Friends & Family make the world go round

Easton loves his friends and family! We've had a fun couple of weeks with kiddos and cousins :)

Ashley, Karsyn, Cooper Matt, Ellie and Connor

Bath time with Preston

*Preston fell at daycare and scrapped up his nose and lip :(

Squeaky clean & adorable :)

6 Month Checkup with Dr. Zylstra

Easton had a great check-up with Dr. Z! He's growing fast, and seems to be in the 98th percentile for most of his milemarkers!  He told us Easton's a genius (hence the 98% for head circumference), which we already knew :)

More shots :( He did pretty good though, he's a tough little guy!

Big brain=big head :)

20 lbs.

Not a day goes by that I don't LOVE being with this little guy.  Weekends have always been my favorite time of the week, but nothing tops Saturday & Sunday with my boys! Sleeping in is a thing of the past, but waking up to Easton and laying in bed with him is awesome! If I'm lucky, he talks himself to sleep for another hour, but either way I don't care.  Waking up and knowing I get to spend every minute with Easton for the next 2 days is AWESOME! He's such a good baby, as my Mom says "he's just like his Dad"!  I think she says that because Easton is so sweet and nice, and I'm not?!?! But I will agree, he's got the same personality as his Dad, but he gets his beautiful blue eyes from his Momma!  It's always nice knowing that on Sunday night, he has one more day at home.  I think Mark enjoys Mondays with Easton, just as much as Easton enjoys his day with Daddy!

G is for GIGGLE

Easton was happy to have more time with Mom and Dad this week.  Due to the storm, we didn't work full days.  Easton went to daycare each day, but arrived late and left early.  I think he was happy about that :)

On another note, Easton went back to the Doctor on Tuesday this week.  I noticed in the morning he had discharge coming from his ear, to the point where you couldn't even see his ear hole! We wiped it out, and off to daycare he went!  I called the doctor to see if I should be concerned, and through discussion it was decided he needed to see a specialist.  Luckily for us, the ENT doctor was in Rock Rapids that day, so he was seen by Dr. Jensen!  He still has a double ear infection, so was prescribed an even stronger antibiotic and given ear drops.  His ear drum did burst which is why the discharge :( He will be re-checked in two weeks.  If he still has an infection, most likely we will schedule surgery for tubes.  The only good thing through all of this, Easton has been a champ! He's still his happy-go-lucky self, and you'd never know he has an infection!  We hope these meds cure it this time, and he's free and clear of an infection on April 22nd!

April Ice Storm

Rain, slush, ice and snow! Yes that was our weather pattern on Tuesday-Thursday! I think we all knew that old man winter would haunt us this Spring, because he really didn't this Winter!  I'm very thankful we had power throughout the storm, unlike so many others in our community and those surrounding us. 
The only tree we have in our yard, is BIG and OLD.  Last summer we lost a big branch during a thunderstorm, and now we've lost a couple more due to the ice & snow!  We woke up several times on Tuesday night from the cracking & crashing of branches.  We lost power, but only for about an hour.  The tree branches were already so heavy with ice, and then Wednesday night we received a coulpe inches of heavy, wet, snow!  This was a recipe for disaster!  Mark and my Dad stayed busy removing debris on Wednesday and Thursday!  Mark came home early from work on Tuesday afternoon, and went on Wednesday morning, but was sent home before noon.  They lost power and knew it wouldn't be restored until Friday, so he got Thursday off!! Here are some pictures of the storm, again we were thankful that we had power and no branches landed on our house!

First comes ice....

then comes snow!

Power poles down west side of Rock Rapids

Sioux Falls Festivities

My friend Jen is moving, so we had to have one last gathering and celebrate our friendship!  Her & Chuck will be relocating to San Antonio, Texas.  Can't wait to go visit and see their new house!

Easton Miller & Easton Radtke= CUTIES!! 

Easton & Jen

The Gals

The Guys

6 Month Professional Pictures

Easton had his pictures taken on April 1st, almost exactly 6 months old!  We had fun picking out props for his pictures.  Because Easton is also the name of a baseball equipment company, we thought it was only fitting to use baseballs for the theme of his photo shoot! He did a great job, always a little ham when the camera comes out! I love seeing how much he has changed.  This session he was able to sit up on his own which made for some fun shots!

Even though we have numerous professional photos of him naked, I can't get enough!  Baby rolls are just so cute :)

He's just as cute with clothes on ;)

Easton likes to suck his........

Toes!! I know you thought I was going to say thumb, but lately it's been his toes! It's pretty comical to watch, and sometimes actually makes the same sounds as when he sucking on his pacifier, lol!! He's always bringing a smile to my face :)