Sunday, August 17, 2008

Miles Updates (6mo 4wks)

Miles following in Max's footprints and doing his push ups!

Won't be long and this little one will be crawling!

He's such a happy little dude!

Chillin' outside! :)


What can I say... he is as sweet as they come! He is the perfect baby!

He is so patient and only fusses when he is really hungry or tired. Even if he's hungry...as long as he's being held, he will be patient. Poor thing has to be with such a demanding bigger brother! :) He's fairly quiet and seems as though he's just taking in everything he sees. We've actually been telling him that he needs to start speaking up to make sure we know he's still there because it's easy to get caught up in Max's sillyness and forget he's there because sometimes he's so quiet. But, he's been listening to us because the last few weeks he's been starting to squeal and babbling a lot. In fact 2 mornings ago he was nursing and he started making noises while he was nursing. Kind of like, "Mmm" and I'd repeat it and he'd just look at me. Then he'd do it again and I'd do it and then he realized that every time he did it I would respond, so we'd go back and forth. Now he does this several times a day. I remember when Max did this. It's really amazing when your baby wants to start a "dialog" with you! :)

He is a big smiler and will smile at you just because. My favorite smiles are in the morning when he wakes up (or after his nap) and he looks up from his crib and he smiles so big. I just love the squinty nose smile he does. It cracks me up. My 2nd favorite smile from him is after he nurses. About 95% of the time when he's done eating...he stops, looks up at me, and then gives me a big smile. Almost as if to say, "Thanks, mama...that was a good meal". LOL

He's sitting quite well now. I still have to stay close by because he will just jerk back for no reason occassionally or if he reaches for something he topples over sometimes. He's really trying to figure out the crawling thing. Usually when he's on his tummy and trying to reach something he will squirm and roll until he gets to it. He does push ups (like Max did shortly before he started crawling), but he puts his head in the ground...which makes me worry he's going to give himself a rug burn! ;)

Miles is a total cuddler and just loves to be held and loves to snuggle...especially when he's tired. I'll pick him up and he'll just bury his head in my neck. I just love it. Being my last baby...I hope he remains a cuddler for a long time! I just love this baby stage...and I'm not ready for it to go away. He's so anxious to be mobile and I know once he figures out crawling...he'll be on the move constantly. As it is, he is trying to grab everything he can within reach!

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