Ok, he’s definitely not creepy. But, I have some great news about Miles!
He has figured out how to army crawl!!! His motivation- a cell phone. Put a cell phone out in front of him and he’ll do anything to get to it 
. It is very hard work for him and he’s still pretty slow, so once he gets a little better, I’ll get some video of him scooting along. Yay, Miles!
All tuckered out.
Well I can honestly say I’ve never been so happy to be done with a year! It was kind a rough one for our little family and I don’t know how we would have made it through with out the help and encouragement from our friends and family. I just know 2009 is going to be great.
Here is a rundown of our last year…I think if I had to choose one word to sum up the year it would be surgery. Yikes!
JANUARY- Birth of our wonderful 2nd child, Miles Jacob, via c-section and followed by 2 weeks in the NICU and shunt surgery. This month was spent learning all about our new little darling.
FEBRUARY- Lots and lots of visits and meals from friends.
MARCH- Greta had tubes put in her ears. Miles had surgery to repair his encephalocele.
APRIL- Wedding season started up. Joe’s Grandfather had surgery on a brain tumor. One of Joe’s generous co-workers bought tickets to a concert for Joe and I- it was a much needed break and our first time away from Miles for more than a couple hours.
MAY- Joe had surgery on his foot and leg.
JUNE- Joe’s 29th birthday party! Miles learned to lift his head!! The kids and I attended the Adams Family reunion.
JULY- We had an awesome 4th of July at Joe’s fathers house. We went on our first family picnic- just the 4 of us, a great memory!
AUGUST- Our 6th wedding Anniversary.
SEPTEMBER- Miles had a botox injection for his eye. Miles also his first (and only so far) seizure during this month.
OCTOBER- We took the kids to the pumpkin patch! Joe said that that was the best day of his life My 29th Birthday. Trick or treating with fancy Nancy and a carrot. Miles mastered sitting.
NOVEMBER- I started a new job working as a floral designer for Sherbondy’s Flowers.
DECEMBER- Greta’s 3rd Birthday. Lee Floral Design’s last wedding.
I’ll close with my favorite photo taken in 2008 of each of my loves.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Greta as excited as she was today. For months now, she has been asking me, “is it Christmastime?”. She has become utterly obsessed with Christmas trees and all things related. Well, today was the day! I drug that old, dusty, rickety tree out of the garage and hoisted it up in the living room. Normally, I wouldn never dream of putting up a tree before Thanksgiving, but I am so excited for Christmas this year…I can hardly contain myself! Last year we did not put our tree up. I was VERY pregnant and the thought of putting up and taking down the 10′ tree sounded like a dangerous task.
When we found out that Miles had hydrocephalus, the Dr.’s told us that he might not be “compatible with life” and we’d find out when he was born if he would make it. So, we didn’t know if there would be a baby’s first Christmas. BUT, he is here and he is a miracle. Words can not express how overjoyed I will be to see my little boy sitting side by side with his big sister opening presents for the first time! Tears fill my eyes just to think of it!
I am definitely not alone in my excitement. Every time Greta would leave the living room to go get a toy or to go to the bathroom, it was as if she’d temporarily forgotten about the tree and each time she came back into the room, she would exclaim, “It’s Christmastime! Look at our beautiful tree!” or my personal favorite, “this tree makes me so happy!”.
Here’s a sneak peek at our decorating and soon I’ll be sharing with you the ornaments that I made for our tree this year. I just have to finish them!!
It is so easy to get caught up in the things that Miles should be doing. He is not yet crawling, rolling over consistently, etc. We work and work just to get him to catch up. And we are so busy that I rarely take the time just to look back at how far he has come. I was looking through some old files of photos and decided it would be cool to share a bit of how far he’s come. Some of the photos from his first 2 months do not even look like the same child! I originally had the song “For Good” from the Wicked soundtrack, as this is Miles’ favorite song. Whenever he hears it, whether it is the CD or Mommy singing it- he immediately calms down and listens intently. Apparently, that song is carefully guarded by copyright, so I had to find a bland, boring song. I think you get the idea though. Enjoy!
We are fortunate to have an awesome pumpkin patch just 30 minutes from home. Monday, Joe and I took the kids. We met with Joe’s cousin Ann and Lola, the little girl that Ann nannies for. It was pretty muddy, but we went early and managed to not actually get rained on until the ride home. We rode a pony, ate kettle corn, took a hay rack ride and so much more. We took photos of Miles sitting with the pumpkins and some of Greta sitting with the pumpkins. We wanted to get some of Miles and Greta together, but when we tried- Miles seemed to think that he should lay down on his sister…so that didn’t quite work. This pumpkin patch is so cool that Joe and I are planning a date night at the pumpkin patch!
Since the last 3 or so posts have been strictly about Miles, here are some photos of Greta (and Miles) at the park!
…errr… I mean, handsome. Look what Miles is doing now! He sat for 2 whole minutes today We are just thrilled. He has already completed 3 of the goals that his Early Intervention team set for him to complete in the next 6 months! Sitting, self feeding and babbling with consonants. Our little guy is really taking off! And today we learned that he loooooves pickles.
October 3rd was my 29th Birthday as well as Miles’ 9 month Birthday. It was the perfect day. I had a fabulous lunch date with Greta and Miles. Miles had his first soup and bread at Panera Bread. As we were leaving, Greta turned to me and said, “Mommy and Greta and Miles go to a restaurant. Do it again!” I think this was her way of saying- “we should do this more often, Mom!” Then that evening my husband and sister in law threw me a lovely party! Thank you for all who came. It was the best Birthday that I can remember And- I can’t wait to beat some eggs from the gourmet grocery store while wearing my new boots! Below are some photos of the event (no I don’t know where Greta’s skirt is) and some not so official 9 month photos of Miles.
Miles has officially graduated from his modified highchair to just a regular ol’ highchair!
He has also been talking up a storm lately. He thoroughly enjoys blowing raspberries. Below is a photo of the rare raspberry bubble found in it’s natural habitat. Raspberry bubbles are on the endangered species list and are rarely found as large as the one below. It is also quite rare for one to stick around long enough for a photo!
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