9 Month check-up

Miles had his 9 month check-up today! He's healthy - finally! The wheezing has been gone for nearly a month now. I couldn't be happier!

Miles weighed in at 19lbs 12oz, putting him in the 45% for boys his age.
He was only 28.5 inches long, putting him in the 55% for boys his age.
His Dr. said this wasn't a big growing time for him - his energy is going to development instead of growth.
I could have told her that. Miles is super mobile, very smart, and gaining in coordination every day! What a stud - he'll be starting pitcher for the A's in no time.

Miles didn't have to get a shot today. He's technically due for the Hep B booster, but the Dr. said that he could get that booster at 9 mo or 12 mo - she prefers to let him have a happy 9 mo appointment and to put all of the "hurt" into one. I'm totally OK with that!

I'm needing sleep. Shots would have made tonight a long night. Miles was up most of last night-screaming and sweaty. Our air conditioning wasn't working all day yesterday and most of today. A cooling tower went down, so the entire South tower (all 22 floors) was without A/C on the hottest couple days of our year so far. Being on the first floor on the side of the building facing the north tower, we don't get much air circulation at all. Our apartment hovered at a sweltering 95 degrees with nasty humidity for a very long time. Miles was angry - and rightfully so - but he did sleep with his own personal fan. Neither Nate or I got that!

Luckily - as of 7 pm tonight, the A/C is up and running again, but at 50% capacity. There are 2 cooling towers for our building and one is on order for arrival sometime next week. Let's just hope the 2nd tower doesn't go down, and if it does, let's hope for cooler weather!

Oh yeah - for your viewing pleasure - here's a video (taken tonight in our dark living room) of Miles laughing during his dinner time. I'm still not sure what was sooo funny!

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Miles is 9 months old today!

It's hard to believe that just nine months ago, Nate and I were hanging out in a birthing suite in Ames, Iowa - alone for the first time with our new little man! We had no idea what the next few months would look like or how much our lives would change (for the better, of course). Life since October 2008 has been incredible!!
After spending equal time breathing air and not breathing air, Miles appears to be a big fan of the outside. His curiousity gets the best of him most days. I can only imagine life inside gets boring. The same exact thing happens everyday. His personality is fun loving and mischevious. He loves to laugh, loves to move, and loves to cuddle.
Miles is changing sooo fast! Everyone tells you 'not to blink when raising an infant or you'll miss something!' Oh my - is that true! I never would have believed it until I had lived it! Miles was unable to move one morning, and was rolling across the floor by the afternoon. He was limited to rolling for a few weeks, and then he was crawling. The next day he was pulling himself up with furniture and now he's on the brink of walking. He's incredible and so smart already!

To try and capture how fast our last 9 months have flown, I've put together a little show! Enjoy!

So, to celebrate the big occasion, we went on Miles' first bike ride. He had a blast :) He was very intrigued with Nate's bike tires. What was he learning?!? I would love to know how his mind works. Unfortunately, I failed to get pictures of the bike event in action, but the last few pics in the video above are of Miles in his helmet just after we returned. We'll be better about documenting the ride next time. Promise!

Oh.. and to help Miles fit-in on the East coast, I gave him a partial haircut. I just trimmed around his ears and got rid of ALL 3 RAT TAILS!! This is only his 2nd haircut ever! Don't worry, ladies - I didn't touch the poofball on top!

Yeah for Life. Yeah for Miles !

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