Summer Shenanigans

We have been having such a fun filled summer I haven't had time to blog! Milo is continuing to amaze all of us, and our love for him grows with each smile. He is great at sitting, has started creeping/army crawling, has much more of an opinion, has started really using his hands well, is now reaching his arms up when he wants to be held (which means he also lets us know who he wants to hold him as well! It's no surprise that when he's tired or hungry, he reaches for Mom and when he's in the mood to party, he loves Dad!), is getting good at playing with toys, and has continued to love nothing more than being rocked and sung to! He's SO affectionate and loves to snuggle, hug, and kiss. He has also been really healthy this summer! His congestion and eyes have cleared up, and all three of our other kids have gotten strange illnesses this summer, but Milo has been able to avoid all of them! The only thing he caught was a common cold last week. I'm amazed! It seems like at first he was CONSTANTLY sick. He is growing like crazy, too! Last time I weighed him he was nearly 18 pounds! He is much taller and stronger as well.

We continue to feed him mainly his funky homemade formula, and I love it! It's providing him healthy, whole food nutrition and it's working; he's growing like a weed! He also has Early Intervention every week now. His same developmental specialist comes every other week, and a physical therapist comes the other weeks. They are both such kind, loving women and they really love Milo. They're helping him develop and hit more milestones then I dreamed possible in such a short amount of time!

He has had such a great time playing with his brother and sisters all day everyday, and I am going to miss my helpers once they go back to school!

We've had a couple of fun vacations this summer! We went to St. George for Father's Day,

spent some time in Snowbird,

then headed to Lake Powell in July. Milo made our annual Lake Powell trip a bit complicated, as we had to haul a generator down to power his massive oxygen concentrator, but it was all worth it! He had fun swimming, tubing, and hanging out with family!

Milo has really found his place. He is happy and content and loves to be home. He is such a cheeseball lately! I love his smiley little self! It's not hard to fall in love with this peanut!

We've had fun at Children's Museums,

 gotten lots of quality sleep in,

 had a few haircuts,

 and even met Elsa and Anna! We've stayed busy and had fun every single day!

One of our favorite holidays is the 4th of July! This year was no exception. Milo wore patriotic clothes for over a week! We sure did celebrate this boy's first 4th as a U.S. citizen with vigor!

Milo got to "march" in his first parade on the 4th!

He also enjoyed a family party and watching firerworks!

Having a little rest on dad waiting for it to get dark enough for fireworks

We sure had a good holiday!

Perhaps my favorite new thing about Milo is how cheesy he can be. He has discovered that if he makes funny faces, we laugh. He likes it when we laugh at him. He's a natural class clown ;) I mean, seriously. Look at those faces! Hahahaha!!!

This is my favorite face of all time. It's the "old Chinese man" face. Ha!

 

Alright, man! You are too cute to handle. I'll give you anything in the world!

We're getting close to Milo's 5 month gotchaversary (on August 10th). I can't believe we've been home so long, but I also can't believe we ever functioned without this babe. We love you, Milo Man!!