Seven Months

With all our travels, I never got around to taking 6-month pictures of Ethan. I'm really glad that I started taking these great pictures of him with the zebra and the lion when he was a baby since we won't be able to continue the "Harley/baby" series. So, here is Ethan at 7-months. As usual, I couldn't just pick one picture, so here are a few of my favorites.




This one cracks me up! Ethan is looking at Kaitlin like "What are you doing in my picture?


Ethan adores Kaitlin! Can't you tell?

Harley Yost 6/13/03 - 8/5/10

Today we lost a member of our family. Shortly after moving to Auburn, we got Harley. He was defective when we got him; he had a little spot on his nose that the breeders vet hadn't diagnosed. We decided to take a chance on the little guy and we are so glad we did! Harley has been the best dog. He just loved everyone and was the official greeter at the Yost house. As soon as the doorbell rang, he would run to the door to greet our visitors. We always joked that if someone tried to break in, he would lick them to death! Harley loved to take walks! We started calling them "things" because he knew what walk meant and would get all excited as soon as someone said the word. Harley didn't get nearly as much attention after Kaitlin was born and even less after Ethan was born, but he still loved us and he loved our kids (especially when Kaitlin would drop food for him)! He let us do a lot of silly things to him and he put up with a lot of stuff that Kaitlin did to him. He was very gentle with her. We couldn't have asked for a better dog. We miss you already, Harley!

Here are a few pictures of Harley through the years.






To see more pictures of Harley, click here.

Ethan's Six-Month Checkup

I took Little Man for his six-month checkup today. He weighed in at 16 pounds, 13 ounces and is 26 inches long. The doctor said he looks fantastic!! We are so thankful that God has given us two healthy children.

Ethan Sits Up!

While we were in Florida, Ethan really started to master his sitting skills. He still falls, and gets really mad when he falls backwards! I took several pictures within a few minutes and I just loved all the different expressions I caught. I just couldn't resist posting all of them!

Florida 2010

We had a super trip to Florida this summer. Kaitlin had lots of fun running around and being silly with her cousins, Kyler and Kohl, and I'm pretty sure she didn't want to come home! We visited the Broward Fire Academy where the kids got to climb on the firetrucks and Uncle Kenny turned on the lights. Kaitlin wanted to take a ride, but there was a class going on...maybe next time. Kaitlin also went fishing with PopPop and caught a fish. She seemed pretty excited about it at first, but you'll see how she really felt about that fish in the pictures! We also went to the beach for breakfast one morning, but I didn't get any pictures. Kaitlin and I had a blast "jumping" the waves just like I used to do with my Dad. The water was really rough that day so we had some big jumps to make!

Unfortunately, while we were in Florida, our beloved Harley got sick. He started out drinking a ton and going to the bathroom all the time, then he started throwing up and even stopped eating. We took him to the vet as soon as we could (and even made the drive in one day instead of breaking it up like we had planned). The vet can't find anything wrong with him. All of the tests and x-rays are normal. Our vet has even consulted with the vet school about his condition and they just can't seem to find anything. Harley is still at the vet on IV fluids and medication. After three days, we are missing him terribly and are really worried about him.

On a lighter note, here are the pictures from our trip.

Big Sister

Kaitlin is a great big sister! She loves to help feed Ethan his baby food (and Ethan looooves to eat it)!

 

Virginia July 2010

We went up to Virginia for Robbie's first birthday and the 4th of July. It was lots of fun! Ethan got to meet Aunt Kim, Uncle Rich and his cousins for the first time. Aunt Kim and I couldn't believe that he was almost 6 months old before she met him! Along the way, we stopped to visit Great Grandma ELois and Aunt Judy in Albemarle, NC. We were very surprised that "Welcome to Albemarle" sign didn't say anything about being the home of Kelly Pickler from American Idol! She does have a street named after her in Albemarle though. We had a lot of fun visiting with family and Kaitlin and Sarah just wore each other out! It will be fun to see how Ethan and Robbie play together when they get a little older. On the way home, we visited with Keven's friend/colleague from graduate school in Raleigh and with the Snyders outside Atlanta.

Wow!

I am constantly amazed at all the things that Kaitlin is learning and remembers. This morning we were driving over to church to drop off a casserole for a funeral and on the way Kaitlin saw a squirrel. She said something like this: "There's a squirrel. Squirrels eat acorns. But sometimes they don't. Sometimes they bury them and come back to get them later." Now, I know that Kaitlin learned that from one of her Wild Animal Baby videos, it just always amazes me to hear it come out of her mouth and to realize how much she really does pay attention and learn. I just felt like sharing that little tidbit. Hopefully I will have a chance to post some pictures from our trip to Virginia soon.

Tummy Time!

Kaitlin enjoys having "tummy time" with Ethan. Ethan adores his big sister.

Thumbs Up!

It looks like we're going to have another thumbsucker. I know some people try to avoid this, but I am all about some self-soothing. Maybe this is one step closer to sleeping through the night!


I love this one...it looks like he is trying to hold it in there!

Sometimes Ethan sucks his right thumb and sometimes he sucks two fingers on his left hand so we're not sure yet which it's going to be. I don't care as long as it helps him sleep!