House Update

We are finally moving - check out our progress over the past week or so...

 

 

 

No more roof...and Yes, it did rain for 5 days after we took the roof off

Backyard

 

 

 

 Our Living Room...YIKES

 

Break Time

 

Doing his part..

 

It looks like a HOUSE!

 

 

 

Lillian's Baptism

September was a pretty busy month for us...

Our little peanut was Baptized at St. Juliana on Saturday, September 8, 2012. We asked my brother Ted and my sister in law Michelle to be her Godparents, it was a wonderful day with family and Lillian was great! The gown that Ethan wore was made from my wedding dress, it was incredibly long, heavy, elaborate, and WAY too big on Lillian - rather than get it altered we decided she would wear the dress that her Godmother and both of my nieces wore; it was very special.....

 

 

 

 

Big Siblings

 

The Pulse Family

 

Lillian with her wonderful Godparents

 

After the baptism Grandpa Ron stayed the night and we were able to visit

 

At the end of September we took our first trip as a family of four!  We went to Iowa for Adam's grandparents wedding anniversary.  The night before we stayed over at a hotel with an indoor waterpark, Ethan LOVED it and the trip was actually a success.  The four of us slept in one hotel room - and not a very large one!  Adam and I were worried it would be a long sleepless night, but they both did great.  The picture below is Ethan's first time having breakfast in bed while he watch Backyardigans on the IPad.

 



 

 

kids and their dog...

 

Lillian Finds Her Voice

Check out this cute little video of Lillian, she is starting to find her voice and she loves to scream and make cute sounds!



Catching Up....

So, the last post was in February...... a lot has happened in our lives, I think I will just give the shortened version!  Basically, we sold our house, moved in upstairs from my parents, had a baby, and bought a new house (all in about 2 months).  Its been very busy and a little bit stressful, but we continue to plug along. 

Lillian Louise Pulse was born on June 12, 2012; she is a little angel.  Lillian is getting so big already, she was born at 7 pounds 14 ounces and 18.5 inches and at her 2 month check up she was 12 pounds 8 ounces and 22.5 inches.  She is almost rolling over already and as of now, are working on getting her on a consistent sleep schedule.  Since we are still living at my parents, Lillian doesn't exactly have her own room; that has posed a bit of a challenge, especially with our little Ethan running around and yelling all the time...we are working on a plan.

Ethan is unbelievable!  He never stops talking, you can have entire conversations with him and its the coolest thing.  He is wonderful with Lillian and for a little boy who is almost 2.5 years old, he is a great listener and has a wonderful personality; he makes us smile everyday.  We have been working on potty training and he pretty much decided one day that he wanted to go on the potty all the time.  He wears pull ups and underwear and we have only had a few accidents, hopefully Lillian will be that easy!  The biggest thing for Ethan right now is his tonsils; he has been sick basically the entire summer and after a consultation with ENT doc in June, we decided to get the tonsils out.  The surgery is Friday and him and I have to sleep over at the hospital.  We have told him about a sleep over at the doctor and I just hope that he doesn't get scared....I am a bit nervous, but I know this is the best thing for him in the long run.  Will let you all know how it goes..... 

As I mentioned, we are still at my parents and getting ready to start construction on our new house, this is very exciting but we have a long road ahead of us.  I will post pictures as things progress.

I am really going to try and post every month from now on so check back often....for now, check out some pictures

Ethan and his little sister, he LOVES her

 

Cousins, impromptu, photo shoot

6 babies in 26 months...YIKES

 

Ethan's second birthday party - attempt #2

Ethan was sick on his second birthday and we had to cancel his party, we rescheduled in July and had a pretty goo turn out

 

Look at that face

 

New House....BEFORE

Ethan and Carly

Ethan and Carly on Christmas Day at the Jablonski house, this video is the two of them watching their favorite show "Backyardigans"

Cutest video of Ethan and his cousins playing Ring Around the Rosie, check it out!

December and January

The past few months have been crazy in the Pulse household. We made it through the holidays in one piece, but barely =). Christmas was so much fun this year, Ethan was really excited about opening gifts, we saw Santa, family, friends and ate lots of good food. We went to Iowa the week before Christmas this year and got to spend time at Grandpa Ron's house and Grandma Pam & Grandpa Gary's house....Ethan was a trooper and had a great trip! I think Ethan's favorite gifts this year all had to do with cooking; it started out with a new kitchen from Grandma Pam & Grandpa Gary. To go along with the kitchen he got some pots and pans, food to practice cutting and a shopping cart; we are happy to announce he still loves them all! When we got home, we celebrated Christmas morning at home as a family, it was so much fun. When Ethan woke up Christmas morning, I brought him downstairs where he saw his new table and chairs with more gifts on top of it. When Ethan says "sit" it sounds like "shit," so we have him on the video saying "Oh Shit" when he sees the table....he loved it and we use it to color, play with playdoh and do puzzles. Ethan has grown so much, we can't believe it. He can actually occupy himself and sit still long enough to do a puzzle or listen to us read a book to him. That is a fairly new and very exciting milestone for us! He is really into his "Marley Goes to School" book from Auntie Michelle, he picks it out of a crowd of books each night as he says "Marley, Marley". By this time, Adam and I have memorized all the pages...So, for Valentines Day today we are giving Ethan some new Marley books that I found on amazon with a Marley stuffed dog. We will see if he has any interest? Adam and I sure hope so! Ethan's vocabulary continues to grow and grow and the boy has even started to give me attitude. The other day I was trying to get him ready for daycare so I could go to work and I said, "Ethan, please can we get your coat on?" He replied, "Mommy, OK...GEEZ." Yes, he said Geez to me! He has also started to question us, like if he asks for something or asks to watch his "show" and we say no, he will ask us, "Why Mommy." I really didn't think all of that would start so soon! He is starting to put words together more and he knows so many words I couldn't even begin to tell you them all, he just LOVES to talk. I foresee lots of calls from teachers in our future....

As I am sure most people reading this already know, Ethan is going to be a big brother! I am not sure Ethan can really understand what it means but he kisses my belly and says "hi baby." He says we should name the baby, "E" after him. I am not sure that will work for a little GIRL! Yes, that's right, Adam and I decided to find out the sex of the baby this time around, and all signs point to a girl. Poor little Ethan is surrounded by girls...thank God for his big cousin Brady! We are very happy, but really only care about a happy, healthy baby.

The past few months in the Pulse household have also been filled with more construction! We have decided to finish our basement and it is WELL on the way to being completed. It was a very big job but with the help of amazing family and friends we will have added an additional bedroom, bathroom and family room. At this point, who knows where we will end up, but at least if we stay on Elm Street we have an amazing house with somewhere to put all the toys!

Check out pictures from the past few months.......

To start off the Christmas season, we had a playdate with some new friends and Ethan and I made our first Ginger Bread House. From this angle it looks pretty good, but the walls were collapsing by the time Adam got home, oops...

Christmas in Iowa

Merry Christmas!

Ethan was not too happy with Santa this year! He was interested in looking at Santa from a distance or talking about Santa...but when we put him on Santa's lap he flipped out!

Christmas at Busia and Papa's; Ethan and Lorraine

Happy New Year! This year we found out about a kids new years party at a nearby restaurant. It was from 5:30-7:00 and they served a buffet dinner and had dancing and a countdown for the kids. Ethan and Carly loved it and danced the night away. We were all home in bed by 7:30, it was perfect! Next year we hope to plan better and have a nice group to go with.

Silly Ethan with his buddy Lucy

Ethan's first experience with snow, he actually didn't care for it as much as I thought he would. He was concerned about his boots getting wet. He seemed to be more interested in sitting inside and looking out the window at other people in the snow. I am SURE that will change soon enough.

"Sledding" with Papa