Baptism

While in Iowa we had Ethan baptized with his cousin Quinton. Ethan slept through pretty much the whole thing. The service was the same church where Eric and I were married so it was special for us. Lots of family made the trip to Ames to meet the boys.

Meeting Aunt Kristin.

Meeting Great Grandma Cassat.

Father Al showing off the boys during the Peace.

Great Aunt Di and Uncle George all the way from Chicago.

Great Aunt Elaine all the way from Lawrence Kansas.

Great Grandpa Argotsinger.

Great Grandpa Harley.

Godparents Aunt Kim and Uncle Randy.

Godparents Aunt Corinne and Uncle Travis.

Iowa Visit

We left on Friday the 16th for Iowa. We planned to go about 8 hrs and stop for the night. Ethan did great, and slept most of the time. When we got to our stopping point though, the hotel didn't have any cribs and it was still early so we decided to just go all the way to Ames. This proved to be a bit more difficult than we thought. Ethan screamed for about an hour and we were screaming on the inside. Once we got there we were happy to be done with the journey. Ethan met his cousins and loved watching them play. 

First play time with Quinton.

Connor loved playing with Ethan. He was always checking in on him.

Ellie dressed Maddie up for a photo op. 

It took about 30 shots to get a good one of all of them. This is the closest I got.

Cousin Alex was so sweet with him. He told me Ethan was really wiggely.

Corinne got the boys matching Santa suits. Poor Quinton wasn't feeling it, but Ethan was doing great!

He also met Aunt Kim and Aunt Corinne.

Aunt Kim couldn't let him finish his nap before holding him. I went in and got him out of the pack and play so she could snuggle him.

Our cousin Michelle came down from Chicago with all her kids too. We hadn't all been together since my wedding.

I love this video of Quinton and Ethan meeting for the first time. We were excited to see who would be bigger. 

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Thanksgiving

Grandma and Grandpa Argotsinger came out for Thanksgiving. This was the first time Grandpa got to meet Ethan. They got along like gangbusters taking naps and playing together.

Gram always gets some great pictures of Ethan with her fancy camera.

We had lobster one night before Thanksgiving.

Watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Note the balloon that happened to go by when I took the pic.

Cooking with wine is the best way to cook.

Ethan sat nicely in his high chair for most of our Thanksgiving dinner.

We had lots of random photo shoots throughout the week.

Professional Pictures

Our friend Dan is a professional photographer and did a little photo shoot with Ethan on Nov 6th. Here are some of my favorites.

2nd Pediatrician's Visit

Ethan had his second visit to the doctor today. He is 10 lbs 15 oz and 23 & 1/4" long. Explains why I've had to pack up some of his little outfits already! He's in the 75th percentile for weight and head size and the 90th percentile for height. He is very long!

Ethan enjoyed some outdoors time this weekend while Eric and I raked up the yard. He was not at all helpful, but adorable. I suppose he provided cuteness breaks that kept me from getting too angry about all the leaves in the yard. That could be considered helpful;)

The adorable, but not helpful little raker.

Napping with mommy.

He's really starting to smile. I never know when it's going to happen so it's hard to catch on the camera, but I've gotten a few. He does a great job with tracking Eric and I with his eyes.

So Strong!

If you can believe it Ethan is 1 month old tomorrow! He's started to love some naked tummy time in the mornings. He has a sensitive butt and the naked time helps keep the diaper rash feeling better. He's incredibly strong. He's started to do some advanced yoga planking moves while on his tummy. 

Look how strong I am!

I caught a smile this morning. These little smiles are becoming more and more frequent.

He loves to lay on his changing table and look out the window.