Bye-bye Grandma & Grandpa Gray

Teddy bear hat

Cruising in the Baby Bjorn

Story time

Napping buddies

Baby mohawk

Curly top

Cuddling

Quality grandma time

Miles is six weeks old already! This also marks the halfway point of Sarah's maternity leave. She is not very happy about this at all!

Miles was quite the ladies man this week at a play date with 3 other girl babies. He's not very social yet - but just wait! It was fun for Sarah to see other babies and talk with other moms experiencing the same things with their babies such as high velocity baby farts, infant hiccups and sleepless nights. Sarah signed the family up for Early Childhood Development classes that start Monday evenings in September, as well as baby story time at both the Chanhassen and Southdale libraries.

Today was hectic but fun. Miles attended his first church festival. It was the 76th annual St. Huberts harvest festival and Sarah and her mom once again co-chaired the farmers market at the event. It was an all day marathon of pricing and selling produce and home-baked goods. One unique item we sold was the lemon cucumber. (Sarah googled it and it is a baseball sized, bright yellow cucumber that is sweeter then normal cucumbers. We bought a few and can't wait to try them.) Miles is still eating about every 2 hours during the day so this meant that Mike was committed to shuttling Miles back and forth between home and the church so that Sarah could feed him. We will try to stay committed to breastfeeding Miles as long as possible since so far the benefits to him way outweigh any inconvenience to us. Our family enjoyed eating the traditional chicken dinner, playing a few games of bingo and wandering around the booths. The Teddy Bear Band played a set in the afternoon and we know it won't be long before Miles is bopping and dancing to the music and playing all of the kids games at the festival.

Mike's parents have stayed with us for almost a month and tomorrow they hit the road again to visit friends and relatives in Kansas City and Oklahoma before heading back to Arizona for the fall and winter. They've been a tremendous help with projects around the house, cooking dinners and helping to care for Miles. Miles will miss them! We're planning to fly down to spend New Year's with them as we do every year. This year Miles will add a whole new element to this trip - it will be his first plane ride!