Milo celebrates Chanukah

Milo headed up to his grandparents' house for the holiday. Here he is with his Grampy discussing the Jets poor excuse for a season:



And here he is doing his father's hair in case company arrives:

Newish tricks: Sitting

Milo is in a stage where it seems that nothing is more fun than crawling over to some not-really stable object and pulling himself up to standing on it. He's very good at that, but he is still working on what to do when he no longer wants to stand next to some particular thing.

This is not his most graceful example, but it works.

Sunday in the park with Milo

About a month ago, before it got really cold, we met our friends and their kids at a nearby playground. They have a magic camera that makes everything in the pictures it takes look good (not that my wife and child need the help).


Adventure Milo!

Random cute pictures

Milo in the Bass Flintstone/Phantom Tollbooth car. Doesn't he look like he's out for a jaunty little drive?
Post bath:

Get up, get up, and get down.

Milo is now an official baby, and not just an infant: he crawls, he eats baby food, and he pulls himself up to standing on various objects around the house:

Of course, this provides many opportunities for falling down, of which he has taken ample advantage.

Dr. Teeth!

We've been trying to get a decent picture of Milo's two teeth to post, but it hasn't been easy. Oh, sure, when we're not aiming a lens at him he shows them off constantly, but try to record it on 'film' and he thwarts us every time. Here's an example where he's smiling away with his mouth open, but his tongue is covering his teeth:


So after that happened a bunch of times, we tried pulling his lip down and exposing his teeth. Sometimes this merely failed ...


... and sometimes it failed embarrassingly:


So after all that, we have two pictures on offer. One of the lip-pulling-down variety:


and one where we've captured a still from a video shot just for this purpose:


Next up: genuine crawling!

Catching some Zs

Milo has this odd habit of sleeping with his butt in the air.


In his crib, it's even cuter, as he's usually pressed into the corner as if he had been desperately trying to escape and only fell asleep after digging at the wall with a spoon for a few hours: