Miles: 13 Months

Just thought I'd do a little update on Mr. Miles.

Miles has found his cute voice and says a few things. Along with the usual "Mama", "Dada", and "baba", he will say "ah dah" along with the sign for "all done". He also will say "uh huh" for yes, and shakes his cute little noggin profusely, while it shakes his whole body along with it, to say "no". He babbles a lot and points at everything. Especially when he sees other babies.

He still isn't walking, but can crawl faster than you'd believe! He enjoys walking while holding our hands, but gets frustrated that he can't walk on his own. He is really good at getting up and down the stairs without any problems, as well as getting off the couch safely. He has also become more and more of a sensory seeker. He enjoys playing in water, especially cups of water that he originally was using to drink out of. He loves to swing on the trapeze bar, jump on the trampoline with us or his brothers, and swing in the baby swing outside.

Miles loves Daddy the most, and NEEDS his attention. I guess he likes me too, especially when I've been away for a bit. But no one can compare to Daddy.

Miles loves playing with his brothers, and even will sit and play by himself for a bit. He loves Sesame Street and Curious George, he loves eating meat and fruit, he loves music and likes to dance when I put on his Pandora station. Miles loves taking things out and putting things in to various containers and drawers, as well as taking things like phones, remotes, etc. and stashing them in random places we would never know to look.

He is getting into such a fun stage where he finds so many things funny and loves to be silly, and he loves to play "Where's Miles?" Which is essentially Peek-a-Boo. 

We love this kid.

Garden Goods, Fishing & Fall Festivities

I haven't been very good at posting about our garden this year. We got a ridiculous amount of peaches off our tree this year as well as apples. Lots of strawberries, not many tomatoes, a bunch of green onions, some deformed cucumbers, and a few zucchinis and banana squash. Banana squash has got to be one of the best things to grow since you don't have to do much to keep it going and it is great to use all winter as long as it's stored properly. Plus, it tastes great with some butter and salt & pepper.

Dave has been doing more fishing lately but sadly has only caught one fish. He has taken out the boys a few times as well as his brothers, each trying some different type of bait: worms, power bait, spinners, and mice with homemade life jackets (seriously). He really enjoys it, but would really like to catch something. I told him he should take up spear fishing. 

And finally...

FALL FESTIVITIES!!!

If anyone knows me really well, you know that I LOVE the fall. It is my favorite time of the year. The smell of the air, the sweater weather, the cold mornings and perfect afternoons, and all the fun that happens in the month of October. 

Last Friday we decided to go to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. It's a little pricey but Cruise begged us to go, so I took the two older boys while Dave took Miles to Farm Country & the Dinosaur Museum. 

 We all met up for dinner at the deli afterwards.

Tonight we all drove up to Heber to ride the Heber Creeper. We got Groupon tickets that saved us about $30, so we decided that would be a fun activity for the boys since they've always wanted to go on a real train (sorry Disneyland, you just don't count). They also had a stationary "haunted train car" that wasn't very scary, however, Jett wouldn't go in. He really wanted to see inside, but he just couldn't get past the werewolf at the beginning. They had the Pumpkin Festival going on so the boys got to pick out a pumpkin after the train ride. It was a short ride, about 40 minutes, which doesn't take you into parts of the area that are very fun to look at, but the kids seemed to enjoy it a lot. Miles fussed on and off, as he has been particularly fussy lately due to quite a few sensory needs. But he survived the ride and enjoyed looking out the window. The boys all got pumpkin chocolate chip cookies as we rode the train and even got to get up and dance to Thriller at one point. 

Cruise trying to convince Jett to get on the "Haunted Train Car" 

After we left the train station, we drove a block to Granny's for some burgers, onion rings and shakes. It's always nice to have a full tummy driving to Lehi from Heber. 

The end.