Ethan Turns 4 Months Old

Ethan turned 4 months old on 12/19/10.  Of course I'm way behind on posting pictures, but at least I'm getting around to it before he turns 5 months!  :)  We had our usual photo shoot to commemorate this occasion.  Ethan is now getting a bit more active during our shoots and tries to grab for the camera many times.  He has also figured out that there is a sticker on his onesie (I have decals for each month that just stick onto his clothes for easy removal) and has started trying to remove it.  Even though every time I put the decal on I say to him, "Now Ethan, NO playing with the sticker and trying to pull it off.  We need to leave it on!"  :)

I love his face in this one!

Give me that camera!

Mama, what are you up to?

Wow...

I am TERRIBLE at keeping this blog up-to-date!  I am going to try really hard in the next couple of days to add some posts!!  Some things for you to look forward to are the following:

• Ethan turns 4 months old!
• Baby's 1st Christmas
• Crawling already?!

And I'm sure by the time I actually get those blogs completed Ethan will be turning (or will have already turned) 5 months old, so you can probably look forward to those pictures as well!

3 Months

Well since Ethan is now almost 4 months old I thought it was about time I posted his 3 month pictures!  :)  We took Ethan to JCPenney for his 3 month professional pics.  He fussed at first and then did what he usually does and stared at the camera...unfortunately, we did not capture any smiles.  The pictures below are the ones we purchased, but if you'd like to see all the photos they took you can view them here.

What's that thing?

I think I can grab the camera...

I want to put that camera in my mouth...

Are we done yet?

Cute little feet!

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It's almost that time of year...

It's almost that time of year when the Christmas cards start pouring in.  I've been thinking about where we should get our own family Christmas card through this year.  Last year I made them at Target, which was very fast and easy since I was still working there.  However, since I am no longer working (and find that having a baby means it is sometimes hard to go places exactly when I want!), I am thinking I'll just order our cards online this year.  That way they will be mailed right to me!    
I was looking through a friend's blog and came across a link for a great promotion through Shutterfly.  If you are a blogger as well, you might be interested in checking out the promotion too.  All you need to do is blog about Shutterfly's Holiday Card promotion and you'll receive 50 free cards!!!  How cool is that?!  I've been looking at the 2010 Christmas and Holiday Card options and there are so many cute ones it is going to be very hard to decide!!  Some of my faves are Christ Wishes, Christ is King, Nativity Blessing and Elegant Cross.  Now I just hope we can get a good family photo so we have something to put on our Christmas card!
P.S. For those of you that seem to always be late at sending your Christmas cards, Shutterfly also offers New Year's cards so that might be a better option for you!  :)

I'm a little pea pod

Ethan went trick or treating for the first time last Sunday (Halloween).  He didn't really do so much "trick or treating"; it was more "lounging in the stroller" and "having Mom carry me."

When I bought his costume I just thought "Ethan's going to be a pea pod; he will be so cute!"  I didn't really think about the fact that a pea pod does not have legs, which meant strapping Ethan into his car seat while wearing the costume was pretty much impossible.  So Brent and I had to do a little costume dressing in the parking lot of West Acres. 






Unfortunately, I don't think Ethan loved his costume all that much, mainly because he wasn't able to kick in it.  I originally bought him a 0-3 month size.  However, when I tried to put that on him I realized it would not be long enough so I purchased a 3-6 month size.  I attempted to try it on him in advance but he kicked his legs so much during my attempt that I gave up figuring it would for sure fit him since he wouldn't even be 3 months old yet and the costume was 3-6 months, right?  Wrong.  Well, he fit into it, just to the very end of it! 


The head part of his pea pod costume was a little too big so it didn't want to stay up on its own and the body part of the costume was too short so Ethan couldn't kick and he LOVES doing that!  Thankfully we were only at the mall for about 30 minutes and then he got to take off his costume.

My nephews, Cooper and Cole, with Ethan...I think Ethan is wondering, "Where is my sucker?!"

Daddy and Mommy with Ethan...Brent and I decided to go trick or treating as ourselves...it made finding costumes really easy!

 

Grandpa and Grandma Tang stopped by the mall to see the grandchildren!  Unfortunately, Ethan wasn't in a very smiley mood!  :(

All in all it was a pretty successful first attempt at trick or treating.  Let's hope next year (when Ethan's legs will probably be doing more walking than kicking!) will go just as well!! 

Mommy's Little Pumpkin & Daddy's Little Monster

This week I've been putting Ethan in all of the different Halloween outfits that I have for him.  Of course this also means that I need to take a ton of pictures in each outfit.  I don't think Ethan finds the photo shoots to be nearly as much fun as I do!  He is a good sport though!  :)

On Monday he was Mommy's Little Pumpkin.

 

We went shopping at Target and Walmart together and Ethan was a very good little boy for Mommy.  I didn't have to hold him at all while we were shopping and he even fell asleep while we shopped at Walmart.  See, he already knows that Target is a much more exciting place to shop than Walmart.  ;)

On Wednesday he was Daddy's Little Monster.  

 

 

 

I had a dentist appointment so I dropped off Ethan to Brent at work.  Ethan was a good boy for Daddy while Mommy was gone...except for spitting up all over his onesie...perhaps he no longer wanted to be called a little monster?!

On Sunday Ethan is going trick or treating as a ... 

well you'll have to check back to find out!!