Slowly but surely.

Before surgery in his cute little gown. :)

A few hours after surgery.

Holding Daddy's hand.

Well, Miles has been a real trooper.  The doctors all say he is doing great.  So far, he has minimal swelling, although they say it is usually the worst on day 2, which is tomorrow.  The nurses have kept him on pain meds around the clock so he feels minimal discomfort.  He has been eating a couple ounces of breast milk every couple hours, which is great!  And the next time he is ready to eat they said I could hold him and nurse him, which will be our first time holding him since before the surgery.  I see tears in my future (happy tears).  :)  They were able to take out his catheter and one of his IV lines.  He still has two IV lines and a couple heart rate and respiration monitors hooked to him, but we are thankful each time something is removed.  He had a CT scan earlier today and the neurosurgeon said it looked great with no bleeding around the brain, which is an answer to our prayers.  The cranial surgeon told us that he hopes we can go home tomorrow, but Nick and I are in no hurry.  Although we would love to be in the comfort of our own home and with our other son, Maxon, we are a bit  scared to bring him home and care for him on our own.  :)  I just want him to be a little more himself first. 

So anyway, all is good overall and we are encouraged by how well he is doing.  Now we just wait for the healing process to progress and for things (IVs, bandages, monitors, etc) to slowly be removed.  And we are still waiting on that first smile from him too.  :)  We pray that is soon.