Monumentous Milestones

Ethan has been busy these last few weeks accomplishing many good things. About 2 weeks ago, he figured out how to roll over onto his stomach. He did it once his first day (I think by accident) and then the next day took to town. He promptly rolled himself to the wall and started unplugging things!

After a great trip to see Kim and family, Ethan had been acting quite fussy, only to figure out that the 5 1/2 month old had sprouted a pair of beautiful baby chompers. (We are hoping to soon reclaim our usual sleeping schedule!)



And finally, we decided it was high time we started the little guy on some food. I would say solids, but with the way they have you water down that baby cereal, I think it is quite the misnomer.




I realized that there is a pattern to Ethan's picture faces (actually, this is the facial expression he has on most of the time) Do you see the pattern?

Ethan's First Haircut

For those of you that have seen pictures, you know that Ethan was born with quite a bit of hair.
As of late, it has been getting quite out of control.
He lost some of the hair in the front, but the hair on top and on the sides was still quite long. THis resulted in a slightly disturbing "comb forward" (instead of a comb over) look.
Also, the hair in the back was getting long enough that it was almost safe to say he had
a bullet (baby mullet).


So Joe and I decided to try our hand at cutting his hair.
We were worried, so we waited until it was time for a bottle, got out Joe's clippers, and went to work.
Ethan was a champ. He didn't really fuss at all. He was curious about the sound the clippers made, but that was it. He didn't even care when we did the area around his ears. Way to go bud!

We cut quite a bit off (as evidenced by the picture below)

Post hair cut pose. The boy has been quite busy chewing on anything he can get his hands on these days. And, when he can't get his hands on anything, they do just fine.

(notice the need to have both stuffed into his mouth)

Hiking Adventures

This weekend Joe and I attempted our first excursion with the little one.  We headed south to visit the Garden of the Gods. 

I love the feeling of being outdoors.  I especially have great memories of camping and hiking trips with many friends over the years.  I thought of you all this weekend and wished you were here to be with us.

We are working on training the little one to follow in our footsteps.  The wind was a little much for him this trip though (it destroyed his baby comb over!)

Playtime with Dad

It's a great day to be alive!

Just had to brag

My 2 month-old slept for 10 hours straight last night!