At least the rain has been good for something. This is my favorite flower! I planted this when I bought my home and it has really done great. I just love the small heart-shaped flowers! Now if it will be sunny for a little longer, I can get my veggies in the ground. How I love gardening! I hope Ethan loves it too, since he will be in the sling while I am gardening! :)  

Ethan loves watching his brother play baseball. We had quite a weekend of baseball games. With all the rain we've had in New England, many baseball games have been rescheduled so we are now playing "catch up". Ethan was wonderful in the slings. He is very attentive and happy when being carried, or asleep. There really is no "in-between" for him. We are so lucky to have such an alert and happy baby. 

Man, this is a hard game! :) 

Thats a hit!! 

Just another cutie picture that I couldnt resist posting!!!  

Dont mess with my toys!!  

Do you like doing laundry??? Isn't this cute? A fellow mama gave me this idea and its great! Ethan can sit up and chose his own toy! How cool is that? This way he can tell me which toy is his favorite. I THINK I know ...but how do you really? Daddy had his concerns about the safety of this position but was right beside Ethan the entire time. :) 

"Well mom..its like this!" He looks like such a little debater, don't you think? Of course, this was around 1 am when he had absolutely no interest in sleeping! But how can you be upset? He wasn't crying or miserable...just wide, wide awake with no end in sight! Look at those wide-open eyes and the attention! I took a million pictures trying to capture the smile, but he is way too quick for me! We are going to have to have professional pix taken to get the smiles...after millions of photographs, I still only have a few. I think I'm going to take a photography class to get better at this. Isn't he the most beautiful baby?? We think so! :) 

what a cutie huh? his eyes are so inquisitive, or is that just the mama in me that sees that? He really is so attentive to everything. And sucking on his fingers is something that is really fun to do!  

One last one from me for the night. Its making mommy's fingers hurt to type all the stuff I want her to say! I'm also getting a bit tired and need to go drink more milkies now (to see how that dinner tasted). I'm sure my mommy will post more pix of me again soon! Hope everyone in New England has recovered from all the flooding! We had a few issues, but nothing major. Good night!  

A big yawn from me! The fresh air tonight was really nice and made me tired. Mommy and me went to uncle Paul and aunt Tammy's house and had a BBQ..I'll have to let you know later how the chicken tastes (it takes a few hours to get through the mama's milk). I heard the pasta, corn and salad were yummy too! Oh boy, I can't wait! 

This is one of my mommy's Hot Slings...we really like using this because its so easy to fold up in our diaper bag...and its really pretty. I'm not really in it here...I just have it drapped over me because I fell asleep in it and then uncle Paul was holding me. I like uncle Paul! 

This is another one of my favorite toys! Would you believe my oldest brother had this toy when he was a baby! That was 15 years ago! Wow! What an old toy, huh? But it is such a cool toy! I really love putting it in my mouth! And yes, this is my bumbo seat too...but don't worry...my mommy took all these pictures within a few minutes of each other. I never go very long without being carried or being held by my mommy...you shoudl see all the cool slings, pouches, and wraps my mommy has to carry me in. They are just so hard for her to take pix of me while she is carrying me. We will have to talk to Daddy about that more later. I'm going to a bunch of baseball games this weekend so maybe we will be able to take more pix then. I can't wait to go see Mikey's baseball games! We are going to have a blast!  

This is my friend Emily and this is one of my favorite toys to play with! I really love putting it in my mouth...it tastes so yummy! Emily is a really good friend. I just wish she would stop touching my head! Just kidding Emily! Emily would love to give me a bottle but I think me and mommy have made her understand that I only drink mama's milk (and it is really yummy and has all kinds of great nutritional stuff in it!). I am already 17 lbs. and have only had mama's milk ever!!!
 

Ok, so I started counting today! My daddy is a math whiz, so I am getting the hang of this really quick!!! I have 3 stripes on my shoes! How cool is that? :) 

This is my Bumbo seat! My mommy finally found one for me!!! I am so excited about it! I can sit up straight in it...go out to eat in it...do all kinds of cool things in it! And the best thing is I am at eye level with everyone else, so I'm not left out of stuff like I would be if I were in an infant carrier! I am so glad my mommy found it! I will share more pix with you later!  

Isn't this the weirdest effect? You can almost see a smirk on his face. he really wants to smile, but that silver thing is in front of him and he knows there may be a flash soon, so he dare not act as if he enjoys all this attention! I really believe he will have the intelligence of his father. With both of us as parents, how can he go wrong in the intelligence department! lol! JK!! We do have BIG hopes for him though..the next Einstein!  

I love this pix effect. You will hardly ever find a pix of me without my glasses off. Ethan's dad says thats what he prefers, but I have been wearing glasses forever and am not comfortable with contacts.
Again, we have here the "old man serious" face (referred to in the future as the OMS face!). Gotta love acronyms!
I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to be with my baby and watch him grow each day. How did I get so lucky???  

We hardly ever get our pix taken together. With dad at work most of the time and the older kids at school, its mainly me taking pix of Ethan while we go about our day. I believe Mikey took this pix...Ethan has his "old man serious" face on. Even though I love his smiles and laughs, this face pulls at my mama-strings too.
Of course, he still hasn't gotten to like the camera, which is why we have more "old man serious" faces than laughs and giggles. He does laugh and giggle alot, especially with dad when he comes home from work. Sometimes he will work himself up into a laughing fit and go on and on so hard that his body shakes (I was referring to Ethan, but dad does that too). :)
 

He really does love his feet!!! Using cloth diapers is the best ever...aren't those some cute little diapers??? AND we are saving the environment! You would not believe how inexpensive cloth diapers are and how much money we save! We love them!