Our Weekend

I know that I said on Saturday that I would post soon about hanging out with my friends.  I guess I took lazy to the extreme.  I really don't have an excuse, though I haven't been feeling my best, and Micah has been cranky with teething.  Anyway here I am, finally, several days later with a post.  I'm finally ready to post about Honda's Battle of the Bands.  Of course, I was so focused on the bands that I managed to not take pictures of the people that I was with, except Micah, of course.  Micah had a blast.  We all did.  Micah was clapping, dancing, and singing.  My best friend said she thinks he's going to be a drum major.  He really has decided that he likes music lately.  Here are the pictures in a slideshow, because there are absolutely too many to post one at a time.

It's in reverse order for some odd reason, and I'm too lazy to figure out why or how to fix it.  At the end of the whole thing, all of the bands played on the field together.

Sorry for the shaky camera.  It's heavy, and Micah was going back and forth between Mikey and I.

Sunday, we went to church, and then spent the rest of the day at home.  My best friend came over and we sat around talking for a few hours.  Yesterday was spent with a cranky little boy.  Today was even worse.  It's almost 7:30pm, and he's in the bed.  Hopefully for the rest of the night.  Hopefully, he gets over whatever is going on with him, and tomorrow is a better day for both of us.  I don't really know what's wrong.  He's crying for no reason. I feel like I'm back in the newborn stage where I was figuring out what his cries meant.  I've tried feeding him, changing his diaper, putting him down for a nap, singing to him, and playing with him.  He's not happy with anything.  I don't know if it's the teething, if he's getting sick, or if he's just sick of being around me all day, everyday.  He wasn't even happy with Mikey tonight.  This mommy is in need of a break.  But I love him to pieces.

And because I don't want to end this blog post whining about my cranky toddler, here's another video for you.  It features Micah eating applesauce.  Nowadays when he's eating applesauce, he'll spoon it into his mouth for the first few bites, then he picks up the bowl and drinks it down.  Enjoy.  Micah sure did.

Moving Around Furniture

You know those people who get bored and redecorate.  You're walking through your house, and something catches your eye. Or something annoys you, and you know there must be a way to organize it differently to be more efficient.  Or maybe you just want to try something new, just to see if it will work.  I think I may be one of those people.  Case in point, earlier this week, Micah's room went from this...

... to this...

Basically, I moved the crib to where the shelf had been.  The shelf went to where the dresser had been.  The dresser to the crib's spot.  His chair moved downstairs.  It may make it's way back into his room eventually, but I'm not sure.  Nothing on the wall changed, but I want to change the walls up too, and add some things in the blank spaces over the dresser and shelf.  I just don't know what to add yet.  Pinterest, however, is helping me make the decision.  Of course, I'll let you know when it changes.  Oh, and we managed to make progress on the closet.  It's still not what I envision it to be, but I'm working on a non-existent budget.  Here it is.

I finally organized the clothes that Micah has outgrown.  I want to get matching containers and separate the different sizes into their own containers.  I also have to find containers to hold the soft items on the shelf, like his homemade boppy and the bumper.  We're not even going to talk about the stuff on the floor.  I don't have anywhere else to store it.  We're keeping any- and everything that can be used for Baby Giles #2.

I really think it's an illness.  You know, moving furniture out of boredom.  I'm working on it.  Micah had no problem at all with the changes.  It's been a few days since we've made the changes to his room, and I think we're going to keep the room like this for a while.   Or at least until another round of boredom causes more rearranging to happen.

Today, we're hanging out with a couple of my best friends.  Look for that post soon.  Probably tomorrow, if I'm not too lazy.

More Micah's Randoms

Here you go for your viewing pleasure.  This first video is Micah's response to any question that you ask him currently.  No matter what you ask him, this is his answer.  It's really funny, because if I tell him something, he's okay with it.  If I rephrase and ask the same thing as a question, this is his response.  He seems to understand voice inflection well enough to know when I'm asking a question.  Either that or I'm one of those mothers who thinks that they're kid is a genius when they anything but...  That could be the case.  Micah does seem pretty smart to me.  Case in point: Micah is saying thank you.  Whenever I give him something {usually food} he clearly says thank you {sounds like tet too} before he takes it.  I tell you my kid is a genius, and a well-mannered one at that.   

This second video is Micah's reaction to being asked to walk on the grass.  Micah loves the outdoors.  He always has.  What he doesn't like is touching the grass or sand.  It's so weird.  I think it's a sign of his genius. 

Oh, and to top it off, he's studying to be a photographer.  He's working from a self taught angle.  Just look at the composition in these shots.  He's a natural.

These photos speak to me. I'm going to bed now.  You may or may not be able to tell that I'm sleepy.

Throwback Friday

Micah's Randoms

Beware, this post is full of randomness.  If that doesn't frighten you away, carry on.

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I may have a Linus on my hands.  Micah was caught dragging his blanket around behind him last night.

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He's such a clown.  Yesterday afternoon, he was walking around with a clipboard and a pen.  He would bang the pen against the clipboard, and he had a lot to say.  If he was the boss, I would be afraid someone was getting fired.  I only regret that I did not have a camera in my hand to videotape this.  There's really never a dull moment in the Giles household.

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Micah also has this habit of stretching out.  He will see something that he wants to investigate more closely, and lay down on his belly in front of it to play with the item.  We have been told by his eye doctor that he will be near sighted.  I hope this is more of his way of investigating and not a sign that his eyes need to be corrected already.  I can't imagine trying to keep glasses on his face.  He's playing with a spoon in these pictures.

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Finally, I'm including a picture of his new {to him} shoes.  {Just for you Mimi.}  I finally got to check out Kid 2 Kid.  They had some nice things.  Of course, the selection for girls is better, but I was able to find a few things for Micah, these shoes included.  He actually likes having them on, and will sometimes go get them so that I can put them on for him.

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Also, I could have totally written this blog post.  Minus the exercise, because let's be realistic, exercising is really not in me.  I went to bed at around 11:40pm last night.  That is really a huge thing for me, since it's nothing for me to go to bed at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning or later.  Small steps.