Developmentally, Miles is going strong. He dances, walks backwards, goes down steps backwards (with some direction), goes up stairs easily. He says "mama," "daddy," and "hi." I feel like more words are going to start spilling out any day now. He follows directions very well: he can get a ball, balloon, socks, or toy and bring it back to you. He sits and "reads" by himself a lot. He can point out certain things in his books like the moon, cats, dogs, bears and ducks. He plays patty cake (sort of). He loves, loves, loves hiding in curtains and playing peek-a-boo. He loves his bath, books, the park, grocery shopping and target. He likes to be out. Wherever out is that's where he wants to be. He's starting to get frustrated. If he can't do something or he can't have something you can see the frustration on his face. He's also started to bite and hit. We're working on nipping both of these behaviors in the bud.
We took two weeks of vacation in May and traveled to Massachusetts, Vermont and Montreal. We visited two sets of friends with older children and it was quite impressive to see how intensive time with an older child really pushed Miles to develop. He was more verbal, ate more, and played more around them. At home, all of Miles' friends are younger than him and much less mobile. He's not pushed much by them yet. I'm excited to see them all get a little older and interact more.
miles is learning how to drink from sippy cups recently. He already drinks from a cup with assistance but we'd like him to drink more water during the day and it's a little hard to help him drink from a cup every time.
He's still the cutest thing in the whole world. He's friendly and sweet, he's cuddly and smart. He's active and busy and just wonderful. We're a very happy little family.
Here are some pictures from our recent vacation:
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| Downward dog? Franklin, MA |
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| Plastic ball covered in sand? Why, yes I will! Penacook, NH |
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| Future third base coach. Penacook, NH |
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| I'll just eat over here...by myself. Newport, VT |
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| Photo of a photo. Newport, VT |
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| Boys, watching the rain. Newport, VT |
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| This is what Miles looks like at a regular sized table in a regular sized chair. Montreal, Canada |
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| Not making wise decisions. Newport, VT |
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| Almost there. Montreal, Canada |
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| Penguin! Montreal, Canada |
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| Art apreciate-or. Amherst, MA |
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| Dwarfed by the caterpillar. Amherst, MA |
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| ART! Amherst, Ma |
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| Tiny little guy fits under the bike rack. Amherst, MA |
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| Lean on me. Amherst, MA |
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| Curtains! Montpelier, VT |
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| The City, from a mountain we inadvertently climbed. Montpelier, VT |
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| Relaxing. Newport, VT |
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| Hey you kids, get off my lawn! Newport, VT |
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| They might be giants. Newport, VT |
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| Dylan and Miles. Breakfast and cartoons. Newport, VT |
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| Little dude fell down and broke his crown. Really he just got a cut above his eye. Montreal, Canada |
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| Beetles! Montreal, Canada |
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| Butterfly! Montreal, CA |
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| Dragonfly! Montreal, Canada |
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| Lucas and a willow tree. Montreal, Canada |
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| Botanical Gardens Montreal, Canada |
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| Sharks! Montreal, Canada |
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| We found a fun theme to our trip. Montreal, Canada |
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| Montreal, Canada |
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| Burlington, VT |
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| Burlington, VT |
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| Lake Champlain - Beginning of my run Burlington, VT |
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| Oh, Burlington. You're so silly. Burlington, VT |
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| End of my run. Lake Champlain. Burlington, VT |
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| North Brookfield, MA |
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| Abby, Miles and Emilie. Abby wanted to "hold" Miles. North Brookfield, MA |
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| That's a one year old riding a pony. North Brookfield, MA |
Why Montreal was not really fun:
