Monday, December 31, 2012

December Fun

We had a lot of fun during the month of December! It flew by entirely too fast though! Here are pictures from some of the fun things we did.

Grandma watched Miles for us one day and together they made a gingerbread house. I'm not sure that Miles was very helpful, but I know he had fun. He was very proud of his gingerbread house all month long!




Even though my mom's eyes are closed in this picture, I just LOVE Miles' expression so I had to post it anyway!
On Friday, December 14th Miles was in a Christmas program at his daycare. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from him. I thought maybe he would refuse to stand up on the stage with his class because he'd rather be with his family, but he stayed up on the stage. He basically stood there rubbing his lips (his comfort thing) the entire time. He is such a funny little guy!

They used the babies as stage decorations!

Miles' age group

The entire daycare

Still rubbing his lips
And still rubbing his lips (even during a picture with Aunt Cathy)
He moved on to picking his nose!
Waiting for Santa to give him a high five!
Waiving to mom
At first Miles was very hesitant to sit on Santa's lap. I pointed out to Miles that Santa was giving out presents but that he'd have to at least go up there and give Santa a high five or shake his hand in order to get the present. Miles reluctantly agreed to do that and got in line. He watched and observed all of his friends sit on Santa's lap and get a book afterwards. When it was his turn he walked right up to Santa, gave him a hug, crawled up on his lap, gave Santa a high five, and then waived to mom. He showed NO signs of fear whatsoever! Sometimes he really amazes me!

Later that same day we went to Keaghan's first piano recital. She started taking piano lessons in the fall and seems to be enjoying them. She looked like she had no fear for her first recital. The entire performance only lasted a few seconds though!
 

She looked so cute!
We also got to see Keaghan perform in her school's Christmas program, but I was so busy with Miles that I didn't take any pictures.

This year we didn't do a lot of our normal traditions like make sugar cookies, drive around to look at the lights, etc. I feel like I don't have nearly enough time these days with trying to manage a full-time job and spend enough time with my family. Life has been hectic, but I think we still managed to have a nice enjoyable December!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

My poor neglected blog...

I really can't believe that Christmas is right around the corner! You sure wouldn't know that Christmas is so close based on my blog...it is still stuck at Halloween! Working full-time is really putting a cramp on my free time! I'll try to get it updated this week so that when we get back from our trip to Utah next week I'll be ready to post all about it.

Miles' last day at his preschool (11/1/12). He really misses Mrs. Marci & Mrs. Norma.
We went to my Aunt Cathy's for Thanksgiving. She lives in a suburb of Kansas City (Olathe) which is about three hours away from us. We had a very nice visit and enjoyed spending time with family. I love to just sit around, chat, and eat good food! My aunt and uncle are in the process of building a house in Missouri. It was fun to see their house in progress and see the pretty lake they are building on. I didn't take any pictures though. Miles enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake. I'm excited for him to have childhood memories of hanging out at the lake at Cathy & George's!

While in the area we had to go see the new KC temple
Such a beautiful building!
It was SO cold and SO windy!
Grandma, Cathy, & George walking around the temple grounds
Miles took a shot at being a photographer!
Just relaxing
He loves his grandma!
Not too long after Thanksgiving we had a sick boy on our hands. For awhile I just assumed it was a cold, but his cough sounded so deep and was keeping him awake at night. We ended up taking him in to Immediate Care one night and spent the entire evening there. The doctor gave him a breathing treatment and then had an x-ray of his chest done. He didn't have pneumonia, but he did have bronchitis. He sent him home on an antibiotic and breathing treatments.

He was a sick little man. He never falls asleep on the couch!
First breathing treatment
 At his followup appointment a week later, he had an ear infection. His bronchitis was much better though. He was sent home with another antibiotic and more breathing treatments. He just finished his 10 day course and hopefully we are out of the woods.