Sweet #3

I'm sure I've mentioned this before but if not, you're welcome for this nugget of information about me...I did, in fact, gain close to 70 lbs. during each of my three pregnancies.  I was a giant!  And, my babies were tiny so it was ALL ME and Mocha Blasts.  I remember vividly, after almost a year after Isaac's birth, squeezing back into my regular clothes and being super pumped.  It was not long after that moment that I found out I was pregnant with our 3rd child.  Matt and I knew we would probably have more than two children, just didn't expect that it would happen that soon.  This story really has little to do with this post, but it's for posterity.


Miles is our sweet #3! Matt got to go to Donuts with Dads with him for the first time last Wednesday.  His school schedule has never allowed it, so this year was a treat.  *We're grateful to both grandpas for taking him throughout the years.

Characteristics of Youngest Children - Miles's Style

• Fun-loving - Miles is easy to love.  He's got the best smile.  In fact, his bus driver told Matt last week that he is one of the happiest children he has ever met.  He said I told him I've already changed his name to "Smiles" - what a nice compliment.  It doesn't take much to make him happy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  He and his class came to SKyPAC last Tuesday for a matinee and he has been SOOO excited about the field trip all week.
  
• Outgoing - Miles is definitely friendly and enjoys playing for hours with our neighbor Laila, playing golf with his cousin Evan, doing anything with other children - he's always been the sort of kid that enjoys being with others.
  
  
  
• Manipulative - This is sort of true for every kid I would imagine.  I haven't noticed it as a major characteristic for Miles, but he can play the youngest card to get his way in some areas.
• Attention-seeker - This doesn't seem to ring very true for him because he's used to being the follower.  Maybe if there was a larger age gap in our kids, he might be more attention seeking. He's always been okay with sharing a room with his brother and wearing hand-me-downs or being the last to get to try something.  It's simply his pecking order in the house.
• Self-centered - again, like Attention-seeking, he's too close in age to the other two to have a "get my way" sort of attitude. 
• Uncomplicated - Definitely.  Miles is a happy, uncomplicated kid.  Give him a golf club, basketball or iPad and he's totally entertained.  He doesn't require a lot of one-on-one time but appreciates things.