"Play Baseball"

Miles is a total sport nut! He can recognize many different sports now - baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, and tennis. On TV, he knows what sport it is the second he sees anything of it. It amazes me. haha When we watch basketball, I got him into saying "Watch watch. Make it!" haha It cracks me up.

Lately, Miles has been loving baseball and wants to play it allll the time. And he wants Mama to play with him allll the time as well. I love how he makes up his own way to play it - utilizing any toy to make into a bat. The way he pitches a ball is just too cute for me and Tim. We finally got around to recording him. Enjoy the video!

I also ordered Miles a little T-Ball set. We opened it up today and got to enjoy the great weather outside. He loved it! Thank goodness the weather has been getting nicer!

 

Tetah & Sedo's Connecticut Visit!

Last Friday, Tim's parents drove from Michigan to visit us here for the first time. It was a very long drive for them and they arrived on Friday night. Miles stayed up a little longer to welcome them =)

Miles had a great time with his grandparents. He loved playing with them and eating "lunch" with them. We drove to Mystic, Connecticut on Sunday to show them a little bit of New England. Tim got his parents to try oysters and lobsters for the first time. That was entertaining to watch. I was jealous about the oysters - I actually like them, but I can't eat them right now since I'm pregnant. =) Oh well. I can't believe I'm already 14 weeks along. Thankfully, the nausea is starting to dwindle down... not a daily thing anymore.

Tim's dad left out on Monday morning and of course, Miles looked for him throughout the day. Tim's mom left out last night, and this morning, Miles wanted to go to the airport. He was really sad about her leaving. It was so sweet. He showed them all of his toys and coloring skills =) Hopefully, we can see them again soon. Miles really had a good time.

  

Miles is 2!

I can't believe our little baby is 2 years old today. Time really does go by and every moment is so precious. It seems like Miles is growing up so quickly, especially these days. Learning and exploring constantly. Surprising us with new sentences, and very descriptive ones at that! It's such a pleasure to watch him grow up and to see his personality shine even more.

We had a birthday party for Miles this past weekend. His first birthday party was in a hotel room, we definitely wanted to make it up to him and have the whole shabang this year! =) Miles absolutely loves airplanes. He spots them instantly and he knows it by the sound instantly as well. It was pretty easy to pick out a theme for him =) I had a goal of making him an airplane birthday cake and I actually did it! Took a lot of time but it was definitely worth it when I saw his reaction on the morning of his birthday party. He loved seeing the little airplane decor around our place and he loved seeing all of the kids & adults here too. He got shy when we sang Happy Birthday to him even though, he absolutely loves that song and usually blows a "candle" when it's over. I love seeing him shy =) Miles was very happy with the presents he got. And he has talked about his birthday party daily ever since.

At this point, Miles has really wowed us. (He always wows me though, hehe) He gets so many concepts so quickly. He knows what's going on around him. He's polite and very social. It's so fun to have real conversations with him. His responses are just classic. =) He knows his numbers in 3 languages and he knows his colors. Miles is awesome at remembering people. I love that he knows his cousins by name, even though we don't see them all of the time. His personality, as well as every child this age, is just so genuine and beautiful. Even his 2 year old tantrums and emotional breakdowns are funny to just experience (at times) ; )

Miles, happy birthday my precious boy. 

I hope you have many more years and sweet memories to make. Mama and Papa love you so much and we are excited to see you grow up - just don't grow up too quickly ok? ; ) You make us so proud to be your parents and we know that you'll be a great Kuya to the little babies. God blessed us when you were placed in my arms two years ago and I will always treasure you and watch over you. I love you dearly.

Khoury Babies!

We have some big (double) news! We are expecting TWINS this year! =) It's still surreal to me to think about at times, even though, I've known for a month now. Tim and I are very excited about the babies this year. Miles is going to be a big brother, and we both think he'll be great. I wonder if Baby A and Baby B are boys, girls, or 1 girl/1 boy. =) 2013 is just full of love!

 

Aruba Trip (a little delayed in posting)

March 14-18th we took a little trip to Aruba! We went there with our good friend Ruchir. It was nice to be somewhere really warm..and to enjoy the beach & sunshine. The past month has been such a whirlwind of different trips! It's been a lot of fun and hard to keep up with! haha

Aruba is such a small island. It was our first time there. We got to drive all over the whole thing! We got to enjoy several beaches. We also watched the water crash into these beautiful huge rocks along the coast. Miles loved everything about Aruba. He loved the beaches, the water, the boats, and the rocks he found all around. It was fun going to this one beach called Baby Beach - the water was so shallow. It was neat to walk out really far and to even watch Miles walk in the water for a good distance! =) 

It was nice to have a little tropical vacation... especially since we'll get pretty busy towards the end of the year ;)