She walks!

The below video was taken yesterday with my camera phone. Overnight she has found the strength to let go. In the video Miley is holding an Oreo, you may notice the bag on the couch. Also the screen goes black because she leaned forward so I had to catch her and drop the phone to the floor. Stephen really needs to find some discs so we can video with our good camera.

No more bottles!

For weeks now I've been sending Miley to daycare with 2 cups and a bottle. I sent the bottle because some days she does well with the cup and others not so much. Well today marks the day when she gets no more bottles. She's being doing so well with the cup so good buy plastic baby bottle, hello big girl cup. The next bottle she'll drink from will be a bottle of root beer (of coarse not for a few years). Next step (excuse the pun) is walking. As you can see from the video below, she can really move it with some assistance.

I'll end the suspense about Miley's party. It will be......PIG themed! I've already got some cute stuff so I'm now looking forward to it and less dreading it. The party is set for October 25 since her birthday is a Monday and the weekend before that we'll be in Nebraska. I think Stephen and I will take her actual birthday off and do something fun. Again more for us than for her, I just don't feel right about sending her to daycare on her birthday.

In other news, Miley continues to say her new favorite words: baby, dada, and maaaamaaaaa. Yesterday when I picked her up for daycare, she WAVED bye-bye to Tucker (the boy that kissed her). I was shocked, "She can wave bye?" Ms. Jenni says "Yeah, she just started waving when someone leaves." So she is learning more and more and getting so big. I wonder what other kinds of things she does when we're not around, calculus perhaps? At home she rarely plays on her own, she just wants me to hold her all the time. It can get frustrating but I just think of it like this: she doesn't get held at daycare and she only wants me to hold her therefore she must miss me. And with that reasoning I continue the bad habit of picking her up when she cries at my feet. Must try to break that soon or not ;)

Look-alike Meter

She looks more like me! Well a chubbier, pregnant me. I'll have to get more up-to-date photos so Stephen doesn't think I cheated.

Proof

Sorry about the quality, these were taken last night with my cell phone. The first one is Miley walking with her new toy. She can really move if she's holding on to something. The second is of Miley saying baby. Listen close and turn up the speakers, you can hear it. She got her baby out of the toy basket and kept trying to give her to Daddy. She walked up to him (holding the couch) and said "Dada" then when he handed her back "Baby". She would then give the baby a kiss, so cute we couldn't stand it! Apparently she kept saying baby all day yesterday at daycare. She's brilliant!

10 months old! Our third anniversary

Miley is 10 months old today! I'll post the usual month milestone picture tonight when I get home. I know I say this a lot but I CANNOT believe she's 10 months. We're going to wake up tomorrow and she'll be 16. Today is also Stephen and my anniversary. Three wonderful and very eventful years. So much has happened especially in the last year, we've had a baby, moved, and are now buying our first house. We're like grown ups! Although I think getting married probably gave us that distinction long ago, it just seems like we've all grown so much this year. We've gone from silly kids to being someone else's parents in what seems like overnight. I can't imagine what the next 3 years will bring. We are so blessed to be growing together as a family :)

Health and Vocabulary Update

I forgot to give our illness update yesterday. Miley is 100% better :) so she is, I'm glad to say, 100% healthy. Stephen did finally get sick but only for a day then was back to his normal self. I, on the other hand, am still not feeling that great. I've developed a terrible cough and this morning have muffled hearing in my left ear. I'm going to bite the bullet and go back to the doctor. I'm hanging in there and am thankful Miley and Stephen are better. Stephen was worse than Miley and he knows it!

Over the weekend, Miley has increased her vocabulary. She can say "Ut oh", "Dada", "Baby", "Hi", something that sounds like "Yea", and "MaaaMaaa". It is so cute to hear her little voice. Unfortunately the MaaaMaaa only comes out when she whines or wants to be picked up.

She has also apparently turned into the class bully. Miley and this other baby (Hailey) are picking on the boys. Miley puts them in a head lock and Hailey pulls them off the wall. I've never personally seen this behavior so I'll just assume their defending themselves. I wish I had a picture of those two together because they look so much alike. They have the same hair amount and color, they are about the same size, but Hailey has her ears pierced while Miley does not. Maybe the boys tease them about looking similar or perhaps the girls are just showing them who's boss.

Guess the Birthday Theme

Over to the right is a poll, can you guess the birthday theme? I've starting the party planning process. Not sure why it's such a big deal but it feels really important. Maybe because it's the first birthday, the end of baby days on to toddler-hood. Maybe because as moms we focus on the planning and not really the root, the baby isn't the baby anymore. If I think about it in terms of what her birthday actually is, it makes me sad. I much rather focus on party games and cake!

Walk report: Miley took 2 unassisted steps at daycare last Thursday! She refuses to stand, let alone, walk unassisted at home. I have a very good feeling one day she'll just walk across the room like she's always be able too. It will be a repeat of the crawling, I hope I get it on video too. Also a side note, I still haven't sent the 9 month photos, sorry, I've actually been busy at work, go figure.

Might be feeling better

Well this morning I felt much better but still not 100%. Miley looks and acts much better but still has a runny nose. Hopefully, tomorrow we'll be well. Stephen is still healthy, I really like to know his secret. I picked up Miley's 9 month photos yesterday so I'll be mailing/posting them soon. They are super cute so keep an eye out for them. I've been working on updating Miley's baby book, I haven't opened it in months so we're way behind. Also been thinking about the big birthday coming up, it'll be here before I know it. Sweet Miley the big 1!

We're still on walk watch. She cruises everywhere and every once in awhile she'll stand without holding on. She only does it when she thinks she's holding on to something steady. Yesterday she was holding a blanket thinking it was the couch and stood for a good 10 seconds before plopping down on her butt. She'll be walking in no time!

Sick baby and Mommy Part II

Well, just when I thought we were both better, Miley and I are both sick again/still. This morning we both had runny noses and a cough but she went to daycare and I sitting at work. I bet she sleeps all day because that's what I feel like doing. Stephen has yet to feel sick but Miley and I are going on to our third week. I have no more vacation time so I really hope we both get better soon. I'm so afraid of cold/flu season, I don't want us to be sick for 3 months straight. Come on Miley, let's get well!

First Kiss

I'm a few days behind on posts, so much to talk about. First off, the kiss (as told to me through daycare). Monday afternoon, all the babies expect Miley and Tucker were napping so all the lights were off. Miley and Tucker were playing on the floor when Tucker leaned over and kissed Miley on the lips!!! This happened twice and apparently Miley just looked at him. The teachers turned the lights on and Tucker leaned in for another. Miley then slapped in the face. I guess two kisses are her limit or she only kisses in the dark. Either way I think Stephen and I are in a world of hurt.

Yesterday, Stephen and I took the day off and went to the beach for the Journey concert. My mom picked Miley up from daycare and watched her until we got home at 1 am. Miley did very well from what I'm told, better in fact then if I was home. Everyone can put her in her crib awake but me, she screams bloody murder if I do it. She knows I'm the weakest. Anyway, so yesterday was the longest we've been apart. It wasn't too bad but I knew I'd get to see her smiling face in the morning, more than 24 hours apart still seems way to tough. I still need the Miley and me cuddle time, I know I always will.

First Word!

Miley spoke her first word on Saturday! Back story: I felt so sick Friday morning I couldn't eat or see straight so I decided to go to the dr. I had a nasty sinus infection (thanks for sharing Miley, so sweet) so I was prescribed antibiotics and sudafed (which I later read on the bottle not to take if you're nursing). My mom offered to come over Saturday to help with Miley if I was still feeling bad since Stephen had to work all day. By Saturday morning I felt so much better but Mom decided to come over anyway. We spent the day just visiting and playing with Miley. Mom was showing her a book with a baby on the cover and told her baby and was trying to get her to say Mama, Mimi, or poo all of which she doesn't say. Miley's vocabulary consists of "ah, ma, ba, ra" oh and a very high pitched squeal.

When Stephen got home around 5 we went to dinner and drove by our new house/lot. I don't think I mentioned here that we bought a lot and will have a new house in December. Anyway, when we got home Miley was playing of the floor and crawled over to the book she and Mimi were looking out. She started slapping the cover and said......."BABY!" Stephen and I looked at each over and said "Did you hear that?" Maybe it was a fluke so I picked her and the book up and pointed at the baby and asked "Miley, what is this?" She looked at it very hard with one eye brow cocked then looked at me then looked again and said "BABY!" She repeated it several times and did it over and over on Sunday. I still get goosebumps thinking about her sweet little voice and her funny face like "Mommy that's a baby of coarse". She's brilliant no need for Dada or Mama words lets talk about her the baby :)