Adventure is Out There!

Happy Halloween! (A few days late)

This year Stephen and I thought long and hard about what we wanted Miles to be for Halloween. We found out the Gates fam were going to be super heros and the Devlins down the street were going to go as the cast from Grease. Charlie:  Sassy Sandy and Lizzie:  Classy Sandy haha!! So, we knew we had to join the party and do a group costume.

What we decided on?  UP - The pixar movie. Miles would represent Russel, the little boy. Stephen would be the old man. And I would be Kevin - the bird. Because as we found out in the film, Kevin's a girl! Check out our getup!

For comparison purposes, how'd we do?

Miles was so cute with his little costume. He wasn't quite sure what to think of it. He hadn't been feeling the best that day, so we didn't get a ton of smiles. But dang, is he cute :)

Sorry - A little blurry. He was on the move

Our yearly group shot!

Miles pre Halloween trying to rally. Stuffed nose, alligator tears, animal crackers & water.

Even though the weather was terrible (super rainy and just overall gross), we did manage to get out to a couple houses to trick or treat. Miles had absolutely no idea what we were doing, but enjoyed chewing on the fully wrapped candy. He'd never had candy before, so I let him have one M&M and all we got for the rest of the night was more, more, more, more, more. ha!

I'd say the overall experience would have been so much more fun without the rain, but we made the best of it!

The Return of the "Adagator SNATE"

It's funny how memories pop into my head after Miles has done something. Flashes of memories or stories I have of the girls being young come through like a whirlwind. Ones I hadn't thought of in forever. It's fun!

This time? It's a good one. One of my favorites  :)

The "Adagator Snate":  Take Two
For those of you unfamiliar with the original interaction with said Alligator Snake, take a look here.

We were playing cars in the backyard and Miles found a friend! For about 30 minutes or so, he was rolling his car around, following this little lizard with intense interest.

Hi friend!

I look at you close!

I want to pet you

PET YOU!

Got you  :)

Fall Fashion

If you don't already know, jeans on kids? It's the cutest thing ever. I've enjoyed this cold weather break and was pumped to pull out some cutie jeans and warm weather gear. I'd say Miles approves...

These "tiger boots" were hand-me-downs from the girls and he LOVES them

Ready for cold outside play!

Another great hand-me-down. Thanks Lia!

He loved the tiger boots so much, I bought him more. Introducing - bear shoes

Just because he's cute  :)

Signing Time

We've been teaching Miles baby sign language and we're finally seeing some real progress! We had a few here and there, but now he knows a total of 11 signs!

More - He says "Mo Mo" for more as well. So cute

Rain

Change

Bird - His version is his two fingers pointing at the sky

All Done - He says "Done" when signing too

Book - SO close here. Looks like "More" and then looks at his hands.

Touchdown - He didn't do it for us for our videos but he can
Eat - Took a couple tries, but we got TWO signs together. He's never done that before now!

Fish

Milk

Car - His version looks kind of like rain (didn't catch this one on video)

Signs he knows but cannot repeat:
Walk
Outside
Come here
Bath
Water
Ball
(Probably missing a couple here)

Check out his skills in action! Disregard his frequent distraction....SQUIRREL!

My Office Assistant

Where have we been lately?

We are in the midst of busy season, so I've been slacking on my blog posts. [sorry mom]

BUT, yall are in for a treat because if it doesn't get posted here, it may not make our yearly book in December. Get ready for a photo heavy post :)

Since Miles said his first word, Stephen and I have been talking about getting a real fish tank. A couple weeks ago, we set out for the fish store. A place we knew Miles would LOVE. We were not, and he was not, disappointed.

"Fish fish fish FISH!!"

Stephen's eventual hobby goals

You can see him signing and saying fish as he walks through and looks at everything. So cute :)

Turns out, owning a salt water fish tank is super pricey. So we will save that project for a day in the future. Miles will have to settle for cupcake - our neighbor fish.

He's expanded his skill set lately as well. School has opened his eyes to some new things - dress up, climbing on everything, playing outside (all day, everyday is his preference) and trying to imitate other people.

Halle:  "Miles, I'll push you!"

Halle:  "Miles, now you push me, Okay?"

He did pretty good considering the size difference!

Ps. He can climb on the table now

...Oh, and the coffee table too...he's so proud!

He loves football! - TOUCHDOWN! -

...and Golf!

And lastly, don't forget the morning "daddy dance" haha!