August 2011

We have been having a great summer watching Milo start the transition from baby to little boy. The only downside is that Scott has been on the road a lot, but he still gets to see all of Milo's milestones daily thanks to the technology of skype and "face-time". He is officially crawling. His new mobility has turned frustration into opportunity. He climbs up and down from couches, coffee tables, walls, doors, chairs, legs, Bosco, anything that goes vertical from the floor is Milo's jungle gym. He also has four teeth. Yes, within two weeks the little guy got his first four teeth, the two bottoms and the top two side teeth. He got the left top tooth first, which is apparently totally out of order. What can I say he marches to the beat of his own drum. If he doesn't get his top two teeth soon we may have a jack-o-lantern for Halloween. :) Considering he is teething like crazy and last week he came down with a second helping of RSV (a respiratory virus) Milo is a pretty happy kiddo! I am one lucky Mama!

Grammy and Grandpa came to visit us. Grandpa, Joslyn, Connor and Milo hanging on the couch

Check out my new walker. I am so independent now.

These shoes are made for walking...yes, those are Milo thighs :)

Best Friends

Welcome to my store

Driving

Spaghetti!

Now that I have chompers I must brush my teeth.

The End

Grandma Time and then to California

So we have had a busy couple of weeks. We got back from vacationing in California on Saturday (I will get back to this), and the week before we left, Milo had some quality time with his grandmothers. Laurie, Milo's day care provider went on vacation and Nana and Grammy stepped up to bat. We are so lucky to live close to both sets of grandparents. It is a joy to watch them with their grandson. I will say they are not the same people who raised Scott and me. I know for fact that Milo will get away with sooo much more with them than we ever did :) Milo and Grammy having some snuggle time before bed.

Nana and Milo in the wagon that Scott's grandpa John bought for him and his brothers when they were little tikes.

After his week with Nana and Grammy Milo took his parents to California to meet his new friends Connor and Taylor and so Mom and Dad could hang out with the rest of the Guglielmo/Williams crew. We first went to Lake Tahoe for a couple of days. It was remarkable the amount of down time we had considering between the two families we had 3 kids under the age of 3. We then headed to San Francisco. Here we toured the city, went to the beach and went to the Children's Discovery Museum. Besides all of the site seeing Milo worked on trying to keep up with Connor. This must have worn him out because he was a very good sleeper for us. When we got back from vacation we had a minor set back with sleeping. Milo learned how to stand up in his crib, but had not conquered the ability of getting back down.. When I went in the first time to put him back I couldn't help but smile, but by the fourth time at midnight Mama was not smiling anymore. Thankfully the last couple of nights I have gotten my good little sleeper back...phew!Come on ride the train....Join Milo and Connor!

Extreme stroller riding in Tahoe!

"Mom, I am so glad Dad had a meeting in Sacramento so we could come to the park with this awesome water fountain!"

All Dressed up
California Boy

Riding the Trolley, Hang on tight.

Dad and Milo

Milo and Mom
Playing in the fish stream at the Children's Museum