Updating the blogs...

As I see our last post was in September, I realize how VERY long it has been since we have updated the blog.  For the few readers that look, here is my attempt at updating....Ethan is growing fast!  He is now nine months old (March 11).  Here is a quick look back of the last nine months!

The first three were Ethan at 3 days old!  A photographer wanted to use him as a model so yay for free professional pictures!

A trip to Costco!

Forth of July heat in Fon du lac! Can you tell how happy the heat made Ethan?!

 Ethan has always been a fan of baths and always seems a bit confused when the "fun" is over and I dry him off.

Baby Blessing happened on August 12, 2012

 Grandma and Grandpa Butler were able to make it to the blessing.  We missed Grandma Lori and Grandpa David!

Ethan was a swaddlle baby until about six months.

 He loved to be swaddled!

 And carried

 Lake Michigan

First Brewers game

Splish Splash!

Sitting up!

Posing with his older brother.  We pulled out the camera and he leaned in!  What a poser!

First Foods

I convinced Saria to let me start feeding Ethan real food. A week ago or so I fed him his first food - I let him suck on a piece of watermelon. He liked it, and you could see the look of surprise on his face as he thought,"This is new," but he became uninterested fairly quickly.

Yesterday, I let him suck on a banana. He really liked it and he ate about an eighth of a banana - which for a three month old is a lot. I took it away and this is the pose he gave me - a big smile and mouth wide open waiting for more. He looked just like a baby bird.

Ethan and his monkey

Ethan falls asleep either when he is swaddled or when he is holding something. Usually he holds onto Saria's arm, but lately she's been able to switch out her arm for his monkey stuffed animal. What a cute picture.

Ethan and Ginger

Ginger is such a good dog, she puts up with a lot as Saria and always strive for the perfect picture. Here, we got one of Ginger and Ethan together.

Favorite picture

This is my favorite picture of Ethan this far. It was taken by Saria has shows how wider eyed an alert he is.

Pictures of Ethan

Here are some random pixtures of Ethan from his first month