20 lbs and counting!

Or, Utah Trip part II

Miles is officially 20 lbs exactly!  I weighed him on my scale today (doing the old weigh myself and then myself with him).  After a couple tries the verdict is in:  20 ridiculously heavy pounds!

This next week he will hit 5 months old and I can't believe how much he is changing!  He no longer sleeps swaddled and cute in the middle of his bed sucking on his pacifier.  He sleeps like this:

 Adorable, until you see where his feet and legs are.  Baby legs + crib bars = worst screams ever!  But he is pretty cute.

As for the second half of the Utah trip, I realized after that I took absolutely no pictures of the reunion!  I don't know what I was thinking!  I will hopefully snag some from people who took pics there.  Miles really really enjoyed his first fireworks show.  He cried a little during the finale when it got really loud and bright, but did really well!  That made us happy because we LOVE fireworks!  The 4th of July is Andrew's favorite holiday :)

I did take pictures of our hiking trip though!  Miles hiked TIMP!  Well, to the first waterfall  :)  It was his first hike and I think he liked it.  He is absolutely fascinated by trees and greenery, so it was perfect.  He stared and stared and stared at the waterfall too.  We went in the evening so we had plenty of shade and it wasn't too hot either - perfect hiking conditions!  We even saw a snake out for a... slither.  That made Andrew panic, but not nearly as much as I panicked over all the bees! 

 Since we've been home, we have been getting back on decent nap schedules (Miles), working on lessons and school prep (Andrew), and finishing up misc projects (Erica).  We had a little bit of rain and it feels like August is coming with some humidity and extra heat!  The best part of the day is in the evening when we go for a walk or a swim, eat dinner together as a family, and do Mile's routine.  I just love spending time with Miles and Andrew, and bathing Miles and putting him in his jammies and seeing how happy he is makes me so glad I am a mommy.  I really do live a blessed life and couldn't be happier!