Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Seasoned traveler


See, I know how to work this thing. Now, all I need is a TV.

Time for stretching.

I remember this lady, it's going to be all right.

We made it! I'm about to get my first taste of humidity. oh boy.
So, the first airplane trip with Miles was okay. Thankfully, both legs of the journey we ended up with a row to ourselves. This made a huge difference I think. Miles could sit and/or lay down to play. He really handled the whole day so well. He didn't nap too much, so by the end of the day, he was a little overtired. Remarkably he still had a cheerful demeanor....until.....
as you may or may not know, we surprised my mom by showing up with my sister (she knew Stephanie was coming). So, my mom just pulled up outside baggage claim to pick her up. Okay, no problem. I run outside into steamy, rainy jungle weather and lo and behold, she was surprised. Now for OUR surprise. She brought her dog with her, a big furry, bearlike German Shepherd. Well, I start to put Miles in the car and Angel decides to stay hello. She inches over to the car seat to sniff-so picture a giant dog head poking into the carseat. Suddenly, a scream I haven't heard before came flying out of Miles. It was terror, pure unadulterated terror. Poor tired guy. I whisked him out of the car, ran back inside to regroup with Stephanie. Back outside. Have I mentioned the rainy, steamy jungle weather. We're sticky and sweaty, not to mention exhausted. I tried the carseat again, keeping a hand up to push the dog back. No way. More terror. More whisking out of the car. In the meantime, both the suitcases won't fit. Although, they tried really hard, it's just not happening. So, at this point, I did what any sane person would do, I rented a car. Problem solved. No German Shepherd. Suitcases fit and we're back in business. I GPS'd my way home and ended the ride with Miles screaming-overtired and didn't fall asleep in the car. Thankfully, Wheels on the Bus seemed to help and 50 verses later we were home!



Videorama

A little video montage of our day of travel. They are all super short, just to give you a taste of the adventure!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Eight month photo shoot



A little insight into how the photo shoots go these days. He gets so excited to hold the sign and wave it around. Oh and snack on it as well!

Eight months!



Monday, June 28, 2010

Down on the farm in Farmington


Russin and Dave hosted a reunion of sorts-gathering us all for snacks and conversation in Farmington. It's a bit harder to get together these days with babies and their nap/sleep schedules, but we did it! It turned out to be a gorgeous day-perfect weather in the shade. It is going to be so fun for Miles and Leah when they're walking-they have so much space to run around up there.


Right now, I'm loving this toy. Next up, staring at those chickens back there!


The sun is enemy #1 this year, can you see why?

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Drummer


For some reason, video posts don't seem to be working right now. Not sure why. So, to tide you over, here's a still pic of our little drummer!

Percussion

While at Aunt Mary's for lunch, we decided to let Miles have a go at the drum. Turns out, he loved it! First, for playing (as seen below) and later, he discovered he could make it roll by hitting at it when it was on its side. Guess we better get started on sound proofing the garage. Maybe we'll be finished by the time he asks for his first drum set!