Happy Happy Joy Joy

For some reason unbeknownst to me, Ethan woke up at 3:30 this morning. He has been eating a lot the last few days. Tiffany thinks he is going through a growth spurt. Who knows? The good news is that it is Friday. I have the next three days off, then I work three and have four more off. I think it is going to be a good week. I don't think I have talked much about food on this blog. Ethan has been eating cereal for about two months, and we have been feeding him some vegetables for about half of that time. All in all this seems to be going well. I told him that it was perfectly acceptable not to like sweet potatoes. Everyone knows they are nasty. At least the baby food version doesn't include marshmallows. I think his favorite vegetable so far is squash, and peas seem to be his least favorite. He isn't spitting anything out, but we have had some interesting looks with a few things. I don't think he will be a picky eater though. Maybe it's too early to tell. Everything at daycare seems to be going well. I think they like him better than all of the other kids, but I could just be reading into what they tell me. Sunday night we went to see Bowling for Soup here in town. They are one of the most fun bands to see live, and we always have a good time. Our good friends Erin and Josh kept Ethan for us. They said he was good, and I don't think they were even lying about it. I guess that pretty much brings us up to date. Depending on how things go around here, you may not hear from me again until after Christmas. If that's the case, everyone have a good holiday.

Conjuntivitis

Apparently three weeks is forever in blog time. I am thinking of hiring a professional blogger. Otherwise my readers may have to be satisfied with the current frequency of my posts, which admittedly hasn't been very often. Maybe after the holidays are over it will be better. First up are the pictures. I know it is the reason that the majority of you read this. We have a shot of Ethan in his Thanksgiving outfit. As I am typing this, I am having trouble uploading this pictures, so it is possible that I am describing pictures that aren't there. Next we have one of him in his chair eating dinner. Lastly, we have a shot of him learning how to write his own blog.

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year. We had all of Tiffany's immediate family here. We all ate way too much food, which I think is generally what you are supposed to do this time of year. The following week my parents were here for a couple of days. We took the opportunity to pass the child off and go out alone for a change. We had tickets to see The Ten Tenors at the civic center. I was pretty sure I was going to hate it before we went in, but we left pleasantly surprised. It certainly didn't hurt that they did a medley of 80s rock hits right there at the end. Last week kicked off with a bang. Ethan contracted pink eye, which is probably the first of many childhood diseases. I guess that is one of the luxuries of daycare. At least we are building an immune system. We have been putting drops in his eyes for almost a week, but his eyes were pretty well cleared up after the first day. He only had to miss one day of daycare, which meant I only got to miss half a day of work. We will hope for something a little longer lasting the next time I need some time off. Speaking of time off, I am going to stop here and feed the baby. If you're lucky, I will finish this later.