Ethan Expressions

Ice Storm Part 2

Ethan liked to watch people outside shoveling. It was a little too slippery to take him out, though.



And since I am feeling generous, here is a little flashback for you, from July when Ethan was 4.5 months old.

Ice storm!

this started as light snow, but if you live around here you know how it ended up. We have about a half inch of ice on the ground atleast. it may melt later, but for now the street is a literal sheet of ice. A little chunk of ice came unlodged as I walked near the car, and in a very slow way it slid all the way down the driveway....no friction at all out there. And of course, I almost slipped. okay, I did slip, and lost my flipflop. It wanted to keep going on the ice, but I caught it. I failed the slip test, so I'm not going to work today, good thing I brought my work computer home.

oh and guess what, people are driving out there. very slowly (and slipping). maybe, just maybe the main roads are okay, but those bridges and overpasses?

hmm, other than that, not really any new photos (besides a bunch of babies). I've been using my film camera, so gotta develop those first. I guess I could throw up an Ethan photo. He really enjoys hugging Santa, so Santa got to stay out past Christmas this year.

"Is he your brother?"

Umm...no, he's my son.

This is the question I was asked by a 3 year old at the library today.

Ethan's First Christmas

Ethan's first Christmas was SO much fun! Ethan enjoyed opening his gifts and "helping" other people open theirs.

Here he is helping his Aunt Allison open her big gift from my brother, a new digital Rebel XS.

The stuffed Santa in this picture is 1 of 3 that my mom made for my brother, sister and I when we were little. Every Christmas, these stuffed Santas come out of the basement with the rest of the decorations...however Santa hasn't gotten this much love in years!!! For whatever reason, Ethan LOVES to give hugs to Santa. It's something he just started doing on his own, but he also seems to know what "hug Santa" means. If you say "Ethan, hug Santa" he'll crawl over to Santa and give him a big hug. So cute, I'm considering keeping Santa around for a while!

Like father, like son:




So, that brings us to New Years. We decided to have a quiet night at home this year, since Ethan goes to bed at 7pm (and will still wake up at 7am, regardless of how late we stay up!)

Happy 2009!

Update

This picture was taken about a month ago. I would post something more recent, but our recent photos haven't made it onto the computer yet (hint, hint, hubby ;-))

Anyway. Isn't Ethan cute? Looking at this picture makes me think of how much he has changed in the past month. He's still doing the army crawl, for the most part, but now he's pulling up to standing on everything! We even had to invest in our first baby gate. In other firsts, Ethan has his first ear infection. After a round of "yummy pink medicine," the pediatrician is still not happy with his ears, so today we start on a stronger antibiotic. Hopefully that will do the trick! Dr. G said that Ethan's teething probably isn't helping his ears at all. Can you believe our boy has 5 teeth already!!!

OctoberPhest!!!

Philadelphia Phillies

2008 World Series Champions!!!

It's the Great Pumpkin(s), Charlie Brown!!!

Beach Baby

The past 2 weeks have been full of "firsts" for Ethan. It was his first:

• trip to the ocean
• time eating cheerios
  
• tooth (it's on the bottom)
  
• cold (complete with cough, low grade fever & runny nose)
• 3 hour nap
  
• and his first crawl!

And here are some pictures from our first family vacation (Ocean City, MD). Enjoy!

We ate at a restaurant called the "Hobbit," the waiters were short men with hairy feet...jk ;-) It was actually a very nice restaurant with a great view.

Here Ethan is eating pears for the first time. He actually liked them quite a bit, after getting used to them.

Above is a picture of the sand piling up in the dune crossing when a huge low pressure system was churning up the coast (kind of like a mild tropical depression). We got 40 mph wind for about 2 days straight. It piled up 3-4 feet in the crossing, and also eroded much of the beach away. These rocks below were NOT there for our first days at the beach. The sand will return naturally though...that's the way the cycle works.

Nappy nap time!

PS...this is a collaborative post. Can you guess who made which captions? ;-)

Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane?

Nope, it's Ethan! :-)

Too cute for words, don't you think? We can't believe he'll be 6 months old in week and a half. His newest tricks include rolling himself across the room to get to a toy that he wants, crying himself to sleep at night, and eating homemade baby food (carrots & sweet potatoes so far, next week...bananas!)

Happy Anniversary

...to us :-)



Tuesday is our 2nd anniversary. Many things have changed over the past 2 years: we married, both of us changed jobs (twice!), we moved, had a baby, and--in case you hadn't noticed--I've unofficially taken over the blog (no worries though, I'm sure Brian will be back) ;-)

Anyway, Happy Anniversary sweetie!!! I love you!!!

Please Sir, May I Have Some More?

Ethan is 5 months old today, and lately has been wanting to nurse A LOT. We started him on rice cereal this morning and he LOVES it! The video is just under 2 minutes long and it's worth it to watch the whole thing. I have to admit, I laugh every time I see him gag himself with the spoon ;-)

And for comparison...this was Ethan at 2 months. As you can see, he has changed a little ;-)

Mommy's First Post

Aren't they just the cutest!?! Ethan and I have been hanging out with Anna during the day while her mom is at work. Anna was born 3 days before Ethan and is SO sweet. I love watching the two of them interact :-)

In other exciting news...

I tripped and fell down the stairs today, while holding Ethan. As you can see...we lived to tell the story ;-) Ethan is fine (luckily, my body broke his fall). I have a few bruised/possibly fractured ribs. Not much to do other than ice and the motrin-extra-strength-tylenol routine that I know so well from after Ethan was born.

Anyway, here are more pictures of the little cute ones...enjoy!

~Jenn