Another brand new cousin! This is Emma, my brother Kris & his wife Sarah's daughter. She was born 4 days before Asa.

Here's Ethan laughing raucously waiting for the frog (see prior post) to drop.

Mom & Dad Ficek had great fun last night giving Ethan a bath. The green thing in the top left corner of the screen is a rubber frog Dad was playing with...er...I mean entertaining Ethan with. 

Dad with Asa 

Mom with Asa 

Mom & Dad Ficek are here visiting from Michigan for a week. The forecast is pretty dreary but we're enjoying the visit just the same. 

Kids just don't get much cuter than this. Here's a shot of Josiah & Hannah Burgess--their parents are my brother Jason & his wife Saralyn. 

Here's Ethan & his cousin Josiah watching a "Billage Moobie" at Grandma Pelletier's house. He likes to watch "Quigley's Village" movies, a series of kid's shows that use puppets and a few live actors to teach Biblical values. http://www.visionvideo.com/111-1111111-1111111_762.vhtml Our thanks goes to Chris & Amy Roman, who gave us several of these Q.V. movies that their kids had outgrown. While we limit Ethan's TV time, good entertainment does give mom & dad a nice break. These movies have rescued us from the constant silliness of Pooh and the utter uselessness of SpongeBob Squarepants.

Ethan meets Asa for the first time. 

Asa Donlee Burgess

For the 2nd time in our lives, God has entrusted us with one of His most precious creatures. Asa Donlee Burgess was born at 3:13AM on Thursday, May 12, 2005. He weighs about 8lbs 5oz right now and is doing very well. Em's 4 1/2 hour labor was substantially better than the last one, which lasted over 24 hours. Thanks to all who prayed for us!

Asa 

A recent rainstorm dropped over 6 inches of rain on our area. I figured some of you out there who know the area might be interested in the pictures. Here is a total storm rainfall graph that my company's weather recorder generated. 

A local sporting goods store parking lot with major flooding. 

A shot of downtown Camden where much of the runoff from the area spills into the ocean. 

This local golf course normally has a creek running through the valley. From this far away, you'd normally have to be told to notice it was there. 

Washouts caused major damage to some roads in the area. 

Here's a shot of the road I travel to & from on the way to work every day. 

Here is a local dam. At right you can see a deluge flowing down the spillway. 

We had 3 deer foraging on our back lawn this morning. I managed to get a shot of two of them. 

Ethan's cousin Josiah had pony rides (!) at his birthday party 

We traveled to the Boston area this weekend to attend our good friend Ben's wedding. Here he is with his new wife Kim. We're excited for them as they start their life together!

Here we are, exhausted after the wedding. 

While we were in the Boston area this weekend, we visited the aquarium. Ethan is just old enough to enjoy this sort of thing. 

More aquarium pix 

More aquarium pix