9 Months: Walking!

Look what Miles can do:

We think Miles is getting his front teeth in because, boy, has he been grumpy!  Whining left and right, sleeping for long naps, or alternately, barely sleeping at all.  Oh yeah, and when he's crying his little head off you get a great view of those white buds underneath his gums right up front.  It shouldn't be long now.
I had my first piano lesson this week.  I can now play "Ode to Joy," "Hot Cross Buns," and "Yankee Doodle." I'm really enjoying it so far.  I even like practicing scales!
We went to a swap last weekend at our friend Anna's house and picked up some pretty great used stuff from the other families.  We got lots of clothes and a great toy that now sits in our kitchen.  It's one of those cubes that has wires with beads on it and activities on each side.  Miles loves it.  That toy and the overalls were the best swaps we made.  We gave away some clothes that don't fit or we don't like.  I don't think anyone took any of our stuff but all the extras were going to a battered woman's shelter so I'm sure someone will be able to use his 3 or 6 month sized clothing.
It was really fun to get together with other parents and their kids.  Here's what I learned: 1. Miles is the cutest. (Of course). 2. We're doing a pretty good job of being parents. 3. I'm glad we don't have twin boys who are three years old. 4. Miles apparently resembles Linus from Peanuts.   5. Overalls are just so darn cute on babies.
Here's our little man this week:

This is my family. Frame-able!

I think that's everything.

Nope, there's still some more that needs to come out.

OVERALLS!!!!

Cutie-pie

Been up for 4 hours, swapping clothes.
Too tired to bounce.

No, really. I like to eat standing up.

Baby jail.

Brains! Braaaiiiins!

I'm on the most boring roller coaster ever.

Here's a video of the little guy movin' and groovin':

This is a pretty long video.  It's just a good representation of what it's like with Miles.  He's constantly on the move.