Thursday, August 14, 2008

Bath #2

This is Ethan's second bath. I gave him his first one when Rene' had a cold sore so she couldn't see him and so we didn't get any pictures of that bath. So I took some of his second one which Rene' gave him. When I gave him his bath he loved it and was really happy in the water, the nurse was very good at helping and teaching me how to bath him. When Rene' gave him his bath it was a different nurse and not nearly as good. She didn't put enough water in the tub so he was very cold and instead of helping Rene' she did other stuff. So Ethan was not happy in his second bath but here are his pictures.
I think that this picture below is really cute. He looks so pathetic, he had quite the ordeal with this bath and it was not something that he wanted to repeat.

Hands

Here is a nice comparison of our hands. His are very little. I would like to say that he got is hands from me but Rene' said that I just have fat baby hands. What does she know.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Mouth

Well we know where he gets his mouth.
Maybe he just wants to be like Grandpa.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Rene' and Ethan

I would put pictures up but the blog is acting funny and they won't show up so here is an update.

Rene' is healing nicely from her surgery and has been able to go back to work. Her tail bone started to hurt. It was okay to begin with but it hurt more every day and finally she went to the doctor about it and it turns out that she has a cyst on her tail bone, not only that but it is infected. So now we are taking care of that.

Ethan is doing really well. He is now able to maintain his body temperature which means his is in an open crib. He is breast feeding twice a day and is doing well. Right now the only thing left that he needs to do is to get all his food from breast feeding. He weighs 4 1/2 pounds and is growing great. we are really excited about his progress. He continues to show a very distinct personality. We are very excited to get him home.

I will put pictures up once the blogger will allow me to.

The beginning of an Era

How do you know that you are grown up?
Is it Leaving Home for the first time?
Is it Going on a Mission?
Is it Getting Married?
Is it having your First Child?
Or is it Losing your Final baby tooth at the age of 26?

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Ethan update

Sorry it took so long to post again but our internet was down and we have been very busy. Here are some fun pictures.




Ethan is doing well. As you can see he has his nasal canula back. That is because he does periodic breathing. They are treating him for it and he is working hard to breathe. He got his last IV out and so that means that he is now able to wear cloths. We have only two things that he can wear. And he is wearing both in these pictures. His is gaining weight and is digesting all his food. So far that is all that has been happing I will post more often and work at getting a lot of good pictures.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Fist Shaking

Here is a fun video of Ethan shaking his fist.

Random cuteness

Here are some pictures of Ethan.

I have no idea why this is vertical and I don't know how to fix it. So just tilt your head.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Allen Family Ramblings: Far World Book Contest

This is a book contest that I saw because of becky and I am all for a free book. I hope this works
Allen Family Ramblings: Far World Book Contest

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Some Video of Ethan

Here are some fun video that I took of him.