Milestone: Smiling

                Yesterday evening, EJ smiled for the first time!  At least we think he did.  He’s been making smile shaped faces for a long time, but they didn’t seem to be actual smiles.  This time, he looked up at his Daddy, and gave a big, open mouthed grin!  Luckily, I was right there to see it, too.  Last night during his 3am feeding, he looked up at me, then off over my shoulder and smiled again!  That one was harder to tell for sure since he wasn’t looking at me when he did it, but the grins were different than the involuntary, closed mouth, half smiles we’ve been seeing. 

                Hopefully we’ll start seeing some more grins and can be more confident that they’re real smiles.  Then maybe we can catch one with the camera!

                We’re very curious about when EJ will hit his milestones, since while preemies are expected to reach them at their adjusted ages, you never know.  We, of course, think he’s brilliant and will reach them all way ahead of schedule. J

Milestone: smiling

Age: 13 weeks, 5 days actual; 3 weeks, 5 days adjusted; 3 months, 4 days

Here’s a (low quality, cell phone) picture of Oliver trying to get in on the cozy spot I made for EJ.  I think it’s safe to say the cats are used to him!