scooter.

Milo has figured out how to scoot himself across the room. You sit him down, he immediately bends forward to get in the scooting position and moves like a seal across the room. He started figuring this out on friday, but as of monday night, he’s a pro at it and can really get going. And what exactly is he scooting towards? Oh you know…power cords, pieces of paper, the door stopper, scissors, tupperware…Forget about the toys that are sprawled out all over the floor – he wants exactly what he shouldn’t have!

Last night he chased the tupperware in the above photo all the way from the living room to the bathroom. I turned him around and he scooted himself back to the living room. Good thing our place is on the small side!

We also had to lower the crib matress one level down, because as you can see above, Milo immediately pulls on the bumper and uses it to get up on his knees. I’m thinking we need to go all the way to the last level, or remove the bumper. We removed the bumper one night, but he didn’t sleep well at all (not sure if related or not), and he sticks his feet through the bars of the crib and Dj is scared they are going to get stuck or he’ll hurt himself.  

These sudden developments are opening my eyes to what “babyproofing” really means. It’s alot more than sticking little stoppers in the sockets and on your cabinet doors. It’s going to need to be constant on our minds, as he’s only just beginning to get into everything!

6 month checkup.

Milo had his 6 month check up this morning. He’s already battling a pretty gnarly cold; so combined with the three shots he had to get today – he has been a little bit whiny-ier than usual, and pretty tired –  but I still think hes quite the little trooper, considering.

He weighed in at 18.6 lbs, and 27 inches, and i have to say I’m kind of shocked that’s all he weighs. I thought for sure he was at least 20 lbs. What do I know?  That gives us a little more time with upgrading his car seat I guess (I’m holding out for an amazon reward).  I had the doctor check for any signs of teeth coming in and other than some swollen gums, nothing. She said they probably will start to poke through in about a week or so. He’s been mr. droolyface these past few days….

I’m supposed to be working with milo and his textures when it comes to food. Not quite sure how to wrap my head around this. I roasted some acorn squash for him today, but once i put it into the blender to puree it, I still had to add liquid to it to get it to do anything, so therefore, its not as thick as it could be?  I need some work in this department for sure.  Any advice is welcome. If i mash up avocado or banana, he usually gags.

Special thanks to Grandma Janice for coming up to the big city so we didn’t have to take the bus today in this arctic tundra. It was 2 degrees when we were at the doctor. Welcome to winter little man.

another boy!

Im so incredibly happy to announce that kelly had her baby….AND ITS A BOY! Daniel Wilson Book was born on 12/5, at 12:05 and weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz! I still can’t believe she gave birth to a boy….I was so sure she was going to have a girl…we all did! He gave momma a rough time during labor, but she was a trooper and did it! We were waiting anxiously for his arrival, and got to visit as soon as we could – He is 15 hours old in this photo. Unfortunately milo didnt get to meet him yet; no babies allowed in the room, but were hoping this weekend we can visit, and he can meet his new best friend and teach him all kinds of mischief!

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moving along.

When sitting upright in his crib, Milo now grabs the sides of the crib and can lift himself up to his knees and gnaws (well, in his case, gums) on the crib rails. I think its time to lower the mattress.  I’m pretty sure that there are some chompers due to make a debut about any day now…..Also when he’s sitting on the floor, if I put my hands out to him, he reaches for me!

Speaking of gnawing on things…Today I was writing out christmas cards and Milo was reaching and grabbing at everything, so I gave him an envelope to play with, and when I looked at him a few minutes later, that envelope was about half the size. He ate parts of it! It looked like a goat got to it.

It’s starting to hit me, like really hit me, how quickly time is flying by. Just this week we realized that he’s about to outgrow his infant carseat. Um, how did THAT happen?!

please tell me this is a phase.

Milo has now picked up the habit of crying whenever you (me especially) leaves the room, or he can’t see you. I’m talking real-tears-kind-of-crying. This even happens if he can see me, and then I move to some part of the room where he can’t. I’m flattered, little man – but for the sake of my sanity, I sure hope this is some phase you’re going to get over really soon.

milo’s first thanksgiving.

We left Wednesday afternoon to visit Great Grandpa Ted and family in Murphysboro.  Milo had a great time! He slept LOTS on the way there, and the way home. He met tons of kids ranging from 6 months to 14 years. He wasn’t shy around anyone either. We spent lots of time with Great Grandpa Ted – Milo watched football with his great grandpa, Great grandpa read him a book, and they napped together too. 

We had a birthday party on friday for two of the girls – The weather was beautiful so we were able to spend some time outside too. 

Milo left with all kinds of new friends. He really enjoyed being among all the kids – and all the kids wanted their turn to hold him.  One girl in particular, Maliah, really had a crush on milo – at first she would just come by him and watch him. Then she would come by and just stroke the top of his head. By the last day, she was full – on hugging and kissing him….none of which milo seemed to mind at all. 

Milo and his cousin tanner

 

 

gearing up for the holidays.

We’re getting ready to head South for a few days to visit Grandpa Ted for Thanksgiving, and once we return things get a little hectic for us, so we decided to get a head start on the christmas holiday. I thought of a fun idea for a holiday card this year and we did the photoshoot, designed the card, and got it uploaded and off to the printer. The cards shipped today and should hopefully be here next week!

As much as we hate all the work involved with putting up christmas decorations, we put the tree up Sunday. Although milo slept through most of it, he did seem to have a preference for colored lights over white, so we went that route. I’m sure he’ll also sleep through most of the cleaning up and un-decorating, come after the holidays as well.

Later on Sunday, I ran out to take care of some errands and when I came home, I found milo had rolled himself underneath the christmas tree and was reaching up at the branches, just like a little kitty cat.

playing catch up.

Yikes! It’s been a bit since I last posted. I’ll make it up here with lots of photos of the little guy.

Every day is getting to be more and more exciting for us with milo’s development. It’s crazy how far he’s come just when I compare this week to last. It’s only been about two weeks since he was able to sit up! During this past few days he has discovered he likes to play with all of his toys…at once! I put a little box of toys out for him to play with and he goes right for it – picking each toy out of there and dumping the box out.

He also likes it when I sit him up in his crib and let him play with his stuffed animals. He grabs at them one by one, shaking them and pounding on them, making all kinds of “ooh” noises. If I really had my act together, I’d post the video that goes along with this. He was having a field day in there!!

Milo started his “stranger danger” phase, unfortunately. My uncle jim came over on Tuesday, and I was cooking with my back turned, and my uncle went down to milo’s level to say hello to him, and he started crying. For about 20 minutes or so, he was giving my uncle the stink-eye – gazing at him across the room, not really sure what to think of him.  He warmed up towards the end of the visit, luckily.  He was a little startled when my mom came over on thursday to see him too, but it only took him a few minutes to warm up to her. She stayed the whole day, and he had a lot of fun playing with his grammie.

Milo has always loved taking a bath, but now that he’s bigger and can support himself sitting up, its reached an all time high with him. We started to let him have toys in the tub and he is just filled with excitement the entire time. He splashes like crazy, and loves to try to catch the rubber ducky, so he can eat it of course. He got to take a bath with his dad in the grown-up tub yesterday and had a blast. When I took him out of there to dry off, and get ready for the day, he was NOT happy about it.

6 months.

 

6 months old.

I can’t believe it, but yesterday we reached the 6 month mark. I’ve said it a hundred times before, but time SURE DOES FLY BY!

Milo is now sitting up like a champ. And because of his ability to sit up, he’s now wriggling and moving all over the place. The other night he flipped himself so that he was sitting in his boucy seat sideways- almost upside down. We’re having fun exploring and playing with all his different toys. He is actually pretty interested in them now. When he drops a toy, or sees something he wants he works his way towards getting it. Since he can easily pick things up, he grabs just about anything you put in front of him. This is something I’m still getting used to, as he has on multiple ccasions, almost knocked entire containers of food right off of the counter. He loves to crumple and crinkle paper, and if you put the laptop in front of him, he starts banging on the keyboard like he’s typing. He loves to grab at your face, and if you are wearing glasses, he usually takes notices and gets a hold of them.

He is still eating pretty well. I gave him a teething biscuit the other night to keep him occupied while I cooked and BOY did he go to town with that thing. Are you supposed to feed those to babies naked? He had it all over his face, hands, shirt, pants, AND the bouncy seat. He would cry and fuss anytime it fell out of his mouth. I’d fish it out from under him and he’d go right back to town gnawing on that thing. He’s pretty dramatic when he doesn’t want to eat. Sometimes if he doesn’t like what you are feeding him, he closes his mouth tightly and gets red in the face and kicks his feet to let you know there is no way he’s eating any more of what you are trying to shovel into his face. He’s quite particular about his textures, and if something isn’t pureed as smooth as silk, forget about it.

He’s alot more vocal now. This little guy is going to have lots to say. He is, after all, my child And if he looks at you and you flash a smile at him without saying anything, he’ll flash one right back at you.