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...