Apricots, Spice, and Everything Nice

It's been a while, so this post is going to be a rather lengthy one... I apologize!

They say when life gives you lemons make lemonade... So what do you make when life gives you apricots? More like my mom giving me apricots, and it was a HUGE box of them! Well in our house we made fruit leather, freezer jam, fruit chips, crockpot chicken, and apricot pork of course! That apricot pork was goooo-oood! :)

Apricot Spice, Apricot Banana, and Apricot Strawberry fruit leather! YUM!

Thanks for the tasty apricots Mom!!

On the 15th we were blessed to have family down for Miles' blessing on Sunday. With a taco salad bar, the smell of rain, and lots of hugs to go around, it was a wonderful weekend! Thank you to everyone who came!!

Here's Daddy and Miles on his big day!

Still just captivated by the camera! 

The other day Miles and I were out on our weekly walk to the library when a little boy about six years-old on his bike stopped us. This is how the conversation went:

Little boy: "My name's Logan."

Me: "Hi Logan. That's a cool bike you've got there."

Logan: "Thanks. What's your name?"

Me: "My name's Sonnett."

Logan: (Perplexed look...) "Oh." [Ya, I get that a lot] (Silent pause) "Your baby brother's really cute. I have a baby brother too, but yours is lots cuter than mine. You're lucky." And he rides off.

What a kid! I don't know who to feel bad for, his little brother or his mom haha. Or for myself, since apparently to a 6 year-old I don't look old enough to have a baby. Hmmm... :)

Here's some pictures from the week:

This is what I came home to the other day. Levi says, "I've found the solution to Miles spitting his binky out!" So he strapped it to his ears!! "Okay no." I say. Hello choking hazard, but I'll admit it was really funny and quite creative of him. And it worked too! ;)

Cousin James holding Miles.

Cousin Austin holding Miles. This little boy just can't get enough of him! He's especially fascinated by his "little toes" and "little ears" :)

Miles' Smiles...there's more where that came from!

Grandma Karin got him some cool shades! Now he can look like Daddy!

Boy does he love his Aunt Shannon! She's going to be such a great mom one day; she has such a way with babies!!

How can you say no to this face??

So the bassinet that Miles sleeps in we bought at a yard sale for cheap! Mind you when we bought it, it was a piece! Stickers, too many coats of white paint, and practically falling apart. Levi spent the last year completely sanding it down, putting it back together, and restaining it, and it looks incredible! The funny thing is, Miles likes to sleep with at least one appendage sticking out of it. That's how you can tell if he's really sleeping, because he'll look like we found him this morning:

Arm sticking out...more common that not :)

I've said it once, I'll be saying it until I die: What a character :)