San Diego 7s tourney

Family photo in front of our old beach, Cardiff Reef. Leah and I used to play scrabble on this beach each sunday. Good times!

Grampa with the boy

Good core strength Mick!

Close to Mick's bed time.

Triple Chin?!!a

Great Balance too!

Me, chad, mick, and our 1/2 asains.

Chillin' at the 7s.

Mick had a good time with Gma. Even though he struggles in the hair dept., he's sprouting more around his entire head.

He loves to smile in the mornings. Sorry all of the pics are with my camera phone. We lost our cord to connect our camera to the computer so for the moment, it's no going.

He's happiest on his changing table.

We need to get more mick standing photos on this blog. He gets a cute smile on his face like he's so pleased with himself.

Mick is really working on his leg strength. His vertical leap is pretty poor right now but check back in a couple of months.

Mick loves his baths. He even like to shower with his mommy. He likes all but the scrubbing part.

Leah and Mick had to take their morning nap on the couch cause I have been sick and have taken over the bedroom.

Uncle Todd holding little Mick. We went to the BYU game today versus Santa Monica and we lost 22-24. It's great to be in SoCal even if it's just for the weekend. We're really looking forward to watching Todd and the rest of the guys playing in the USA 7s tournament tomorrow. Go eagles! Stay tuned for a bunch of more fotos next week when we get around to posting them! Our favorite pic is a family picture of me leah and mick in cardiff by the sea overlooking the ocean during sunset.

You can see where mick scratched himself under his eye. Leah sends me pictures throughout the day and it's my job to poste 'em.

Lorenzo por la mañana

Mick is really starting to get a personality. Yesterday he was smiling when we would kiss him on his fat little cheeks. I think he got leah's kissable cheeks. He also wore his favorite outfit this weekend at the rugby games in St. George. Oh yeah, and thanks to grandma Becky, Leah and I got the most sleep ever since getting him home from the hospital.

Mickster chillin in his new digs. We can officially put his diaper on properly now that we can take part of the straps off. This is going to cut his laundry in half. Thanks abuela Claudia for the outfit!

Mick's first glamour shot.

It really was an incredible journey. (The cat is Mick)

HOME AGAIN

Well, Leah and I have finally brought our little baby Mick home to Provo. He seems to like his new room, although we had to take the surfing monkey off of his changing table because of all the creams and ointments and supplies necessary to change his diaper.

His first two nights home were hard on Leah and me and we're just getting used to being up most of the night. Mick has done well from 4am-7am which we're very grateful for. Stay tuned for more pics of Mick NOT in the hospital.

This is the first picture in a while that shows mick's beatiful face without any tubes taped to it.

As Jeff mentioned, I spend most of my time with our little Mick at the hospital. Today was a GREAT day!! They removed some of his tubes, took out his IV, and gave me the okay to nurse him whenever he wants... he is becoming quite the little boob man (just like his dad!). Thank you all for your support and prayers.

Mick is doing very well right now. He is nursing like a champ and is not on any pain meds anymore. It's looking like he'll get out of primary childrens within the week. At least we're crossing our fingers for that. He's getting out of his newborn funk and is starting cry like babies do, although he loves to be held and calms right down with his little binky. Leah has been logging many hours bedside and I get there after work to enjoy some father-son time.

little micky boy asleep in my arms.

Mick is a smiley boy already.

Mick voted cutest in all of Primary Childrens

Yesterday, the nurses let us know that Mick was the cutest baby they've ever seen, including their own children. Good job, son!

Yesterday we were hanging out with Mick and he was sleepy when we were holding him and he woke right up when we put him into his bed. I couldn't help but take some pics cause he was so cute.

Here is Leah with little baby Mick right after I caught him. That is one of the benefits of going with a midwife, she let me help to pull him out and put him on leah's tummy. Then I cut the cord. Leah did great. She was only pushing for about 10 minutes and mick's little black hairs were showing. We were both basket cases when he came out and let out a good cry.

Unfortunately, Mick had a little defect. He had a small hole in his tummy where his bladder was exposed and coming out. He wasn't on her stomach for 10 seconds before they took him into the nursery to have a doctor look at him. He was there about an hour and then loaded him into the transportation unit and took him up to Primary Children's Hospital up in SLC. I was able to ride up with him so we were thankful for that.

Mick was a tough little baby though. He barely winced when they were poking the needle around his forehead looking for a vein for the IV. He really IS his father's son!

Today, they operated on him and repaired the hole and closed his pelvis. To keep things "together" they wrapped his two legs together like a "Mer-man" (also a movie-reference to Zoolander) but it hasn't seemed to bother him too much. He came out of surgery doing doing very well, he only used the breathing tube for about 30 minutes.

The doctors say that we might be able to bring him home as soon as within a week. We really hope that is the case but we're very grateful for the care he's getting in the NICU. He's got his own nurse that takes care of just him, so we don't worry too much. Luckily, we're been able to spend a lot of time at his crib-side since he's been there. He is also lucky to have a bunch of grandparents around to keep him company as well.

You also see some pics of him in his "fighter goggles" to protect his eyes from the light he's under to help with the jaundice. Those are my favorite pics I think.

We'll keep you all posted through this as it is much easier to explain his progress once, instead of saying it a hundred times.

Miles and Devon are growing so quickly and are the best of friends. I took them down to the train tracks and showed them the trains. Miles was disappointed that there wasn't an engine anywhere, just train cars. Then we went to go get some icecream where Devon picked his two flavors and Miles got the same ones. They were taking forever to eat their icecream so I helped them to finish.

some of the latest pics. The picture of miles is funny cause I couldn't time it right while he was in the air. We stopped trying after miles jumped too far and nailed his head on the end of the couch and hit the wood underneath. I'm good at being the reckless uncle.

Leah was having contractions 5 minutes apart for a few hours so she thought she was going into labor. Her mom and sisters jumped in the car and came up from st george to be with us but turns out it was a false alarm, to all of our disappointment. We did have a good time though and got to hang out with the nieces and nephews.

One picture is chad, jason pye and me at some ohio state restaurant on a rugby trip. The other is some of the fam at delicate arch in moab. The only thing that the 2 pictures have in common is the fact that I dominated at hearts in both places.

Team USA before the Uruguay match. I'm in the front with my knee down.

little surfing monkey to keep watch over little baby elwood