Smile!

Ethan has been smiling for a few weeks now, but mostly just because he passed gas. Lately, however, he has been smiling at people (especially his sister) and even laughing a little bit. The laugh pretty much sounds like a donkey, but, being his parents, we think it is adorable ! Shay thinks it is hilarious! We have been trying like crazy to get the smile on camera....and alas we have! Ethan's first smile (on camera)!

On another note, I went back to work this past week. It was really hard leaving Ethan, but we have a great lady named Peggy that has kept Shay and is now keeping Ethan, too. That makes it much easier to leave him. He did great all week and Shay especially enjoys her brother being there with her. We are so thankful to have her!

We also had our pictures taken last week by David's aunt who is working on starting her own photography business. We went to Eureka Springs Park which has some beautiful plants and landscaping. I think that she got some great photos so as soon as she gets those put together, we will share! And (sales pitch) if anyone wants pictures taken, let me know and I will give you her info!

Here we go!

As I sit here trying to figure out how exactly this blogging thing works, I have a puking newborn and a crying 3 year old distracting me. However, I wanted to start this 'blog' so that everyone who does not live close by (although those close by can look, too) can see pictures of the puking newborn and the crying 3 year old.

I tried out the facebook thing, and although I don't consider myself to be technologically challenged (look at my dad, for crying out loud) I just can't figure out how it's supposed to work. So, we'll try this out instead. It seems pretty straight forward and my friend Ashley and David's cousin Kim have a blog that I really enjoy looking at. So, here we go. I can't promise how often this will be updated, but I will try to keep it up to date so that everyone can enjoy the happenings in our lives (hopefully) as much as we do.

On our first outing 2 weeks after Ethan was born (he was born August 10th) we took Shay fishing. Here are a couple pictures: one of Ethan relaxing because his sister was not there to bother him, and the other of Shay being her typical prissy self and not wanting to touch the fish that I caught.