Catching up...

Sophia playing outside at my parent's house.
My Aunt Lois from Colorado and Sophia.
Meter giving his Mom a smile!
Meter not so happy with Mom. He wanted to go outside and play.
Ashley with her dog Honey. Such a nice photo!

Well, this is Mom. Just wanted to write a quick entry. My baby Miles is growing so fast! He is now walking! Took his first steps on Sat. Aug. 8th for us. He did about 10-12 steps. Then for a few days did only three or four steps at a time. He preferred just crawling because he got to where he needed to get to faster. But lately he'll get up on his feet take some steps, fall and get right back up again to keep walking. Slow and steady wins the race! About a month ago he actually climbed the stairs for the first time. It was a Monday night and I forced him to go up the stairs. He was mad at me for the first step but once I taught him what to do he climbed the rest of the stairs on his own and man did he go FAST! He is definitely a quick learner. That following Saturday I figured I would try to teach him to go down the stairs. He picked that up in ONE day. One day! I couldn't believe it. And even tonight he was following Sophia to the basement. Sophia was so cute because she said, "You've gotta turn around buddy!" :)

Sophia is doing good. She is definitely strong-willed, and at times very hard headed. You think you would be able to reason with a three year old. Nope. Not her. She is catching on to my tricks (or shall I call them bribes). She is a big help though, when she wants to be!

I will post a few recent photos. We were in Iowa last weekend. We brought Ashley back after she stayed with us and helped out with the kids. She was AWESOME. Helped out so much with the kids and even did some babysitting for us. It was kinda like having a nanny for a week. Thanks again Ashley! Can't wait until next summer.