busy bees

this weekend we took advantage of the nice weather and ventured out and about. [to clarify: by nice I mean hovering around the freezing mark and sunny!] on saturday morning we went to my cousin, alex's, hockey tournament. I'm a little embarrassed to say that I haven't seen him play in years...and what a difference! they fly around on the ice and have no problem slamming each other into the boards. kyle and I were secretly praying that miles will take no interest in this sport. not for the "slamming" part but for the cha-ching part! baseball is MUCH easier on the pocketbook.

on saturday night we got together with family to celebrate the birthdays of cousins jacob and josh. now these two are a bit old for a party, per se, but we like to use it as an excuse to get together to play games and EAT! the cake and girl scout cookie ice cream was delish. miles charmed everyone and even got to stay up late...9:30pm...such a little party animal!

on sunday, more cousins, nick & ellie, came over with my uncle scott to play wii. nick got to try his hand at guitar hero and was a little taken aback by the amount of coordination needed to actually play a note. he and his dad were able to combine forces and jam along with kyle. I'm sure that with a bit more practice, nick will be rockin' out on his own! [ellie took the picture of miles & me...pretty good huh?]

we met kyle's brother, clayt, and his fiancee, jess, for lunch at whistle binkies. miles tried to get in on the bloody mary bar and popcorn. he had to settle on some sweet potato puffs. great trade off huh? after lunch we came back to our house so miles could try on his tuxedo that he'll be wearing in clayt & jess' wedding on march 7th. what do you think?

fun at daycare

we are extremely fortunate to be able to take miles to grandma's house for daycare on the days that I work. he has so much fun with grandma and even gets to hang out with papa, uncle brian, beamer, auntie nykkole (when she gets home from school), and auntie jen (when she's down from the cities). it's such a relief to know that he's being taken care of there just as we take care of him here. of course, I'm sure he's being spoiled...but we'll worry about that when he's bigger :) we just love the peace of mind that comes with dropping him off to his grandma. here are some of the fun times he gets to have at grandma nancy's nursery:
I LOVE my grandma

beamer thinks I'm his puppy

uncle brian is so much fun!


bath time in auntie nykkole's bathtub...I'm not letting go of the chewie


yummy!

I really like to scoot around on the hardwood floor...sometime I get stuck!

fun with black & white

auntie beth

miles LOVES his auntie beth. she treats him like a little prince and he is so lucky to have her in his life. the other night seth & beth came to visit (and help us eat up some superbowl food). she had miles belly laughing...it was hysterical!