EthanEthan!

Ethan Nov 10 (16 of 22), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I love this one. His eyes are changing. You really start to see some of his face here -- developing from a baby baby to our little boy!

Helping Daddy

Kids Nov 2010 (7 of 8), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

She is great at sanitizing bottles for the beer bottling! Daddy's little helper you know!

Megan asleep

Kids Nov 2010 (1 of 8), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I swear she has litigation in her blood. I can't tell you how many times we find we have to be even more explicit with her in giving instructions than we think we should.

For example - Megan - you sleep in YOUR room. Do not come get in our bed. We don't sleep well with you in our bed.

Ummmm, I guess we never EXPRESSLY forbid the use of the DOG bed (BESIDE our bed), so we found this later completely asleep missing half her pajamas in the DOG bed. New instructions have been edited!

Expressive face

Kids Nov 2010 (8 of 8), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Really, she wasn't even in a foul mood. Just camera face I guess.
Our sweet sweet girl. I just love this girl. She has turned into the most amazing AMAZING big sister I could ever imagine. She just loves her brother, and misses him when he isn't around. I catch her checking the baby monitor during his naps just to see if he is awake yet. And as soon as he is, she is cooing at him from her own stool she keeps just beside his crib. Our sweet girl. And Ethan never has a bigger smile than when he is looking and playing with Meg.

Here Megan has set up one of her favorite tents with her brother. Poor dog, she even looks a little left out. Megan, once the constant pet lover, seems to just enjoy her brother even more. At least for now when he can't really bother her too much!

Uncooperative photo moments

Ethan Nov 10 (18 of 22), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I swear. I can not EVER get a picture of his teeth. He has two adorable lower teeth and has had them for almost two months now. They are quite solidly in, and hurt when he bites down (to sooth all his other teething). However they don't seem to show in photos laughing, smiling, sitting, eating or even crying. I was sure this open mouth crying (hungry feed me faster!) was going to work, but even as Chris fed him, not a single tooth showed on camera. But there ARE two!

Kitty kitty

Ethan Nov 10 (13 of 22), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

The cat has just recovered from Megan and isn't sure what she thinks yet about Ethan and his new found interest in her. Of course he isn't mobile yet. I am sure she will decide what she thinks soon enough!

Freezer restocking

Cookin Nov 10 (11 of 11), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ok, my freezer restocking has officially begun. We had finally eaten through most of what is in our deep freeze, and hadn't really put much there since before Ethan was born!! (But you can eat for months literally out of our freezer space!). This is the outside freezer stacked with the home cooked quick dinners of meatloaf, pork loin, pork chops. Adding a few more friend suggested recipes next. Also the 10 lb of flour from my 25 lb bag purchase (for all the homemade bread baking!)

Eating Mangoes, Mmmmm

Ethan Nov 10 (19 of 22), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Boo!

Halloween 2010 (4 of 4), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Snow White

Halloween 2010 (2 of 4), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ready for trick or treating. And since we went to Disneyworld, and arrived back late late on Saturday night, of course Sunday would be a Disney themed Halloween. Plus she got to wear it at the Magic Kingdom Halloween Party too!