Boxcar Races

Friday afternoon. This is what Jesse and Miles do for fun.

Pluots!

Miles enjoyed a Dapple Dandy pluot from our CSA share that we took over while our friend, Elizabeth, is out of town. We've enjoyed all of the delicious vegetables, but the fruit share has been out of this world. Miles saw the beautiful pluots sitting on the table and grabbed one for himself. I think he was a little shocked because this was the first time he has gotten to eat a whole piece of fruit on his own. 

Welcome Back, Son

I've been lax about documenting Miles' progress after our trip to Chicago. We've been sick, busy, and Miles has been doing some hardcore Wonder Weeking. In short, the last two weeks have been pretty rough. There have been tantrums, whining, clinging, and general woe. All of this was compounded by a stuffy nose and a napping strike. I finally see the light! And Miles has been making some pretty awesome leaps -- both physically and mentally. I'm so happy to have my cheerful little guy back. 

He's really into wearing Jesse's headphones and rocking out to music. This makes Jesse incredibly happy. 

He loves our shared nanny days with his best bud, Leon. They run around, yell, bang on things, and share sippy cups and snacks. It's pretty great. 

After play dates, he crashes pretty hard -- still sleeping like his dad.

And he loves participating in just about anything we're doing.  Welcome back, Miles! We hope you're here to stay.

Rocking Horse

It's not been my best month for updating Miles' blog. He's been changing at an amazing speed and I've managed to capture quite a few great moments (just have been lax in sharing). So here goes. Miles figured out what to do with that giant wooden horse sitting in our dining room. He was pretty pleased. I had to act quick, so the video is a little out of focus. You get the point though, fun was had by all.

First Trip to OMSI

Miles had a blast on our first trip to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry yesterday. There's a special 6 and under room that has blocks, a sand pit, chipmunk homes, a giant eagle nest, and all kinds of fun games with balls. Miles' favorite was the station that had vacuum tubes and air blowing around to make these light plastic balls shoot in the air and get sucked around. 


He also got a taste of playing with older kids who were not impressed with his speed. I don't think the kid was trying to be mean on purpose, but it got to be annoying nonetheless. Luckily, his attention span was short enough that he moved on to bigger and better things and left Miles alone to experiment. 

New Kicks

Miles had a growth spurt that coincided with his first birthday and his feet suddenly grew half an inch over night. His little heels were hanging out of his sandals, so my mom and I set out to find the kid a new pair of shoes.  His foot was actually just the right size for his the high tops that I bought several months ago at a consignment shop, but the dude inherited his dad's ankles, which prevented me from lacing the high tops all the way up. I was pretty bummed. 

The only request Jesse had when we went out shopping was that the shoe easily slip on his foot, since he's a total wiggle monster these days. My only criteria was that they were cute and allowed him to easily walk around. On a shopping trip to Target, mom and I browsed the kids shoe section and found a ton of adorable (reasonably priced) options. However, Miles' foot is so fat that I couldn't get most of the shoes on, much less fastened. So, we went with the Converse One Star velcro sneakers that are so stinking cute it hurts. They were also twice the cost of most of the other shoes, but I didn't care one bit because LOOK AT THEM! Melting.

We pulled the shoes out of the box and he stuck out his right foot so I could put them on. He grinned, played a bit with the velcro, and I set him on the ground to see if he could walk in them. It took a couple of steps for him to get the hang of it, but in no time he was zipping around the shoe racks and trying to unload the selves. In a matter of minutes, we had found his first real pair of shoes. They have the classic star on the sides, but also little dinosaur bones and footprints that trail around the back. As you can see, Miles sports his converse with pulled up tube socks, just like his daddy. 

Here he is posing with the new kicks just before our first trip to OMSI this afternoon. He ran around the living room and would stop and bend down to  thump the toes and pick at the velcro straps. He's still not totally convinced that the're cool, but he doesn't fuss at all when we put them on, so that must count for something!