Miles is now a baby who is up, down and all around - all of the time. He now very adeptly climbs stairs and is getting pretty good about going down them as well. We've been working on getting him to go down feet first on his belly instead of head first. In the spirit of climbing he also doesn't just want to sit at his little picnic table - that's too boring. He likes to climb and either sit or stand on the top. He still will only take a few tentative steps once in awhile without holding on to anything. He likes the assurance of having a hand or toy to hold onto in order to toddle across the house but we know it's only a matter of time before he's sprinting independently.
Our not so little baby continues to assert his independence and likes to do and eat what he sees us doing and eating. This past week we had a desperation 10 minute meal of Trader Joe's frozen pizza and Mike and I were sprinkling red pepper flakes on ours. Miles pointed and emphatically grunted, indicating that he wanted exactly what we were eating - i.e. the red pepper flakes! He is pointing at things more and more and easily recognizes and does simple commands such as "pat your head."
This past week has been a whirlwind of activity in our house:
- Monday - goodbye dinner with friends, Becky and Mike, who moved to Portland this weekend
- Tuesday - my book club dinner
- Wednesday - Miles' had an ear re-check with his pediatrician and although he doesn't have another ear infection at the moment he still has fluid in his ears. We have an appointment to see an ENT September 1 and Miles is on a 21-day course of antibiotics for his chronic runny nose and congestion which could be a sinus infection. I also had the final dress fitting for my bridesmaid dress for Matt and Janelle's wedding.
- Thursday - Miles and I had dinner with my parents and Mike went out for a beer.
- Friday - Miles and I went shopping and out to lunch with my mom, Rachel and Corey and Mike had his monthly beer club meeting
- Saturday - We left Miles with a non-family babysitter for the first time, his teacher from school, Darcy, and we went to Matt and Janelle's bachelor/bachelorette parties.
- Sunday - Relax and recover was our highest priority today. We actually took a long walk around Lake Susan and visited the playground there for the first time as a family. Lake Susan Park has a toddler playground and Miles loved going down the slide, climbing the stairs and playing on the swings. Can you believe I didn't bring my camera! I think that this week was my all-time low in picture taking since Miles was born.
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