Bun in the oven!

Well, we're proud to announce that Liz is pregnant and according to the ultrasound technician it looks like a girl! Due date is around 4/25/2008. Right now she's only 9 ounces!

Recent Ethan Quote

"Two more and that's it."

...in reponse to Daddy asking for a tortilla chip.

Recent Ethan Quote

"Ethan no want to grow big, Ethan stay small for now."

Recent Ethan Quotes

"Apples grow on trees. Grapes grow on vines.
Potatos grow in the ground. Where do M&M's grow?"

"When Ethan grows up be a man,
maybe Mommy buy him scissors for Christmas."

"When Ethan grows up be a man maybe Mommy buy him scissors for Christmas."

Thomas the Tank Engine!!!

Thomas the Tank Engine made a stop in Southern California and we went to go meet him and go for a ride.
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Recent Ethan quote

"Ethan's a little bummed out...

Everyone gets a little bummed out sometimes."

Happy Halloween

So Ethan has been fascinated with Halloween for months and luckily didn't throw a fit when provided a costume that wasn't his first choice. He's been learning all about ghosts, witches, pumpkins, skeletons, monsters, etc. via books, newspaper ads, etc. For weeks he said he wanted to be a ghost and we had the face paint and white hairspray all ready but then found great fireman and pirate costumes 50% off at Old Navy. The fireman ended up being very topical with all the wildfires we had recently. A week prior to Halloween, Ethan started saying that he wanted to be a lion!

Decorating the house was fun too. We got window decals and Ethan helped put them up but the funny thing was that the dozen or so stars that came with the pack, Ethan put them in a straight line underneath a spider instead of having them all dispersed...could be early signs of OC.

Anway, the fireman costume worked fine and he and I ended up trick-or-treating for almost two hours in the dark neighborhood. He was a little scared once we tried to go to a scary decorated house and I didn't think the whole thing was going to last very long but then he had an epiphany and said "Ethan want more candy" and started going right on up to doors. He said "Happy Halloween" and "Thank you".

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New camera for mommy

Liz got tired of all the other moms in Stroller Strides having cameras that were small enough to fit in their bags. We ended up getting the Panasonic DMC-TZ3 because it was small but had enough features to keep me happy too such as:

• 10x wide angle (28-280mm equiv.) lens
• Image stabilization
• 3" LCD screen
• ability to take video comparable to a video camera

Brett's job update

Well, I just finished a 4-month tour of duty working on an antenna for the new Mobile Satellite Ventures satellites which are to provide satellite-based mobile phone coverage with typical cell-phone sized units. You can check out a picture or video. The 1.5m reflector (and the whole satellite for that matter) looks wimpy compared to the 22m reflector which is being built by another company. Previously, we've never flown any reflector larger than 12m. So, now I'm back to new business juggling a half-dozen proposals at once but I enjoy it.