Crawling fool

After almost three months of Miles lazing around the house and forcing us to carry him around like a tiny prince he did it. He crawled. He was in the playroom with Savvy and Nona and at the sight of Savvy jumping on her trampoline he couldn't take anymore. He just took off for her and hasn't stopped crawling ever since. It's amazing what a change in personality it's been for him. He went from being extremely fussy to being constantly happy almost immediately. I think he just wanted some freedom. He's also started to eat non-baby food almost exclusively. We still throw some "baby chow" into his meals every now and then, but he has become a total chow hound. We took him to Old Spaghetti Factory before Second Saturday last weekend and he ate an entire loaf of bread (excluding crust), a scoop of ice cream and half an applesauce. The kid is going to eat us out of house and home. And he's only ten months now-- god help us when he hits the teenage years.

My parents are in town for the week while my dad finishes up his AT&T ridealong training. My mom's had Savvy all to herself every other day. Monday I tagged along for a bit to the zoo, today my mom took her to the splash park while D and I were at work. This evening my new favorite thing in the world came in the mail- my new Canon Rebel XS. A digital SLR at last. I'm amazed by the shutter speed and picture quality and can't wait to really learn how to shoot in manual and get the light effects I want in my shots. The only other exciting bit of news is that we're going to Hawaii in September! We got a crazy good mileage credit card offer that basically paid for round trip tickets for D and I so we're taking advantage and going to Maui-- and bringing my mom along, too. I can't wait. Here are the latest pics of our day to day goings on... hope you're staying cool in your neck of the woods.