First attempt

Well I have been "spying" on several of my friends lives for some time now and thought that it was only fair to give it a try myself so they have the opportunity to take a look at what we are up to as well. As you will see, I am not a very computer savy individual, but hope that I will be able to learn as time allows ( i.e. Ethan is sleeping). For now I thought the best thing to do was try to give a little update of what we have been up to for the last 5 1/2 months. Ethan was born 4 weeks and 4 days early which was a big shock for us. Matthew and I are the biggest planners you have ever met so we had a little bit of adjusting to do. Ethan stayed in the NICU for 15 days and came home on day 16. He was very strong from the start and rolled over the first day I had him home and put him down for some tummy time. At about week 6 he got very colicky and would cry from 5-9 every night like clockwork. At week 12 we started Prevacid which helped but did not take the crying away. If he was awake, he was crying (luckily he slept alot). Week 16 it was like a switch turned off and the colic was gone. Today he is 23 weeks old and is still a fussy baby but he smiles and laughs all the time and is so much fun to have around (about 95% of the time). When he has one of his crying spells I don't know how we made it through the first few months and pray it doesn't return! I think that is a quick overview of the last 5 1/2 months. Now on to the present.

Today Ethan rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time! I found him in his crib sucking on the sheet this morning and was sad that I missed him actually doing it. I have been hovering with the video camera waiting for this day for about a week. Oh well maybe I can get it on film soon. For now I will try to figure out how to post some pictures of him from when he was born to the present