our smart football player

This morning I put this jacket on Myles before we left for daycare. I said "come here to the kitchen Myles, I want to take a picture of you." He walked over from the living room to the kitchen and got to the refrigerator and turned around to me and just stood there with this little smirk on his face. He's never done that before, it was such a big boy thing to do. He had a good day at daycare and tonight when we were eating we worked on the whole "where is your nose, mouth, eyes and ears" - he did really good.

*i actually forgot that I took a picture of myles on Sunday (The one of him eating).It looks like he was eating a french fry but it really was a pear. Myles tends to like things that are cut in neat shapes, so I try to get creative. I make all kinds of stuff.

is everyone this busy?

I promise I'm not going to keep doing these '2 day' blogs much more..things have just been crazy busy lately. On Sunday we got home from church around 3 and then we left at 4:30 to go to Boone to a church service. Myles stayed here in Charlotte with Anna who babysat him. We love when Anna keeps Myles, she's the best babysitter ever and she's even taken babysitter classes! We got home late so today was just tiring for us - especially Luke. He was saying to me this evening that in the past 24 hours he's driven about 10 hours...that's CRAZY. He's such a good husband and dad, I'm so proud of him and it's his last week at Samaritan's Purse.

*the pictures are from October, just some random ones.

November 5 & 6th

On Friday it was a pretty normal day - much cooler in Charlotte. We came home and I went to see a movie with a couple of friends. Then on Saturday we played and hung out as a family all day. Myles has a small cold and I think I got it so I'm tired and not feeling great so that's why this is so short. Myles was cute all day and is saying a lot of new things. In this picture he was dancing!

I'm mad...don't take a picture

Today was a dreary rainy day. Myles had a check up with his new doctor. It was a pretty good appointment and Myles was a good boy - then there were the shots - 3 to be exact. Myles only screamed for a little bit. At his check up he was 30 lbs and i can't remember how tall. He was at the normal average for his height and a little above normal for his weight. The dr. wasn't too concerned because he'll probably run it off. After the dr appointment we just came on home and spent the rest of the evening together. I made some tacos and we played for a long time. Myles is also still getting all 4 of his eye teeth in right now and he still wasn't feeling right from the shots so he could cry over anything...and he did! He was upset in this picture, but it was cute. Hopefully he'll feel better in the morning.

tired of being tired

Today I left work a little early to take the Element to the local Honda dealership to get the oil changed. They had a really nice waiting room which included a separate glassed in kids room with a little table and tv with videos and a couple puzzles. I pushed Myles around in the stroller for a little bit but then we went inside to the kids room. A lot happened in that hour we waited. We played with a puzzle, I taught Myles how to drink from a water fountain (without touching his mouth to it), he saw a dog that someone had with them in the waiting room (was scared at first but then pet it and squeezed it's tail), then he ran into the glass wall (forgetting it was there) and got a little bump on his forehead - but he's fine. After we finally left there we HAD to go to the grocery store because we didn't have anything...and going to the grocery store with a 1 and 1/2 year old will make ANYONE tired. As soon as we got home I fed Myles and got him in the bed, so I didn't get a picture taken but I'll try to add 2 tomorrow.

mmm, black beans

Today I kind of had a small scare. When I pulled up to work Myles' daycare teacher called me. She said one of the other teachers (that watches Myles before she gets there) had given him a peanut butter cookie (he's allergic to nuts)! She said he hadn't had any reactions yet but it scared me because you just never know. She kept a close eye on him and by lunch time I texted her and she said he had no reaction at all and that he was doing great.

Later in the evening Myles and I had supper at Salsarita's and he had blackbeans and rice...this picture is AFTER I wiped his face. He looked like he was trying to grow a beard.

throw back

Tonight Luke and I went on a date. Myles' friend Anna came over to play with him for a while, then she put him to bed. We went to a place on Lake Norman, it was a beautiful restaurant. We also got some Gelato afterwards. Myles had a good day at daycare today and I always miss him so much on Mondays after having the whole weekend with him.

*today is a throwback photo because I wasn't able to take one. Myles was sharing some of his snack with mommy, he loves to share.