Friday Update

9 Whole weeks!

 here are some pics!

(my mom asked if he is doing the macarena, lol)

 Carl captioned this as, "I don't want to wear the whale outfit!" LOL

1. Miles has officially grown out of his 0-3 month clothes and is now wearing 3-6 month.... which sadly means he no longer fits in his cute whale outfit :( or any of the other cute jumpers... BUT he now gets to wear new outfits. I changed over all his clothes yesterday.

2. Carl's Vava is here for the weekend and visiting Miles for the first time. We are super excited!

3. This is the cutest dog video ever... wish Jezzie could do that.

4. We went camping on Saturday and actually spent the whole night in Cuba with my family. Miles did great! He slept good and just loved all the attention he got from all of our family, plus he LOVED being outside.

5. Miles and I had our first night alone together on Sunday. Carl was on call and stayed the night at the hospital so I had Miles from 5 pm on Sunday until 5 pm on Monday. Miles and I had a good time and we both slept really well.

6. I have gotten Miles to sleep in his swing 3 times this week! I was able to get laundry done, the kitchen cleaned, and food made... it was great so I hope this nap time thing continues!

7. Miles and I had our first outing without Carl. We went to ABQ to see my ob and went to target. It actually went really well. He didn't even have a meltdown and it was during his naptime. 

8. On the way to the car from the ob, an 80-ish year old lady in the elevator looked at Miles and said, "wow... you need to go on a diet... but you sure are cute." I wanted to punch her. A DIET???? He isn't fat and who says that to a baby?

9. Miles has had a bit of a wet cough and stuffy nose each morning... I think I might start using a humidifier at night and hopefully it will go away. I wonder if the wet cough is from him swallowing my milk down the wrong way.

10. He is saying more and more things... lately it is "air-ga" or "er". He also has started to squeal whenever he is talking...not just as part of a laugh.

Two Months Old

Miles,

   You are now a whole 2 months old. It seems like you were born yesterday, but also seems like you have always been a part of our lives. You are starting to really show your personality.  I am writing this as you stair at me while swinging in your swing. We both know you want to be held, but it is just too tough to type and hold you.You love to be held, especially by mom or dad.... but especially by mom and especially when you are tired. The only places you can nap is with me or in the swing... thank goodness for the swing.
     You are getting so big that people now ask how old you are and when I actually tell them, they are shocked you are only two months, not four or five. I have a feeling you are going to be very tall. I read on a baby webpage that around 2 months is when babies can start to grip things. Well, sure enough you can grip toys... although not for too long and you end up just hitting yourself in the head. I think we are going to need a few more weeks of practice.
     You have finally found your voice and laugh and smile. Such accomplishments! You now "talk" all the time and squeal whenever you remember you can. When you see me or Carl smile, you smile so big back. It really makes my day. You love to have our attention. When you start to do your yell-cry, usually it is to just get our attention and after we look at you, you smile so big and laugh. It is really cute (but I'm not really sure how long this will continue to be cute).
      I love everything about you. The way your hair is now is crazy looking and only looks cute when I lotion it into a mohawk. The way you are super chatty when you wake up and just want me to sit and listen to you. How you sleep with your arms up by your face (like me) and how you try to pinch me with your long toes (like your dad). You seem to be finding lots of things lately... including your hands. You still don't have great control of them, but whenever they get close to your face your mouth opens and about 50% of the time your fist ends up in it. You love to suck on your fist and when you do you make super suck noises and end up with drool all over your hand and face. You really don't seem to mind.
      I have started holding you in a sweet green blanket and you love it. You like to feel it on your soft skin and I have caught you actually eating it a time or two... thank goodness I wash it often.
     I love our little moments together and actually cherish our days alone. It is nice that we get to spend so much time together. I feel like this time lets me get to know you really well. The days where you are big and no longer can fit in my lap are going to come too fast. I want to be able to look back and say I didn't miss anything. Which reminds me, you are not allowed to grow up. Well, at least don't grow up to fast.
    I hope you learn to nap alone in the next month or two, but if not that's ok with me (remember, don't grow up to fast).


xoxox,
 Mom

faces

The many faces of Miles Hunter

Friday Update

Well, Miles is now 8 weeks old and turns 2 months in another 6 days. My little baby is getting so big!

1. Miles now laughs.... a lot, and with this laugh now comes a little high pitched sequel. It is very cute!
2. He now makes a bunch of different noises... Carl often calls Miles chatty. He says, "goo", "gggggga", and a few variations of g sounds. I think he like to say the g sounds. He even said what sounded like "da" yesterday.
3.Miles now gets baggie eyes if he is tired... it is really cute but kind of sad.

do you see the bags? lol

4. He loves to talk and laugh at me. Whenever he is awake (and in a good mood- meaning nothing is wrong like he is fed and changed and happy) he talks to me. When I talk back and smile at him, he gets a HUGE grin on his face and just laughs... it is so cute.
5. Carl has now finished his first week back to school and Miles and I did really well.
        Monday we just were in sync. We played all day and just had a blast.
        Tuesday Miles and I were having fun until he kicked my nail and hurt his foot. I have since trimmed my nails. After the hurt foot, he slept for 5 hours to get over the crying he did for 5 minutes before falling asleep.
        Wednesday Miles did great. We had a regular day filled with eating, sleeping, and pooping. I started to feel like I was getting the hang of things.
         Thursday Miles slept a bit more than usual, but stayed up from 5 pm until 9 pm to make up for the long nap he took.
         Friday (today) we are having a gassy day. Every time he wakes up, he thinks he has to push really hard to push out gas... this makes him cry and get tired and want to go back to sleep. When he wakes up he toots and then the cycle continues. Oh well, maybe he'll get enough out that he will be happy for Carl tonight.

6. We are going to go visit my family tomorrow... they are camping in Cuba and we will be stopping by to see them for the day.
7. Miles has grown out of size one diapers... he is now in size 2 and can even fit in size 3. My baby is getting so big! He has even grown out of some of the 0-3 month outfits.

one of my favorite outfits (Thanks Aunt Lin!) and Miles is  now too big to wear it :(

8. Last Sunday we went out with some friends to a park. Carl played tennis while Miles and I sat in the shade... he LOVED it. He stayed really calm and loved the outdoors. He just stared at the trees and looked around. I think he is going to be an outdoors kind of person.
9. I made triple chip cookies that are AMAZING! I gave a plate to my 70+ year old neighbor who claimed they were the BEST cookies she had ever eaten!
10. I finally finished watching the t.v. show army wives... it was such a great show.. anyone know if a sixth season is going to happen?

playtime

This is what Miles and I were up to yesterday  

Friday Update and the 100th post!

I can't believe I am already up to 100 posts! It is crazy to think that I have blogged that many times. My blog has really evolved from food and dates to pregnancy and now the baby. It really has grown, just like I have.

Well, onto the Friday update! Miles is officially 7 weeks old today! It is hard to believe that my little baby is getting so old so quickly!

1. Miles loves to smile. He is now smiling all the time. He smiles whenever he is happy and sees or hears Carl or  I... it is so cute! 

2. He has started doing a practice laugh while awake. It isn't a total laugh but it really cute to hear. Maybe I'll catch it on video and blog it so you can hear it too.

3. Carl goes back to school in 3 days! I am not looking forward to him being gone all the time, but it will be nice to have a set schedule again. 

4. We went grocery shopping yesterday and bought a bunch of stuff for lunches,2 baby washes, and 2 lotions... we had a half full cart and only spent $48. All thanks to sales ads and coupons!

5. Miles now weighs almost 13 lbs and is 25 in long! He is getting so big!

6. Miles is starting to like his binky... especially when he is sleeping. It calms him down and helps him relax.

on the way home from Farmington

7. I "wore" Miles in a sling during nap time yesterday... he seemed to like it and only woke to eat. It was a nice solution to him wanting to be held and me needing to do some chores.

Miles in the moby wrap

8. I have started back up with my meal planning again. It is nice to know what is for dinner every night without having to figure it out at 5 pm when I am too hungry to fix anything.

9.Miles now has to wear his hair in a mohawk because he has a long patch down the center of his head, with no hair on the sides.... he looks like he is subject to male pattern baldness... lol.

happy boy!

life is so hard! 

10. Miles LOVES to kick when he is awake and happy.... here is a video of him doing his "exercises" and "talking".... enjoy! 

Smiles

After a really rough night, this was what I woke up to

BEST thing ever to wake up to :)