Category — Ethan

If eye balls make you queezy, watch at your own risk,

It’s been two weeks since Evelyn has been born and we’re starting to get into the flow as a family of four and navigate the sleepless haze, . We’ve been incredibly blessed with gifts and meals from family and friends, so thank you all! Ethan is fascinated by baby Evy (pronounced like Chevy, without the Ch), and you can hear him throughout the day saying “baby, baby,..” He likes pushing her swing, peering over the edge of her bed as she sleeps, putting Evy’s pacifier in her mouth, and climbing over Mom and Dad as we hold and feed her on the couch. He is really good with her and he’s going to be a great big brother.

I’m heading back to work tomorrow and have really enjoyed being with the family that past 2 weeks. Bridget will be home for another 6 weeks, so we’re excited about that. We wanted to share some pictures of Evelyn and the family from the first two weeks, including pics from the hospital, Ethan and Evelyn interacting, some full family pics,.. (“Evelyn and Friends” photo gallery and other video to come.)

Ethan meeting his new sister at the hospital,

One of Ethan’s favorite things for breakfast is Frosted Mini-Wheats. We put them in his little bowl with a little bit of milk and he gobbles them down. On his own, he has figured out how to drink the cereal milk when he’s finished. It’s really cute seeing him do it, with the bowl covering his face,.. caught it on video this morning.

Did a little photo shoot of Ethan in his high chair after he was done eating one morning. He was having fun with it.

Hello dear friends and family, some Hurry family updates:

• Last month, we had the opportunity to go visit Bridget’s sister Jessica and her family in California and had a great trip. Steve had never met Avari, their youngest daughter, so was such a blessing for Uncle Steve to meet her. Bridget got invited to speak to the MOPS group at her sister’s church, Bayside Church in Roseville, CA. (Topic: Hormones, Where are they Taking Us) While we were there Bridget also got to go to a conference with Jessica, and I (Steve) got to do some snowboarding with my brother-in-law Chris at Sugar Bowl, just outside of Lake Tahoe. We had great snow conditions, sunny 70 degrees, no clouds at all. Was so nice to be on the mountain. Ethan and Isaac had a blast playing together all wknd as well. It was really neat seeing them interact. Here’s some pics from the wknd:

• Steve has a job update. He has switched to working part time at ServLife and is now working part time at our church, Common Ground, as well, helping with their Web site and doing some Mission admin. tasks.
• Bridget’s pregnancy is going well. She is about 27 weeks along now. We’re excited to meet our new little girl .  She’s still battling some nausea, so you can be lifting up some prayers for health and perseverance.
• Ethan is doing great. Currently, he’s obsessed with balls of all shapes and sizes. First words through the monitor in the morning are usually “deeb dab doob dee baaaaaal” so cute, he draws out the word usually when he says it, Anything round also gets called “Baaaaalll”. He also LOVES doggies. He can see a picture of a dog on a bumper sticker on a car in front of us while driving or see a billboard with a picture of a dog,..and he’ll yell out “Doooogggie”.

This is one of the funniest videos of Ethan to date. Ethan was busy emptying and filling the tupperware bin in our kitchen, so thought this was be a good photo opportunity. So, I started snapping pics. and while doing so, he saw me holding the lens cap of the camera (which he is fascinated with) and he came charging over, you’ll have to watch to see what happened next.

One of our favorite pics of our little man, Ethan looking out at Dadda in the back yard through our back door.

To some of you veteran parents out there, this toy may be old hat, but this has got to be one of the world’s greatest toys. May I introduce to you the Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper, hours of entertainment for your little one… The video below says it all: