Please Pray for Ethan

Terre and I took Ethan for his 2 month checkup yesterday and left with some unexpected news. The doctor has some concerns that Ethan is not focusing and making eye contact as he should at this age. Along with this, Ethan's eyes sometimes roll upwards which the doctor said can be a sign of seizures. The doctor ordered a CAT scan of Ethan's head and an EEG to measure his brain activity.

Ethan will have to be put to sleep for this procedure and we are concerned about this as well as the outcome of the tests. Please pray that all will be well with our little boy -- that the tests will be normal. His tests are this Thursday morning, July 3 at 8 am.

Please also pray for us as this will be a long week waiting and wondering about the outcome.

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Here's a picture of Ethan during his first camping trip and a video of him "talking" to us:

Snapshots of Ethan

Hangin' with the Fellaz

Last night a bunch of the guys from the Center came over for the weekly Youth Community gathering we have at our home during the summer. A few of them met Ethan for the first time so we thought we'd get a picture with all of us together. He's already one of the guys!!!

Time for an Update...

It's been awhile since I've posted anything new so I figured it's time to catch you up on some things. First, Ethan loves to eat -- so much so that he has doubled his weight in the first 6 weeks. He holds his weight well and is still incredibly cute.

Turns out that with that big appetite comes a great deal of gas as well, so we've been having to help him work it out. That's been fun! He can belch with the best of them, of course, it's usually accompanied by some form of milky spit up in varying quantities from a little dribble to a spewing fountain...though the fountain has been very rare, thankfully.

In other news, we took a fun road trip up to Madison, Indiana over Memorial Day weekend. Madison is one of our favorite nearby spots to visit so we headed up for a craft fair on the square and while we were there indulged in a number of yummy culinary delights from greasy hamburgers to chocolate treats to heaping scoops of ice cream. It was a great day!

We also spent some time on Madison's river walk along the Ohio River. Here's some pictures from our stroll...