Luau

Me, Mark and Myles went to a luau party. It was fun - only our 2nd or 3rd social outing as a family since Myles was born. It was at the house of my friend Kelly from our baby meetup group. We tried poi - best described as 'dirt pudding' by a Hawaiian guy there. Pretty vile, although I didn't mind the consistency. The host grabbed his camera as I tried it and the Hawaiian told me to get a heaping spoonful and I swear, as it bloomed it my mouth it got viler by the second. I couldn't compel myself to swallow it.

Mark had a great time and tried jello shooters for the first time. Myles knew the babies at the party, so they did their usual lay-out on the floor. I always want to call it a haul-out, like with the whales on the beach (learned during my time captioning wildlife photos at Discovery - thank for the useless knowledge) but nobody'd ever get what I'm talking about.

It was really relaxing being someplace where other people had babies too so you didn't freak out if your kid cried or anything - not that Myles cried. He's so mellow that when he does cry, I get all freaked out trying to figure out what's wrong. Babies cry. I know that. But Myles is pretty good about that. That said, we tried the crying it out method of putting him to bed yesterday and he kept crying these fake warning cries. He wasn't really upset, he was just trying to communicate to us to come get him. So instead of continuous crying, he'd let out little yells, like "excuse me" or "hey." He won the battle eventually, but we'll try it again with some different tactics.

Myles wore shoes for the first time! The family all went in Hawaiian themed outfits: Mark and I in hibicus prints and Myles in his Big Kahuna shirt that Monica gave him (the last time he can wear it unless I buy him onesie crotch extenders) his flowered matching beach hat and sandals that Chantal and Francoise Grayson bought him. Size 3T. We assumed they'd be WAY big, but they fit very well. He, however, learned how to kick off one of the shoes within 10 minutes. We gave up and let him off the hook for the day.