Almost Three Months Old!

This Saturday Ethan will be 3 Months old...he's definitely more talkative and fun, but still quite a challenge. He's definitely getting a little chubby.


Also, I was checking out my recently planted foliage around the yard...and found a baby praying mantis hanging out. Pretty cool. (can you see him?)

Ethan Getting Wrapped

We started using some wraps that secure with velcro, but he can still break out sometimes. this was him being wrapped last night.

Babysitting and Ethan Smiles

We baby sat our friend Walker on Saturday night, he's a little over 1 year old, it was fun...he ate dinner for about an hour and a half.




Also...Ethan has started smiling!

2 Month Appt

Ethan got measured today and the doctor confirmed that he is a pretty big baby. He weighs 13 lbs 15oz, and he is 22.25" long. Thats apparently way above average for both, so I guess he just doesnt like to be normal. He's a very healthy little (big) guy!

BathTime (Before and After)

Here are a few shots of Ethan's bath this morning. He is 3 days away from being 2 months old! He seems to mind the baths less than he used to, but he doesnt totally enjoy them yet.

More Videos

Some more pictures

Ethan Puts His Head Up

Watch This Video! This was at just over 3 weeks old.

New Photos

I have updated my photobucket site, so by the time you read this there should be a bunch more Ethan photos there (see the link to the right).

Around the House

The moods of Ethan (at one week old)

More Ethan

Ethan Michael Wolf was born at 8:58 PM on March 14, 2008. It was his due date, exactly. Only 5% of babies arrive then, so he is already pretty special. He weighed 7 lbs, 14.7 oz, and was 20 inches long. We arrived at the hospital around 4:40 AM that friday, so it was a very long day. Here are some more photos.

I will be uploading a bunch of photos to my photobucket site at some point soon, where you could just go and browse Ethan photos and more. I'll post an update here when they are up there (there are already photos there, but no recent ones)

Ethan!!

Lunar Eclipse - Feb 20 2008

I took a bunch of pictures of the lunar eclipse, and definitely learned about "shooting the moon", because I havent really tried before. Its definitely hard to focus in the later phases of the eclipse when it gets much darker. The regular moon is actually bright enough that you can probably shoot at night without a tripod (you can get up to 1/400 of a second shutter speed, or more). If you want a sequence, you definitely want to use a tripod, though you have to keep moving the camera, because the moon moves (of course).

flashback

I ran into this photo and thought it was fun. This was in Poland circa 2005. Yes, thats a real bug/beetle. It was a dare, and I could not back down. The bug actually got stuck on my tongue (it had little barbs on its feet). My son probably has no idea what he's getting himself into, with all this manliness he'll have to live up to (although, Kevin Antlitz had a frog in his mouth at one point during the trip. I dont think I could do that).

Christmas

We enjoy nice frosty, windy December days. This was after the Navy Band Christmas concert at Constitution Hall.

Recent Happenings

I'll be updating my photo page soon. Here are some highlights:

Paul and Vashti's wedding in Birmingham, Alabama

Our Trip to Ocean City, MD in September. Friendly Seagulls (imagine that)

Here is our new house (thats me trying to get in)

Our Trip To Boston in June

Baby Blogs

Lots of people are having babies these days, and ours is coming soon. Here are some recent ones if you want to check them out. We might put a few pics up when the time comes, but I'm not sure how much we will journal about the whole thing.

Tom and Brooke Clarke:
www.theclarkefamilyspot.blogspot.com

Adam and Jessica Grievell:
http://ilovelladro.blogspot.com
http://tortfeasorg.blogspot.com

If I get motiviated, maybe I'll throw a pic or two up here of our recent adventures.

Changes

Its been eons since I've posted and stuff. Mostly because I actually do stuff at work. So, we moved to Gambrills, and my job is changing (working in DC permanently now), and now we'rehaving a baby in March. So lots of stuff goin on. Its very exciting though. I guess I could throw a few pictures up, but I dont have any on me. With the whole move I havent really done much with my cameras or my home computer for a while. I did start using facebook at lunch sometimes, thats pretty cool. Anyway. not too much interesting to report right now....but ask me for our new address if you dont already have it.

Snow!!