Ethan has his first brush with Santa Tuesday, Dec 16 2008 

Well, Ethan met Santa today and I think he made a good impression.  When Santa brought him on his lap he started to make the big pouty face, but quickly brightened up when the elves started shaking bells and stuff.  He told Santa that all he wants for Christmas is to get baby teeth with minimal pain.  Not very creative but I suspect next year he will want a firetruck.  Baby steps.

Cousin Will came with us and that was a lot of fun, so Santa took a pic with both of the little guys.

Anyway, for all to see, here is Ethan’s first pic with Santa and Santa being brave holding both the boys!

The holidays are here! Tuesday, Dec 9 2008 

I’m the first to admit it, I’m a major sucker for Christmas.  I love everything about it: the sounds, the smells, the lights, the time with family and friends, being sappy.  Everything except for Christmas shopping anyway.  Even though we are in Atlanta for most of the holiday I convinced James that we should have a Christmas tree and put up decorations.  Well, I put up decorations, but he complimented me on it….so that’s fine, I’ll take it.

Ethan had his 4 month appointment last week.  He weighed 13 lbs 6 oz.  Doc said he was in the 50th percentile for his height and head circumference, and 25th percentile for weight.  So he’s a small guy, but he was almost 4 weeks early and James and I were both small kids.  Nothing to worry about.  That said, he is now reaching out and grabbing at everything in front of him – especially my hands and my face.  He smiles and laughs all the time now.  He is sitting up very well supported and will stay sitting for a little bit unsupported too. 

We are all really looking forward to getting back to Atlanta to see all of you and for you to see how big Ethan has gotten!!  Here are some pics and you can see more month 5 pics here.

Some of you have asked to see pics of the house.  I took a few today.  The house wasn’t clean, so forgive the mess.  These are pics of the main floor and Ethan’s nursery.  I didn’t take any of our room or the basement since those are still works in progress.

Sitting up and reaching out

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

Hanging in the nursery

Hanging in the nursery

Our sweet Ethan is 4 months old!!! Monday, Dec 1 2008 

It seems like he was just born, that he was just this tiny 6 pound little newborn that I couldn’t take my eyes off of, that I couldn’t kiss enough.  I still can’t take my eyes off him or kiss him enough times in a day, but just about everything else is different!! He’s not this little newborn blob anymore, he interacts, smiles, laughs, he knows us and recognizes our voices and faces.  He gets cuter every single day and amazes me more every minute.  I can’t believe he is, like,  A REAL BABY.  And he’s ours.  And I couldn’t love him more.

Here are his 4 month old pics in front of the Christmas tree!

4 months old!

4 months old!

 

 

Pretty Christmas lights

Pretty Christmas lights

 

Decorating for the holidays

Decorating for the holidays