A busy few weeks

We've had a busy few weeks around here.

Ethan was born on December 20th and we were at the hospital until Wednesday the 22nd.  Then we headed home just in time to get ready for Christmas, which was alot of fun this year.  Caleb isn't quite old enough to understand what's going on, but he definitely understood opening presents.  He had a blast ripping off wrapping paper and playing with all his new toys.

He's warming up to Ethan too.  He ignores him most of the time, but he doesn't like it when he cries and he wants to "hold" him occasionally.  I can't wait until Ethan gets older and they can actually play together.  They will have so much fun!

I haven't been able to get any great pictures of my boys together yet, but we've made several attempts and this is the best we've been able to do so far.

Little Ethan had some issues with jaundice over the past week.  He had a biliblanket at the hospital and ended up using 2 biliblankets (these blankets that put off ultra violet light which helps break down bilirubin) for a week at home.  We were thankful he didn't end up back at the hospital over Christmas, but our pediatrician did everything she could to keep that from happening.  We finally got rid of the blankets on Tuesday night, and it is so nice to be able to carry him around, and leave the den with him.  It was very frustrating having 2 foot cords hooked to his blankets!

Ethan has been such a good baby so far.  He sleeps (alot!!) and eats and hardly ever cries.  And I know I'm completely biased, but he is ADORABLE and so tiny compared to Caleb.  Caleb weighed 8lbs when he was born and maybe got down to 7.5lbs before he started gaining like crazy and got very chubby.  Ethan was only 6lbs 7oz, and got down to 5lbs 14oz before he started gaining back, and he still seems so little.  He weighs about 6lbs 5oz now, so he's almost back up to his birthweight.

We also celebrated Charles' birthday this week.  28 years old!  Here's a picture of Charles with his boys, and that's Caleb's "picture smile".   We need to work on it.

I know this was kind of jumbled, but I just wanted to update while I had the chance and I'm going to try and post more often now that things have settled down a bit.