Ethan has changed so much in the past few weeks!  He is so happy when he is awake, especially in the morning.  He has even started to smile!  At first we thought they were accidental smiles, but he has continued to smile at us for about a week now.  I haven’t weighed him in the past week, but I can tell he is still growing.  He is still eating great, about every 3 hours during the day.  He is starting to get on a consistent schedule with his eating which is great!

Sleeping is becoming more consistent as well.  It is still not great, but at least consistent!  We are putting him down in his crib around 8 or 9 after he eats.  He only lasts about 15 minutes in the crib, so after he wakes up we put him back in his rock n play sleeper.  Then he sleeps until about 1am.  He wakes up again around 3 or 4.  He will cry for about 30 seconds, then fall back asleep for about 2 minutes, over and over until one of us goes to check on him.  Then he will wake up about 5 to eat, but then do the crying routine around 7, then wake up for the day to eat at 8.  We can’t quite figure out why he keeps waking up crying.  I know he is not hungry, because if I try to feed him he won’t eat very well.  We’re hoping if we keep up his routine he will eventually stop waking up!

Ethan has been a much better napper the past week.  He is letting me put him down for naps which is great!  I can finally get some things done around the house.  I think he actually prefers napping in his swing or carseat (when we are out) to being held.

We got to celebrate our first Thanksgiving with Ethan!  He got to meet lots of family and did great in the car.  The worst part was packing up all of his stuff!  On Thursday we went to my Oma’s (my mom’s side) where he got to meet my aunts, uncles and cousins.  Thursday evening we went to my Aunt Gina’s (dad’s side) where Ethan put on a good show for everyone!  We put him down on the floor on a blanket and he cooed and smiled for all the ladies.  On Friday we went to Louisville and Ethan got to meet his cousins Julianne and Lorelei and his Uncle Stephen and Aunt Allison.  Julianne was very excited to meet him!  We had a great Thanksgiving holiday and even had the weekend at home to settle.

In other news, Jason and I decided it was time to retire the ’95 Civic and get a new car for him.  We got a great deal at Terry Lee Honda and are now the proud owners of a white 2011 CR-V!  We quickly realized that we were going to outgrow our 4 door car and an SUV would be much better for trips.  Maybe next will be a minivan???

Here are some picures of our 6 week old little boy!