Baby Bug Bugs

This was such a fun week! Very busy and the week flew by, but it was good. Miles continues to gain his independence and insists on doing things by himself, stating, "no, let me do it!". He even was able to do his zipper on his sweatshirt this week for the first time by himself. He was so proud! He's almost got his coat zipper too, but not quite yet. He's got a new saying, "no way!". It's so funny. I guess I say that to him when I'm playing around and he wants me to do something, I'll say either "no way" or "no way Jose". He's picked up on it and says it all the time. Cracks me up. He's doing better on spelling "stop" this week and has it down every time now. He's loves spelling it when we see a stop sign. Today we worked on spelling his name. He got it pretty well, but we'll see if it sticks. He's also doing great on his numbers and to my surprise, after reading and working on them, he was able to identify all the numbers up to 10 except for #4. That one seemed to stump him.

Babies babies everywhere! My cousin, Katie, had her baby boy, Andrew, last week. He's such a cutie pie! Unfortunately after she came home, she went back to the hospital because she started having seizures and it was determined she had some air bubbles in her brain. They aren't exactly sure how they got there; they think either from having to try her epidural 3 times (and possibly entering air that way) or from her pushing for over 3 hours during delivery (and possibly having air enter that way). It was very scary and I'm so glad that she is now back home again. They are keeping an eye on her as the air will take some time to dissipate, but she's on blood pressure medication and seizure medication, so hopefully it will run it's course and she can enjoy being a new mommy. Let's keep them all in our prayers. I also just saw tonight that my good friend, RaeLynn, had her baby! I'm assuming it was today, but need to find out the details. Juliana looks just beautiful! Another friend of ours, Andre and Emily, had their baby several weeks ago, but we still have yet to visit with Evelyn. We hope to be able to do so soon. The only ones left that we know of are our neighbors and me. It's getting so close! Katie is scheduled to be induced in about 6 weeks and I have about 9 left. Wow! I've been able to get lots organized over the weekend and have washed the clothes that are neutral and gotten them put away. Just a few more details and things to buy and I think we'll be all set!

Miles was cheering for ND yesterday and got all dressed up for the day. It almost helped, but not quite. However, it was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed spending most of the day outside watching daddy work in the yard while we played with the neighbors. Good times! Then Miles and daddy enjoyed a game of basketball after getting ready for bed. Miles had such a good time, he kept talking about it before he went to bed and even when he woke up this morning, he told me he dreamed about it last night too. They got to play again today, so that was very fun.

We got to spend the morning outside today as well. It was so nice! Miles was enjoying his new hat one of Ahmad's clients brought back from Disney World for him and checking out what mail there might be (which is a bit of a daily routine for him now).

This evening, Miles was dancing and then daddy joined in. They danced to the Roots and did their routine, although Miles is getting faster these days and daddy has to work to keep up with him now!

Miles is so into the baby these days. He talks to it all the time and says "baby, my baby" and wants to see it, so he pulls up my shirt. He talks to it and pretends the baby may be crying and says "ok, it's ok" and tells it that "big brother is here". He kisses the baby, has me kiss his hands as if he's holding it, and pretends to take care of it. It's so adorable. I was able to capture a few of these moments after we got in from our walk this morning. He's also begun talking about being excited when the baby will come live in our house. He sometimes says the baby is kicking "like this" and proceeds to lay on his back and kick his legs in the air. Before bed, while we are 'bug-bugin', he's begun bug-bugging with the baby and lays down next to my belly and hugs my belly. He tells me to cover them up, so I put covers over my belly and Miles. He lays there and bug-bugs with the baby. So cute. I just know he'll be a great big brother!