The VO's Blog: April 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Many faces of Miles

I was taking pictures today (April 17th) and got a few different expressions I'd like to share. Enjoy!

Look... I am blogging in the current week! Whoo hoo... I am caught up!

This week is more of the same... Miles is still working on rolling over... enamored with his feet... talking up a storm. He loves to sit up on his own (still with us close to catch him when he topples) and to go from reclined to sitting all on his own. In fact, he insists on doing it himself. If I sit him up from reclined, he reclines back again just so he can sit up on his own.

Breaking news.... Miles "officially" and purposely rolled over today (the 17th) from his tummy to his back! Gramma Sue, G and I all got is witness the moment. He did it once and was too fussy to try it again. We'll see if he remembers how to roll over once he is in a better mood.

Week 18 (April 4th)

This weekend we visited Grandma and Grandpa Van Otterloo in Iowa. While we were there, Miles started what I like to call his "vocal" phase. He has been squeaking and cooing for a while now, but now he is starting to "talk" in sentences and squeal, sometimes just to hear himself. It's cute, until he decides to squeal at the top of his lungs in the middle of the night (okay... its cute then too, but it just interrupts our sleep a little too much!).

Grandma VO's special touch...

Crashed on Grandma again!

Smiley Miles!

Here's Miles talk talk talking...

Week 17 (March 28th)

Miles was officially 4 months old on March 29th! He had his 4 months Dr. appointment on April 1st where he was deemed "perfect" once again. His stats were as follows:

Height: 27 1/2 in. (97th percentile)
Weight: 18 lb 4 oz (95th percentile)
Head circ: 17 in (75th percentile)

He is still trying to learn to roll over (from back to front and front to back) and it is starting to keep him up at night. He was sleeping through the night (only getting up once) but now has reverted to waking and eating every 3 hours. Guess that is life.

Sorry, no pictures this week!

Mile's Baby Class

AKA - The CUTEST pictures you've ever seen.

Here are pictures of the babies from Mile's first baby class, taken March 10th (Miles is 14 weeks old). I won't label names, to protect the other babies' identities.

Beware... these are cute pictures... I mean it... you'd better be ready for some oo-ing and aa-ing....

Miles says, "Who are these people and why are they touching me?"

Week 16 (March 21)

Miles must be keeping us busier because there is getting to be more and more time in between "photo sessions". This weekend we had a nice visit with GreatGrandpa George (G.G. George) and GreatGrandma Shirley. They hadn't seen Miles since December, so they definitely though he had grown!

We also got a 4 generation picture... Miles, Maren, Maren's mom (Sue) and Sue's dad (GG George).

Miles is also getting really good at tummy-time. He can hold both his chest and legs off the ground at the same time. Those are some strong core muscles! Wish I could still do that!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Week 14 (Mar 7)

Miles continues to work on his sitting skills this week. He likes to sit in the corner of the couch, all by himself...

He is also starting to consistently put all his toys in his mouth. Here starts the oral fixation with his toy keys...

Week 13 (Feb 28)

Miles is officially 3 months old this week! He is really starting to like chewing on his hands. He prefers his first two fingers on his right hand or his thumb on his left hand. He is also trying to sit up on his own. You can pull him up from laying into sitting with very little work... he holds his own head up and uses his legs as counter-balance. Very cute. He also laughed for the first time this week. Gramma Sue is just so funny!

Do I look 3 months old?

Eating those two fingers that I like!

Practicing sitting with Mommy.

Later the same day... sitting makes Miles tired. Or... do you see the Daddy/son resemblance?

Week 12 (Feb 21)

We put Miles on a bathroom scale this week and found him to be 15.5 lbs. He just keeps growing and growing!

Plopped again... on Papa Dean's lap.

Sitting on Gramma Sue's lap.

I'll eat that finger, Daddy!

Week 11 (Feb 14th)

Sorry about the lack of updates. It's hard to even know where to start...

This weekend we had another great visit to Milford to see Grandma and Grandpa Van Otterloo, Aunt Ali, and cousin Jordaen. They all thought he was just the cutest ever (and rightly so).

Here's some pics from the week...