Did You know? Cradle Cap edition

Miles has had nasty cradle cap since he was born. (For anyone without kids, cradle cap is bright yellow oily flakes on your baby's scalp, kind of like dandruff, but it doesn't flake off.) Now, I know that cradle cap is not painful, itchy, or even uncofortable for your baby. It's not even necessarily a bad thing! Our problem is that Cameron and I are both pickers. We were picking at Miles scalp to try to clear it up, when in reality his body would just make more.

I did tons of research on what I could do to clear it up. Many people use the special cradle cap shampoo and say that it is ok, but there are also those that say it didn't work on bad cases. Didn't want to spend money if it doesn't work!

What I found from mother after mother was that *Olive Oil* did the trick!!

Did You Know?!

I rubbed a small amount of Olive oil into Miles's hair (it was regular olive oil, pretty sure EVOO works fine, too!) . I let it sit while he ate his dinner so he wouldn't make a mess of the house,

then stuck him into the tub to play. I rubbed his scalp with a baby brush as directed, but that wasn't really getting the flakes up. so I took a comb and brushed with a slight amount of pressure backwards (forehead back) a few times. I then washed his hair twice and finished his bath. Result: No Cradle cap 2 months later!!!!

What a great trick!!!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Big holidays are hard on us, as we have no immediate family close-by. This was the 3rd year in a row we spent Thanksgiving away from everyone, and we're hoping to break that streak next year...

That being said, we drove on up to Paradise to spend it with a wonderful family that I've known for a long time. We had been trying to get our families together for quite sometime now, and the last time I had seen them I was 6 months pregnant!

I was thrilled to see all 6 of the Halls! Thanks you to Dan, Kerry, Ben, Peter, Emily & Chris for welcoming us into your home for such a big day. We enjoyed catching up, and while the men hung outside smoking ribs on Dan's home-made "white trash smoker" (made from two aluminum trashcans and other random items) enjoying lord knows how many brews, the women stayed in while Kerry readied the meal chatting about life and kids. The kids all took turns playing with Miles, and he was in heaven! Big kids that want to play with him?! Yes!

The halls also have two dogs that Miles chased around (and vice-versa) and enjoyed the slobbery kisses from.

We had an abundant meal of Ribs...so many ribs...ham, two kinds of Sweet Potatoes, biscuits, & coleslaw.

What a wonderful day spent with such wonderful people.

Hope you all had a great Turkey Day and had to unbutton your pants before supper was over.

Miles's First Birthday (catch-up)

Miles turned one on October 5th!

Miles at 4:11pm 10/05/10...one year to the minute of his birth!!

What a Milestone (pun intended)! I had a hard time getting used to the idea that he is no longer a baby, but now my rough and tumble toddler. But what a celebration we had! We sent out the invitations to just family and local "family" because we have such a small little place, but almost everyone locally showed up!! His birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, and because James and Grace wouldn't be able to make it to his party, we decided to have a cake and balloons and presents at work on his birthday. How fun!

The kids were so excited to sing to him and to help him blow out his candle.

We had cake, then Miles opened his present (with the help of J & G) from the twins

and he was overjoyed with his Choo choo!!

Grandma and Grandpa Stone came on Thursday afternoon to help keep the celebration going, and we had Miles's party on Sunday!

It was so fun to have all of our very best friends come to celebrate our special boy. We had a ninja day

with everything from teriyaki chicken & potstickers

to ninja birthday cakes! So fun!

(sorry it's sideways!)

Poor Miles was sick all day :( He spent a lot of the day throwing up, but he help up through all the presents!!

We had so much fun, and missed all that couldn't make it, but most importantly...

Happy Birthday, Miles!!!

...and I'm back

...hopefully for good!

So sorry about the lack of posts. This last year has been very busy and tiring, and while I want to write a huge update about it all, intent just doesn't get the job done. Instead, I will start fresh. Start New!

With a mini photo update.

Miles in his first Halloween costume!

With Cousin Mya after Thanksgiving

Pooped on Christmas morning

Happy Valentine's Day!

St. Patty's Day!

Hanging with the Easter Bunny at brunch

Miles loves dogs, & Gracie Lou Freebush is his favorite girl!

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All dressed up with Daddy for cousin Hillary's wedding

First time swimming!

Happy 4th of July!

Miles's first Car

Such a character!

Happy Birthday!!!

Darth Vader, Halloween 2010

Ok, now you're semi-up to date (at least as much as I want to put in one post!).

I'll still do posts about some of the bigger events over the last month or so to bring you up to speed, then try (TRY) to stay up to date!