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	Ethan Home ... First Year ... Ethan Takes a Bath
	September 10th - we gave Ethan his first real bath, floating in the water with Jeff. He liked it much better than just getting a sponge bath. Oh, I love making him all clean and fluffy. Jeff thinks I'm obsessed, but really, we only bathe him every three days or so. Jeff's sister Angie gave us two hooded towels, one green and one blue. They say "Bath turtle" on the hood. He does look like a turtle when we wrap him up. Ethan made his first friend, a paper bag we got a wedding gift in. It's sitting in the basement where our temporary kitchen is, and when we lay him down next to it, he stares at it in fascination. He's also learned how to reach out for it, and he talks to it quite happily. Naturally, Ethan still spends lots of time sleeping. I'm still trying to get the hang of sleeping at the same time. Mandy visited last weekend for the big Portland Taiko concert. She stayed with us, and was very happy to meet Ethan and sing to him. Jeff took a crazy cute picture of Ethan in his crib with the mobile the folks picked out.