Recent Family Photos

Here are some recent family photos that our friend Jerry took. Myles was right around 11 months when we took these.

Our Christmas card this year. Blake and I designed it. 

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Learning New Stuff

It always seems like little ones start new things in spurts. For example: I remember when it was like a matter of 2 days and Myles had learned to crawl, pull up on stuff and started saying two new words. It seems as though something just clicks and they take off. We have been having some of those moments around our house lately and my "baby" is seeming more and more like a big boy everyday.

I have a couple short stories/examples of what has been going on in the Revelle house lately.

1. I finally broke down and went and bought the boy a couple pairs of "striderite" shoes. In my mind I was thinking... "Are you kidding me...how much for a pair of baby shoes? They better make him a star track athlete..." Well it turns out, they are wonderful for little ones to start walking in and little man is sooooo close. He is pushing his walker (on his own) all over the house, walking around objects with just holding on with one hand,  standing on his own for 10-30 seconds, and walking places with us, while just holding one of our hands.

2. I have been trying to get him to clap for what seems like forever. Then yesterday, while walking through Walmart and watching Elmo sing and dance (something we have to do every time we are in the store... he's the boy's favorite!) he started clapping. Yea buddy! Since then, he has been doing it on command and is so stinkin' cute while doing it!

3. The other day, Myles crawled over to the stereo and turned it on. I didn't even know he knew how to do that! Not only did he turn on the radio, he continued to change the stations until he found something he liked. He ended up leaving it on Far East Movement's "Like a G6". He then proceeded to pull himself up and bounce his booty up and down!!! So hilarious! Now I know what you're thinking...hmmm Whitney where would he have heard this kind of music... WELL not from me folks... I only listen to Baby Einstein and K Love. It must just be in his blood because Mommy likes a good beat every now and then. :)

Here is the link to the music video so you can see the kind of trash my son prefers!

Far East Movement- "Like a G6"

4. Myles sometimes comes in bed with me in the mornings for some extra cuddle time. Well, this particular morning he had gotten ahold of my phone and I figured it was pretty safe since the lock was on it. Well,  Myles figured out how to get it unlocked and when I got to my phone, the boy was on FACEBOOK! So he had unlocked the phone, navigated to my "apps" screen and pushed the facebook app! He must see daddy doing that too much.... that's all I can say. ;)

5. Myles vocabulary now consists of "mama", "dada", "baba", "hey", "bu bye", "nana", "Emmo", "dog", and "ball". He is also trying to mimic really anything you say. Like tonight, I asked him if he was ready to go night night, and he then replied "Ny Ny". But the words above are the ones that he is consistently saying. The other day he was looking at his animal books and turned to the "dog" page. Without me saying anything he repeated the word "dog" about 10 times! It was so cool for me to see that he recognized what a dog was in a book!

These are his favorite animal books!

  

6.  There are ducks on the cover of one book (as you can see above) and there are also some ducks in the middle of another book. Myles kept the ducky cover book on his lap, the proceeded to flip through the other books until he found the other ducks. Once he found them, he laid them side by side and waved his his hands in the air excitedly. What a smart boy! He made a match! 

These are just some of the new and exciting things Myles is doing lately. It is so much fun to see how smart and strong he is getting!

Myles' ABC book

Here is the link to Myles' ABC Book that I made for his birthday coming up. I can't believe my baby is going to be 1 in a couple of weeks!

Myles' ABC Book

Tis' the Season

We are getting ready for Christmas here at the Revelle house. Lots of decorating, shopping, treat making and going to see Santa. It is so fun how there are so many "firsts" with having a lil' guy. I am also loving that he is at a wonderful age to take it all in. 

So far, he is being a respecter of mommy's rules with the decorations. He has him moments when he wants to push the limits and see if "no" really does in fact mean no. And... he quickly finds that it does. Every time we turn the tree lights on we get a big "ohhhhh" in his wierdly high voice. I think mommy and daddy are more excited for Christmas that Myles is. :)

 Myles and mommy messing around one morning taking some pictures.

 We went to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. This picture is of Blake and Myles checking out the fish. He loves the fish!

 Love my boys.

 Daddy took Myles over to see Mr. Bear.

 Mr. Bear was very scary! Blake had red marks on the back of his arms from Myles pinching and grabbing them. Poor little guy was trying to get away from it. Mean daddy thought it was funny. Ok, so did mommy.

 Checking out the cool elevators.

 Such a big boy. We were waiting in line and it was time for his bottle. So we just gave him his bottle and tilted the stroller back and he was totally content to feed himself. 

 Checking out Santa for the first time. 

 He was so enamored with Santa's beard. Aw... look at his sweet little hands.  

 Just taking it all in. No tears or anything. We haven't quite come across the "stranger danger" yet.

Enjoying a treat from Santa.

This was our free photo we got from Bass Pro Shop. He cheesed it up nicely for the photo.

The video of Myles meeting Santa.

Boys are Getting Bigger

Myles and I love going to visit our friends Julie and Finn. Finn was born 2.5 months after Myles and it's been fun to see them go through changes together. Finally, they are able to interact and play a little more.

 Finn wasn't so sure what to think of Myles climbing all over him. My child is a monkey!

 Yes, we had to practice "good touches" like we do with our puppies. I can't have a baby bully on my hands.

 Finn thought Myles was silly. I love this picture of sweet Finn.

And... there's my child doing what he does best. Probably filling his pants! 

Bush Those Teeth

Little man now has 7, yes 7, teeth! This month we have started making brushing our teeth part of our bedtime routine. He loves his tooth brush! Well, he loves chewing on it anyway.

Surprise Surprise

So I was doing laundry and decided it would be good to wash his high chair cover. YIKES! Look what we found under the cover. Someone was saving stuff for later.

Needless to say, I will be cleaning it out a little sooner next time!