Firework Fun

Ethan loved his 1st 4th of July. He only jumped at the first couple fireworks and then was memorized by the colors and flashes of light. Then about 20 minutes into the show, he fell asleep and stayed asleep for the next hour or so through all the loud bangs and bright flashes. I still covered his ears, but he slept right through them.

Michael's new camera did a good job catching the fireworks too. And believe it or not, Mom had never lit off a firework in her life (besides a sparkler, but those don't count), so Michael gave her one of ours to light off and she teased Dad that she was going to light it off on top of his Porsche.

"One Million Dollars"

Yesterday, Ethan was obsessed with sucking on his pinky with his hand flipped over. I was trying to feed him and he was more interested in sucking on his pinky finger than nursing. Then he would start crying cause he was hungry so I would have to pull his hand out of his mouth and then we would start all over again . . . a vicious cycle so that feeding lasted about an hour since he wouldn't cooperate.

But I thought Ethan looked like Dr. Evil on the Austin Powers movie where he says "one million dollars" when he has his pinky up to his mouth.


Today he prefers to suck on all four fingers and keeps gagging himself. Fun times! But at least he is happy about it.

Jester Hat

I don't know if Grandpa Otto would approve of Ethan's Ferrari bib . . . we should look for a Porsche one instead. Ethan got this hat from a Baby Shower - it was too big for him a month ago and now it's almost too small. He's growing so fast!!

I haven't been sleeping well - I'm a worry wart and stress about things too much. So Michael let me sleep in while he got up and fed Ethan and dressed him . . . all in blue :) and brought him to me in bed while he got ready for work.

Ethan's First steps caught on tape!

Michael was watching Ethan at work and he turned his back for a moment and Ethan crawled up on one of the kitchen counters and walked along the edge all by himself!!! Just kidding, Michael had his new camera on rapid fire and photoshopped out his hand then strung the photos together for a video.

Drop and Roll

Pacifier Drop . . .

Rollin' . . .

Laundry Day

We were folding all the clean laundry right before Ethan's bedtime and he was a bit fussy, so we covered him in all the warm socks . . . which calmed him right down and pretty much put him to sleep. When we tried to take all the socks off him to put away and get him ready for bed, he did not like that. I guess if we can't get him to sleep another night, we should do laundry and cover him in the socks again.

Tummy Time!

Ethan doesn't really like tummy time after a couple minutes, but he's holding his head up great. He does better if I lay on my stomach too and face him - but I can only do a couple minutes of that before my stomach really hurts . . . guess I'm still healing from the c-section.

Our 1st Outing

We took a ferry over to the Kitsap Peninsula - to Kingston. Ethan did very well for his first outing that wasn't an errand or visit to Grandparent's houses.

We are hoping to buy some property out there. It's a quiet little oceany town . . . but it's far away from city life like I'm used to. The nearest Target or Mall is over 30 minutes away.

All that is near there is an Albertson's and a Rite-Aid and little mom and pop stores. I think Michael is trying to be sneaky and keep me from spending money. :)

The Many Faces of Ethan

Ethan has more expressions than just sleeping and crying now . . .


Shocked










Smiling










Alert

Ethan's Baby Blessing

Michael gave Ethan his baby blessing in church on Sunday, April 13th. I was so proud to be married to such a great man who was able to give such a beautiful blessing.

My mom and I found a white tux that had tails on the jacket and a bow tie. It was adorable!