Fashionable Finery

So...I'm not really good at coming up with cool catchy names, but I've decided to go ahead and put up a blog for my jewelry that I make. So far there's not much on there, but you can go ahead and take a look at it!

http://fashionablefinery.blogspot.com

One month

That's right folks, it's already been a month. When it's your own, it seems to go much faster. I can't believe my little baby is growing so fast. He is actually starting to fill out his 0-3 months clothing now. He's been able to wear pretty much all of his clothes, whereas Cameron at a whopping 8lbs 14oz had some clothes he never wore. Cameron came home in a newborn outfit that was tight on him.

But this post is about Ethan, so let's stick to the topic. Let's see...

Major Accomplishments: Last night he slept for 5 hours straight. However, it was in my arms. Not such a good sleeper when it comes around to bedtime. But we'll give him that. Right before he slept for five hours, he decided to be awake for 5 1/2 hours! I guess we'll call that an accomplishment too. Since he was 2 days old, he's been trying to lift his head, and now at a month old, he does pretty well. He still looks like one of those bobble head dolls though.

Things we'd like him to work on (because this is his report card after all): Lay down for a nap. We really don't care where, but anywhere that doesn't require our arms and swinging him. We think maybe he's got some gassy/colic problems; thus the reason for all of his fussiness and refusal to sleep laying down.

I think we'll give him an A+ for just being so darn cute and cuddly. We love him and are STILL so happy he's here. We give him bonus points for future time he will spend playing and fighting with Cameron.

And of course, if you even got this far... some pictures!

Ethan Grant

The newest member of our family arrived on Tuesday, December 22nd, at 10:52am. He was 7 lbs 3 oz, 20 1/2 inches long and cute as heck! Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

All ready for the hospital

First picture after coming into the world

All cozy on mommy's chest

All ready to go home in the cold Montana weather!

Clint's Deer

Clint has been hunting a few times this season and passed up several deer-mostly because he just liked going hiking and because the deer population in Montana is larger than the human population, so he could afford to be choosy. So yesterday morning he got his deer. It a mule deer buck. It's rack isn't too big, but the actual deer is pretty big-which saves us a lot of money on meat! I'm so proud of him.

This picture is of Clint with the front half of his deer in our garage

after he had gutted it and brought it home.

An update...

Yes, I know I'm a terrible blogger. Just about every post seems to be an update with a bunch of random pictures, but it's more for me than you anyway. So here are some pictures of the last two months. Unfortunately, when Clint and I celebrated our fourth anniversary on August 19th, we forgot our camera, and so we bought a disposable one, and the pictures haven't been developed yet. I might get to that and post it, or I might not. So there's the update about that.

There's my girl! Oh wait, I have a boy. Well sometimes he likes to do girlie things like carry around a purse.

Um...yeah.

What a weirdo, he likes to watch his movies like this!

We recently took a trip to the closest temple (3 hours away). This is the Billings, MT temple. We got Cameron to point to the Angel Moroni and he would say "Yeah Angel Oroni"

It's a bird, it's a plane...

This just in... we have spotted Superman right here in Great Falls, Montana. Why he chooses to stick around with this family, we're just not sure. But they do give him lots of candy and he seems to like it!

Apparently Superman's got a girlfriend too! (Supergirl-and yes I made both of their costumes)

We went bowling the weekend before Halloween for the city's Big Brothers Big Sister's charity event, and the theme was 80's rock and roll. I don't think I pulled it off very well, but I did win best hair and won a free hair cut, that I will use for Clint or Cameron. But anyway, this seems to be the best shot I could get of my costume and my belly. Too bad I've got my eyes half closed and a sucker in my mouth.

Two years in this crazy life

And what does he think about it? Well... see for yourself, he love's it!

Oh yeah...Clint and I had fun too!

Happy birthday Cameron!