pre-Christmas activities

So, it's been a little while since I last posted. I do have an excuse! I left the cable for the camera at my parents' house, so I didn't have a way to upload pictures. Never fear (mom), I have the cable back and we're in business.

We went to the tree farm we usually go to to get our tree. We left empty-handed; all of their trees were pitiful. We did, however, get a free hayride! Logan thought it was great. We actually ended up getting our tree at lowes. Blasphemy, I know.

Isn't this a fabulous-looking Santa? I think he is one of the best ones I've ever seen. Both kids sat happily on his lap. Well, Miles got a little bit upset once he realized that I was in front of him and not holding him.

A rare family photo. We need to get better about taking pictures together. Logan is thoroughly enjoying her hot chocolate.

9 month stats

Miles had his 9 month checkup today.
weight 20 lbs 12 oz 50-75%-ile
length 29.25in 75-90%-ile
head cir. 18in 50-75%-ile
cbc panel done to check iron levels and all look great.

Overall, a great checkup. He definitely is not a fan of lying on the exam table. It's funny how they remember and associate things at such a young age! His next checkup will be at one year. (one year?! time has flown by!)

random fun

Logan had fun dressing up with grandmama's feather boa, white gloves and 'ballerina hat!' She wasn't quite sure what to think, but she definitely liked it!

there is a panda bear in our house

a sweet sibling moment. Logan likes to give Miles his pacifier if he drops it.

"Hey Logan, let me take your picture." This is what she did... It is not easy to get a picture of her these days!

happy boy playing in Logan's room

happy boy at the table

a rare picture of Logan

9 months

Miles has continued to become such a character. He is a very busy boy that loves to get into whatever Logan is doing. He is a pretty fast crawler now and is happy to follow us around the house. He also loves to go into Logan's room all by himself and get into all kinds of things. He is also starting to pull up on things onto his knees. He now says "da da da" and loves to blow raspberries (motorboat) all the time. He got his first tooth around Thanksgiving and isn't showing any signs of another one. He is always rolling his tongue around feeling that little chiclet in there. It does look pretty funny in there all by itself. He has started sleeping 12hrs straight at night and takes two 1.5 hr naps. He is not interested in finger foods at all yet; just mainly purees and oatmeal. It has been so interesting seeing the difference between Logan and Miles. Miles is much more active than Logan was as a baby... it almost blows my mind that he's as busy as he is! He's not busy in a naughty way; he's just busy!
He has his 9mth checkup on monday, so I'll update with his weight and length then.

Christmas card photo shoot

These pictures really need no narration. I just thought they were pretty funny. It's always a fun time trying to get a Christmas photo!

Logan bakes cookies and a cake

Logan was extremely excited to help me make pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cake and carrot cake for Thanksgiving. As soon as she realized what I was doing, she requested a chair so she could assist in the baking. At first it started off pretty innocently and then the brown sugar came out. She decided that she likes brown sugar a lot! She had a great time and was very proud of her cookies and cakes. She still talks about her pumpkin cookies (a month later!)

stirring the dry ingredients

tasting ginger. she was not a fan!

hhhhmm, how much cinnamon do we need?

assisting with the mixer

miles was having a good time playing with daddy while we baked

deciding that she loves brown sugar

helping to pack the brown sugar