Newest love....

...trains, trains, trains!

The silver lining to being put on hold

Turns out, Miles loves to dance to hold music. This was discovered when I put the phone on speaker expecting a long and lengthy wait. Sorry for the quality of the video-our camera struggles sometimes, but it was too cute to pass up!

Unbelievable!!

I never, ever thought this would happen! Miles actually fell asleep on his own, on the floor of his room. We had been hanging out in another part of the house and Miles went off to get his blanket and binky. I was nursing a terrible headache and while he was gone, I dozed off for about 15 minutes. I awoke and thought things sounded very quiet and sure enough, my suspicions were soon confirmed. It was quite a bit earlier than his normal nap time, so I was a bit surprised. However, a quick transfer to his bed and we were off to sleepytime bliss...for everyone!

Stacking with a twist

Craig and I were both in Miles' room one night when I suddenly noticed this configuration on his stacking blocks. Neither one of us had anything to do with it, so Miles had clearly been very busy. I really love his take on how to play with this toy!

21 months!

I'm going to pretend that we're not almost to 22 months and do this post anyway! Right now, we are experiencing a little bit of this:


And....a little bit of this:



Look out two, here we come! :-)

Grandma Julie's house

After the lake we had a quick, but fun stop in Hermiston to see Grandma Julie!

I snuck this photo through the window because I didn't want to ruin the spell. Grandma got Miles to eat fresh peas from the pod. Shhhh, don't tell him it's a vegetable!

Always a good time splashing around in the backyard pool.

Playing around at the park.

A little rest by the river.

Grandma and her boys...love this picture!

Wallowa Lake (part 2)

I'm so behind with posts that I just couldn't really write much on the last post. But, I think the pictures are able to say a lot for me. Our family vacation was a lot of fun this year again. We all stayed in the same cabin, so it was easier to hang out and see people more. The location was beautiful and pastoral. A nice break from city life for sure! Miles managed the car ride okay, with a few touchy moments toward the end. All in all though, it's really too long to ask a toddler to sit in a car seat. He was also cutting three teeth at once, those horrible, pointy eye teeth. I think this contributed to an increased wariness and lots of mommy clinging. Who knows for sure. He may have also been overwhelmed by all the people and the new environment. He seemed to be warming up to everyone towards the end, but alas, we had to go. As a side note, Craig's sister, Karen is visiting SLC right now with three of her kids and Miles has been playing with them happily and with no problems. So, hard to say what contributed to his unease in Oregon, but it seems to have passed.

We spent a lot of time visiting and feeding the horses. No fear (on Miles' part-Dad was a little more nervous!).

First official graham cracker-delicious!

Digging around in the shallows of the lake-the lake itself is C-O-L-D!!

Running around on all the grass we had available to us-what a treat!

A fun little hike to a waterfall. I still have dreams that he'll want to walk on his own on hikes since he loves being outside so much, but it really hasn't happened yet.


Last night and see, totally warming up to everyone!


Trying to get a family picture, but notice the child making his getaway!

All the grandkids in one spot-don't blink!