Happy 1 Month, E-man!

Ethan is one month old today, and what a wonderful month it's been! He continues to be a very mellow, gentle little guy (although he is starting to vocalize his dislike of baths a lot more). And he's eating so well...the proof is in those chubby cheeks!


It's been a very hot few days in SD and E-man has been sportin' his tanktop onesies to stay cool.


He's starting to smile a lot more and flash his dimples:


But mostly he still kicks back and sleeps:

33rd St Reunion

We are blessed to have so many wonderful friends and neighbors who have visited us and brought us yummy dinners since Ethan was born. Our old neighbors even drove down from North county to have dinner with us. We were all so happy to see them -- especially Izzy with her old friend Ryan ("Ry-Ry"):


The kids are gettin' so big!

Two Balls of Goof

The Babe loves snuggling w/her baby brother "Eeee-fin" and she is great about making sure he's comfy. (She got her pillow and put it under his head.)


Ethan can't quite do scrunchy face yet:


More snuggles:


Hey Daddy!

Crawl the Line

E-man is so lucky to have gotten so many awesome hand-me-downs from Porter! Here's one of the cool Cash onesies that we quickly tried out:

THANK YOU, Kelly & Jessica!

This is another one of our favorite Porter-onesies that makes Ethan look like such a little man:


Happy 4 weeks, E-man!

Sunday Afternoon (Wagon) Ride

Kelly took the Babe and Porter around the block on a wagon ride yesterday. It's quite a workout given how much these two weigh!



I'm not sure what I said to them, but neither one of them seems to be excited about it!

Two Little Monkeys Jumping in the Pool

On Saturday Izzy, Ethan, and I went up to Izzy's friend Maddie's house for a playdate. Lucky for us, Maddie has a deluxe pool w/a slide on it!



Izzy & Maddie cooling off in the pool:


Jumping up and down:

The Napping House

Daddy has enjoyed a couple of naps w/both of his little peanuts (you can see that Ethan is really the one w/the Villanueva gene):


Ethan's hand at 2 weeks old:


And his foot:

Giraffes, giraffes, giraffes

We had a great, fun-filled weekend w/the Babes. It started out w/a visit to nighttime zoo w/the neighbors and we finally got to visit Elephant Odyssey, which is amazing!

On Saturday we took the Babe to the tidepools at Cabrillo State Park and then to Balboa Park to go on the carousel and the train.

The carousel goes surprisingly fast!


The Babe has been in a giraffe phase lately - first she chose to ride on a giraffe on the carousel:






And then she wanted to ride in front of the giraffe on the train:






The E-man slept through all of it...but he'll get to enjoy these things "when he's older" (as Izzy says).

Playing Hookie

Since Daddy was off of work last week, we decided to keep the Babe home one day and go to Sea World. Jessica, Kelly, and Porter Magoo joined us and it was a fun day of Elmo/Abby rides, getting splashed by a dolphin (no photos, unfortunately!), Cirque de la Mer, sharks, penguins, and more!



The Babe couldn't wait to go on the Elmo ride w/Daddy:


and the Abby ride w/Mama:

The Villanueva Gene

This post title will mean something to our college friends. :) Ethan seems to have the Villanueva gene and has been much more of a sleeper/ laid back baby than Izzy was. (And we thought Izzy was an easy baby!) We hope he stays that way...at least for a while. :)

Happy Two Weeks, Mr E

We took Ethan to the doc for his 2 week weight check the other day, and he had gained 20 ounces in just 1.5 weeks! Go Ethan, and go Mama! :)

Ethan is more and more aware each day:


Look at these dimples!


Ethan with his Jiji:


They share a moment:


Momo with her two grandbabies:


The Babe takes her big sister responsibilities very seriously:






The Babe giving her little brother some sage advice:

Buckethead

Sometimes, the Babe is just silly.