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

A little more Ethan

Here is a quick video of Ethan is rolling onto his belly. This was on July 2, so he was about 3 1/2 months old at the time.


Here are a few more recent pictures that didn't make it into the last post. Ethan loves his Bee/Mirror friend. Here he is all ready to go for a walk in his stroller on July 4. He was hungry though, so that didn't last too long.

Here is Ethan in the bouncy seat type thing...it makes jungle sounds.

Update on Life in General

Ethan is actually about 4.5 months old now! I have some good photos of him having fun recently. His napping/sleep habits are sometimes difficult for us, and hopefully we'll get through that, but he is definitely a fun baby when he is awake and playing. At his recent appointment (July 24) Ethan weighed 18 pounds! He is a good sized baby. Keeps us in shape.

Here (above) Ethan just woke up. It's hard to say what he's really thinking.
This one Ethan is in the middle of rolling over, from his back to his stomach. He always starts that move off by throwing his legs over. Pretty smart kid. I'll have a video on that soon.

This is Ethans chair for hanging out with us at the table. He doesnt eat there yet, he just chills most of the time and is definitely fun to have at dinner. Its nice to be eating at the table again, rather than at the coffee table.

At work things have been very busy, for a number of reasons...makes sense I guess that when things get busy at home, they get just as busy at work, so my life is just busy right now. Prior to March, I thought I was busy, but now I am actually swamped, I have enough to do at home, at work, and personally, that there might be enough time in my life to accomplish it all, as long as I didnt sleep at all, and thats not an option. The challenge is not letting work clash with home, because each of them could easily run over into each other. Its hard to not be able to give 100% to something (because of factors beyond your control), makes you feel like you could always do better. Perhaps thats a good motivational point, that helps me strive to work harder. Anyway, heres the good news about work, our ship (The FREEDOM, LCS 1) is undergoing trials now, so it has officially set sail. It wont be operational in the Navy for a while, but its making good progress.

Philadelphia

Ethan Really likes Hoagies (this was his first in Philadelphia a week and a half ago). He discovered that hes got them beat in size. This is the "whole" at Primo Hoagies. It was somewhere around 20 inches or more, not sure....we were impressed.
Ethan also likes stealing our pillows so he can be as comfortable as possible....here you see him with atleast three....and he looks pretty relaxed too.

Oh, and if you were wondering what the next Mazda 6 is going to look like, here it is. Should be out sometime in July.

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!!