Apple Sauce

I liked Beckys video and I remembered that I recorded one as well and it shows his face pretty well so I put this on here so you can see.

Phone

We have kept our old phones for this purpose. When Ethan sees our phones he loves them and always wants to play with them. So I got out one of our old ones and charged it and gave it to him. He loves it. I tried to get pictures of him playing with it but our camera beeps when it is focused, he hears it and then stares at the camera. So imagine him talking to the phone and yelling at it. Because that is what he was doing before I got out the camera.

I hope you appreciate these pictures. They took me a long time to get them taken.

Weekend

This last weekend Rene' and I went to visit my parents. Sadly for my father this usually means I have a project, and to hold to form i did. So instead of a nice relaxing weekend he got put to work helping me. I hope he know how much I appreciate the help. Because of his genius and ingenuity my project came out pretty cool.
This is a cabinet for my computer. It is to protect it from an ever moving curious baby. I think it will work well.


I also think that this would be a good time to thank my brother David. Who were it not for him this computer would not exist. He not only put it together but he has been willing to give up his days off to fix it whenever I break it, and only he knows how often that is (because i am not going to tell you.). So to David, may he never screen my calls.

Lounging about

Some where some how Ethan has learned that Rene' is a great place to lounge about. I could not agree more, I love it and so does he. The only difference is he gets to do it more often.
Last night he was fighting his naps with all he had. He absolutely refused to go to sleep. I think he missed 2 naps and it was getting close to bed time and so Rene' started to feed him. Well that got him and he was out. He would not wake up. So in the end he slept and Rene' got to hold him. I think Rene' won in both cases, she is good at winning.

Never Again

This will probably be the last time that you see Ethan with a bennie on his head. I put it on and he took it right off. He has decided that he does not like things on his head. He is fine if it is on his face but not his head.
Right after this picture he reached up and took off his bennie and threw it off the couch. I also think that he is all ready for St Patrick's Day.

Look a like

Which of us does Ethan look like. Everybody has different opinions and I am curious what you all think. They are not the best pictures of us but they are all I have at the moment.
I am above.
Rene' is below
voting encouraged

Growing

I thought that these pictures would be a good way to show how much Ethan has grown. So The picture above was taken when he was 8 months and 1 day old (Today). The picture below was taken when he came home (7 weeks old).

I think that there is quite a difference.
Now for all you people that kept bugging me to update my blog (You will remain nameless). I expect a comment from all that complained. If I don't get one then you can look foreword to another month of the same pictures. If on the other hand I receive comments then I will update again before Sunday.

Lincon Logs

When I was a child I had a nice collection of Lincoln logs. I enjoyed them and always love making different buildings out of them. Well at some point in my life they vanished. Well unknown to me they were given to my grandmother for others to play with. After Christmas I was visiting and Grandma told me about them and said that we could have them when we wanted them for Ethan. Well I naturally told her that he would like them now. and to prove that he can play with them and not just me I took pictures to prove how much he enjoyed it.


He built this with some slight help.

Spoiled Rotten and Loving it

I have meant to put these pictures up for a while but I have been busy. So here I present to you the crib that I built for Ethan. Many people wanted pictures of the whole process and wanted to see the steps in building it. Just imagine a bunch of boards, now imagine them cut. You have now seen the steps before the above picture. I never took pictures because there was nothing to take pictures of. To get to this point I had the help of my resourceful brother David to sand things while I focused on the details. Thanks David, your help was greatly appreciated. These are the parts before spraying.
Here is a picture of the crib put together. After spraying all that was left was to attach the sides to the head and footboard. Thankfully Father was willing to help even when the 1/2 hour it was supposed to take turned into 2 hours. Thanks dad.
Here is Ethan showing off his cool bed. He loves it and nap time has become increasingly easier because of this bed. He loves it. Many times after he wakes up he will just continue to lay there and play letting his grateful parents sleep a little longer.
Below is the dresser that I built for Ethan quite some time ago. Thanks to some donated wood from my friend this dresser cost us a total of $30 for the drawer glides, and a total of 3 or 4 hours of work(at the most).
How do you know when your child is Spoiled. Is it when his birth costs as much as a house, is it when he demands and receives all your attention, or is it when you custom build all his furniture. I don't know but I am sure that we have crossed that line and there is no going back.

Definition Please

Today while walking from the car Rene' made a comment that I think should go out to the world in competition to develop the most creative definition of her phrase. She said "I hate walking in melty mud" So I give it to you to leave a comment defining the term "melty mud".