Eric and Lisa

While tomorrow marks Ian's 6-month birthday, today marks exactly the end of his 26th week of life outside the womb. What a fun six months it has been! If you check out Ian's personal photo album on this website (off to the right, and the second photo album from the top), you can see a backwards progression of his development from today all the way to his ultrasound photos before he was born.
In the past 26 weeks we've learned a few interesting things:

* Poopy diapers are NOT as fun as one might think, but it sure is fun to yell "Poopeeeeeee!" when one occurs.
* Crying fests from 10pm until 2am are not exactly our first choice on how to spend an evening, and we're glad they only lasted the first couple of weeks.
* Five-hour car trips with a tired/hungry/bored three-month-old = no fun at all.
* The discovery of the thumb as a sucking tool is the best thing since aromatherapy (and also good for the afore-mentioned five-hour car trips)
* Even the littlest boys are very interested in what goes on "down there."
* A clear, empty juice jug with some rubber balls inside of it is WAY more fun than a $50 store-bought toy.
* When crawling is merely an elusive challenge, rolling around the room is sufficient (and quite fun, too!).
* Laughing for no reason at all is the best pasttime on a Friday night.

All in all, it's been a wonderful half of a year. We never thought that our lives could change so much and that we'd be happy for the change. Thank you to all of our close friends and family who have been such a wonderful support in this new phase of our lives. We appreciate you more than you know.

-- Eric and Lisa