Sweet Baby Miles

Sweet Baby Miles is getting ready to have his first birthday. Although I haven't posted his monthly birthday pictures, I have taken them. So, here is Miles, new through 11 months.














Miles is doing all kinds of sweet baby stuff. He has six teeth. He did get his fangs (top incisors) first following in his big brother's footsteps. I'm not sure if I ever got a good, open-mouth picture of Miles' fangs. His top middle teeth started growing in more quickly than Ford's. So, I only had a small window of opportunity to photograph the fangs!

He's also jabbering often. I had the television on for Ford this weekend and a man on TV was putting on a cap. Miles looked at the TV, patted his head and said, "hah." He also looked at Sierra, our dog, and said, "dah." So, I THINK his first word is "dog". I also ask him where a hat goes and he pats his head. I thought this was pretty smart. But, now that's the answer to any question. Miles, where is your nose? and he pats his head!

He started moving a couple of months ago. He doesn't crawl, he scoots. It's really funny looking. But, as long as he's proficient at getting around, which he is, I don't think he'll ever crawl. My favorite part is that he moves one leg and pivots on his bottom to turn around. I'll try and post a video so you can actually see it since I'm not sure you can quite get it by my description.

In just a few short weeks, Miles will have his first birthday. My sweet baby will turn one-year-old and I'll be sure to post pictures of his special day. He is a such a blessing to our family!

Izzie's Ice

We have a vendor who sat up shop just down the street from our house and they sell Italian ice. It's a cute little orange deal called Izzie's Ice with a lime for the wheel. We LOVE the Italian ice and go there way too often. My boys LOVE it! Cold and yummy for these hot July days!

Driving the wagon to get some Italian ice:

See the cute little lime on the wheel:


Ford said, "Mommy, this ice is yummy!"

Baby Miles saw my cup and started opening his mouth and flapping his arms like a baby bird:

Baby Miles just can't understand when it's all gone. Poor baby:

Spring Family Festival

Every year, Ford's school has a Family Festival to raise money for the school. I am always amazed at all the work and creativity that goes into it. The volunteers work very hard to make it a fun and exciting for kids and parents alike. They have yummy SATCO (San Antonio Taco Company) for dinner, a silent auction complete with an art project by each class, pony rides, cotton candy...the works! I won't bore you with all the pictures I took of the cuteness. But, here are some of Ford having fun at the festival (say it three times really fast). This years theme was a circus.
Upon arriving, this is the ticket booth (can you stand it?):

Ford going down the huge slide outside:

Ford's awesome teachers made this picture to auction off:

Each child in the three year old playschool class is pictured. Here is a close up of Ford and some of his buddies:

The clown hat made at the craft station:

Our cute little elephant:

Sweet Baby Miles just taking it all in:

Ford with the face painting clown:

Puppy dog face:

He insisted on sleeping in his puppy face. Night, night puppy!

OK, I'm just going to pretend like I haven't taken a four month hiatus. Check back often in case I do something crazy and post again!

Happy 4th Birthday, Ford

My first baby boy turned four on January 15th. It was a beautiful, unusually warm day on Ford's actual birthday. Scott took the day off and we spent the day at the zoo with Ford's friend, Noelle. That night we went to dinner at Kobe's Japanese Steak House.

My three year old:

My four year old:

Birthday pancakes:

Ford at the zoo:

Birthday lovin:

Family picture minus Miles:

Miles:

The Saturday after Ford's birthday, we had a big birthday party planned at Bounce U with lots of Ford's classmates and a random assortment of other friends. It was a huge hit!

Getting ready to charge. Bouncers beware!

Ford's precious cousins, Amelia and Luke:

My sister was brave enough to come even though she has NO children!

There was lots of running and screaming:

Ford's other cousin, Audrey Claire:

Cute little Emerson:

Miles being shy, Trina and Sweet Ellie girl:

Ford's BFF, Will:

Ford was a little intimidated by everyone staring at him:

On Sunday, Pawpaw aka Scott's dad, came over to deliver his presents:



Whew! It was a busy weekend. But, I think Ford had a great birthday weekend and got tons of loot. So, I think it was a huge success!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Part 2)

The afternoon of Christmas Day, my brother and his family arrived at my mom and dad's and we all opened gifts. For dinner that night, we went to my Mamaw's house where ALL of my mom's family gets together every Christmas (27 of us in all). I've done this every year since I was one year old (my first Christmas I was one day old and still in the hospital).