Miles Update: 10 Months

I feel like Miles is growing and learning so much lately! It amazes me each time I realize he has learned how to roll a ball or point to something I ask about. But this also makes me think, am I keeping track of all of this? Tim will come home and be surprised to see him crawling so well and I'll respond "Oh yeah, he's been doing that." It's so easy to lose track of when he did what.

So, a little bit of a Miles update. He started another semester of KinderMusik earlier this month - and he's loving it. He's not the baby of the class anymore! He has the same teacher though, and she loves him. =) During one of the classes, we rolled balls all around. So, at home, I decided to teach Miles to roll the ball. After a few days of rolling the ball and asking him to, he did it when Tim's parents were in town. I was so excited to see it happen=)

Miles has been crawling a lot more now. He also pulls himself up against the couch or crib. He can cruise along side the crib or couch, the speed is dependent on if there is a phone to walk to! 


Miles has been saying Mama for awhile, but more and more now, he is saying Papa. He has pointed at pictures of me and Tim and said out loud "Papa!" And every time I show him my phone, which has a picture of us 3 on it, he says "Papa" in a quiet way. It's so sweet sounding. Whenever Tim comes home, we usually look out the window on our front door, and Miles gets VERY excited when he sees Tim. This makes Tim a very happy Papa =)

I've said this before, Miles is a very social baby. He really does enjoy big groups of people. I've never really seen him overwhelmed by too many people in one room. He loves to look at people and then get shy when they notice him. He's a flirt! ;) He likes to be part of the conversation and to laugh when people are laughing. It's really cute to see.


Pointing.. he has definitely started pointing more in the past couple of days. He points to the clock and to the map in our house. If you ask him where either one of those things are, he can easily point to them! He also points to the coconuts hanging on our wall and to Tim's guitar. He likes to touch the guitar and hear the sound. All of this definitely amazes and excites me. It's so neat to see him learn so much. He has a big word/picture book, First 100 Words, and he can point to the clock and ball in it when asked. (!!) I am a proud mama! =)


As the Big 1 comes closer and closer, I'm sure Miles will learn so much more and we are so excited to teach him and to watch him grow. He is really a big boy now.. not so much a baby anymore. Though, he'll always be my baby ;) I just can't believe how fast time is going!

Khoury Party

It has been very busy the past few weeks. Tim has been traveling a lot lately, which also means busy times for me and Miles. This past weekend, we had a lot of family visit us. Tim's parents came for a couple of days and two of his brothers & families came over on Saturday. It was a full house! It was nice that the kids got to play with each other. Miles loved seeing everyone. He really is such a social baby. He loved laughing with everyone, especially with Grace. It was so cute to watch. My mother-in-law brought some Arabic food which is always good. She even made some bread for us. Our fridge is stocked with lots of food now!

After a full weekend, Miles ended up getting sick on Sunday. So now, we are taking care of our little baby. With a stuffy and runny nose plus a fever, he is still a fairly happy baby. What a sweetheart.

 

Valentine's Day!

We hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day. Our cute little Valentine gave us a lot of love.