crazy hair amelia

Ok, we've all had a laugh about Miles' hair and how it has a life of it's own, and I thought his hair was crazy, but check out his cousin Amelia, my brother Warren's daughter - she takes crazy hair to the next level! She is so cute, she's about a year and a half and they just opened their own business in St. Vincent and the Grenadines selling tiles etc. and when people come into the store apparently she goes up to them and tells them "buy tiles!". My sister in law Dee is so sweet and mild mannered that kind of shameless marketing and promotion behavior can only come from our side of the family - BTW, if you are in need of tiles in St. Vincent, check them out at http://islandstyleinteriors.com/. Side by side comparison of the crazy hair cousins:

Waterbabies

Ok, lots of you have heard about it but behold today, the first pictures! Sorry for the blurry pictures but I guess something about the lighting at the pool made for poor photo quality. Norris was able to come to visit our class and took some pictures of Miles in his wetsuit in his swim lessons. Today was his third lesson and he actually spit water out today after his submersion which is great progress according to his teacher - if you look closely at the picture of him submerged you can see him spitting out as he is on his way up. Norris looked a little queasy apparantly after seeing his offspring submerged in the water because our teacher had to reassure him that Miles was fine : )

Here are some pictures of him before class chillin with his infant friend Skylar, then in class being a pancake laying on his back, submerged in the water holding his breath, holding on to the noodle while floating in the water and generally having a good time in the pool and trying to take a taste of the edge of the pool like all the other babies.

You know you're way too in love with your kid when...

he's sleeping so you check YOUR OWN BLOG to see pictures of him and then go to You Tube to see videos of him that you yourself have posted. If I wasn't his mom I would be his stalker.

Gratuitious cute photo

Ok, here's Miles in his first pair of sunglasses in his little car. He loves wearing sunglasses, I put them on for the first time yesterday and he started smiling, didn't try to take them off or anything. It's like he knows they are cool quite unlike hats which he hates.

4 months

Miles turned 4 months old a few days ago, here are some pictures. He has gotten more smiley and "talkey" recently. He babbles on very expressively and seems to think I know what on earth he is talking about because he is full of knowing smiles and seems pleased with himself after he finishes one of his screeching rants. I just play along and tell him I agree with him, he seems to like that. Also, his hair has a life of it's own. It is completely untameable, everyday is a new situation. Some days it will lay down very nicely and he looks kind of like Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes when his mom gets him ready for the class picture. Other days it sticks straight up in the air, or it spirals wildly any which way and no brush or comb can tell it anything. Today it's kind of straight in the front with waves sticking straight off the back.

hoover damlet

Typing with sleeping baby in arms, so excuse any typos. This weekend we took the new ride to Hoover Dam. We live about 1 1/2 hours away so it was perfect for a good drive in our new Veracruz. Norris was very excited about going to Hoover Dam, and was quite let down with the size of it when we got there. Perhaps owing to the record low water levels Hoover Dam looked like it was made by an ambitous beaver more than the feat of engineering it is supposed to be. I have been to Brazil and the largest dam in the world near Iguacu Falls on the border of Brazil, Uraguay and Argentina and so was not expecting to be overwhelmed by the grandeur of HD so was not as unimpressed as I would have been if I were expecting a massive structure. Of note, we saw a small pack of bighorn sheep going up and down a hill and finally crossing the street to the next hill, very cool. What was strange was that there were a lot of people all around and we were the only ones to notice them.

We took a wonderful drive around Lake Mead and saw some beautiful inlets that we plan to visit again when the weather is warmer. Bella loved being out and about and Norris overheard some people say "and you thought our dog looked gay" in reference to our beautifully groomed poodle. But we don't care.

Miles for his part is a good traveler and just took it all in calmly like he had seen it all before and was unimpressed.