Today my Mommy friends threw me a surprise baby shower! It was a wonderful surprise and lots of fun. The kids had fun playing together and us moms had fun chatting. There was great food - Miles had more dessert than lunch food, so he had a blast. The Moms got me the sit-n-stand stroller that I really wanted, as well as some boy onsies and other new baby essentials. All afternoon todays date was kind of sticking in my mind, so I checked the baby book I started when pregnant with Miles and found that the baby shower my work threw me for Miles was also on June 24. Hmm, Jennifer helped plan both of these, did you remember that Jen (or do it on purpose?!)
Again, to all my Mommy friends, Thank You! You are a special group of ladies and I feel lucky to be part of this group of Mommas.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Chicken Festival
Today we went to the Chicken Festival that is being held in 
town this weekend. It was, for the most part, a typical festival with the rides, food & craft booths. In addition, they had an antique car and corvette car show, with quite a few cars. There was an actual race car there, which Miles wanted to drive! And there was a nice kiddie area and baby chicken tent. Miles loved the baby chickens. They had one elevated pen with baby chicks that you could pick up and hold and pet, and they had an enclosed pen/incubator with eggs and chicks and chicks hatching out of the eggs. Miles got to hold some baby chicks and pet them. This pic is 
one of the first times he held a chick, he got much more comfortable and held them more by himself as he held more chicks. Miles loved seeing everything, he got to blow bubbles in the kiddie area, and he got a balloon - that later gotten taken away when he decided to try and eat it.
town this weekend. It was, for the most part, a typical festival with the rides, food & craft booths. In addition, they had an antique car and corvette car show, with quite a few cars. There was an actual race car there, which Miles wanted to drive! And there was a nice kiddie area and baby chicken tent. Miles loved the baby chickens. They had one elevated pen with baby chicks that you could pick up and hold and pet, and they had an enclosed pen/incubator with eggs and chicks and chicks hatching out of the eggs. Miles got to hold some baby chicks and pet them. This pic is 
one of the first times he held a chick, he got much more comfortable and held them more by himself as he held more chicks. Miles loved seeing everything, he got to blow bubbles in the kiddie area, and he got a balloon - that later gotten taken away when he decided to try and eat it.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Baseball, Clydesdales & Firetrucks
Last night we went to the local minor league baseball park to see the ball game, and before the ball game, 
there were both Budweiser Clydesdale horses out front for the kids to see and pet, as well as firetrucks out front for the kids to see and get in. Yes, more firetrucks in one day, and yes, Miles was just as excited to see and crawl in the firetrucks for the second and third time in one day! This time Miles was able to wear a fireman's hat and 'drive' the firetruck - which is what he wanted to do all day.
Miles' eyes were huge when he saw those big horses, and he talked
all night about petting two big horses! I was proud of my little man for not being afraid of the horses. We later found out that the Clydesdale horses were from NH, the announcement only said NH, but I assume that they were from the Merrimack, NH stables that were across the river from where I grew up. Perhaps we can bring Miles back to visit these horses next time we visit Grandma & Grandpa.
Then of course we went into the ballpark and watched most of the baseball game. We went with some friends, and the kids had more fun playing with each other than watching the game. The kids got a special treat when the team's mascot came to our seats and played with the kids.
All in all it was a very fun night.
there were both Budweiser Clydesdale horses out front for the kids to see and pet, as well as firetrucks out front for the kids to see and get in. Yes, more firetrucks in one day, and yes, Miles was just as excited to see and crawl in the firetrucks for the second and third time in one day! This time Miles was able to wear a fireman's hat and 'drive' the firetruck - which is what he wanted to do all day.
Miles' eyes were huge when he saw those big horses, and he talked
all night about petting two big horses! I was proud of my little man for not being afraid of the horses. We later found out that the Clydesdale horses were from NH, the announcement only said NH, but I assume that they were from the Merrimack, NH stables that were across the river from where I grew up. Perhaps we can bring Miles back to visit these horses next time we visit Grandma & Grandpa.
Then of course we went into the ballpark and watched most of the baseball game. We went with some friends, and the kids had more fun playing with each other than watching the game. The kids got a special treat when the team's mascot came to our seats and played with the kids.
All in all it was a very fun night.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Trip to the Fire Station
This morning Miles and I went on a tour of one of the local fire stations with our Mommy group. We were shown all around the fire station, we
got to see the gear room, with all of the fire coats, hats & boots, and we got to see the fire trucks and ambulances, and best of all, Miles got to get in one of the fire trucks and look around. A very fun morning.
got to see the gear room, with all of the fire coats, hats & boots, and we got to see the fire trucks and ambulances, and best of all, Miles got to get in one of the fire trucks and look around. A very fun morning.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Hits from all over
The internet is a pretty amazing thing, and far reaching. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have a stat thing attached to this blog so I can see the basics of who is visiting my blog - no names, mostly IP addresses and geographic locations. Well, some of the geographic locations of folks who are finding this blog are far and wide. Here are some of the more unique ones: Calcutta India, New York city, Brooklyn, Portugal, United Kingdom (2 separate IPs), Berlin Germany, Aachen Germany, California (4 different locations), Illinois, Florida and several places in Texas. We do know some people in some of these locations, but certainly not all. Some folks seem to find us while searching for other things (preggo porn!), others are looking for or going straight to this blog. It is pretty interesting to see what a small world this really is.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Happy Father's Day
First of all to my Dad, my Husband and my Father-in-Law - Thank you for being such wonderful fathers. I love you all very much. And to every Dad out there - this day is for you - enjoy it!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Random (Miles) Moments of the Week
* During dinner the other night, Miles stopped eating, started tapping his hand on his face (as if he were thinking), then put his hand up with one finger in the air and said "I know, have idee, snack!" He apparently thought that having a snack right then in the middle of dinner was a great idea.
* A few times this week, when Miles has tried to climb onto my lap while I was sitting on the couch, he said "Sit next to you, Mommy legs getting fuller." Meaning my lap was full and there was no room for him!
* Yesterday Miles decided that his stuffed animal 'elephant' had to go potty. And yes, you can imagine that 'elephant' did not sit on the potty seat, but rather had a nearly full body dunking into the toilet. After he took 'elephant' out of the toilet and onto the floor, Miles came to tell Mike that elephant spilled water on the floor.
* On another day, as I was sitting on the floor, Miles looked at me and at my belly and said "Baby brother come out?" I said it would still be a little while before he came out. At which time Miles proceeded to push my knees apart and look to see - I'm not sure if he was trying to see baby brother or if he was thinking of going back in...
* A few times this week, when Miles has tried to climb onto my lap while I was sitting on the couch, he said "Sit next to you, Mommy legs getting fuller." Meaning my lap was full and there was no room for him!
* Yesterday Miles decided that his stuffed animal 'elephant' had to go potty. And yes, you can imagine that 'elephant' did not sit on the potty seat, but rather had a nearly full body dunking into the toilet. After he took 'elephant' out of the toilet and onto the floor, Miles came to tell Mike that elephant spilled water on the floor.
* On another day, as I was sitting on the floor, Miles looked at me and at my belly and said "Baby brother come out?" I said it would still be a little while before he came out. At which time Miles proceeded to push my knees apart and look to see - I'm not sure if he was trying to see baby brother or if he was thinking of going back in...
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