So Dale is turning 30 on the 30th! My husband. 30! Unbelievable!! As you can tell, I’m still in denial about this getting older thing. But this last weekend we had a 30th birthday party and casino night for Dale’s birthday! It was supposed to be a surprise, so I went to great lengths to [...]

So Jim was here all last week and as I already mentioned, he got to spend a lot of time with Ethan and myself. He got to see what a day in the life of a stay-at-home mom and a four month old is like! I’m not sure if we inspired him to want to [...]

So we’ve been pretty busy the last week or so. The weekend before last we took a drive out to Palm Springs to hang out with Dave, July, Caiden and Carrigan. They were staying out there for the weekend and we wanted to join in the fun! So we packed up Ethan and about a [...]

So our friend Jim is in town, visiting us for a little while. Both Dale and I were so excited that he was coming and we’ve been having a really fun time hanging out with our long-lost pal! Especially me, I must say, as Jim has filled in a couple of times as babysitter and [...]

Lately Ethan has been more active picking things up and playing with them. He typically isn’t interested for long, but he’s definitely on the path towards greater tactility, and is quickly acquiring practical knowledge, becoming ever more sapient by the day. See what I mean.

Well, at 4 months old Ethan is already a better musician than Dale. I swear, some people are just born with it. (Thanks to our neighbors for the new toy) Update: I think I found where he gets all that natural talent from…

At the beginning of July, Dale, Ethan and I took a little jaunt to Los Angeles for some sightseeing. Believe it or not, after living in SoCal for over six years, I have never really been to L.A. I guess you could say I’ve been avoiding it!! But I heard there were some interesting sights [...]

In late June Ethan and I were lucky enough to have a nice visit with Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Ted! They stopped by for an afternoon and hung out with us. G-Grandma read Ethan a story and he returned the favor by letting out some very loud and startling noises on G-Grandma’s lap! Babies!!

Here our tired little baby fell asleep in Daddy’s arms! Just a snippet from our daily life. Ethan is about two months here…

So on June 15 we celebrated Dale’s first Father’s Day. Grandma and Grandpa came up and we celebrated Father’s Day together. Ethan was two months old.