Merry Christmas!

We shuffled to Buffalo for Myles' First Christmas.  Here is Myles all ready for his trip in his new car seat and surrounded by toys and "stuff" for the long ride.   Quite honestly, he had it made back there!

  He had still not met many of his cousins nor his grandpa Alex---plus the Sawick's have some deep rooted traditions that we just couldn't bear to not be part of...for instance, the youngest person in the family puts the angel atop the Christmas tree every year----London has had this distinct honor for the past 6 years, however she was very gracious in giving up her throne to Myles this year. 

We had a great time---all of his cousins and aunts and uncles doted on him the whole time---the highlight was Myles meeting Santa for the first time ----Matthew's Dad plays the part of Santa every year. Here is pix and video

and here is video of it all unfolding:

Click this LINK for lots more pix of Myles in Buffalo for his first Christmas!  Enjoy!!!

Random videos of just another day in the life of Myles

I promise to have pix of Christmas and our trip to Buffalo soon---but in the meantime, here are a few videos of a normal "day in the life" of Myles---daycare is closed today, so we are staying home which is just as good as it is crappy and rainy and cold outside---so we are playing inside----these show you just how fast he is growing up!!!! he turned 11 months old yesterday, can you believe it??!?!?!    enjoy! and I promise to have Christmas pix up shortly.

and another one

and one more!

Happy Thanksgiving!

we celebrated Thanksgiving with my brother Phil and his family over the weekend as they are out of town on Thursday----here is Myles eating his first Thanksgiving Dinner---he had turkey, mashed potatoes, and carrots and for dessert a combo of apple and pumpkin puree! perfect!!!

Phil's dogs were outside and Myles had fun "playing" with them and watching them thru the window--entertained him for a long time!

it's football season

here we are playing with reflection in the mirror in his new Buffalo Bills jersey

the cutest squishy face EVER in his Carolina Panthers outfit

More Schooching

you may not all think this is as funny and entertaining as Matthew and I, but we sit and giggle each day as Myles makes his way around the kitchen and other parts of the house schooching on his bottom. He LOVES when I open the refrigerator---he schooches faster than the speed of light to get to it and pull all of the dressings from the bottom shelf----here is another short video of him schooching around the kitchen this morning before leaving for daycare.

Brussel Sprouts

I am trying so hard to expand Myles' tastebuds so he doesn't end up the chicken nugget and fries kid-----I took a gamble today and gave him a brussel sprout--I picked it apart into a few small pieces--and oh my! The gamble paid off! He gobbled it up like it was candy!!! so after 3 sprouts later, I decide to try and video it----here he is shoveling brussel sprouts along with his favorite food---beef! we had a roast last night and he can't get enough of it whenever I offer it to him.   I'm hoping to show him this video in a few years when all he will eat is chicken nuggets and swears that is the only thing he likes--now I have proof that he does like his veggies!

Addie and Myles

I don't think Addie has any fun with Myles---what do you  think?? I'll let you be the judge.

Happy Halloween!

Myles actually was sick the week before and on Halloween, so we didn't go out---I did have a few outfits to show off and we finally put him in his costume--albeit a bit late, but hey, it's better late than never right? and seriously, do you think Myles knew if it was actually Halloween or not???  and we did have some festive glow-in-the-dark skeleton pj's.

getting ready for daycare on Halloween Day



a giraffe sucking on a monkey

I'm scary in my glow in the dark pj's!

More Grandma Lovin! and a few aunts too!

Matthew's mom and two sisters came down for a visit from Buffalo to meet their new family member Myles.  and Myles wowed them all weekend with his smile and giggles.  It was a great weekend of relaxing and enjoying each others company while Myles entertained us all.


Grandma Mary and her new 11th grandchild



Aunt Pam reading Little Pokey Puppy to Myles--can you tell she is a teacher??




Mary, Myles and Matthew--3 generations

Myles showing Grandma Mary his feet

  

Aunt Sue and Myles

Never have too much lovin!

My parents were here in October---and the bond between them and Myles keeps growing deeper and deeper----and it is soooooo apparent here in these pictures! Look at how he smiles at them!! precious. Oh, and my parents aren't madly in love with this kid--honest!!!!  :)

scootchin'

The mylestones are happening rapidly in our household!  I've been thinking Myles is going to be walking before he actually crawls---he's not a big fan of being on his stomach no matter what is going on.  But he loves that fact that he can sit up and see things now...so now he has combined 2 of his favorite things--sitting and being quasi-mobile---so he is now scootching (sp?) to get from one place to another.  And he just thinks he is the bomb when he does so as he looks up with that adorable smile and giggle once he gets to his destination.  It may not be the fastest way to get anywhere, but at least he is moving! 

Let's hope this video (click here) depicts this so you see what I see---I am at work, so it is preventing me to drop the video onto the blog--sorry about directing you to a link!  :(

More factoids----
** Myles has grown out of his infant car seat and has graduated to next  level
** he currently has 6 teeth completely in and 1 emerging
** 9 month check up is tomorrow! yikes!
** Beef, french toast and mangos are his three favorite foods

More pix coming soon as we had back to back weekends with grandparents and aunts! Lots of good pix and he is actually smiling in them!

clapping!

Oh what a weekend!  Myles figured out how to clap this weekend and entertained himself, us and anyone we encountered all weekend by showing us his new skill.  Here are 2 videos showing you how much fun he is having!  He is also cutting his 3rd tooth--won't be long!