on the move

we officially have a mover on our hands! while he hasn't figured out crawling, miles is certainly all over the place. he has mastered rolling around and can quickly manage to get himself from one side of the room to the other or, occasionally, under the couch/crib/chair/etc. it's so exciting to watch him, but then I'm reminded of how quickly the time has passed. it really does seem like just yesterday that I was swaddling him and laying him in the bassinet. sniff-sniff...here are some fun pictures from the other day. we are so proud of him!

this is his new "turn my head to the side" look

practicing getting up on all fours...so close!

scooting backwards & under the crib!

he managed to roll over while under the crib to reach the chair...silly goose!

and now just for fun...

christmas through his eyes

santa baby

what I thought would be a semi-traumatic experience for our son actually went smoothly! you see, I was t-e-r-r-i-f-i-e-d of santa claus as a child. there is many a picture of me screaming at the top of my lungs and reaching desperately for my mom. miles, on the other hand, must take after his daddy on this one. see for yourself...

after visiting with santa, we made some cookies. this was helen's FIRST time baking cookies! geesh...where did we fail this girl?!? she enjoyed it and miles thought it was pretty fun too. I'm sure he'll be more of a fan next year when he can EAT cookies!!

our three babies

awwww!

and now a little sneak peek behind-the-scenes...