Long Hair

To keep the hair out of her eyes, we sometimes put her hair up in a top-knot... not sure if she could be any cuter... seriously...

Ticklish

One morning, Amelia let on that she had a tickle spot on her back... fun for all!

Here comes the choo-choo train

Miles has long been in love with trains. Up in Soda Springs, where no actual trains were available, Miles invented his own game of lining up chairs sequentially and turned them into a "train" where I then recite a nursery rhyme.

One of the most amazing gifts of Soda Springs has been watching Miles' imagination just blossom. We've seen it emerge lately as he has played with his kitchen and cooking, but up there without TV and the readily available entertainment of other kids at daycare, Miles was forced to come up with his own games. He had no problem doing it. Cars had voices and adventures. Animals were created, and trains were made from chairs.

Walkabout

I took Miles out for a mid-morning walkabout while Lina attended to Amelia's morning routine (feed, burp, feed, change, nap).

It was cold enough to wear a winter hat, three layers and bright enough to need sunglasses. We now try to get him wearing sunglasses anytime he's out in the bright sun. He has sensitive eyes and if we don't protect them they get red and water terribly.

Note: the hat he is wearing WAS my favorite hat, until Lina (my sweet wife who I adore) washed and dried it. It shrank massively. Now we hope its Miles' favorite hat.

Someone queue a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack.

We sumitted a granite peak and celebrated...

and threw rocks (notice the rock just above and behind Miles hand).

Mommy Miles and the Meadow

Early Sunday morning of our first day in Soda Springs this year, Miles and Mommy sat looking out over the meadow. It was a beautiful June morning, cool but not cold. The sun was just up and with coffee in hand and full bellies they sat soaking in the view. I sat soaking up the moment.

Oh no...where was Mia?

Dualing Bloggers!!!

So Tim and I decided that since we haven't blogged in the better part of a month, we were going to take our (rockin'!) Saturday night and devote it to publishing our lives.

While this is a good thing to do, likely we will have things out of order, discombobulated, and (potentially) confusing.

Sorriboutit!!

:)

3 Days -> 3 Weeks!!!

So it has been AGES since we blogged. Here's what happened...

On June 19th, we decided to head up to Soda Springs to open for the weekend. Towards the end of the weekend, we figured out that Tim had internet access so he could "work" a bit and we decided to stay a week! (So fun.)

Towards the end of that week, Tim and I started talking about heading home. We needed to go home as we had to take care of the house: mail was stacking up, a Zappos box was on the landing, and the house was a mess. But Tim asked the question, "Do you need to go?" And the obvious answer was "no". So Tim and Miles headed down the hill where Tim did 4 intense working days at the office, Miles went to daycare, and I stayed up in the mountains with little Miss thing. It was far more emotional for me than I expected it to be to watch them drive away 2/3rds of my family was driving away!!

The boys then came up for the July 4th weekend (yay!) and we stayed up there until I had to return to work. Dado and Beebles came out on the 6th and we had a great week with them. Looming over my head was the whole work thing, but I kept it at the back on my mind and enjoyed my last days on maternity leave.

We came home last Sunday, sent Amelia off to daycare on Monday. I had "Lina Day" on Monday where I got my hair cut, bought some new clothes, had a glass of wine with Tim at lunch, and napped! On Tuesday, I headed into the office!!!

The week has been really emotional, but very good. I have been sad being away from my Little Bug, but it has been great to start to use my brain again.