down the slide

this evening after supper me and Myles went to the park. The reason I took him there was to let him swing. A couple of months ago when we let Myles swing at the park he loved it and was so excited. Tonight when I put him in the swing he was ok, then when I started swinging him he wasn't happy. He started crying and reaching out for me. So I moved to the slide. Myles loved it and kept wanting to slide over and over - a good work out for mommy!

sign language

a couple of months ago I started teaching Myles some signs. It's good for babies who cannot say words yet to still be able to communicate. About a month ago I stopped trying to teach Myles just because he still hadn't said anything yet. A couple of weeks ago on a Saturday Myles and I were eating breakfast and I casually said "do you want more?" and he did the sign for more - I almost fell out of my chair! Every since then he's been picking up things. He knows 'more', 'all done' , 'eat'...all food related words of course. We're working on 'please' and 'thank you' now. This picture is of him saying "more."

daddy and me

Myles loves his daddy and they had a great time playing today. Myles will stand part way beside the couch and peep out and Luke would say "roar" and Myles would squeal and giggle. Then later Myles stared to step on Luke's feet, almost like it was another 'challenge'.

scary alligator page

Today was a pretty good day - after church we came home and played with Myles all evening. He got this great book for his birthday called the "wide-mouthed frog" and when you turn the page it's got all these pop-outs of the animals this frog meets. Well on one page there's a big alligator mouth that pops out and it scares Myles. When he first got the book when he turned 1 it didn't scare him, but it does now! It's amazing that this child can want to play on steps, run on gravel, and climb on the impossible, but a paper alligator coming out of a book - watch out! :P

Water hose

Today was one of those days you dream about - minus the heat of the summer. Me, Luke and Myles hung out at home all day, Myles even took 3 naps so we were able to get a little cleaning done. After lunch today it was hot so we went outside to play in the shade of the tree in the back yard. We got out the bubble lawn mower for Myles, but since he's still walking slow not many bubbles came out. After that we got the water hose out. One of use would hold him and run as the other held the water hose in the air. I thought Myles wouldn't like it, but he actually loved it. Luke made some awesome ribs and we also had some potatoes, my special corn on the cob and some organic mac and cheese for Myles. But of course, he didn't like it, haha. It was just a wonderful day together and we're all tired!

Myles and Leah sittin' in a tree

Tonight after work we went over to our friends, Chris and Julianna's house. Their daughter Leah was born 3 days after Myles and every now and they get to hang out. They haven't hung out since they've been walking so it was cute to see them follow each other around and play. Hopefully they'll remain friends for a long time! :)

the happy dance

I've talked about the happy dance before, well i finally got a picture of it. Myles was holding this round elephant and vibrates and sings and he was carrying it around and he got very excited. We're all good and I'm very tired.