8 lbs and Growing!

I know I'm biased, but he is such a little cutie!

We saw his first real smiles (as opposed to the ones caused by bubbles in the tummy) on Tuesday! But somehow as soon as we get the camera out or click the button he stops. Clever little monkey :) We caught the beginnings of one and half of one here, but as soon as we candidly catch a full one, you'll be the first to see!

In the meantime, he's reached a solid 8 lbs according to the scale at the public health department! YAY!! They told us that little premie's tend to have more dramatic growth spurts than full term babies, which explains the very rapid weight gain the last couple weeks. He feels so big to us, and yet I hear other moms talking about when their babies were born at 8lbs or larger and I can't even imagine giving BIRTH to a baby his size! 3 lbs was big enough! Shoot!

Kiera visited all last week though, which was SOOO nice to have her here! Miles and I even helped give her the courage to chop her hair and donate it! Such a beautiful girl! And now she's headed off to the great land unknown (aka LA) to nanny for the remainder of the year. Oh how we will miss her! But it was so good to see her!

We also got around to having his pictures taken this week, which I will post next week when they arrive! Besides, we're just living the dream of new parents! Enjoying every blow-out, spit-up, and snuggle along the way! Here's some more of our cute little guy:

He's become rather fascinated with the camera :)

Mr. Bright Eyes

He's ALWAYS got his tongue out it seems! Doesn't matter if he's sleeping or awake, out it comes!

Don't be misled, this is NOT a happy face!

Howdy Folks!

So Photogenic

I couldn't help but post these! Oh I just can't get over how cute he is!

I'm thinking...I'm thinking....

Well now that you mention it...

You're JOKING!

Yeah, I know I'm cute.

No, it can't be true!

Say wha'?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Thank you for calling the Andersons, leave a message at the beep! BEEP!

No Strings Attached

It's official, Miles is off of his O2! No more cannula, no more oxygen to lug around, no more extremely annoying beeping from his pulse oximeter, he's a free baby! It's such a wonderful feeling to be able to carry him from room to room without all the cords and equipment. Oh and going outside! LOVE IT!! I'm pretty Levi, Miles,  and I have gone on a long walk every single day since he's been freed. Just Miles and I even adventured to the library, which was a lot longer of a walk than I thought it was, but the fresh air was so worth it!

He's getting so big!

We had a doctors appointment with our new pediatrician (YAY!!) and have to go ahead to grow! He also got his shots and boy was he upset about that! If you ever want to see a purple baby, hang around for him to get his shots... Such a brave little squirt though ;)

Aunt Shannon came to visit!

So did Grandma Anderson!




We love our family, and especially when they come to visit!

Miles Update

Miles had his first doctor's appointment with the neonatologists back at the NICU in St. George on Friday, and all we heard was great news! He's up to seven pounds exactly, nineteen and a quarter inches long, and still growing! We just passed his due date on the 2nd, so the doctors said Miles' size now is pretty close to what he would have actually been had he gone full term. Having him at three pounds makes it so hard for me to imagine having a baby his current size, HUGE! I know he's not really, but to me he seems to be!

 Just look at those eyes! Other news from his doctors, he should be ready to be completely weaned off of his oxygen! He's been completely off of it since Sunday, and has been blowing us away with how well he's doing. Hopefully by the end of the week we'll be able to say "adios" to his monitors and equipment forever! YAY!!

The Start of Something New!

Levi told me not so long ago that all good wives and mothers keep a blog, so in order to fulfill my responsibilities as a FANTASTIC wife and mother, I am starting a blog for us! Some posts will be just about both of us, some about just me, some about just him, but at least I will be a good wife eh? :) And now family and friends can keep tabs on us if/when we take a while to get back to you...like we usually do...good thinking! Enjoy!