Miles' Baptism

This Thanksgiving break was a fun-filled one. We celebrated Thanksgiving and Miles' baptism. My parents, my sister & her family, and my brother all came down to visit us and we celebrated Thanksgiving together. It was so fun to see my niece and nephew, Lily and Ian, for Thanksgiving. They enjoyed eating turkey and cornbread. It was really cute to see them so excited for Thanksgiving and for Miles' baptism.

We had Miles baptized this Saturday. It all went really well. We had our families there and it was just really nice. We attended mass and Miles' baptism happened afterward. Miles did great during his baptism..he didn't cry while the Priest poured the water on his head and listened attentively to him while he said the prayers. After the baptism, we had a little reception at our house. My mother and Tim's mother made some delicious food for the reception. People really enjoyed the good food. Our nieces & nephews had a great time playing all together. It was really cute and really loud haha. It was nice to hang out with all of our family. Miles enjoyed seeing everybody and laughing with the kids. We are so grateful to everyone who attended such a special event for us. It meant a lot to us to be surrounded by family at church. We are so happy and blessed to have such a beautiful baby boy.

Miles Update

It feels like it's been awhile since I've posted. We have been busy lately and right now, we're out of town. I've been trying to get the house cleaned (a bit at a time) before visitors arrive for Thanksgiving/Miles' Baptism. Lots to do once we get back home tomorrow. I'm not feeling completely excited about this since I got a cold earlier this week and have been feeling so eHh, but oh well.. it's gotta be done right? =P

So.. to update a little bit on Miles. He is now 7 months old. We have a happy little social baby. When hanging out with other people, he is great. He loves it. When it is just Mama & Miles at home, he has gotten pretty whiny lately..and a little bit more attached to me. He loves being held. A few nights ago, Tim noticed that 2 little bottom teeth are starting to show.. so, that probably explains the whiny fussiness. I can't believe our little baby has teeth! hehe He is also sitting a lot better now.. not as wobbly. hehe Still not crawling, but more of a roly-poly baby. hehe He loves when I do "Close Open Close Open" with him.. a little song sang while opening and closing my fist. He opens & closes his hands too! So cute! =) I noticed that he has really good memory and pattern recognition. It's so fun to see him learn! Our baby is getting bigger and bigger, and we can't believe how fast time has gone by!

 

Giggles & Lily Singing

Miles has been more and more giggly now. It's a lot of fun to hang out with him during the day. We usually listen to his cd from KinderMusik. We dance around and I usually do random silly stuff in front of him. During our last KinderMusik class, we got a new cd, book, and a little egg shaker and blue scarf. They use egg shakers and colorful scarves a lot in class. I'm really glad we go to KinderMusik.. Miles enjoys it a lot. Miles was loving the blue scarf when I would toss it in the air and let it fall on him. I had to capture it in pictures =) I absolutely love to hear his belly laughs! I can't get enough!

Tim bought some dvds for Miles.. an Arabic version of Baby Einstein.. and we started to watch it this week. Miles seems to enjoy it. He would sit up in his rocker and watch it with such concentration! I also found a few videos on YouTube of popular Tagalog kiddie music. He likes those videos too and tends to laugh and talk at specific parts of the song. Maybe he's singing along? =)

On a different note... my niece Lily is such a smart, funny, witty little girl.. and very talented in singing and dancing. She impresses me so much. Here is a video of her singing. My brother-in-law is playing the guitar while she sings along. (This video is actually just of her singing.. I wish I could actually watch her sing - maybe they will do another session!) =) Lily is singing "Someone Like You" by Adele. Enjoy!

Hot Diggity Dog!

We hope everyone had a fun & safe Halloween yesterday! Miles had a good time dressed up as a hot dog! =) We trick or treated during the day and visited 2 offices. First, we went to the dental office I used to work at ... everyone loved seeing Miles. They thought he was the cutest thing! Miles had this look on his face that seemed to say "What's so funny?" Surprisingly, Miles didn't hate being in the costume. After that first stop, Miles fell asleep in the car while we were driving to the next office I wanted to stop at. So, we went to Meijer and Miles took a good nap! After that, we headed to the OT office I used to go to, and visited some friends there. The employees all dressed up as Disney characters. It was pretty fun to see them all dressed up! And they also loved seeing Miles. Miles was getting a bit hungry, so he wasn't as excited to be a hot dog for the people at the OT office. We stayed for 5 minutes and headed home. It was still fun to see everyone though. So, for Miles' first Halloween.. he might remember it as a bunch of ladies squealing with delight! haha


Tim went trick or treating with his "little" brother (for Big Brothers/Big Sisters) while Miles & I stayed home and passed out candies. Miles was dressed up in his costume for a little bit, but it got tiring to hold him as a hot dog the whole night. hehe It was a really fun Halloween.