Progress

Miles had his 15 month doctor's checkup last week. He has grown 2 1/2 inches in 3 months!!! The doctor was STUNNED and said that's how much children his age usually grow in a YEAR!
Miles is walking like a pro now and quickly decided that running was necessary in order to "play football" with Luke! He teeters like he's a little drunk whenever he walks/runs and always has a smile plastered to his face. It's so cute!


We were over at Mom and Dad's house yesterday afternoon. Miles was in a very good mood and was having a great time holding Luke's soccer ball and trying to walk in socks on the slippery wood floor. Lola was clapping and encouraging him (he was really making her laugh!). Then, suddenly, he took the ball, set it on the ground, got in football "center" position and starting screaming "Ahhhhhh!!!!" Like he was saying "Blue 42, down, set, hut-hut, HIKE!" It was sooo hilarious!

Luke has been making progress himself this week. He has been potty-trained for quite awhile now (yay), but I have been too chicken to let him sleep in his undies. However, the last 4 nights in a row - he has awaked to go potty. HOORAY! I don't know how THAT part is so easy, when AWAKE is so hard . . . Huh.

Luke is also really imaginative lately, making up all kinds of clever games, funny conversations that his cars are having, etc. He is also VERY sweet to his little brother, always reassuring him by saying, "Don't worry, Miles! When you get bigger, I'll teach you how to do that!!!" Adorable. His personality is hilarious and he never misses a beat. Yesterday, during the Olympics, a Target commercial came on and he says to my parents, "Target?! Oh! We LOVE Target!" and today a friend from the ward was at our house painting. Luke walked down the hall and said to him, "How ya doin', Stewart!?" Hilarious!

New Years (Yeah, I know that was 20 days ago . . . )

We started off the evening by attending a party at our friends, The Neilsons. It was great to hang out with "The Brothers" (their 4 boys) and the Allred family.

Then we went to Mom and Dad's for the rest of the night to hang with the fam!
Here is Luke having his first taste of egg nog (we missed that at Christmas somehow) and he LOVED it. He kept saying, "Can I have some more special juice, Papa?"

The adults ate the homemade SUSHI my sister, Lindsey, made. Yum!
(Yeah, her eyes don't lie: she is just a TINY bit Asian! Ha! Ha!)

Me and my honeybun!


"Sisters, sisters - there were never such devoted sisters!"


Getting crazy loco after our Martinelli's!
(Here is a classic example of Lindsey's Asian eyes. You see my point.)


Midnight fireworks

Jake was REALLY proud of his work with the explosives. Man make FIRE!

You KNOW we watched our Buckeyes win the Rose Bowl New Year's Day!
Yeah, my parents were a bit goofy that night. (Who am I kidding? Always.)

A BRISK (aka 0 FREEZING!) walk along the Chattahoochee River!

christmas

So, I know I'm a little behind on my Christmas post.
But, like I've been saying lately:
It is what it is!

Santa brought the HIT toy of the morning:
GEO TRACKS!

Our traditions were switched up a bit this year. Christmas Eve, during our usual singing, scripture reading, Polar Express reading and "talent" show - we talked to Aunt Kelli on the phone and convinced her to fly in the next day to be with us for Christmas!
We looked at stockings and the gifts Santa brought early in the morning, but waited to open presents will after Kelli got here. We had the feast right when Kelli arrived in the afternoon and didn't open gifts till the evening. It was a little harder for the boys to enjoy that part because they were sleepy, but over all it was nice to stretch the celebrating out all day long.

Our family holiday tradition: black olives on our fingers!
I know, we have such fabulous manners!

Miles enjoyed opening presents - when Luke actually let him do his own!

Since we are moving - my family helped us do a little bit of home fix up to help us get ready to sell the house. We got a LITTLE crazy, to say the least!

Mom and Dad took us to CHOW BABY (our new favorite restaurant!!!) the day after Christmas. Can you say, YUM???

Papa helping Miles walk. Though he CAN do it, he's still too chicken to do it all the time.

Jake's mom gave us a family membership to Atlanta's High Museum of Art last Christmas and we have really been enjoying it this year!

Luke and my beautiful sister!


Needless to say, we played HARD and wore the little guys out!