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!