i heart fotobugz

miles got his nine month pictures taken at fotobugz. sara blixt is a local photographer who takes amazing pictures and makes the experience so relaxing and fun! she has taken his pics at two weeks, three, six, & nine months. this go 'round miles was smack in the middle of his "who you lookin' at" phase - so we didn't necessarily capture the big bright smile. however, it is very indicative of his age and that is priceless. feel free to take a look. click here to go to her website - then click on 'fotobugz site' - and then click on 'clients' - the password is kroening. we highly recommend her and if you need a little business card...we will be happy to give you one!!

who invited you?

guest bloggers: tinker & tessie

tinker: hi everyone. tessie & I FINALLY have to chance to speak to you all about the neglect we have had to endure since mom and dad decided to bring home this thing they call "baby miles". [look! mom totally ignored tessie during this game of peek-a-boo!]

you see, back in the day we were the babies and life was good! we wore cool clothes, got groomed by mom, and played a lot of games. we even tried out an agility class.

tessie: yeah, agility was super fun! I was scared at first (mom & dad say I'm scared of my own shadow), but after a couple of tries I flew through the tunnel and wove the poles better than any dog in the class!!

tinker: don't get off subject tessie! at first the baby just laid around and cried every now and then. he didn't bug us, but he stole all the attention. I was suspicious of the countless hours he spent staring at us...now he has the nerve to move around just like a puppy! he goes after our food, steals our toys, and knocks over the scary gate! I had to figure out how to play catch with myself...sniff...sniff...

tessie: we don't get to have any fun :( we haven't worn our cool outfits in months, mom drops us off at that terrible petsmart place for a haircut, and this is probably the last time we went on a walk (notice who HAD to come with!)...

oh and baby miles is scary! I try to tell him to leave me alone, but he wants to touch my collar. I usually just give him lots of kisses to get him to go away. I like to kiss him. maybe he's not so bad?!

tinker: yeah, I do like to clean off the crumbs when he's done eating...and sometimes he drops food down to us. the other day he threw the ball to me.

that's my FAVORITE! I suppose we'll let him hang around a little while longer. mom and dad seem to love him almost as much as they love me...er...I mean us.

tessie: and we like to lay in his room, right tinker?

tinker: yep! we just wanted you all to remember that we were the babies first and we are hoping that the spring will bring lots more walks...I suppose baby miles can come with too...as long as he lets me do the marking!

I want...I want...I WANT!

miles will stop at nothing to get to the DVD player. I have tried propping up pillows, barricading the front with the music table, and pulling him back over & over. to no avail. we are going to have to figure out some clever way to move it up off the floor. why is it on the floor you ask? well the TV in the living room is on a small cabinet that I bought for c-h-e-a-p about 8 years ago and "design on a dimed" - making it look somewhat current. well - there is no place to put the DVD player that we use to watch miles' beloved signing time. this is one persistent monkey and I'm out of solutions. any ideas?

nothing stops this baby!

check out the pillows -look how much he loves signing time!

on a side note: yes...we know the plethora of cords under the cabinet is unsafe. I purchased a jumbo box of baby proofing goodies just the other day.

baby contest

hi everyone!

miles is currently in our local paper's Babies 2008 contest. we are trying to win a savings bond :) we would appreciate your votes. you can enter his number for all three votes. you may vote three times with one email address, so if you have more than one, you can vote three times for each. simply uncheck the box at the bottom that states you'd like to receive emails/offers from the Post-Bulletin (unless, of course, you would like to!). thanks so much!

website: http://www.postbulletin.com/baby
miles' number: 430
vote until: wednesday, march 4th

:)robin & kyle