Ethan's First Photoshoot

Okay, Andre, our great friend, is such an amazing photographer... he came over this morning and took some shots of our little E... check them out on his blog under "Ethan Wayman" - so good!!
http://www.theanblog.blogspot.com/

Things I love

I love watching my wife and son sleep!


I love watching my boy discover things...like his thumb.


And I just love watching my son watch me.

Sleep deprivation

It's been a little over two weeks since Ethan came home, and it's amazing how quickly the time has gone. Through no small help from the Grandmas, along with a bunch of really great meals that some of our friends brought by for us, we've been able to start figuring out parenthood. We've also spent countless hours just staring at our boy. It's been tiring at times; Ethan sleeps most of the day and then at night it's play time (I think he's training us). We love this kid!

After Bathtime

Ethan with his Grandma Carol

Ethan and Grandma Cindy

Ethan smiles...a lot! He even laughs in his sleep from time to time.
Which raises an interesting question: what do infants find funny?

Ethan's had lots of visitors. Here he is with his uncle John.

Mom is Ethan's favorite mattress.

The End:

Figuring out parenthood

Ethan's 5th day is coming to a close.

Parenthood is easy when you have a bunch of nurses telling you what to do, but now we're home and trying to remember everything they showed us (and making lots of it up as we go).

It took us a while to figure out breast-feeding, but we're getting the hang of it and Ethan took his first bath at home today. We've learned that caring for the kid works a lot better when we work together as a team. Below are a few pictures and a video of my kid!


Ethan keepin' his eyes on the prize.



Clean machine!



Ethan right after his first bath at home.



You mean to tell me I get to live here?



Yes!



My favorite football. Check out the size of my boys feet.

Ethan's Advent

1:30 AM - 4.5 hours into labor
The calm before the storm.


Cathy hanging out with the soon to be grandmas.
Hard to tell who's the most excited.


While the girls hang,
Eric futilely tries to get a couple minutes of rest.


At 6:07pm on July 15th, after a BRIEF 21 hour labor, Ethan Daniel Wayman made his entrance into the world. He thought it would be fun to see how many hospital staffers he could get to come wish him happy birthday, so he decided to hold his breath for over 6 minutes. His mom and dad didn't think it was that funny.


The first meeting.

And now we're three!

Because the labor was so difficult, the doctors wanted to check Ethan's vitals, so the boys said bye to mom and went upstairs. Cathy was sad, but I got to spend a full hour alone with his boy. I haven't cried this much in my whole life!!!

21 hours of labor and Cathy's still gorgeous!

There's just no way to get close enough.

Kissing and hugging isn't enough;

I feel like I want to ingest him!

What you lookin' at?

Ethan's hearing test. He passed, but didn't like how the earphones made him look like Princess Leiah!

My Uncle Peter may be the tallest guy in the family for now, but if Ethan's feet are any indication, his days are numbered.


The Waymans 2.0

My brother Brad practicing. He'll have his ownlittle dude in the next 3 months.

When life gets too hard, suck it up!

Going home. We only had 2 days in the hospital, but we felt the need to bring everything we own.Cat carries the precious cargo, I'm the pack-mule.

I've got my boy wrapped around my little finger, but something tells me he's still in control. Maybe it's the sleep deprivation or the fact that he's only 3 days old, but he's already got more stuff than I've ever owned!

Male Bonding Time::

I've been waiting to take a nap with my boy ever since I found out we were pregnant. It was well worth the wait!!!!

Pregnancy Pictures

Coming soon...

Babymoon pics (May '08)

We planned for a "babymoon" get-a-way before Ethan arrived beginning of May, '08. Since we only had a few days we pricelined it and stayed local in Newport Beach - we realized just how much we take advantage of the gorgeous place we live! We stayed at the Newport Hyatt, went to all the surrounding beach cities and "acted as tourists" and had the time of our lives! Of course many of the days were spent around the pool under the cabanas :)

Our date night pictures - we went out to a nice dinner and walked along the beach of Laguna:

Also in Laguna, we went on a day outing and met some tourists from Canada - interesting, my hair looks very "lionish" this day!