Nana's Visit

Last week, Nana and Mommy both had the same day off, so Nana decided to come up and visit. Miles played hooky from school and we went to the Children's Museum and then a little maternity shopping. Miles had a blast at the museum; he's been talking about going for some time now and it'd been awhile since I was there too. They've remodeled and it was nice, but a long walk into the museum now! Our first stop was the carousel and then playing in the tree house and with the 'potato heads'. Nana had to show Miles how they worked, but he checked out the tree house by himself!

Then we checked out the sand and water tables where he had a blast as well! He got his arms soaked though and Nana decided to buy him a new sweatshirt in the gift shop to stay cozy the rest of the visit. After figuring out how to get out of the gift shop, we went and ate some lunch and then visited the dinosaurs. Miles did good with them and liked looking at them until the simulated rain came on. Then he decided he didn't like "wet dinosaurs" and wanted to leave. So we headed home.

After a poor attempt at a nap on mommy's part, we decided Miles probably wasn't going to nap, so we headed out to the stores for some new shoes for Miles and some maternity clothes for me. It's slim pickin's for maternity clothes, but we managed to find a few new shirts at Target. Then we went home and played for a short bit before Nana had to go home. It was a nice day and so wonderful to have Nana visiting. Now we just have to get Grampie up here!

Not napping on Wednesday did have its affect on Thursday and Miles didn't have the greatest day at school. However, that was the only bad day all week, so it was overall a good week! I went to the doctor on Thursday for my monthly check up and all is well. I was a bit concerned about my swelling, but my blood pressure and protein were both good, so she's not worried. I'm already getting on the every 2 weeks schedule though! I can't believe I'm that far along already. Time is flying!

Miles is still loving his Halloween candy and regularly tries to get in his stash to see what goodies he can have. Saturday was a good day too. We started out the morning getting ready for a portrait shoot at JC Penny's. Miles was quite the diva and didn't want to wear anything we picked out. So, we finally had him choose a shirt out of the 10 or so we laid out for him. He chose the most wrinkly shirt! Oh well. We finally got it on him and realized it was also on the small side. At least he was dressed though. We brought 2 other shirts in hopes of getting him to change, but he never did. The photo session didn't go too well and let's just say we aren't planning on going back. It's too bad too, they've done some good photos for us. We weren't overly impressed with Miles' two year old photos either and had the same lady this time. Miles was being shy and she was trying to get him to open up. Which is fine, but we think she was scaring him more than anything! And anytime he was actually doing ok, she wasn't holding her camera. Ug! We wanted to get family photos as well as maternity shots and she probably only took about 4 maternity shots and 18 total photos. We managed to get a few decent ones and did order some, but it was quite a process.

Sunday was very fun! Miles was great at church, especially after he discovered a pack of gum (his latest craze) in my purse. He proceeded to chew each piece throughout church. I was a bit worried how he would do during communion because he had already announced to me that he wanted "some Eucharist". However, he actually walked with me (instead of me carrying him) during communion and didn't try to swipe any from the dish. I was impressed! We went to the store and then home for lunch and a nap. When he woke up it was time to get ready for Amber, Jeff and baby Lauren to come 'tailgate' with us. We had a great time catching up and eating some good food! Miles was very entertained by Jeff and Lauren as well. However, I didn't get my camera out in time to get the tickle photos of Miles and Lauren. He was acting like a great big brother in practice and gave her some toys, turned them on for her, and periodically checked in to see how she was doing. Miles and Jeff played some games, but I'm not sure who won!Today was a great day! Miles was in a good mood all day and had a great time at school. He and Daddy got down the Adam's Family tune because I'm holding the work phone and that's the ring tone. It was too funny! He enjoyed playing with baby before bed and gave it a kiss goodnight. Baby has been very active tonight, up almost since I got home from work. I've also had a lot of braxton hicks tonight, so there must be a lot going on in there today! We're looking forward to another good week of just having fun. Hope to be able to catch up with some friends and family soon!