The Habegger Family: December 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Splish Splash

Mise was takin' a bath.

With his new water table, that is. Santa brought Miles a water table for use this summer OUTSIDE, but we couldn't resist. We set it up in the basement on our "waterproof" carpet and let Miles have at it. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. Pouring water all over himself, the floor, etc.

Christmas was really lovely this year. Well, it's always wonderful, but this year was especially great with Miles at an age where he could enjoy the festivities. We stayed in town for Christmas Eve and Day morning, something we haven't done in all the years Josh and I have been together. We had a wonderful meal with the Habegger family at Nate and Cassie's, then came home and viewed our traditional Christmas movie, Love Actually. We headed to my parents on Christmas Day and spent a little time with Lu and Kurt before they headed off to celebrate with his family. The Ft. T visit was really special this year because we spent time with my uncle Ned and cousin Jennifer. Josh and I hadn't seen them since Lu and Kurt's wedding! They are such dear and fun people, and we really enjoyed the visit. We also got to catch up with our friends, the Fritsche's. Miles liked Ben a lot, so much so that he thought it appropriate to eat Ben's pancakes right off of his plate!

A few Christmas pics. For some reason blogger was giving me an error message when I tried to post more pics. Here are a couple that worked.

After the chaos.

Josh very generously gave Miles and me a new bike and buggy. Can't wait to try it out!

Actually I tried the bike on Sunday when it was semi-warm. It's awesome!!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas came early

for the Habeggers. Josh's family came over on Saturday for a yummy meal and afternoon/evening of visiting, playing Wii, eating, etc. Miles had a great time with his cousins, as always.

Before we celebrated, we headed downtown to see Santa and his reindeer.

Then on Sunday, Miles had the good fortune to meet Santa at the Highland Santa Brunch, this time all decked out in a spiffy robe. Miraculously Miles gave Santa a smile both times and sat nicely on his lap. Wonder what he asked for...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Shine Your Light

Josh got into the competitive spirit this year with lights. He spent the good bit of an afternoon just after Thanksgiving stringing lights all around the house. Meanwhile, our neighbors across the street were stringing their lights.

Josh came inside after it got dark and decided that we needed more lights. Several other neighbors followed suit and our street is quite the winter wonderland.

Last weekend we had our annual holiday party. Miles was quite happy to help get ready for the evening's festivities.

And a couple of miscellaneous pictures...

Tackle! With the Stormer girls.

Still loves to jump. He's about at the weight limit, though!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Gobble Gobble and Happy Birthday!

Here we are into December already, and I'm just now getting around to posting our Thankgiving pics. Oh well, it's only been a week, right?
We spent a lazy couple of days in Berne over Thanksgiving eating fabulously and lounging on the great new furniture. :) Then we came home in time to celebrate Josh's 33rd birthday on Sunday (along with an ugly Colts win).

This new chair is comfy. And it seats 4 just fine!

Miles has started chasing Archie all over the place. Even after he is bitten, he'll cry and then go right back for more.

My November birthday boys.

Reinbaby and Reindog.

So cute.

I don't want to forget!

Lauren's little Fred Flintstone toes (they are all the same length). (March 2012)
Every night Miles insists on being tucked in with several blankets - the Johnny blanket and the Lauren blanket (made for each of his siblings), the Lolly blanket (made for him by Lolly), and the bunny blanket (made by his great grandma). We can hardly see him after he's tucked in! (March 2012)
How soft Lauren's skin is. How quickly her little fingernails grow. All the magic that is a little babe. Especially since this quiet sleeping child will turn into a mobile tornado in the not too distant future. (February 2012)
The way that John runs into me at full force and buries his head into my legs. Good thing it's pants weather because my pants are always covered in snot. (January 2012)
Miles sometimes will raise his hand and wait for us to address him before telling us something. (January 2012)
My little Miles coming around the corner into our bedroom yesterday saying "Happy Birthday, Mommy" with a big smile on his face. He proceeded to tell me lots more times during the day (and even first thing this morning). (June 2011)
The boys stayed in Berne last week. Grandma came out to find Miles on the phone. She asked who he was calling and he said "Bearsie." (June 2011)
Miles loves to say prayers at night. I sit beside him and fold my hands. He slides his little hands inside of mine, and he mouths the prayer right along with me. (May 2011)
Miles has been so excited about the Christmas lights this year. He loves to go to the front windows and holler for us to turn on the outside lights. He points out every house that we pass with lights - "Lights, Lights!" (December '10)
Miles has started to take real pride in helping out around the house. He loves to carry his plate to the sink and gets the cutest look on his face. His eyes get really big and he turns his mouth into a little "o." (October '10)
The way it feels to hold and rock my boys (when they let me). (September '10)
Miles is working on pumping his legs while he swings. It's so cute - he moves them like he's running in the air. (September '10)
The first thing Miles does in the morning is run into John's room and either try to climb into the crib with him or give him kisses if he's already up. (September '10)
One of my most favorite times of day is right after both boys wake up from their afternoon naps. John and I go into Miles room and crawl into bed with him. We lie around and read books for awhile. (August '10)
John squeals the tarzan call right back at Miles now. Sometimes he covers his ears when Miles gets too loud. (August '10)
John has started to give "hugs" and "kisses." The big, open mouthed, slobbery kind. (August '10)
Miles LOVES Sesame Street. At the end of this "Play With Me, Sesame" show, Grover gives this great fake laugh. EVERYTIME, Miles finishes the show with "heh, heh, heh." It's so funny and cute - don't want to forget his sweet little sense of humor! (August '10)
We're working on appropriate voice projection (speaking up when talking to others, quieting down when hollering in John's ears, etc). Today at the pool Miles walked into the snack shack and started talking to the guys behind the counter rattling off what he wanted to eat for lunch at an appropriate volume. Never mind that we weren't staying. Nice effort, though. (June '10)
The way John looks at Miles and lights up. Miles was making his funny tarzan call while I was changing John the other day. He couldn't take his eyes off of his big brother and smiled that whole face smile I love! (May '10)
We asked Miles who his best friend was expecting the answer to be YaYa. To our surprise he replied, "Onna." Since that first time, it has gone back and forth between Onna and YaYa. (April '10)
Our nephew, Brady, found a baby turtle yesterday. When my father-in-law asked him what he wanted to name it, Brady replied, "John, because he is tiny and cute." (April '10)
Miles' Tarzan call. Our neighbors can hear it through the windows! It disappeared while Archie was gone and came back in full force once he returned.
When waking up or dozing off to sleep, Miles practices his vocals. Lately he runs through the roster of his family: Mommy, Daddy, YaYa (his doggie lovey, "Captain Yapper"), and sometimes Archie. Glad to know that we do come before YaYa. (December 09)
Miles has picked up a very rude habit lately that just cracks us both up. A certain nameless person around here drinks the remains of the cereal bowl at breakfast. Miles has started to do this and thinks he's a hoot! (August 09)
Miles loves to "touch noses." Today I caught him touching noses with himself in the mirror. (March 09)
I just finished reading a new book to Miles. As soon as I had read the last page, he promptly started clapping like "nice narration, mama." (March 09)
Last week Josh noticed that beggar Archie would sit right beneath Miles while he ate, growl when he wanted a bite, and Miles would nonchalantly reach down and hand him a piece of dinner. When Archie wanted another bite, he'd growl again and Miles would again feed him from his hand. (March 09)
While driving the other afternoon, Miles kept saying Mama mama mama. When I would look back at him, he'd smile and clap. (January 09)
Miles has discovered pushing off of things. Like at lunch the other day, his highchair was on wheels and he pushed back into the middle of the restaurant. He did the same thing with the kitchen table at home. (January 09)