1 Year Old!

Last Friday Miles turned one year old!  Growing up way too fast for this Mama!  He is all over the place and into everything.  He's been standing on his own for a few weeks and started taking steps on Saturday.  I know it's just a matter of time before he's chasing after his older brother!  He is a good eater and not too picky yet.  His favorite foods are cantaloupe and any meat.  He's also recently had ice cream and potato chips and LOVES both.  He says "mama", "da da", "bye bye", and signs "all done".  He loves to clap, dance, and copy whatever you're doing.  He likes being outside and in the water.  He has five teeth now and has been a fussy teether for sure!  He has a sweet and tender personality, though and we don't know what we'd do without him!

Oh what a difference a year makes!

Wines Family Weekend

Just a few weeks ago my family headed back to our favorite lake house for our annual Wines family weekend.  We didn't plan much as far as scheduled activities since the entertainment coordinator (me) had been having issues with vertigo and knew I was about to have surgery.  It was a relaxing time though, and I think everyone enjoyed the weekend away.  The kids enjoyed the hot tub, sprinkler, playing in the sand, and watching movies.  The adults cooked, read, and relaxed on the deck.

11 Months Old

It has been a crazy month to say the least.  After ten years of struggling with random vertigo attacks as a result of Meniere's disease, I decided to have surgery to have the balance center of my left ear removed (labyrinthectomy) along with it's remaining hearing.  Although I've been reading about the surgery for over five years and talked to several doctors about it, recovery has been more challenging than I could have imagined.  I immediately woke with severe vertigo (expected) and it has not totally subsided now over a week out (not expected).  The nausea is much better and I've now gone over a week without meds for it as well as for pain.  (I think I could work on a fishing boat now)  I've had to learn to balance (sit up, stand, walk) all over again and luckily I see improvements every day.  I have to push myself to do things and just pray that doing more helps and soon this will all be a distant memory.  I've had a great support around me.  My in-laws have helped with the kids.  My parents stayed some at the hospital and my Mom has been staying with me while Jordan works.  We've had our class at church bringing meals and several ministers visited us in the hospital.  Lot's of prayers and messages of encouragement.  In the midst of all of this, our little guy turned 11 months!  I took me a few days to muster the courage to stand on a chair to take his monthly picture, so here is his update just a little bit late.

Miles grew so much while I was in the hospital!  I pumped and he took bottles while I was away and really stepped up eating solids.  He loves everything!  I know it won't last, but he will eat anything you give him, veggies and all.  He is walking around furniture and standing on his own for little bits.  He's a crazy fast crawler and loves to get into things he's not supposed to like the books on the bookshelf, the doggy door, the toilet, and the dog bowl.  He has quite the loud squeal (amped up for my loss of hearing in one ear).  He now says "bye, bye" and can wave, clap, and pull his brothers hair really well!  He's a happy guy who will give a smile to anyone who shows him attention!  He likes being outside in the sandbox and LOVES water.  He went for his first "swim" last week in the kiddie pool Jordan bought over the weekend and loved it. 

Miles Nursery

It took me six months to finish Rylin's nursery.  You may remember it from here.  It seems the owl and woodland theme really took off since then. (I won't claim to have started it, but at least I had to be on the cusp!)  Well, we'd all had enough of it here in this house so I was excited to reinvent the room with a new baby.  Since we didn't find out the sex, I decided to hold off on decorating and instead plan two different nurseries, one for a boy and one for a girl, and then execute the one that was decided on delivery day.

So ten months later (yes, I'm slower with two kids), Miles finally has his nursery.  Though he's not really sleeping in it short of the occasional cat nap, we do enjoy playing in it and he does get his diaper changed there.  It's also still our guest room, so it gets plenty of use.

The scenic print I painted on a drop cloth was the last addition to the room.

I made art for over the crib and the Camp Miles sign was made by my cousin for Mile's shower from a log cut from the tree in my yard growing up.

The fabric for the sheet was the first thing I purchased for the room.  It has cute little canned ham campers, fox and bears, and a river with canoes.

 

I used salvaged drawers from on old kitchen my dad remodeled as wall shelves and backed them with topographic maps of Colorado.  They hold books, trinkets, and a few vintage toys.

The log side table my Dad made and the vintage rocker are still favorites from Rylin's nursery.  My Mom found the canoe lamp at a thrift store and I added a new shade.

I used the mobile from the old nursery and added 50's travel post cards that fit the colors of the room perfectly.  I love that some of them actually have writing on them about someones vacation.  I used an old galvanized bucket I had for storing his stuffed animals.

I saw this cool idea on Pinterest for making your curtain rod pull double duty as a shelf.  A few shelf brackets, and a handy husband put it together for me.  It holds little thrift store finds and Miles blocks.  The curtains were a full sheet from the Company Store that I hardly had to alter to make them fit.

10 Months Old!

Miles was ten months old on Easter!  He is really growing so fast and learning new things all the time it seems.  He crawls everywhere, pulls up on just about anything and is starting to cruise around furniture.  He eats like a champ and meats are his favorite followed closely by sweet potato fries!  He has just started waving and says Momma and Daddy along with a lot of other really loud sounds.  He is smiling 99% of the time and such a sweet natured kiddo.  He is a Mommas boy but loves it when Daddy gets home and cries when big brother gets put into time out.  He still loves baths and the dogs water bowl and I'm sure swimming will be right up his alley.  He has three teeth and was 22.5lbs at his last appointment.  We have been fighting two ear infections but got a clean bill of health today after three weeks of garlic drops, colloidal silver, breast milk, and seeing the chiropractor twice a week.  Can you tell I have some aversions to antibiotics?!  

Playing with his big brother...I found them this way and it was too cute for me to get mad that Rylin had obviously put him there.

First time he pulled up Rylin was excited too!

He and Duke are good pals...still at the same eye level.

His cousin Clifton came to play one day.

Still likes to be wrapped up when he's in a grumpy mood.