September/October update

Our little man has really been changing these last few months in good and ummm.....not so good ways (that's mommy's nice way of putting it). He sure has been testing us and excising his use of the word NO. He says it in such a cute way sometimes that it takes all that I have not to bust out laughing. We've tried many methods to get our point across that he should not be doing certain things (some I am more embarrassed about than others) but the one that seems to be working well right now is to explain things to a fault and it just seems like he takes it all in, processes it, and is ok with it (most of the time). We have also started to do time outs which are working much better than I ever imagined. So, we'll see if any of these things work, but I sure am trying.

"Hi Mom, I'm a penguin"

Mommy and Miles goofy time

Teaching him young

I've also found that he is less defiant and grumpy when we stay very busy, so that is what I've been trying to do. On Tuesdays we take tumbling (cutest thing), Thursdays we do a play group through the park district, and Saturdays he does soccer. All the other days we try to do play dates, park visits and museum outings. I'm not sure who is more tired by the end of the day, him or me. It's going to be rough once the weather gets cold, let me tell you.

Bouncy house after soccer

Example of friend hand holding

Tumbling is awesome!!

Frightened and fascinated he can do this

Tumbling with his buddies Marcus and Neason

Has a fascination now with cars and trains. Boys

More friend hand holding

He has been doing some pretty cute things lately, like really getting his groove on when music is playing. Miles is also mimicking a lot of what we are saying now and his vocabulary is really picking up (He's no Macy Damdar, but I'll take it).  When he's having a good day he is just so fun to be around and cracks us up. One of my favorite things is that he hugs all his little friends and holds their hands to guide them places. He loves too hard sometimes and doesn't know when to let go, but it's cute nonetheless. And no matter what kind of mood he is in or in an outburst, if you say "give mommy a hug and kiss" he plants a wet, juicy his right on your lips and says "huuuggg" and gives you a squeeze. One of Nick's favorite things to do with him is to go on these long walks on the lakefront where Miles dictates how long it takes us and where we go. He has more patients then I do. Miles loves it and so does dad.

He's such a funny, goofball of a kid, he must be ours!