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Oh air conditioning, how I love you! You are by far the greatest invention. EVER.

You make me nicer to people because I'm not hot.
You make me smell better because I'm not sweaty.

Because of these two very important reasons, we decided to turn you on last night, March 14th.

Before Easter.
Before Memorial Day.
Before the first day of spring.
Before I wanted to kill someone.

It was a good decision.

Here are some photos of our new entryway floor. We are so pleased with how it turned out and have more confidence and enthusiasm to start on our kitchen this summer. Hopefully it will turn out as well.

Before:

After:

Also, Miles got his third and fourth teeth this weekend. You would think that it would be the top middle two that came in next. Nope. We are living with a little baby vampire these days. If he'll ever let me take a picture of them, I will post it.

Miles's eight month of life has been all about moving. He likes to go up the stairs, rough and tumble with Dad, swing outside, and climb over people and pillows and toys. It is so much fun to see him learn about the world around him.

He is expanding his palate as well. Some of his new favorites include refried beans (how could he not love these?) sour cream, and sloppy joes. Ha! He's also enjoyed salsa (medium hotness) Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, and chicken tetrazini. He pretty much loves anything that we are eating, but he doesn't quite connect that he can put the food in his own mouth. We really like that he enjoys trying new things--he's come a long way from rice cereal!

Miles LOVES going to the store and riding in the shopping buggy (in the South they are not called carts). He likes the fabric store (I'm sewing a quilt with some girls in Relief Society) and Target (who doesn't like Target?) and Home Depot (more later about our home redecorating). It's really fun when we have outings since he likes it so much.

Below are some of the highlights from his 8th month of life:

we installed baby gates:

first time in a buggy:

first Valentine (from Dad). He also may have had a teeny bite of a Dunkin Donut:

Sucking his thumb:

Chewing the table:

Swinging in the back yard:

Looking adorable:

Giving attitude:

Helping with the laundry:

Getting over croup (this picture makes me so sad--he looks miserable!):

helping me pick out fabric (and trying to climb out of the buggy):

enjoying mealtime:

and the most adorable thing you will ever see:


He does always eventually get his duckie:

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.