Mylie-isms for November

Tuesday, November 1 We woke up early today and Daddy helped us to pack up the car so we could head down to Oregon to Grammie's house. We are going there to stay for a couple weeks while Daddy goes to India for work. Mylie was a great little traveler. She slept most of the way to Portland, where we stopped to meet with Penny, Doug & Desi before getting back on the road. Then she continued to sleep for most of the way to Bend, and even when she woke up - about an hour outside of Bend - she stayed quiet and content. Grammie was so excited to see us! She has all kinds of fun toys for Mylie to play with, and even got her her very own crib! It makes it much easier for Mylie to sleep away from home.

Wednesday, November 2 Mylie woke up feeling a little bit hot this morning. She also seemed very lethargic. Mommy kept an eye on her temperature, which peaked at only about 99.6. The sweet baby is still happy even when she doesn't feel her best.

Thursday, November 3 Mylie definitely has aquired her first cold! Poor thing is all stuffed up which makes it hard to nurse. Even worse than that, she absolutely HATES the "booger snatcher" that mommy uses to help clear out her nose. Who can blame her? We did go to Grammie's work to take a picture with all the other babies that were born to Grammie's co-workers this summer, but we tried to make sure we didn't get too close, so we didn't get them sick.

Friday, November 4 Mylie said Mama today!! It was clear and plain as day, and both Mommy and Grammie heard it. Of course, it was a complete fluke and she had no idea what she had done, but it was exciting to hear anyway!

Saturday, November 5 Uncle Cody, Kathi & Alyssa all came up from Klamath Falls to visit today. Mylie is finally starting to feel better, although she has some residual mucus in her sinuses. Kathi & Alyssa are staying until tomorrow, but Uncle Cody gets to stay with us all next week! Mylie really loves her Uncle Cody. Kathi, Grammie & Mommy played and played with Mylie and are watching her make continual progress with her crawling. She gets herself up on hands and knees now, and can rock back and forth. Occassionally, she will launch herself forward too. It won't be long now! We're taking bets on whether it will be before Daddy gets home from India!

Tuesday, November 8 Mylie is 5 months old today! She celebrated by showing Grammie how good she is at rolling. She rolled all across the living room and played all night. The rest of us got Cold Stone Ice Cream to celebrate, and Mylie got a couple tastes. She is so interested in what everyone is eating and drinking and always wants to try some, but the ice cream was a bit cold for her.

Wednesday, November 9 Grandpa Bryan drove up today to visit us. Mylie loves her Grandpa very much, and just stares and grins at him. Today she also discovered her tongue, and entertains herself by chewing on it - it looks very silly.

Thursday, November 10 Mylie gave her cold to Mommy! It probably won't be the last time, but Mommy was very glad that we were at least staying with Grammie instead of being home alone while Daddy's in India!

Friday, November 11 We left Grammie's today and drove to Portland. Mylie is the best little traveler...slept pretty much the whole way, even though it took an extra hour once we hit the traffic in Portland. We got a hotel in Beaverton, and then went out to dinner together. Grammie has taught Mylie to drink out of waterbottles and straws, so Mommy tried giving her drinks out of her water, but it was so cold, and appeared to give Mylie a cold headache. She shuddered, and her eyes turned really red! She also got a taste of Mommy's refried beans, but she absolutely did not like them. When we stopped at the gas station to fill up, the attendant noticed Mylie smiling at him from the back seat, and gave her some teddy bear stickers. She's a bit young for them still, so they'll go in her baby book.

When we got back to the hotel, Mylie was exhausted, so Mommy laid her down on the bed and went to brush her teeth. She must have woken up right away, because it was only a few seconds before Mommy heard a thud and came around the corner to see Mylie on the floor. Luckily, she was not hurt, but it had knocked the wind out of her and scared her pretty badly. She cried for a few minutes, but soon calmed down and was fine. We slept together on the bed, but Mylie has started taking after her Uncle Cody, and likes to turn circles in her sleep. She was soon cross-ways in the bed with her feet in Mommy's ribs. Mommy was not sleeping anyway, because she was up with a fever. When Mommy tried to move Mylie, she would wimper and start to wake up. Finally, Mommy gave up and moved to the foot of the bed and slept cross-ways too. This worked well until some other hotel guests tried to get into our room, thinking it was theirs. Luckily, they quickly realized their error and moved on.

Saturday, November 12 We checked out early and went to the Oregon Convention Center for a Time Out For Women's Conference, where we met Nana. Mylie was an angel all day long throughout the conference, even though she did not sleep much. Mommy got lots of exercise today, though, because she had to carry Mylie in her carrier, along with a bunch of other baby stuff, from the parking garage on one end of the conference center to the other. She is probably over 18 pounds now, and when combined with the weight of her infant carrier, is probably around 30. Mommy's arms were sore the whole next day!

We drove back home to Seattle immediately after the conference. Nana rode with us and Papa caravaned. We stoped in Chehalis at the Kit Carson Restaurant where Papa and Daddy had always stopped when Daddy was growing up. We ate dinner there and Mylie spent her first meal in a restaurant high chair. She is almost big enough to make it work, but she tended to lean and slide down a bit, which looked rather uncomfortable. After dinner Mommy & Papa got Peanut Butter Pie (too bad Daddy was in India...that's his very favorite!), and when Mommy got back from the bathroom she found Papa giving Mylie spoonfuls of whipped cream! Mylie absolutely loved it (who wouldn't?) and would try and feed herself. She would grab the spoon from Papa, and immediately wipe it all over her face...and her clothes...and Papa's clothes...and most anything else in the vicinity. There is a slight possibility that she actually tasted some, but most of it just went anywhere but her mouth. It was hilarious!

Monday, November 14 Mommy has a lot more respect for single parents now. Even though we have only been home alone for a couple days, we are definitely ready for Daddy to get home! Shannon and Anna came over in the afternoon for a little while, and then we went to their house and had dinner. Mylie always seems to get extra hyper around Anna, and she was rolling and almost-crawling like crazy. Anna just stares at her like "What a freak!" They are quite funny together.

Tuesday, November 15 Daddy got home today! Mylie and Mommy went to pick him up after going to a play day with the Mom's group. Daddy was excited to see us, but had gotten sick on the way home. Unfortunately, his luggage did not make the plane on the way back from Portland, so we had to leave without it and they didn't deliver it until midnight that night.

Friday, November 19 We left for Utah today on Mylie's second airplane trip. She was so good and fell asleep almost immediately. Daddy was jealous because Mylie got the window seat and fell asleep and wasn't even appreciating it! We got into Utah at about 11:00pm and Aunt Rachel picked us up from the airport. We stayed with Aunt Rachel & Uncle Steve, which was so fun, and they even had a crib and changing table for us to use. That makes travelling with a baby so much easier!

Saturday, November 20 Today we drove with Aunt Rachel to pick up Grandma Winters from the airport, and then the four girls all drove out to Park City to do some shopping at the outlet malls. Both Mommy & Mylie got some matching jeans at Old Navy. Daddy stayed home with Uncle Steve to play Super Techmo Bowl on their Nintendo, but Daddy was still recovering from his trip to India and ended up sleeping for most of the time we were gone. Poor Daddy.

Sunday, November 21 We went with Rachel & Steve to church today, and afterward were planning on going to Steve's sister's house for dinner. Steve's sister, Andrea and her husband, Jeff, have three boys - Taylor (8), Sam (3) and Carson (4 months). Mylie was really excited to get to meet Carson, but right before we were supposed to go over there, Andrea called to tell us she was on the way to the Emergency Room with Carson. He had been in his bouncy chair on the table, got bouncing too high, bounced off the table, over the dining room chair, fell face first on the slate floor and then the dining room chair fell on top of him. They were worried he'd broken his nose or got a concusion, but after a few hours in the ER and a few CAT scans, they determined that he was alright - just a little swollen and bruised. This is the 4th time this year that Andrea has taken one of the boys to the ER (both older boys have each broken an arm or two this year), and Mommy decided she was really glad she had a girl first. Now we're at least guaranteed not to have ALL boys. Mommy doesn't think she could handle it.

Monday, November 22 Steve & Rachel had to work today, so we hung out at their house with Grandma Winters. In the afternoon we decided to use Steve and Rachel's stroller and take a walk down to the market, about a half mile down the hill. It was fun, except for the trip back, which gave us all a good work out. Well, it gave Mommy & Daddy a good workout. Mylie was suggled in the stroller.

While we were eating lunch at the market, Mylie started getting a little fussy so Mommy gave her the plastic top from her drink cup to chew on. After a while Daddy started to worry that it would cut her and took it away from her, and Mylie started to scream. It was the first time we ever saw her get upset when we took something away. After that Daddy said she definitely wasn't getting it back!

Thursday, November 24 Happy Thanksgiving! Today was Mylie's first, and she even got to taste some mashed potatoes and some candied yams. She didn't like either one. She is still trying so hard to crawl and gets closer every day. She can make her legs go, but still can't coordinate the arms. Today Rachel & Mommy were playing with her on the floor and she actually moved her arms like she was going to crawl. We both got excited and gasped, which startled Mylie, so she stopped moving!

Friday, November 25 Mommy & Rachel got up super early to go shopping today, and Mylie stayed home with Daddy & Steve. Later that evening, Mommy, Daddy, Mylie & Steve all went out to dinner and then went to the mall to take in a little Christmas spirit. We were going to go see Harry Potter, but decided we were all too tired.

Monday, November 28 For a while now, Mylie has been working on talking. Every once in awhile she babbles something that sounds like a word. But this past week she has really found her voice. She is now accomplished in saying "bah bah" and "mah mah" and will chatter away, especially when she's getting her diaper changed. Daddy got her on video babbling away, and as he was playing with her she also started cracking up.

Tuesday, November 29 We flew home today, very early in the morning. Mylie didn't sleep through the whole flight this time and had a small break down part way through, but there were a ton of babies on that flight so no one really noticed.


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