked.

Thursday - In the morning Sarah and Miles went to a BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) yoga class at Blooma in Edina. There were 12 moms and babies in the class. The first part of class we helped our babies to move around and stretch their limbs. Then the moms did some yoga while the babies laid on blankets at the top of our mats. It was awesome! At certain times in the class all of the babies were fussing and at other times the babies were all quiet. Miles was one of the youngest in class and did a great job. That afternoon we met friends Jill and baby Nova at Centential Lakes Park. For those in MN we would highly recommend a visit to this park. There are beautiful walking paths around a lake. The park has croquet and a mini golf courses and they pipe in classical music so while you're enjoying the flowers and the lake you can listen to lovely, relaxing music! It was a fun visit. Mike worked.

Friday - Sarah, Miles, Sharon and Rachel headed to the great MN get-together, the State Fair. It was Miles' first fair and first time on a city bus. He was such a good boy as we pushed him in the stroller through the crowds of people. Sarah, Sharon and Rachel enjoyed the typical MN fair food (i.e. fried pickles, cheese curds, 1919 rootbeer and more) and checked out the creative arts buildings, the miracle of birth barn (there were a few baby animals just born) and enjoyed the people watching. Mike worked - poor guy - he's missing out on all of this fun. He will be taking a few days off in September so our little family can have some quality family time. Friday evening we had dinner at Rachel and Graham's as a bon voyage dinner for Sharon and Dave who leave Monday for a dream vacation to Europe. We are so excited for them but will miss them very much when they're gone!

Sunday - Sarah hosted a baby shower for sister, Rachel. It was a lovely day - we're so excited for Rachel and can't wait to hold our new nephew! Sarah could not have taken care of Miles and thrown this party alone - Mike and Sharon were huge helps in the kitchen and in prepping everything. Mike and Miles hung out with "the guys" during the shower and ate burgers and watched the Twins. Tonight our little family is exhausted and Miles is crying now for his after dinner snack. Good night!