find happiness in the little things

Miles howls with Mommy

...so he knows how to speak the language of the wolves who will raise him...

Miles 16 mo. old!

Boy with hat

How Drew spent some of his birthday money

When it is hot out and Miles needs some entertainment we take him to PetCo to look at the fish and the rodents. This is a great way to pass an hour or so, but I think the employees there are getting sick of us. On Sunday, we decided to give the poor folks at PetCo day off from cleaning Miles' smudgy little finger prints off the fish and rodents tanks, we had already been there on Saturday after all, and take Miles to the Children's Museum instead. I was pleasantly surprised by how great this place was for toddlers, and since we were there right at opening we had the place to ourselves for about an hour. Here are the pictures that Drew took.

For some reason Miles loved the Edison exhibit. He kept going back to this.

I tried to put on a puppet show for Miles, but he was more interested in the firetruck.
Miles driving me around in the firetruck.


Miles and his dad both love to watch the marbles fall. Gravity is indeed awesome.




Miles was kind of freaked out by the dinosaurs.
Although we did not make it to PetCo, Miles still got to check out some fish.
Operating the submarine.

Playing with light pens.
...and back to the submarine to drive it.
Checking out the train.
The dog washing station at the vet.
He looks like a serious little shopper, but really he is just pushing the cart into walls for fun.
Miles killing it at DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!!!

Playing with some images

We had dinner with our neighbors tonight. Miles had been a GRUMP all day but was a fun kid at their house. Our neighbors are lovely and they have a sweet 'almost 2-yr old' and the world's best dog, Tanner. Miles enjoyed lounging on Tanner.
Miles and Atticus had fun playing basket ball with the garden toilet.



by the way, all of these pictures were taken on Drew's phone. I think he is having fun with his birthday gift.

Tunnel

Photo from Drew's phone edited in Picasa before posting. This is Miles playing in a tunnel at the neighbors' house. He had a blast tonight.

Direct from Drew's phone

At the store

Miles has a light rash... Otherwise he's ok

How we spent friday after work

Walking before school

I always wanted a 'little runner kid" and now I have one. Miles loves to walk and he is becoming quite the independent guy. Although it can be a bit annoying when he takes off and we are tyring to leave for school and work.

After daycare

Miles walked to and from class today on his own

One. More phone upload

OK

Trying upload from phone

Quick uploads

Hi everyone- I've been putting some quick uploads on an anonymous facebook account here:
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Miles and the fridge

Mama is back!

After Miles screamed for 5 hours straight during the three flights we took from Tucson to Portland, which resulted in everyone on several Southwest flights giving us dirty looks, or offering unsolicited advice (the looks were preferable), Oregon was great. The flight from San Diego to San Jose was particularly eventful due to Miles managing to get 2 peanuts in his mouth. Thankfully, Drew was able to retrieve them. Unfortunately, then we came back to me needing to work between 12 and 16 hour days for 6 days straight. Therefore, Drew has pretty much been a single dad since last Friday. We did manage to survive and are no worse for the wear, but I did really miss my guys. Not only did Drew take over all parenting duties for 6 days, but he also managed to snap a few pictures, and provide photographic evidence that Miles was indeed given baths in my absence.

A rare view of two of Miles' top teeth.

Miles' favorite request is "UP", as our little guy loves to be held. I can almost hear him saying "up" in this picture.

Climbing up the coffee table.

Wearing Dad's hat.

Clean after a bath in a fish towel from Aunt Sandy.