Miles's Girlfriends

My mommy's group only has little girls in it, making Miles quite the hit of the party. The girls are all drooling over him, but he doesn't seem too interested in them yet -- but he hasn't really found his hands yet so who's to blame him.

Miles, Maddy, Eliana, and Malia

We took this picture yesterday. As cute as this is, I can't imagine what their view was like. We were just as huddled together pointing and giggling the whole time. It was quite the photo shoot.

8 Weeks!

Miles is 8 weeks today! Crazy. Though we still aren't sleeping through the night (I am told to expect that around 3 - 4 months) Miles has had some great new "Tones" this week. Some highlights:

1. For the first time, he fell asleep in his car seat and stayed asleep when it stopped moving. I walked to Tina's house yesterday (my Mommy's group) and Miles fell asleep half way there. He stayed asleep in the stroller in her front hall for about 2 hours! All the other girls had their babies on their laps and I was baby-less for the better part of it. It felt a little funny.
   
2. He keeps getting chattier. He fully contributed to the conversation (once he woke up) yesterday at the Mommy's group. He was the only one to coo as we all talked.... making him doubly the most super cute baby there - but I might be biased.
3. He's getting used to the car seat more and more. He does cry when I put him in it initially, but more often than not calms down.
4. He's fully grown out of his newborn diapers. I was probably stretching using them to this point, but I was resistant to throwing away unsoiled diapers. He outgrew the pampers in the waistline and has outgrown the huggies in how much they can hold. (See yesterday's blow out!) He's also peeing more and more at night and peed through 3 diapers, his jammies, and his swaddle blankets in the last 2 nights. We do have a couple (like 6) diapers left, but I am throwing in the towel... it's not worth the laundry!
5. He is increasingly more awake - which is super fun... when he isn't crying!!
6. He blows bubbles now - we can't figure out how he does it, but he is becoming a frothy little guy.
   
7. He actually let us eat dinner at the dining room table tonight while he was in the swing. Given, we had to eat quickly, but this is still big.
   

Such a little boy

It's becoming more and more clear that Miles does little boy things and likes little boy things:

1. He burps
2. He farts
3. He spits up / vomits
4. He likes loud music
5. He prefers Tim's truck - much more calm than in the Lexus
6. He likes off-roading in the stroller
7. He perks up when Dad gets home and starts singing

It's been really amazing to watch him grow and start to turn into a wonderful little-farting-man. :)

Miles's Future Therapy Sessions

In what surely will cause Miles to have to go to therapy as a teenager, I am running the risk of publishing the following photo...

There was poop in his arch!! Guess who is doing laundry this morning???

A New Routine!

In search of a good place to get in shape, Tim took me up to the Sawyer Camp Trail up by the Crystal Springs resevoirs off of 280. It is a great trail for walking / jogging with Miles in the stroller. We walked out about 2 miles and then walked / jogged on the way back to the car. It was wonderful to get out in the sunshine and away from cars with the little guy. We got a trail map of other paved trails around the area, and may check out another one tomorrow, but my goal is to go back to Sawyer Camp 3 times during the upcoming week. We were so proud of ourselves for the exercise, that we came home, ate Doritos, had a beer, and otherwise put not the healthiest things into our bodies. Oh well, you have to start somewhere!

More photos of Dad playing with Miles up on Flickr.

Miles is auditioning for The Exorcist

Miles has always spit up a little after feedings... okay, that may be an understatement, but this morning was such a spit up, I think he may be emulating the vomiting scene in The Exorcist. We had just finished dressing to go out for breakfast (both Miles and Me), when the little bugger completely soaked my shirt, my undershirt, my jeans, his onesy, and the floor... as such we dirtied another 2 burp clothes trying to clean up the mess. Before we could leave the house, we needed to start the dressing process all over again. We are fully ensconced in the stage where it takes us an extra 15 minutes at least to leave the house!!

Final Post Partum Check Up

So yesterday I had my final post partum check up - and all looks good! That means I now have the go ahead to start exercising and went for a run / jog today. It also means I don't need to go to the OB/GYN until August for my annual check up! (I don't much like going, you see.) With the final report card in, it makes me look back on my pregnancy with a little distance and some reflection. I had a pretty easy pregnancy overall, below are some of the highlights:

• - I carried small, so I only ever really had 1 maternity wardrobe. I know other girls who went through 3 distinct sets of clothes. It has been the same pants for me since October. The only bad news is that I am still in them...
  
• - Other than 2 migraines in the first trimester, I felt great - no morning sickness which means I never had to puke in the bathroom at work (a huge going-in fear).
  
• - My belly button never popped.
• - Labor was ok - I didn't need any major interventions. Though the vomiting wasn't to swell, the epidural more than made up for it.
  
• - With all the raging hormones, I was pretty even keeled - I did have some meltdowns and tantrums, but Tim and I were expecting worse.
  
• - We got a beautiful healthy little boy named Miles. Even if it was the worst pregnancy in the world, it would still be worth it.