Happy Birthday Miles!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet, inquisitive, and happy kid!  Six years has flown by...I'm such a lucky mom!  Many of you blog readers know that Miles was a preemie, born six weeks before his due date; small (4 lbs 4 oz.) but otherwise healthy.  Ha, the surprise was on me and Ethan.  Miles spent 17 days in the Special Care Nursery, gaining weight and learning to eat.  These days, no mac & cheese is safe from him.  

Here are some photos from the early days:

Being weighed -- look how little he is!

Spending some time in the isolette

Taken last week -- my king-sized bed hog! 

 

 

Strong Remmel genes!  (Thinking he looks like his dad here.)

Oh Summer, don't leave us!

We had a spectacular summer in the Pacific Northwest -- perfect weather and everything just seemed to roll along smoothly.  I'm posting today, the day before Miles's SIXTH birthday.  Wow, time has just flown by.  We've spent almost the entire month of August on the road and in the sky. 

Here's our abbreviated travelogue:

First weekend in August: visiting on of my favorite cities, Portland, Oregon to catch up with my dear friend Mary Frecker, in town for the ASME: 

Grace & Mary in front of OMSI

At the Portland Zoo

Then, our annual pilgrimage to Maine to visit friends and Ethan's family.  Another dear State College friend, Eva Lefkowitz, is living in Newton, MA for six months, so we got to see them at the end our our trip:

Meredith & Grace

Kids of Seth B, Ethan, and Eric (Waynflete class of '87)

Al & Miles birdwatching

Fascination with lobsters

Grandma with Seth and Miles at the "Giant Steps"

Miles hanging out with Jordan & Sarah

And, wrapping up our August was a family trip to Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia.  Thanks Gene & Jamie for arranging things:

My parents, Miles, and I on the gondola toward the top of Sulphur Mountain

Lake Louise! Second time I've visited, and still stunned by the color

Jordan

Grandsons!

Miles learning to putt-putt

School starts next Tuesday.  Miles will be in first grade!