jumperoo!

miles has decided that his new "favorite" toy is the jumperoo. he absolutely goes to town in that thing! it's like he figured out he can make it move and make it super loud...a winning combination. here are some shots of him thoroughly enjoying himself.

babies r us exploded in our living room

daddy raising it to level three...this baby is TALL!

miles miles miles

this post is primarily for my mom and sisters (beth & nykkole). they are currently up in vancouver attending the 7th annual north american conference on shaken baby syndrome [click here for more info or here to follow nykkole's blog]. they are in "miles withdrawal" and have requested some new pictures...here you go!

miles has really mastered "grasping" and now tears this ball right off the bar!

snuggled up for a rare nap in the swing one cold morning

happy baby! looking "handsome" of course and much like the day he came home from the hospital...click here

snoozing

giggling with daddy...such a happy little baby

mommy and miles

big blue eyes and such an intense look...definitely checking something out...so curious!

demolition

the demo of the basement is finished. kyle has been working hard to clear everything out of there. we had someone come to give us a bid on the sheet rock portion of the renovation. needless to say - it would cost us six times more than materials alone. ha - kyle will now be doing the entire bathroom project on his own. not as though he is incapable. we all saw his handiwork in the other bathroom and know it will be done well! so now we will get to live with even more dust in the house. when we decided to do a bunch of work before miles was born, I swore we wouldn't be doing any home renovations for a long time. what I should've said was that we wouldn't be doing any VOLUNTARY home renovations for a long time. this project was forced. argh.

what the basement looks like today...sigh

a day at grandpa & grandma's house

well it was virtually impossible for us to hang out at our house last sunday due to the lack of running water. so we camped out at my mom and dad's for the day. this meant that miles got extra spoiled...not a bad deal in his mind! he spent the day playing on the floor, browsing the internet with grandpa, watching the twins AND vikings, sitting outside on the deck, and jumping like mad in the johnny jump up. fun times.

this one is especially for matt, scott, and shawn...enjoy!