ETHAN ROLLS

Ethan has decided it's OK to roll. Here, you can see it for yourself. He's getting big, too, as you can see. There's a lot of activity going on with this little guy right now.

STANDING WITH MOMMY

Dad isn't the only one who gets to help Ethan practice standing. Here mommy gets into the act, and even Bear and Boots wanted to try to help the little guy get the hang of it.

IT ONLY LOOKS LIKE I'M ON MY HEAD

Ethan likes to roll around while he's laying on the sofa now. Here he's throwing his legs around so much Daddy was afraid he'd roll right off the sofa!

STANDING TALL WITH DAD

Ethan's been working real hard at being able to stand. Here he is exhibiting his newly found talent with Daddy.

ETHAN'S JUMPER

So now that Ethan has decided oe of his favorite things to do is stand, Tara and JR are loving his jumper, and as you can see, so is he!

JR'S PROMOTION CEREMONY

Well, the new guy was responsible for snapping the photos at JR's promotion ceremony to sergeant. I guess we can't really blame him for not knowing exactly what to do. We're still searching for some better pictures, but here's what we have: JR holding Ethan in his Army garb with Tara while waiting for the ceremony to start; the second photo is of Tara pinning JR's new rank on; the third photo is after the pinning while one of JR's officers said some made up stuff about how great he is; and the last is LTC Escalara shaking JR's hand following the formal part of the ceremony.

ETHAN SPEAKS

GOOD LOOKING GUY

Ethan decided to get dressed up for Nana's last night as we took her out to dinner. All the girls just love him.

JOKIN WITH DADDY

Ethan loves to hangout and trade dirty jokes with dad, as you can see.

SUP?

It's not a prison outfit, no matter how much it may resemble one. But if you can't tell by this photo, Ethan is becoming quire a brute. At last measurement, he (unofficially) was at 25 inches, and 14 pounds, eight ounces. Amazing to us, too.

HAPPY FAMILY

Nana captured a picture of the happy family all together on the sofa. Look at Ethan's feet in his shoes...aren't they huge?

NANA'S VISIT

Nana came to visit this past week, and while Ethan likes his independence, he did let her hold him for a little while, and sat right beside her on the sofa.

BIG BOY

OK, so the big boy doesn't look real happy, but he was sitting on the sofa like a big boy and staring at the flashing thing mom was holding, pointing in his direction.

BIG GUMS SMILE

Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is what Tara likes to call Ethan's "Big Gums Smile." The good news is he's working a pair of teeth in the bottom now.

SAFARI MAN

Ethan sported his new safari outfit the other day, and of course mom and dad couldn't resist a good photo op.

I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER LEAVE!

So mommy, daddy, and Ethan were watching TV in bed one night. When mom and dad came back after brushing their teeth and taking Bear out, Ethan had claimed the whole bed for himself. At least he looks comfortable.

THE SMILES OF ETHAN

So Ethan has a few different smiles. Above is the "I like that face that you're making" smile.
This is the "Oh this is lots of fun let me hide my face" smile.
And this is the "look at my gums" smile. I should add that I decided not to include the "this is the last smile you get because you keep flashing that camera in my face" smile.

SLEEPY TIME

After all the smiling all day, Ethan asked to be wrapped up an put in bed.

MOOOOMMMMMM!!!

Yeah, it may look like he's trying to get away from mom. But really, Ethan's just trying to show everyone how well he can control his head. Isn't he doing a great job?

NOT THE SAME PICTURE

You might not be able to tell, but these actually are different pictures taken a few minutes apart. Like we said, he's in his smiley phase!