Visit to NH

We left on Christmas night and drove to my parents house in NH. We had a wonderful, busy time. Quincy got to meet most of my side of the family, Miles got to play with his cousins and he got to go sledding. Here is Miles sledding with Grandma Morris, me and his cousins Maddie and Brianna:

Here he is sledding all by himself:

And Brianna, Grandma Morris and Miles making snow angels:

Here is Quincy while we were sledding:

Some cookie decorating with his cousins, I think Miles ate more sprinkles than he got onto the cookies.

Miles with Grandpa Morris:

And Quincy with Aunt Lisa and Grandma Morris:

We are in NY now with Grandma & Grandpa Devine, so more presents, playing with cousins and playing in the snow!

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas to All!!!
What a magical morning this is through the eyes of a young child. Miles was stopped in his tracks this morning when he first saw the Christmas tree with all the presents. Even Quincy seemed to realize that something special was going on.Miles loved all his presents, but especially liked the chocolate treats that Santa left in his stocking.
What a sight!

Christmas Eve

We were fortunate enough to have some very good friends join us for Christmas Eve. As us adults visited, the kids were anxious for Santa to arrive, and tracked his flight on the computer:

Christmas cookies

Miles helped us make Christmas cut-out cookies today - and he loved every minute of it.

Rolling out the dough:
Rolling out the table?!

Cutting out cookies:
And the final touch, decorating:

Definitely a fun time for all - and yummy cookies too!

First Shiner

Last night Miles fell while playing on a friend's piano, and landed on his cheek on the piano. This morning he looks like he lost a fight:

Miles Sings the Classics

Here is Miles reciting a classic Christmas Carol.

M & Q

Pirate Miles & other pics this week

Well, another busy week is coming to an end, and there has been so much going on. On Thursday we joined some good friends at Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate their 5 year old's birthday. The kids had an absolute blast. Miles (with Mom and Dad's help) won enough tickets to get himself a pirate costume, which consisted of a foam hat front, an eye patch, & a hook. He has been hooking everything in sight over the last two days! Here he is, making his best pirate face.


This morning I finally figured out how to take pictures of Quincy smiling, so hopefully we will have more photos of his adorable smile.


And here is a pic from earlier this week, I think this is one of my favorite Dad and Quincy pics so far:

Quincy, 4 months

Quincy had his 4 month well check appointment yesterday. He is doing well and right on track for his age. He weighed in at 15 lb, 4 oz - 85th percentile, and he was 24 1/2 inches tall - 50th percentile. So he is still our little chunky monkey - but he's a cute one! He likes his doctor, he smiled at him almost the entire visit.

Q rolled over!

Quincy rolled over for the first time this morning! He was on the floor in front of the Christmas tree - picking his head up as high as he could get it in order to see the tree. Mike was playing with him, then Quincy leaned towards Mike, and his big ol' head did the rest of the work to pull him over onto his back.

My Girls...

Mike got me this silly hat several years ago as a joke. And of course, I can't get rid of anything that is still in good shape. Good thing, because Miles loves hats, and now he plays with this one quite a bit. Although I must say that Quincy looks much better in it!

Playing

We got the excersauser out for Quincy this weekend. Of course, Miles thinks every toy is for him, so he had to play in it any way he could fit.

Quincy loved it right away.

Christmas decorating

We got our Christmas decorations out and up this weekend. Miles had fun playing with many of the decorations - here he is wearing the stockings. He says he is being Santa Claus. Today we decorated the tree. Miles was surprisingly a very good helper and tree decorator.
Although he did have a tendency to put several items on one branch and in one area of the tree:
And here is the finished product:

Quincy's getting active

Quincy has been quite active the last few days. He got a new seat last week that helps him sit up and watch everything going on around him.

Yesterday he discovered that he can use his feet to play with toys.


He also has learned how to reach for and grab toys, he can hold onto light toys and try to get them into his mouth. But no pictures of that yet.

And one of my favorite pictures from yesterday:

Fireman Miles

Last week Miles was big into playing fireman. I took these pics, but forgot to post them. Here is Miles in his 'fireman' hat and boots, sliding down his 'fireman pole'.
And here he is driving his firetruck:

More cousins pics

It seems as though this week has flown by. I finally got a chance to download the rest of the pictures I took over Thanksgiving weekend. Last weekend I posted some pics of Miles with his cousins. Here are some pics of my niece and nephew with Quincy.

Potty humor

I know I live in a house full of boys. But I honestly did not expect the potty humor between brothers to start so early. Today Quincy was just full of gas (and other similar sounding substances). Miles kept giggling every time Quincy went. Then, as Quincy was quietly watching Miles, Miles decided to join his brother in letting the gas out, at which Quincy giggled every time.

Cousins

Here is Miles with his cousins Madison and Tyler. They are having a ball together this weekend. And yes, that is Miles eating a chocolate chip cookie in both pictures. It is pretty much all he ate for Thanksgiving yesterday.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

This year I have so much to be thankful for. I have a loving, caring husband. I have two wonderful, adorable, healthy sons. I am able to stay home to take care of and spend time with my sons. My parents are healthy and happy. And my brother and his family are coming to join us for Thanksgiving weekend, in fact, they should be here any minute. I am really looking forward to spending time with my brother and his family, and watching the cousins play together.

Quincy's arc

Tonight I gave Quincy his bath before I did the dishes. His bathtub is on the counter, with him facing the sink. My sink is a double sink, and the side closest to the tub was empty. At one point during the bath I was shampooing his hair and thought I saw water out of the corner of my eye. It was not water. It was Quincy peeing over the empty sink and straight into the dirty dishes. It was a perfect arc. That'll teach me not to do dishes before bathtime.

Oh, and when I looked back at Quincy, he had a big giant grin on his face.

Not so humble

Mike and Miles were doing a puzzle yesterday, and Miles is very good at puzzles, and this conversation happened:

Mike: "You are a genius."
Miles: " I am a genius."
Mike: "Are you humble?"
Miles: "No, I am Miles."

Random pics

This was a fairly quiet week. Earlier in the week we went to our annual Thanksgiving brunch playdate with my Mom's group. It was loads of fun, we got to eat yummy food, I got to visit with many of my Mommy friends, and Miles played so hard that he was tuckered out so much that he asked to go to bed early, at 6:30.

More imagination and the cardboard box house later in the week:

Quincy is just growing up so quickly. I was surprised yesterday to see how old he looked while sitting in the swing:

Yesterday Miles got to spend several hours playing at a friends house, and this was him at about 5pm last night. He fell asleep laying on the couch normally, then slowly fell over, eventually coming to rest in this position. Luckily the carseat was there, or he would have fallen right off the couch!

Imagination

Miles has a wonderful imagination right now. This morning especially so. In a matter of about 30 minutes wearing just a plastic yellow construction hat and a pair of rain boots over his pjs he was: a cowboy, a fireman, a soldier, a pirate, a scooter man (while riding his scooter around) and a working man. He used one of his little chairs as the cowboy's horse and the driver seat for the firetruck. He used a drum stick for the soldier and pirate's sword. This morning his cardboard house was also a restaurant, an office (with a pretend computer and phone), a fire station, his bedroom (with a pretend train set), and his own bathroom. Oh and he straddled a broom and flew around the house like a witch.

Q , 3 months

Uhm

Last night:
Mike: "Gosh"
Miles: "D***-it"
Miles: "I finished for you Daddy!"

Uhm, I think someone has been paying attention to what we say. And we need to be paying attention!

Wet week

It has been a wet week at our house. Our dishwasher broke and leaked water under the linoleum, so we now have a new dishwasher, and will most likely be getting a new floor.

It has also been a wet, rainy week. Yesterday Miles and I did lots of crafts, and then got out splashing around in the rain puddles. This morning's rainy day fun has been provided by the new dishwasher box...


Not only did we have fun decorating and playing in his house, here he is fixing up his house. No doubt trying to straighten the shutters I put on the windows.