Welcome New Friends!

In the past few months we have been lucky to welcome some new friends into our life. So many new little ones and they have all been boys! We will be very excited with "auntie" Lesley and "auntie" Jenny finally add little girls to the mix in March and April.

Welcome baby Henry!

Welcome baby Jack!

Welcome baby Max!

 Welcome Colin and Brendan!

Thanksgiving

This was Miles' first Thanksgiving and we were lucky enough to celebrate twice. That's right, don't be too jealous, we got twice the turkey, twice the fixins', and twice the dessert. On Thanksgiving day we went to South Bend to celebrate with Nick's family and we brought Nonna along with us. A few days later we celebrated with my family and both were extremely yummy (the food, not our families. Didn't eat them. Families were lovely, not yummy.)

I got a few pictures from our South Bend Thanksgiving but failed to take any with my family. Bad mommy.

This surprisingly was not planned. Great minds think alike I guess.

"Give me some of that turkey already!"

Cousins Joe and Peter

Nonna and Great Gram

Miles with Auntie Andrea

Zoo Buddies

Miles is lucky to have some really great friends and sometimes we are able to get together with these great friends and go on fun outings. One such outing was to the zoo for a little concert and exploring.  Good times were had by all!

First Hair Cut

Way back at the end of October Miles got his first hair cut. He had a bit of a mullet situation going on that I just couldn't take anymore. My father-in-laws hairdresser was willing to come to my in-laws house for his first cut and our little man did very well. He sat on my lap and was actually pretty still for Ms. Nikki which is a small miracle. Since then he has had two other hair trims one of which happened yesterday and was given to him by his great Auntie Glor who was in town from California.

Miles and Ms. Nikki

This haircut required more patience and clearly more seriousness from the adults

Hello World!

Hi everyone! Where oh where have I been. Well, December was a crazy month for me. I was pretty sure I was developing major anxiety issues and thought I would need to go on some medication, but then January hit and I am happy to report anxiety levels went down....thank goodness. There was just too much going on for me to handle. I learned a little something about myself and now know that I can not do everything I want to/use to do with a VERY active toddler constantly at my side, and when I try and do everything, I have panic attacks.

The month of December was filled with birthdays (Miles', Great aunt Monica's, Great aunt Mary's, "Auntie" Krisitn and mine (maybe part of my anxiety was with the fact that I turned 30. Had/having a hard time with this one)), birthday parties, baby showers, visiting friends from out of town, Christmas parties, and all that is involved with Christmas. On that note, I finally feel ready to start sharing our stories again to anyone still interested in us. I will probably be posting "mini" posts as if I haven't skipped a beat and will be going back in time for a few important events.

Thanks for hanging in there with us!

This and That

Hello everyone, remember me? Long time no blog. Here's a little update about out little man and the things he likes to do these days....

Loves being a cutie pie

Likes being snug and dry in his bubble when it's raining watching mommy get soaked

Making a big mess while eating

Being silly when the camera comes out

Making a mess out of mom's cabinets

Playing with his new favorite toy, the box

Loves free play at Gymboree

 Playing in dog cages

 

 Loving on his new big, blue, bear (thanks Auntie Veronica)

 

Making a mess of the bathroom while mom is trying to get ready

 

 Sleeping silly

Loves hanging out with dad and getting piggy back rides 

 

Really likes that he has the type of friends he can hang out with in his underwear

  

LOVES being a daredevil!

That's pretty much Miles in a nutshell these days. Keeping us VERY busy and on our toes, that's for sure.

There's a Monster Lurking in my Cabinet

We have designated one cabinet that Miles is allowed to play in in our kitchen. Nick said that we probably should have chosen a smaller cabinet :) What do you think?