Brandaddy & Co.: Updates

We've had a bumpy entrance into February. Miles was very sick with a high fever for 5 days which made him a very lethargic and cranky little guy. A tooth also came in during that time, so we had many sleepless nights as well. Luckily, Miles is now back to his extremely happy self during the day, and, thankfully, we've had 2 straight nights of 12+ hours of sleep. Hopefully that continues!

Miles now has 7 teeth, 4 on the top and 3 on the bottom. He's really starting to take off with walking. Although I'd say crawling is still his primary method of transportation, he walks much more confidently now and he'll walk all the way across the room multiple times a day when he feels like it. Also, he's signing a lot more words lately. He now has signs for:

eat

drink

book

car

draw

bath

love

phone

hat

cereal

hairbrush

He also has this new sound that he loves to make. It sounds like "thoo." He says it all the time and points to various things. You can't help but laugh when he says it, because he is very emphatic. He loves funny sounds like "knock knock" and "ding dong" which make him giggle to no end. He gives kisses on command which is the sweetest thing ever, and he will hand you what he is holding if you say "share." Finally, if he wakes up during the night and is standing and crying in his bed, if you walk in and say "lay your head down," he immediately lays down on his mattress and curls up in his little ball.

He also can now point to many of his body parts if you ask him: hair, toes, teeth, and occasionally nose and tummy.

Here are some recent pictures since I haven't posted any in awhile.

Miles is loving all the new cars for his ramp (thanks Menards!)

Miles checking out the zebra he got for his birthday.

Bennett loves to bounce and spin on the zebra too! This was after pajama day at school. (Aunt Kris, the Fancy Nancy PJs were a big hit!) Bennett is also showing off her pancake hat that she made at school since they got to enjoy pancakes on PJ day (can you tell what the letter of the week was?)

Bennett pretty much lives in an imaginary world 100% of the time. This day, she decided that she was Ariel, so she made her own tail!

During one of the snow days, we put up Bennett's play house and made a cozy fort for reading, coloring, sticker books, etc. It was really fun!

Miles crashed her party! :)

Bennett addressed Valentines for her friends on Friday because Hollye Anne had everyone over to her house to decorate cupcakes. Here is the one for Peyton. I thought Bennett did a great job!