First steps!

No picture for this one. Miles took his first steps tonight, by himself, for himself! He's been working hard at standing up without holding on to anything the past few days and tonight, it paid off. We were all in the kitchen and he was practicing standing up and then free standing. We got him to walk back and forth to us a couple of times and then....while he was standing next to me, he decided to head toward the dining room. He toddled off away from me and managed about 3 or 4 steps before deciding that crawling was still much faster. I imagine he'll be working on it a lot more this weekend, so maybe we'll catch it on video if we're lucky!

Rolling

Miles rediscovered his push cart this weekend and loves it. He spent a good deal of time perfecting 'the turn' so that walls, dog beds, toys, chairs, etc. don't slow him down! Our house has a circular layout, so it's ideal for cruising.

Elf hat

Darling hat Mary knit for her friend's baby. Of course, we had to try it on Miles. So, so cute!!

Rainbow

Leah had her first birthday party on November 30th. The theme-ducks and tutus! Here are a few shots from the festivities.

The birthday girl

After a few glasses of wine, we moved into fashion design (that's Sam).

All the boys in their tutus

Check me out!

Mozart Mania

A little post for Aunt Connie!

If you only watch one, pick this one, it's the most entertaining and shortest! Features a new take on dancing-Miles style.

Snow Day

Well, a blizzard did finally arrive on Sunday. It snowed all day and all night. So, we are left with a gorgeous landscape of white, puffy snow. I took the dogs out for a walk and put Miles in the backpack instead of trying to brave the streets with the stroller. It seems he may be a tad overdressed, but it was only 25 degrees and he certainly wasn't going to be working up a sweat. Oh no, leave that to me, hauling around a 19 pound (possibly 22 once you factor in all the layers) kid on my back!

Classic snowsuit pose-the one where the kid can't move a muscle! Loving the new snow pants though. All we need now are boots, then, it's off into the snow we go!