Ta-Da!

Upside down baby!

He crawls right for the outlets.
(We have since covered all of them.)

So cute & innocent.

Are you sure about this horseride Godmother?

Riding the horse is fun!

Yee-ha!

So sweet next to the pony.

Hoppy Easter Everyone!

Cousins Corey and Miles - our little bunnies.

"Hey buddy, you've got something on your head!"

He Crawls!
Miles did his first off the belly crawl this week. He's such a fast and proficient army crawler that he moves forward off of his belly a few steps and then resorts to the speedy army crawl to get where he wants to go. Where he wants to go is right to the places we don't want him to go - aka - electrical outlets, wall corners, doors - you get the picture.

Besides the excitement of crawling we had a lovely weekend. Friday morning Miles and I headed to our ECFE class. Miles was up earlier then normal that morning so he fell asleep in the car on the way to school. He continued to sleep in his car seat (never wake a sleeping baby!) through most of class so I did circle time - singing songs, bouncing balls on a parachute, etc. without a baby. It was a good opportunity though to observe the other little ones. When the teacher spoke or showed them different animals they all very astutely paid attention. I usually am so wrapped up in Miles that I've never noticed how well they observe the world around them. Friday night the Sugrues (friends from ECFE) had a lovely fish fry party. The food was delicious and pretty much everyone there had children under 2 so we felt right at home and had a great time. Thanks Sugrue Family!

Saturday morning we trekked to Andover to get Miles' 8 month pictures taken. He was such a trooper - smiling through much of the shoot. That afternoon and evening we hung out with Rachel, Graham and Corey. Whenever we get the babies together hilarious antics always seem to ensue - this time with the bunny ears. The boys could not have looked cuter and we adults all giggled a lot.

This week I knew I was deep into parenthood when:

• Miles woke up crying so I picked him up from his crib and rocked him. Unsure what woke him up I beckoned to Mike through the baby monitor to come to the nursery. When he came I used hand motions and pointed and whispered "smell his butt." Which Mike did...
• Crusted boogers on crib sheets, clothes and crib rails no longer phase me.
  
• The best gift anyone could give me would be a full nights sleep without interruption.
• Toys were literally strewn over the floors of every room in our house - including the bathrooms.
• Miles fell into the kid stereotype of hating broccoli. (I actually bought organic broccoli, steamed and pureed it and froze it in single serving cubes. He took one bite, gagged and threw up on his highchair tray.)
  

Joyful Moment of the Week
Miles woke up from a nap on Friday and instead of being a wild man and wanting to play he wanted to snuggle. He put his little arms around my neck, burrowed his head into me and hung on tight. He's a great hugger!

Happy Spring everyone!