Aunt Stephanie

19 months!

We have a very busy toddler at our house!

Hiking

Slowly but surely

Just to keep you abreast of the hair situation. I'd say there's enough to blow in the breeze now!

The pile of wood is Craig's current house project. He's building us a pergola on the back patio.

Secret stash

So, that pile of cars has been missing for weeks and the doll head-for months! I was actually going a little crazy wondering what on earth had happened to all his matchbox cars. One day, the basket was empty and I couldn't find them anywhere-just like that. There are not too many places to lose or hide things in our house and I looked everywhere. I searched the dog crates, laundry baskets, drawers, under furniture, behind couch cushions, in the closets and found nothing....absolutely nothing. I had kind of given up on the doll head, although it was always in the back of my mind, taunting me. I thought maybe the dogs had eaten it, but never had any telltale signs, like little bits of wood, and they are never that thorough. Fast forward to last week. I came out of our bedroom and Miles met me near the door. In his hand was a dump truck, a MISSING dump truck to be exact. Immediately, I started scouting around, I knew it had to have come from nearby. And then, it hit me, the back of the big, comfy chair-of course! There is a little flap of fabric that Velcros open and closed, making the perfect little pouch. I took a peek inside and found the whole pile of loot you see above-including the doll head!!! Hilarious! It's crazy to think I had never even seen him do this or express any interest in the back of that chair. He must have been very busy while I was washing dishes, doing laundry or otherwise occupied. I was so relieved to find that doll head, it's a little ridiculous. Nice to have our mystery solved too!

Squinty McGee

Well, this is what you get from an overcast day, not enough light in the living room and a crazy flash on the camera (and possibly mom sitting too close). On a side note: he's actually starting to outgrow clothes again. I'm really going to miss this shirt, it was one of my favorites!

Just like that

I have been waiting, w...a...i...t...i...n...g for the day that Miles would play along with all the songs that have hand gestures. He will listen to the songs and watch us do the gestures, but hasn't been interested in joining us at all. Then, one day, he decided to go for it. This was the first one-'If You're Happy'. He will also do Isty, Bitsy Spider and Pattycake. I came in a little late with the video, but the first verse does repeat at the end. Plus, it's less of me singing! :-) (my favorite part is the 'if you're sad')