Monday, August 31, 2009

Workin' for the Weekend




It was another exciting weekend around here. Friday night my Aunt Vicki and MeMaw watched Ethan for a few hours so that we could go out with some friends. We went to see Bowling for Soup at a bar here in town. They were fantastic as always. Ethan was asleep when we got home around midnight, and he slept until 7 the next morning. Saturday morning I had to get up anyway to go to a funeral for our great family friend Jim McKeever. Big Jim used to cut my hair when I was a kid, and while I was getting ready I looked in the mirror and couldn't help thinking that he would never let my hair have gotten as out of control as it is now. The services were nice, and it was good to see some of his family that I haven't seen in a long time. Later that afternoon, we went by and visited with Granny for a little while. Ethan seemed pretty content to sit in her lap for quite a while. We also got to check out his baby quilt which is almost finished. After that we had to make a shopping trip to replenish our pantry. We had pretty much been living off bread and water for the last couple of days. Actually, I think it was just water. We finished the bread the other day. That went fine, and Ethan slept the entire time. I had hoped Sunday would be a little more relaxing, and I guess it was. We didn't do much around the house, but I did get a call from my friend Brad. It was good to visit with him for a little bit. We spent a couple of hours at Fort Phantom fishing, or at least scaring the fish away. We still had fun. I guess that about covers it. I know most of you only want to see pictures of the baby anyway. Hopefully this will cover me for a couple of days.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Nothin' but a good time

I know this post is a long time coming. I seem to have my hands full these days. I don't have any cute pictures of the baby to put up this morning. Maybe I can get Tiffany to do that later. Take my word for it though, he is adorable. I have about ten minutes until I have to go get ready for work, so I will cram in as much information as I can. I guess we left off last time around Sarah's wedding. Sometime after that, we went down to the post office to apply for a passport for Ethan. I think the lady at the post office thought we were kind of nuts. Also, I think maybe she just hated her job. She wasn't super pleasant. Anyway, we got the picture made, paid the money, and now we are just waiting for it to come in the mail. I will say that we don't have any international travel plans at this point, but I don't have plans to not go anywhere either. I think that makes sense. What else has been going on? Last weekend we went to Dallas. We stayed with our friends Matt and Lisa. Matt and I went to see Poison and Def Leppard. I know I was about 20 years late on these bands, but we had a pretty good time while the wives stayed home with the babies. Apparently they had a pretty good time too, because there was an empty bottle of wine on the table when we got home. Saturday we met Sarah for lunch and then Morgan met us for a few minutes. Everyone wants to see us now for some reason. Actually Morgan and Sarah wanted to hang out with us before the baby too, so I forgive them. I'm running out of time here. Ethan is doing well. He is sleeping well at night. He is talking a lot, although we don't know what he is saying. I do think he knows what he is saying though. He does smile a lot. I will try to get some pictures this weekend. I guess that's it for me today.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

I, Ethan Michael...


I, Ethan Michael Murray, do solemnly swear to:


  • eat every 3 hours
  • poop several times a day, including once outside the diaper
  • dirty up multiple pieces of my clothing
  • dirty up mulitple pieces of your clothing
  • require at least one load of laundry a day
  • sleep inconsistently every 24 hours

I, Ethan Michael Murray, do additionally solemnly swear to:

  • smile at you often
  • tug at your heartstrings
  • snuggle when you hold me close
  • make cute baby noises
  • take adorable photographs
  • love you forever!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Another one bites the dust











A lot has happened in the last week. Thursday night we had a night out with some friends. It was just dinner theater at McMurry University, but when you live in a small town you take advantage of anything you can. We enjoyed it, and my mother enjoyed watching Ethan for a couple of hours. Friday night we attended the rehearsal dinner for Sarah's wedding. It was the first time a lot of our family had met Ethan. I'm pretty sure they all thought he was great. Friday and Saturday night we stayed at the Hilton with the rest of the family. The wedding was Saturday evening. it was hot, but that didn't stop anyone from having a great time. Congratulations to Sarah and Josh! Everything went pretty smooth as far as we could tell. Sunday we had lunch with the other side of the famly. We met MeMaw, Vicki, and Carl at the Olive Garden for lunch. That night we took advantage of mom being in town and had another dinner without the baby. It was a long weekend, but all of us survived it.