What’s a long weekend without a trip to BJ’s?
Then on Sunday we went to cheer my friend Hannah on in a half marathon. We are so proud of her! She is amazing!
Then it was off to The Perfect Blend, where our friend Deb was putting on a children’s music show!
(Miles loved the egg shakers!)
Gabe was pretty sad he had to go!
Gabe it’s hard to keep track of all the things you are saying. You are such a little expressive person. Your body language cracks me up to. I love when you say “wait a sec” and then you put your forefinger on your chin and look deep in thought while you try to put together what you want to say. You have your colors down and are identifying more numbers and letters now. You are really becoming such a thoughtful big brother too. You always think of Miles and even speak on his behalf. If Miles is out of his snack you’ll come up to me and say, “Mizel wants more.” Or “Mizel come too?” if we are going out for a walk. I just love how you pronounce his name. Speaking of pronunciation, you call the kitchen the “chicken” and say “happy cake” for happy birthday. Which is funny because you can now say “Happy Halloween” so well! Speaking of Halloween, you have been really into crafts lately, but nothing beats a trip to a playground. You still love your Wiggles and have been into the guitar lately. You love when Daddy brings up one of his big guitars and you jam together. Miles often joins in on the keyboards too! You have so many friends you enjoy seeing. And you love going over to your neighbor Maeli’s and Damien’s house to see if they can play. You are good at walking on your own and holding hands, but occasionally you still get tired and look up at me with your arms reaching high and say, “Mommy, I hold you?” (which is really quite the other way around… but it is so darn cute!)
Miles… you’re walking! Although you still rely on the crawl when you need to get somewhere at lightning speed. You are becoming far more bold with your vertical exploration as well. You pretty much climb anything in front of you. You get lots of compliments on your Shrek hat… which just looks so whimsical on such a serious baby such as yourself. The grapes are at the end of their season, but you still crawl over to the vine and eat as many as you can before you catch my attention. You are a bottomless pit right now. We still haven’t found a food you won’t eat and a volume you won’t consume as well! You could outeat your brother any day… and maybe your mom and dad too! You are doing a nice job of sleeping in your crib but you take forever to fall asleep. I just don’t think you want to miss a thing. You light up when your brother is anywhere nearby and want to do anything he is doing. You just love quiet time to explore and are bsorbing everything that is going on around you. It’s amazing now that you have begun mimicking the things we do… I realize you have just been studying us all this time. Weather it’s holding up the phone to your ear or typing on the keyboard or brushing your teeth, you have figured us out. Speaking of, you can find the power button on any electronic item in the house. You can turn things on and off and reprogram them most of the time! You have certainly been keeping us busy!
Imagine the heart attack I had when I found Miles… here!
We had a lot of fun taking a nice long hike in a bird sanctuary followed by a yummy picnic at a sheep farm. The hike was not intended to be so long, however, one wrong turn can you lead you far off the beaten path! After a little panic and some sore legs, we found a beautiful overlook and decided we definitely earned some yummy cheese and yogurt from the sheep farm down the road. There we saw lambs that were only a couple hours old! They were so little and sweet! Gabe loved meeting the donkey and eating maple yogurt. Miles loved the cheese and good company (especially his buddy Hudson.)
