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This morning when I woke up, I naively thought that perhaps the climbing the stairs last night was a one time thing. ha! When I tried to take the first video, Miles got so distracted by the camera that he forgot about the stairs, so I had to put the bowl up there as incentive.

I have no idea where Miles gets his athleticism or his muscles. Today he learned how to do this all by himself. Conveniently, we just bought a baby gate to prevent him from toppling down the stairs. Guess I didn't think that he would soon be able to climb them.

Below are some photos of me when I learned how to climb the stairs. Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Although in this case, it seems to have fallen about 4 months sooner.

Here is the other video I was trying to load earlier. It shows off some of his new skills like climbing up to standing, exploring the stairs, and "talking."

Make sure to see the post below with the other fantastic new video -- swinging!

Here's a video of the new swing we bought Miles for Christmas. We finally found time to put it up because the weather has been in the sixties this whole year, and then what happened the next day? It snowed. Seriously. Just some flurries but it hasn't gotten out of the thirties, so we will have to wait until Wednesday when it will hopefully be warm enough to swing again.

Just another video to add to the collection. Now I see why all of us grandkids loved "killing" Poppee's bug. Apparently, it's even fun for little babies like Miles. How could he not like this game? It was invented by his namesake.

Here are some videos I took today while Miles was being his usual active self. (I'm having trouble getting my favorite video on here, so hopefully Bart can help me tomorrow night.) Now I just have to figure out how to get Miles to slow down and eat something!

Miles has had a busy seventh month of life. He has learned how to be VERY mobile and by extension seems to feel somewhat liberated. He can get to his toys without help; he can crawl, sit, and pull to standing all by himself. And what's more, he can get into mischief all by himself. What fun for everyone! Other wonderful things he has accomplished is sleeping through the night--what I consider through the night--meaning like 12 hours at a time without needing to eat. IT IS GLORIOUS.

He loves "running" through the house nudey-tudey (or bare-buttsky) depending on which side of the family you're from. He also enjoys banging things together to make noise--this week it was our metal measuring cups. My favorite thing that he has learned is how to shriek. We alternate with each other making shrieking noises, which he thinks is hilarious. He shrieks the most when he is super excited about something, ie, getting naked. (Notice a trend?) He is a wonderful little boy and a joy to be around. We love him so much!

He hadn't ever seen cartoons, so one day during breakfast I decided to expose him to some culture--the Care Bears.  




I got a sewing machine from my parents for Christmas and the first thing I wanted to make was a simple quilt for Miles. We went to the fabric store and he helped me pick out the fabric. He immediately loved it when I put it in front of him and he used his thumb to point at it over and over again, which he does when he is really interested in a toy or something new. After I showed him a few other fabric options and he barely looked at them, I showed him this fabric again, and he got super excited and smiled and jabbed his thumb on it again. I knew this was the fabric for him! Below is a video of us giving him his new quilt. I think he liked it quite a bit and gets super excited any time we pull it out for him to play on. Makes me feel pretty awesome!

Miles made a monster out of an clementine using his great big teeth!