Update on Ethan & Ethan's Riley visit!!!!

Hello everyone! As of tomorrow Ethan is already a month old. Wow has time flown by so fast with Ethan. Ethan is such a good baby. He still only seems to cry or get upset when his diaper is dirty or needs to be fed. He has such a funny personality already. He defiantly knows his mama and dada. Nathan and Ethan defiantly have such a special bond. They are so adorable together. Nathan has no problem with this daddy business stuff, in fact if I would let him he would do everything for Ethan. Ethan has continued to wake up at least 3 to 4 times a night. It is getting easier for him to fall back asleep immediately compared to two three weeks ago. We have been so busy lately with friends and family visiting and spending time with Ethan. In the pas tweek we have taken Ethan shopping.. my mom and I joke and call him a "Mall Baby" , because he is so content when we go out and about shopping. When we compared Ethan to a 3 month old baby we saw at the Mall Ethan looked huge. He is a big baby.

Yesterday we had a very early appointment at Riley Hospital for Ethan. It was quite the experience for Nathan and I with a newborn traveling after waking at 4am to leave. Ethan's appointment was a renal exam to see exactly how his kidneys were working/functioning after birth. The exam itself was very hard on us and Ethan. Ethan cried so hard. He had to get an IV and a catheter put in for this exam. The exam took 45 minutes ... but felt like forever with Ethan. I know everyone has said that newborns are to little to remember stuff like this but seeing him so upset killed us. After the test we were told the appointment we had for the next day was cancelled because Ethan's amazing Dr. was able to see us the same day to give us the results of Ethans renal exam. They were very nice to work with us knowing that we had a three hour drive. WE were so happy because we did not want to wait until the next day to see his doctor and hear such big news for our baby boy.We had to travel to Avon just to see the doctor for the results. The only bad part is that we had to wait a long long time in the docs office with a grumpy newborn. When we meet with ethans doc he told us that Ethan's KIDNEYS WERE BOTH WORKING they way they should. WE WERE SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL for such a blessing.

After such great news .... we made plans to meet with our friend Ashlee back at the IUPUI campus... (right next to Riley) to take Ethan's professional newborn pictures. Ashlee is such a wonderful photographer. she worked so well with Ethan. After such a stressful long morning we made for such a fun afternoon then headed to home sweet home to share the news with our family.

I am going to post the pictures Ashlee took of Ethan enjoy....

Here are some pictures of Ethan... a co worker of mine took them during Ethan's first visit at Mommy's work

Ethan's Nursery... More Pictures to Come ... Needs Final Touches lol

The Family Helping Out!!!

Daddy Just starting to paint.... This was a couple months before Ethan's arrival!!

More Pictures from Hospital Stay!!!!

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Our Awesome Family Decorated our house to Welcome Us 3 Home!!!!

I know these pictures should have been posted earlier ... so here they are!!!

First couple weeks home with Baby Ethan!!!

Hello everyone..I finally have a chance to get on here and update how Ethan is doing, and a little how mommy and daddy are as new parents. Well, lets begin. Ethan in our eyes is the happiest baby. He only cries when he has a dirty diaper or needs to eat. With Ethan only being 2 1/2 weeks old we feel as if he is very alert and strong for his age. Ethan loves when we say "Ethan very softly next to his ear" and then kisses on the side of his face. Nathan and I have did this since an hour after he was born until now. Ethan loves loves to eat. He is breastfeeding every two hours or sometimes he can make it until three... but like i said Ethan just loves to eat. So far I have had no problems with breastfeeding and have enjoyed it. As far as bath time goes we absolutely love bathing Ethan."normally Nathan can only give Ethan a bath..but that's okay lol" It is our time to bond one on one with him because he is awake and moving during bath time. Depending on Ethan's mood he may or may not cry. After bath time Nathan gives Ethan his baby massage. This massage is really neat. It is a time that "daddy" gets to bond with Ethan one on one. Ethan's amazing nurse during our hospital stay showed us a demonstration one night in the nursery on how to give a baby massage.. and why babies enjoy the massage. Now as for nigh time... we have good nights and bad nights. Lately, Ethan will be fully awake around 11pm and not want to fall back asleep.. I will say this is the hardest part of the night, and we have been trying different ways to put Ethan back asleep. When Ethan finally falls asleep he wakes up every 2 to 3 hours for the rest of the night. I would like to say that lately i am extremely tired trying to adjust to getting only four hours of sleep every night. Nathan does a wonderful job helping out during the night, he is an amazing daddy. Ethan loves to lay on his daddy's chest... it seems like Ethan can fall asleep instantly. Ethan hates dirty diapers... and at times hates being changed in and out of his clothes. Nathan and I love to watch Ethan sleep... Ethan makes so many faces while sleeping. He smiles allot in his sleep. We are in love with his cries... they are so sweet.. Ethan has the cutest voice. So far, Ethan loves tummy time.. tummy time is where we see how strong Ethan is. He can lift up his head and move allot for a new born. When Ethan was in my tummy he moved liked crazy.almost to much.. this is why I know he is such a strong baby.
Nathan and I love being parents. We have allot to learn but will do anything for our little Ethan. We have been extremely busy with all of our friends and family visiting ...Ethan is quite the celebrity.. Last week my mom and dad watched Ethan for a couple hours while we could have a date night out for dinner. I checked on Ethan way to many times.. I missed him like crazy.
I will try and update our blog as much as I can with pictures and information on how we are all doing...... take care

-mommy