Almost One Year Old

Ethan will be a year-old on April 9th and he has been walking for over a month now and is getting really good at it. Check out this video of a typical five minutes with Ethan nowadays and a video of him practicing his kissing skills.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Ethan's first St. Paddy's Day was amazing! Over the weekend Ethan and daddy went to the parade and then on St. Patrick's Day mommy and bushia took Ethan to the park to enjoy the great spring weather. I can't believe how big this boy is getting, he is already 11 months and his 1st birthday is just around the corner. He can now walk across an entire room, he even stops mid walk if he sees something he wants and bends down to get it before continuing on; its unbelievable how fast he changes! Everyday he does something new that cracks us up, check out some of these adorable pictures to see what I mean....

11 month crib picture

Ethan recently had his first taste of ice cream and he loved it! He could barely wait for us to get the spoon into his mouth....

His new thing is to pucker his lips at you when he wants a kiss

Ethan having fun on the swings

...and the slide
He is learning how to play ball with Lucy and she is loving that!
Now the best for last.....this kid is already posing for his first baseball picture, UNBELIEVABLE!

Stay tuned, I will post pictures and hopefully video from Ethan's Batman birthday party in April. Happy Spring!

Ethan's First Steps

Ethan is getting so big, check out a few of his first steps....

Mr. Smiley

Just a quick post, I wanted to share a few pictures and an amazing video....

As you can see it's getting harder to take the crib pictures because our little man can't stay still for two minutes!

Ethan and Lucy have become best buds

Ethan was learning to play ball with Lucy just the other day....Lucy can't wait for him to learn to throw!

Check out this video, Ethan thinks its hilarious when Daddy drinks his bottle...

9 Month Update

WOW, can you believe Ethan is 9 1/2 months old already? I can't, the time is literally flying by and he is growing so fast! I know it has been a while since we wrote an update, but once you hear about our month you will see that Ethan has kept us busy! We had Ethan's 9 month doctor's appointment about 2 weeks ago and Ethan is developing just as we would hope; he weighed in at 20 pounds 11.5 ounces (50th percentile) and was 29 inches (75th percentile). We were told to continue working on adding more table food to Ethan's diet and continue to let him explore his surroundings. The boy is officially on the move. We have graduated from the "wounded soldier" army crawl and are now sprint crawling all throughout the house; whoever is on Ethan patrol should not plan to sit down because he will have you on your feet chasing him from room to room. He actually thinks it's hilarious if you pretend to chase him, he will take off and then peek over his shoulder to see if you are coming...then he giggles. He has also mastered climbing; he pulls himself up to standing with anything that is the right height. Unfortunately, this includes the coffee table, the dining room chairs, the kitchen chairs, Lucy's water and food bowls, and the couches. At daycare he was pulling up on Bella's bowls and ended up taking a swim in her water bowl; lucky mommy packed a change of clothes! He is also getting braver and will just let go to see what happens. Luckily, he learned quickly to lower himself on to his butt when he wants to get down so we haven't had too many injuries, YET! We had another big milestone this month.....Ethan's first tooth. Our little boy finally has a tooth coming in, sadly, it has been accompanied by a few rough nights of crying from the sore gums. We have been trying to incorporate some new foods into his diet, as instructed; we have had some success and some failures. He really likes noodles with butter, cream of chicken soup with rice, and cottage cheese; he really hates milk, hard boiled egg, and real bananas; we will have to keep working this. Another fun thing this month was Ethan's 1st hair cut with Aunt "B". January 26 I took Ethan to get his first real hair cut, he wore the cape and got an adorable big boy hair cut, he didn't cry at all and was a perfect angel. Check out how big this kid is getting.....

9 month crib picture

My first hair cut - BEFORE

DURINGAFTER - So Handome!
Check this out....

The boy is all over the place.....make sure you watch the ending of this video, its priceless!

Christmas in Iowa

Ethan had a great time seeing his older cousins and the rest of his family in Iowa, of course, he was spoiled even more. Everyone was so surprised at how much he had changed since their last visit. Check out the fun....

Ethan and Grandpa Gary are still getting to know each other Grandma Pam in her glory with all her grandkids
Hanging with his cousins

Baby Photo Shoot 2010

We had professional pictures taken of Ethan, Carly, and Lorraine to give to grandparents as Christmas gifts; we got some good shots.

Seriously, this picture belongs in a magazine

Ethan is getting ready for his business meeting

That is one good looking family

Look at that sweet face

There are no words....