What will the end of this month bring?

So I realized that since E was born, the only posts I have done were about E. Understandable since he is so cute and adorable and I like to brag about him... but I figured that I should give an update about what is happening in our lives - besides E.

So Daniel finished his coursework and is trying to do a mad dash with his thesis (hoping to have it finished by the end of Summer Term). We are in the process of trying to find a job (at this point we're looking for anything that he will tolerate in his field, unfortunately Cartography is not a hugely hiring field at the moment, probably ever really...) This is all compounding on us as we did not renew our rental contract and it ends on June 30 (Quick complaint - WHAT college housing office expects its residents who are students to know 90 DAYS ahead of time what their plans are?!? Even most apartments in the area only required 45 days notice... HONESTLY!!)

Through all of this stress, I am remarkably calm. I feel that everything will work out and I just need to have the faith to let it. So I am currently trying to do just that. We're still looking, praying, etc, but I am not stressing over it. (This might change in 2.5 weeks though.)

Well that sums up our lives right now, and what would a post on our blog be without a few pictures of E.

Here's E sitting in our rocking chair... he just looked so cute in the big chair!

Daniel and I went birding yesterday and E wanted to look through the binoculars when we got home... ah a future birder!

Videos of E

Below are two really cute videos of E. The first is him laughing and the second is him kicking up a storm!

Laughing...


Kicking...

E LOVES Bathtime!

Sunday night we were letting E play in his bathtub (we let him play every other night) and he was enjoying it so much, we shot this video of him. What isn't on this video is how much he was kicking his legs!



I am actually really glad that E loves his bath time, it makes it more fun for all of us. We usually sing Splish Slash by Bobby Darin while we're giving him a bath. We didn't get it on video here, but Sunday he also kicked enough to splash up my arm.

E at 2 Months & Happy Birthday Daniel!

So Saturday, E turned 2 months old and Daniel had his birthday as well. So we got lots of pictures!

Cute smile and this one shows how much he's grown in comparison with his 1-month pictures with the same stuffed animal...
Another cute smile
Another comparison to see how much he's growing!
This smile was so cute, I didn't care that he was moving and so his leg and shoulder are blurry.
These next ones are just ones I liked (and I figure those of you who haven't seen E yet should be able to see a bunch of pics of him!)

Happy Birthday to Daniel (yes if you look closely the numbers spell out 27, which is odd since he turned 26 and I knew he was turning 26 and I pondered how I was going to make a 6 with candles... how it became a 27 is beyond me - but a 7 is easier to make than a 6... I also don't think I would have noticed if Daniel wouldn't have asked - I don't think I'm getting enough sleep still ;) oh well)

E's Blessing

E was blessed last Sunday (May 3). Here are some pictures (isn't he just so cute in the little tux?):

Our Little Family
Close up
Dad and E
Daniel, E, Crystal, Baby A, Crystal and Ben (Ben is in Daniels cohort at school)

Back Row: My Dad, Daniel, E, Crystal, My Mom
Front Row: Dennis (Brother), Valerie (Sister)
Mom and E
You can sort of see the tail in this one...
He looks so sophisticated in this next picture ;)
Taking a nap afterward, being so cute is such hard work!

E's Accomplishment

So while my family was here visiting, I got these two videos of E rolling over. He had previously rolled over 3 other times, but this morning (4/29) he rolled over quite a lot (I was the only one awake for most of them though...

Family Visit

So last Monday (April 27) my parents and two siblings came to visit. They left yesterday (May 3) afternoon for their trip home. We had fun visiting, my little sister loves babies and like to hold E a lot (She got really sad a couple of weekends ago when they got snowed out in Wyoming and had to go back home instead of continue their trip out here). My little brother got to hold E a few times, but he didn't want to hold E as much or as long. Here are some pictures of their visit:

Dennis and E
Valerie and E
They were just so sweet - they had just fallen asleep about the same time.
Grandma and E
Grandpa and E