Nine Months Old

We now have a energetic crawling nine month old. Oh how life changes. Miles has made so many fun changes over this last month. He learned to put food into his month, crawler, pull himself up, and stand with one hand. As always he is full of smiles and a ball of energy.

He is still enjoying his solid foods and milk. He has now tried risotto, frittata, cheese, cantaloupe, and prunes. His favorite is of course bread. Cheerios, pita bread or puffs. We had our nine month appointment this past week and found out (like I mentioned earlier) that Miles is underweight. So I'm focusing more on making sure he eats. He is just so excited about life that he gets distracted easy and wants to play.

The latest stats:

• Height: 27 1/2 inches
• Weight: 16.5 lbs
• Sleep pattern: I lay him down, he sits, then stands, then flops over, butt in air, repeats a few times, then out cold on his belly.
• Favorite activity: Standing at the toy box and emptying it out.

We have a crawler!

Miles took off crawling on Tuesday. We all thought it would be any day now and sure enough it was. He decided to wait until the rare day when I had a work meeting. I had him set on a rug with a few toys while the meeting went on. He apparently liked the office furniture better and headed off to explore. Here is a video of him crawling yesterday, Saturday, on his 9 month birthday.

Today's Struggles

So many things going on this month for us and for others. I feel like many friends and family are having struggles. Not sure why but the prayer list is getting long Lord. Here are the two things that happened this morning so you can be in prayer for us...

• Geoff got the hives again this morning. He had them in January for three weeks. We thought it was a sensitivity to gluten so he changed his diet. He has cut 99% of all things gluten (no wheat, barely, rye, etc) for 2 months now. It has helped other health problems he's had but apparently was causing the hives. We are now looking at other things.


• I took Miles to the doctor this morning for his 9 month check-up. All is good except he isn't gaining weight like he should. The doctor said I have a month to change it otherwise we start doing blood work and running tests. So I am suppose to 'feed him liberally'. In a month we head back in for a weigh in. Kinda like biggest loser except its time to put on the pounds!

California Trip

My family in California. From left to right: My dad and mom from MN, Geoff and me holding Miles, cousin Aaron and Anne holding Reagan, my aunt Linda and uncle Tom.

My parents hiking in Mount San Jacinto National Park. We took the aerial tram up into the mountain from Palm Springs, CA. It is beautiful up there!

Geoff, Miles & I in Joshua Tree National Park on a day hike. Miles is hanging out in the carrier on Geoff's back. It was so windy that day! At one point I had to chase down Geoff's hat up the mountain side. On the top of the mountain you couldn't even stand.

Geoff & Miles posing for a picture at Joshua Tree. Miles was so happy when Geoff climbed through the opening on his hands and knees. He couldn't stop giggling.

View of Jenks lake on top of a mountain outside of Redlands, CA.

This was our first hike up the moutain side to a crystal clear lake with more mountains in the background. Makes me want to move to California!

The cousins meeting for the first time in downtown Redlands, CA. Reagan is 9 months old and Miles 8 months old.