Sunshine

Strolling along at the Arboretum with Daddy.

Enjoying the flowers.

"I do not want to keep this darn hat on!"

Strolling in the shade garden is so relaxing.

Group hug at the cabin!

First summer family trip of the year!

Miles and my dad are having a blast - but look at Ruby!
She's having the most fun right now.

One of the guys...

Lounging with Grandma Nickolay on the boat.
(Miles didn't mind the life jacket as long as he had a snack in hand!)

Cruising.

Captaining the ship.

Miles is taking this job very seriously.
(yes - look at that hair!)

Like Godfather like Godson.

Best moment of the day: Watching little man splash and play in the tub after a long car ride home from the cabin. Every few seconds he would stop, put his chubby little hand up on the side of the tub by me, look at me and grin. He is such a sweet boy!

Memorial Day
Our little family visited the Arboretum and enjoyed the gorgeous weather and beautiful flowers. When awake Miles kept trying to pull his hat off but then became so relaxed that he fell asleep (head resting on the side of his stroller) in the shade garden.

The older infant room
Miles moved up to the older infant room (10-18 month olds) this week. He is transitioning with 4 other little guys all born within 1 month of each other. The room is filled with fun, new, interactive toys, a ball pit and a little dinner table about 8 inches off the ground that they all sit around for meal times. The days in this room are much more structured - they all eat and nap at the same time and do group activities. Consequently, during this transition they will continue to put the littlest babies (Miles) down for 2 naps, but Miles is too busy in this new classroom to pause for a morning nap. He has been taking 2 1/2 hour naps in the afternoon but is very tired when he gets home. He also got his first "bumps and bruises" note this week. He was standing by a bookshelf bopping to the music (our tiny dancer loves to groove these days) and he bumped his chin. They applied an ice pack and gave him TLC. He has a little red mark on the underside of his chin - I wish I had been there to comfort him. This change is an adjustment for all of us and hits us during a week in which work is very stressful and not as satisfying as it used to be. Work is work (groan). Thinking about staying home full time with Miles is on my mind more and more these days. We'll see...

Ahhh, sunshine and summer
Mike took Friday off and we headed up north to my parent's cabin Thursday night for a weekend getaway. We started off right at Miles' bedtime and he slept the whole 4 hour trip. We met my parents and Matt and Janelle there. The cabin was full with all of us adults, Miles, Ruby and Matt and Janelle's 2 dogs - there was a lot of action! We had fun sitting in the sun, playing Shoot The Moon (card game), playing a ring toss game, boating, relaxing and eating. Miles loves being outside and enjoyed watching the dogs run around and retrieve balls out of the water. He entertained us all with pressing a music button on a new toy and bobbing his head and shaking his body (dancing) to the music. He also wore a life jacket and took a boat ride on the pontoon for the first time and even got to drive! Also, upon hanging him outside down and tickling him, we saw that he has 4 teeth coming in on top! He'll have a full set by his 1st birthday. Miles played hard all weekend and slept in the pack 'n play wonderfully. On the drive home this afternoon I was worried that he'd be restless on the long ride but he's such a good-natured guy - I sat in the backseat after his nap and we threw the ball to one another, sang songs, gave each other lots of high-5's and just watched the world go by outside the window.