more family pictures

more Christmas pictures

Uncle Justin playing with Steven's toys.












Women and Children.

Etner family pictures.



Me and Steve-o.

















Grandpap Wayne with his two grandsons.





Aunt Kathy and Grandmas with their gifts.

New Look

The bright orange was getting on my nerves. I like this softer look better. Hope you do too. But now it requires more scrolling to read. Oh well.

Dylan update

Dylan weighed 10lbs. 7oz. this week without any clothes on. (Can't really compare that to last week's since it was a different scale - the digital one was out of commission last week.) Strangely, he actually lost like .04 of an ounce after I fed him. Maybe I waited to long after feeding him to weigh him.

Dylan slept his longest stretch over the weekend - 8 hours. Unfortunately, I didn't know he was going to sleep that long so I didn't go to bed with him at that time (he went to bed at 8pm). Sunday he went to bed at 6pm (then got up at 11:30pm). I think we really tired him out over the weekend. Saturday we went to Tysons Corner Mall - that place will tire anyone out (wow, the kids and strollers and aahhh - we were in the food court area near the little playground they have there - soo many people). Then we went to two parties - a baby shower and a two-year old's birthday party. That was the night he slept 8 hours. Then yesterday we went to church and then hiking. That was when he went to bed at 6pm without any help. So I'm wondering though, is this good for him? I think it great - we get to go out and do things with him and then we get to come home and have him sleep. Although, he does get tired when we are out and starts to get fussy. I'm starting to think he's more fussy than a lot of kids when he's out. It seems the other babies I see at parties and bible study and the support group don't cry as much. Probably nothing to worry about, that's just Dylan. He's so content and happy at home with us and I want others to see that. I think we need to keep taking him out though so he'll get used to it and other people.

Four Generation Pictures

What a blessing of family!

Dylan meets his other great-grandmas and great aunt and uncle

(Great) Grandma S. was in tears as she met her great grandsons.

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Paul (you can see his head at the bottom of the mirror in the background) hosted our Christmas Day celebration.
(Great) Grandma Z. couldn't stop smiling!

Christmas Morning

The girls and their boys....


The boys and their toys...


And mom/grandma full of joys.

Here we go Steelers, here we go....

My mom saved my brother's Steeler outfits from when he was an infant. (This marks the second time Dylan wore Uncle Justin's clothes - he wore Uncle Justin's baptism outfit too. Martin hopes that I'm not as much of a saver as my mother.)





These pictures were taken on Christmas Eve when the Steelers played their last game of the season. Uncle Justin was at the game doing the stats. Uncle Justin was born 8 months after the Steelers won their fourth Super Bowl. So this year was the first Super Bowl win for the Steelers in Justin's lifetime. I wonder how long Steven and Dylan will have to wait for a Steeler Super Bowl win in their lifetime. (Aunt Carrie only had to wait five days from her birth for the Steelers to win a Super Bowl (their 3rd) which was the first Super Bowl win in my lifetime as well as I was born 5 months after the Steelers 2nd Super Bowl win.)

Dylan meets Aunt Carrie and Uncle Rob and cousins Erik and Steven

The cousins finally meet! These are pictures from when we were at my parents' house at Christmas.





























Uncle Justin looks on as Dylan meets Aunt Carrie.
This is an awesome pic of my sis and bro-in-law.
















Here's Erik with his little bro Steven.

Dylan's baptism

Dylan was baptized at McLean Pres. Church on December 10, 2006. We had a small family gathering at our place after the service.

Dylan meets his great aunt and great uncles on Martin's side

Here's Dylan with his Great Aunt Katrina. She and her husband Great Uncle Bob came to town for Dylan's baptism. Dylan's Great Uncle Dave and other Great Uncle Bob (Martin's mom's brothers) also attended the baptism. They are pictured here with Dylan's Great Grandma F. and Grandma Marna.

Names for Dylan

Here are the nick names we've come up for Dylan. When he was swaddled and in his cap, I thought of calling him "bug-a-roo." Since it has been shortened to Bug. Martin called him "Little Guy." Martin also calls him "Bud" or "Bub." And we sometimes call him "the dill-miester" or "the dillman." My dad calls called him "the dylanator." So much for the rule about not naming him a name that has a nickname. :)

Shopping for a Crib

Anyone have a recommendation on a good crib and where to buy cribs? I found Baby Bargain's "good" recommendations at Walmart.com and Target.com. I couldn't find their "better" recommendation though (Sorelle). My price range is $180-280. That wouldn't include shipping. This is one of the many items on the "things I need to do before going back to work" list.