Ethan meets his new cousin and other news!

This is Thomas, my younger sister's new baby boy, born March 28th,! He's 3 1/2 months younger than Ethan.  It's hard to believe, but Ethan was actually just a little smaller than Thomas when he was born!  Now look at him! This kid is growing so fast! He isn't quite sure what to make of his new cousin but in a few months I'm sure little Thomas will catch up to Ethan and the two of them will be buddies! 

Brandon took these pictures of Ethan and Lenny.  I just love this one, it's my new screen saver at work.  Don't you just love the chubby arms! 

Ethan is the proud new owner of his very own jumping palace!  We got it a couple of weeks ago and let me tell you we love it maybe even more than Ethan does!  He was bouncing while we held him, and making our arms tired!  This kid has got to be over 16 pounds already. The jumper has saved our arms and given Ethan an outlet for his energy.  Not only that, after the first few days with the jumper, Ethan started sleeping longer at night!  Worth every penny!

He isn't quite tall enough for it, so we had to put a skinny box underneath it and we covered it with a rug for grip action. 

Ethan and his Daddy practicing his balancing act for future jobs in the circus.  Apparently balancing kids on your hand is a "Pack" thing.  Brandon's dad and uncles did this with their kids, and now Brandon can do it with Ethan.  He started doing it with Ethan sitting on his hand, and now we're up to standing and "yes" it makes me a little nervous sometimes! 

Ethan and Lenny, still good pals!

Ethan meeting his Aunt Lesley for the first time! 

Oh so peaceful! He let himself get rocked to sleep in his swing.  You wouldn't believe how this kid's stuff has taken over our living room!  


Some good news!  Brandon got a job offer and is set to start in a few weeks.  It will mean that he and Ethan will no longer get to hang out during the day and we're now in the market to find a sitter, but we're still very excited for Brandon's job!