Born to Ride

Miles being a fireman

So much happening lately, where to start?! Miles is hilarious these days. He's gone from pretending he's a kitten to pretending he's a monster! But, he's a nice monster and usually a baby monster. He crawls around "roaring" and then sometimes I'll roar back at him and he calls me Mommy Monster. And Hailey is the little bitty baby monster. Ahmad doesn't usually get into the monster act. :) He's also taken to acting like Mommy and instructing me to act like Miles. It's kind of entertaining to see what he comes up with. Usually he wants me to be in trouble and he puts me in time out, only to tell me to talk or try to get up so he can tell me I'm in big trouble. Or he wants me to need something, like a snack, so he can get it for me. I don't mind the role play-I think it gives him a chance to be in control of a situation, something that rarely happens for him. And he doesn't do anything too extreme.

Miles went to play in his room with some loud toys while Hailey napped in her swing. We spied some guitar action!

All dressed up for church

Hailey is doing awesome! I cannot believe how big she's getting-she'll be 8 months this week! She's all over the place and loves to explore. We've gotten into a good routine for bedtime and I usually go to put her down while Miles watches his show before bed. We read a book, turn out the lights, sing and usually nurse. Then she's down and out! I've been working on signing with her pretty much since birth. We've been doing "milk" since birth and have been adding more things since. She reacts to most signs as if she knows what they are, but isn't really signing too much back yet. She does the "milk" sign sometimes, but doesn't really distinguish that it means milk, rather it means she wants something. When I sign "book" before bed, she seems to understand; when I sign "light" after our book, she looks to the light switch because she knows we're going to go turn it off. When I sign "all done" after she eats, she smiles and laughs.

Just hanging out looking cute

Hailey likes to put things her her mouth and just leave them there

Hailey is eating really well too and loves table food! She's been killing a pork tenderloin that Ahmad made the other night. I can't believe how fast she eats it! She's still on baby food at daycare, mainly because she's still eating it. But at home, she pretty much refuses any bay food, so we've moved on. She's napping a bit better at daycare as well, but still doesn't get a ton of sleep. They're trying to get her on a regular schedule.

Getting ready for Halloween

Looking cute again!

The other weekend Miles was helping Ahmad out in the yard and Ahmad was wearing his work gloves. So, of course Miles had to get some work gloves (which were really just a pair of winter gloves). He wore them pretty much all week and even wore them to school a few days. He kept finding "work" to do in the house and did some things in the bathroom (I'm still not sure what he was doing!) and also began "cleaning" out the closet in the front hall. He takes everything out and then...is done! We've had to work on the putting it all back again. :)

Hailey loves her bath!

Miles' new favorite thing is to play Mario Kart on the Wii. He even invited Elliott over one evening to play with him (totally his idea), which was hilarious to us.

Wearing a barrette that stayed!

Last week, we all were sick in one way or the other. Ahmad started it and was in bed for 3 days with a 102 fever. Then Hailey started a fever and throwing up for 3 days. Miles threw up once and was done. I was in the bathroom for a day and then better. All in all, Hailey ended up going to work with me for a day and a half and then I stayed home with her one day. I was sure glad when we were all doing better! Thankfully Miles wasn't sick that long and he got to enjoy our a birthday party for our neighbors, Elliott and Meredith. They rented a bounce house in their backyard, and Miles had a blast!

I had to work last Saturday, so Ahmad took the kids to a festival on the canal complete with basketball, football and a bounce house.

Miles is so into motorcycles these days. He talks about them all the time and swears he's big enough to ride one because he thinks he can reach. We had the idea to take him to a Harley Davidson store and finally were able to get there tonight. He LOVED it! He walked around and around looking at all the bikes. We asked one staff if he could sit on one and he said no. After about 30 more minutes, I asked someone else and he said yes. Miles was in heaven. Definitely a good reward to keep in mind.

This was one of his favorites-he kept coming back to it and looking at it.

He loved the scooter and said that was his favorite

We're heading to my parent's house this weekend for a quick visit. Dad's been in the hospital for the last 2 weeks and I'm hopeful that he's home before we get there. We'll see! Mom has also had trouble with her foot, so hopefully we'll be able to help out with some things for them while we're in. But most of all, we're looking forward to visiting with them!