7 Months And Counting

We've had so much fun the last 2 weeks! Everything has been going really well with the kids and we've just really been enjoying our time together. Miles had an excellent week last week and didn't have any incidents all week. As a special reward, I took him to Walmart after school on Friday to pick out some new matchbox cars. It was so funny taking him there-we aren't frequent visitors to the toy department of any store and I don't think we've really just roamed around one since Miles has been able to really look at the toys. He wanted absolutely everything! From Buzz Lightyear to toy guns, trucks, blocks, and everything in between. It was so tempting, but we stuck with a 97 cent car and I was talked into a $3 motorcycle and a bag of chips in the checkout isle. Very cool. And now, again this week, he's been good all week and only has one day left of school. He's just listening SO much better all the sudden; something has really clicked for him. The things we've been talking about-even if you're mad, you still have to do things (listen, stop something, do something) that we say. He's doing that. And he's not fussing as much either. The other day, he was being really disruptive when I was nursing Hailey and I had to repeatedly ask him to calm down. Finally, I told him to go to his room for a minute. He got upset and was crying, but he went. I was so impressed! (he came out 2 seconds later and said he'd be quiet, and he was) We really changed several things in trying to deal with the problems at school, but all in all, I think it was just growing pains.

Super Miles!

He's too funny these days-his imagination has taken over and he's such a little boy now! He's so into his matchbox/hotwheel cars and motorcycles. He no longer sleeps with his stuffed animals at the head of his bed, instead he has his cars and/or his motorcycles next to him. He saw 15 minutes of a Batman movie we got through a free trial of Netflix (before deciding it was way to violent for him) and is now into superheros and saving people, mainly cats (which he pretends Hailey is). I think he'll probably end up being a superhero of some sort for Halloween, but we'll see in another month or so. The other evening while playing outside, he was asking Ahmad for some rope so he could climb the tree. Ahmad said we didn't have any, but the next evening, he found some. Miles was hilarious as we worked out rigging a rope to the tree for him to try to climb. Then he wanted a rope tied around him, harness style, which left a long "tail" that he loved. He went all around outside acting like a superhero with his tail and rescuing cats from the tree. He has blisters or "rips" on the palms of his hands from doing monkey bars at school and they were hurting while he was trying to climb the rope. So he had the idea to go inside and get some tape and put it in his hands. He then decided it was too slippery and took them off. He decided he needed his helmet to be safe while climbing and later added his knee pads and elbow pads. Too funny!


Hailey is getting too big too! She's such a ham and cracks me up! She's begun eating some table food lately because she only takes a few bites of her baby food for us (eats it well at daycare though). She's loving the table food and so far has done the best with Cheerios. She loves it! She's also beginning some separation anxiety. This past weekend, most of the times I left the room, she cam crawling right after me to find me. Sometimes she would fuss and sometimes she would just look for me. It was pretty cute. Then when I had to leave her at daycare on Tuesday after the long weekend, she actually looked after me and cried. It was so sad. That was the first time she'd done that and they said she wanted to be held all day. Poor baby! She's also started saying "mamamama"! She's been saying "dadada" for a bit now, but just started with some mamas! I can't wait for her to know that's for me. :)

Eating mashed potatoes and pulling on her ear!

One other thing we've noticed about Hailey is that she pulls on her left ear a lot. She recently had ear infections, so were concerned they were hurting her at first, but we think she just does this. We notice it mostly when she's eating and when she's tired. It's kind of cute! She also chews her tongue a lot and pats her head. She's too funny. Of course we'll mention this to the doc when we go back in a month, but I think she's ok.

7 months old!

This past weekend was Labor Day weekend and we had an open house of sorts on Sunday. The Kleins came over for a bit, the Bucks were here and eventually the Butlers showed up too. It was so much fun to have everyone over and get to play with all the kids! They all had a blast!




Miles has also been into taking walks these days (which is great!), but he wants us to walk and he wants to ride his bike. The first time he did this, we were weary how long he'd last and if we'd be dragging him and the bike back. Nope, he did great! He'll ride all over, he loves riding just up and down the street with Elliott and Meredith too, and we like to go up to the pool. It's about a mile round trip and he does awesome. Tonight, we went and he kept stopping to observe this or that or to test his brakes. It was funny-he's turning into a little man!

Outlining daddy

A feeling of motherhood has really overcome me lately. Especially on the weekends. These past two weekends, we haven't had much planned and we've just enjoyed hanging out together doing whatever we want. I've really felt like a mom-playing with the kids, coming up with activities, making lunch and dinner (Ahmad usually cooks during the week), and it's been so nice. I can't help but to think what it would be like to be a full time stay at home mom. I think that would be the best job in the world. I hope those who have that job know just how precious it is. I couldn't ask to be more blessed than I am to have my family-all of my family.

Hailey's first wagon ride