dear miles,
on monday you turned 19 months old. we are getting close to christmas, and as we think back to what you were like at this time last year, it is truly amazing to see how much you have grown in 1 year.
in the mornings, you eat breakfast and hang out with your dad until it's time to go to preschool. your teacher mrs becca always has great things to say about you, and you are learning a lot of things. every day you get to do crafts, sing songs, eat snacks, and play on the playground. your teacher says you have learned how to sit at circle time, but are still learning how to keep your food on your napkin while eating. i usually walk to come pick you up and you are always so happy to seem me and immediately start waving bye bye. you are so tired after school you make me carry you all the way home. when we get h
ome the first things you do are give minnie a big hug, sit on your truck, and ask for a snack! you have a starwars lunchbox and water bottle you take each day.
you are really talking a lot these days, even more so now that you are at preschool with some older kids. i will probably forget some, but here are words that you say in addition to yo
ur constant "chatter" : night night, bye bye, brady, minnie, car, truck, banana, snack, macaroni, book, ball, shoes, sock, mama, daddy, milk, belly button (be be!), hi, cracker, more. you know and use the signs for all finished, milk, and more - which you use to get whatever you want help with.
you love to sing songs and always perk up when i sing songs you also sing at school. you will often request that i sing certain songs as well. you know the wheels on the bus, itsy bitsy spider (eee bee), patty cake (paa paa), and if you're happy and you know it.
you love to put on your clothes and your shoes and socks. you will put your hands on your face and when someone says "Where's miles" you excitedly take your hands away and say "BOO!". you love to help feed the dogs, sweep, cook, vacuum, fold laundry, and other chores...hopefully this will last! you are a great little helper.
your #1 favorite thing right now is
to do gymnastics on daddy's and my bed or the couch. you will roll around and do head stands/somersaults foreeever and just giggle like crazy. you also go to the back door, move the blinds, and bang on the door yelling brady until he comes up to see you. you also can count...except you exclude one. you either say two two three, or just two three. so cute!
you are starting a bit of a whiny phase which i suppose is the beginning of the terrible twos, or it could be because your canines are coming in (counting them, you have 14 or so teeth). at your 18 month check up you weighed 23lb 12oz (20%) and were 32in long (40%). you love multigrain club crackers, danimo yogurt snacks, and macaroni and cheese.
your grandma and opa have hosted you overnight on several occasions, we went to san antonio for a spurs game (you loved the nachos, the dancers, and a large bubbly man sitting behind us who was kind enough to let you stare at him, and the spotlights, and when everyone clapped) and the zoo (super fun!), we spent thanksgiving in college station with the crew, and watched the aggies have a successful football season.
sometimes when you are playing you will all the sudden come up to me and give me a hug and then look at yourself hugging me in the mirror and shrug and smile.
YOU bring me more happiness than i have ever known before and i love you :)
