14 months!

Miles turned 14 months yesterday. He has some words in his vocabulary now, along with his signs. Most of his words are really the first sound of the word. For example, he says "ba" for ball and "du" for duck. Some of his words sound pretty similar, but if you put them in context you can figure out what he's saying. So far he says:

mama

dada

bye

ball

duck (when he wants to pat the ducks that papa carved)

more

dog

dee (for kitty)

no (I'm so upset this is already in his vocabulary!)

It's a start, but we still have a lot of pointing and grunting, so I'm looking forward to when he can communicate even better. We were so lucky with Bennett being a really early talker. I know, boys are different!

Miles loves to be outside! We had a few days last week that were in the 70s, and he wanted to be outside all day long! He loves to carry around and throw balls, and he has no fear! He already can climb up the rockwall on our swingset and loves to go down the slide. It makes me so nervous! I think I'm going to have my hands full this summer! Now that it's cold again (it snowed close to 6" yesterday), he just points ferociously at the balls in the garage. Sorry Buddy, hopefully Spring will be here for good soon!

Also, when I pull into the garage, he immediately starts signing "hat." We have to then go over and pat all of Brandon's various helmets that are in the garage. Finally, his new favorite thing to do is point at picture frames in our house, and I name the people in them. He can't say everyone's names yet, but if I ask him where someone is, he often can find it!

Today Miles got a big boy haircut. So there will be some before and after pictures below. Brandon decided to spike up his "do" after the haircut. Funny!

Pre-haircut. At breakfast this morning.

Bennett at breakfast. Because she's cute!

Getting into cupboards...his FAVORITE thing to do!

Miles and Bennett building with blocks together.

Sharing a block with Daddy

Post haircut:

His 3 giant teeth on the bottom. In the place of the 4th one, his gum is a huge, hard lump, but it is having so much trouble coming through! Poor guy!!

So much shorter in the back!

What a stud!

Too Little Too Late

The kids looked adorable for the Villanova game the other day. We did our best as fans- dressed to impress- hoping that would inspire Nova to pull themselves together and actually win a game. Alas, they handed the game to George Mason in the final minutes. Boo. Had to share the pictures of the kids though!

#1 FANS!!

This fan decided to get into the newspaper!

Bennett now thinks smiling involves cocking her head and shoulders. Probably the last wear for this cheerleading outfit (thanks Chris!) that has managed to last her a few seasons! :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here are a few pictures of the kids this morning before we took Bennett to school. Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!! :)

Just Life

I just realized that it has been awhile since I've blogged. I think having the house on the market is keeping me from doing some of the things I usually do because I feel like all of my time is spent cleaning up the house! We've had a lot of showings lately, but still no real action. So we'll see!

Here are a few recent pictures of the kids:

Bennett loves to get in Miles's crib with him and read him books when he wakes up. This one is my all time favorite, because she is reading a baby signs book to him. She's signing the word "bib" and he's doing it too. What a great big sister she is! :)

Here's another cute one of her reading to him.

Miles most likely yelling "ma ma" because he's ready to get out!

Sporting his birthday vest from Aunt Murph!

Brandon asked Bennett if she wanted to go for a run around our neighborhood circle with him. She responded, "YES! I want to go around 60 times!!" Well, they made it 1 time (.55 miles) but she ran the whole way and had a great time! I guess she'll have to work up to 60 times! ;)