Mylestones

Several firsts happened this week. On Thursday, Myles grabbed one of his feet for the first time. He began a new scream too, we still can't tell whether it's a scream of delight or distress, but it's clear that it's voluntary. He seems to just want to hear himself scream at certain times of the day. Yesterday, we went for our first hike with Myles and Juniper. We went with the Burnet family (their daughters are ages 4 and 6) as well as two friends of their daughters and their dog, Stuart. We were a happy bunch with a lot of energy to begin the hike. I was carrying Myles in a sling. Then, about 10 minutes into the hike, we stopped by the river for some fun, and Myles had a loud, large poop. The thing about the sling is that when Myles poops while he's in it, it tends to be an up-the-back poop. I guess it's the law of physics or something, since the pressure is on his butt when he's in the sling. So Seth ran back to the car to get the diaper bag. Meanwhile, Juniper played happily in the river. She's a total river dog, she loves it. When Seth got back, Colleen helped with another first...the first time Myles' diaper has ever been changed while he's being held upright. So we changed his diaper and his whole outfit (sure enough, it was up the back), and kept on hiking. We had lots of fun, but Myles quickly let us know he did not want to be held facing in, so we all took turns holding him facing out. Then this morning, Myles pulled my hair for the first time. A tight little grip, that one. (It wasn't intentional, he just sort of mechanically closes his fist on whatever his hand happens to land on.) We can't wait to see what he'll do next!! Today, we are off to a Memorial Day pool party, so Myles will get to wear a swimsuit for the first time ever and go in the pool with Seth. And Seth has tomorrow off, so that makes it a very nice, long weekend.