April 2014

Easter

This year for Easter, we didn't do too much.  It was rather nice to have an afternoon together as a family.  I did find a cute dress for Jaycee and little one piece outfit for Miles.  The bargain hunter that I am, I bought Jaycee's dress and cardigan for $15 together.  Miles' outfit was a hand me down from a friend.  Gotta love those hand me downs. 

This month Miles started to do lots of things.  A while ago, I had a hard time getting him to sit up.  I think he was a little too round in the middle to bend that way.  But he quickly learned that sitting up gave him a new vantage point to look at and play with his toys.  He also discovered Legos this month and loves them.

We have been trying some new discipline ideas lately.  I remember that when I was little my parents put me to work.  Forget sending me to my room, my parents would send me to my dad's shop to work by stripping a chair or couch.  My dad reupholsters furniture, so he got a little of his work done and we got time to adjust our attitudes.  We decided to try this with Jaycee.  Here she is picking up sticks and other trash that tends to end up in our yard on trash day.  It seems that when the trash truck comes, what doesn't get in the truck gets in our yard.

 

Several months ago, I think I made a post about Jaycee's pictures.  Here are a few of her favorite things to take pictures of with my camera. 

Kitchen

My mom, aka Grandma Walker

My dad, aka Grandpa Walker

Tom's mom, aka Grandma Ehrlich

Grandma Walker again
 

 

 

We also dedicated Miles this month.  Our church does things kind of differently.  Twice a year, they have a special night in which anyone who wants to dedicate their babies can.  This night is a lot of fun and special for the families.  They have a time where they share a verse for their child, and the meaning of their names.  They also have a time where they talk about prayer partners.  These are people who are special to the family and will commit to pray for the family and children.  Our wonderful friends Travis and Meagan Wells are those people for us.  We met them right before losing Caden, and didn't know how amazing their friendship would be to us.  We feel like we can just be ourselves with them, and our kids' act like brothers and sisters together.  They are a great family.

 Now that Miles is moving around a lot, I think Jaycee is really liking it.  He is more interactive with her and she can do things with him besides just look at him.  She loves it when she makes him laugh, and get in his face.  Sometimes she gets a little too close.  One thing that I love watching her do is trying to read him a book.  Miles loves books, but won't leave it alone to actually read it. 

Jaycee and I got our toes painted together.  I found this place close to our house that would do mine for a pretty reasonable price and did her for $10.  Jaycee got a hold of my camera again and decided that my toes were the subject for those pictures that day.

I love this.

I also wanted to capture how silly and fun my kids really are.  Jaycee is hilarious sometimes.  Now I know why Miles is laughing at her a lot.

  

Another one of Jaycee's pictures.
 

 The rest of the pictures are just some fun pictures of my kids.  They sure do love each other.

Pulling himself up.  Growing up so fast!!!

April was a lot of fun!!!

Miles - 9 Months

I thought I'd take a little break from the updates.  I don't think that they will get updated too soon, but it's a work in progress. 

It's hard to believe that Miles is already 9 months old today.  He has been such a fun little big guy to watch.  So many new things have happened this month that it seemed to go by way to fast.  So here are some new adventures we've had with Miles over the month of April.

Crawling - When he decided that sitting was fun, he went from sitting up to rocking back and forth, to full fledge crawling.  Now he is all over the house and he won't be stopped!!!  We've had to familiarize ourselves with the whole baby proofing again.  My how you forget those things!!!  We've kept all the doors shut, and brought out the gate again.  Also I have moved some toys so that they are within reach for him, but not in a place where he can get hurt.  One thing that I'm so glad about is the awesome fireplace cover that my dad made after Jaycee had a fall.  That has been a lifesaver and has become a permanent fixture for us. 

 

 

 

Teeth - We noticed that there are maybe 4 teeth coming in.  This has not been so much fun (for all of us).  There have been several days where I just don't get anything done.  Miles really just wants his Mama a lot these days.  I'm reminding myself to soak it up and cherish those times.  I know that they will be gone in a flash.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Foods - Now that Miles has teeth, solid foods have been making their way into his diet. I think he really likes it especially when he is eating when we are.  I do make my own baby food.  It started out as a way to save a little money in our budget, but I actually enjoy it.  It know what's in the food that he's eating and I feel more comfortable about it.  The food doesn't always have much flavor to it, but I'm still perfecting that.  Lately, I've been able to give Miles some small pieces of what we're having, but not too much. 

 

 

 

Sibling Fun -  Jaycee has really loved it that Miles is more active.  This means she has someone to play with.  One of Miles' favorite things to do is to read books, or rather slap at them.  Jaycee attempted to read to him, but he doesn't quite understand that the book isn't meant to be eaten and slapped at.  She also loves that he chases her when he crawls and that she can run at him and make him laugh really loud.   It's been fun!!!