He Waddles!!!

One year ago today was my due date. I was enormous and hot and sweaty and miserable! It took me at least 5 minutes to get up off of the couch or out of a chair and I waddled everywhere I went.

Today - my little baby started waddling too!!



And a few pictures..........just because!

Happy 4th of July!






Last weekend we were dog-sitting for some friends. Bear is such a sweet dog and Ethan just loved him!! When Bear went outside, Ethan would go to the door to watch!

Picture Teaser

Well, we had to temporarily cancel our 1-yr pictures this past weekend. Charlie was out of town for work and got stuck there for longer than expected. No worries - we WILL still do the pictures...just dont have a date set yet.

However, I am working on a birthday project and Audrey was kind enough to swing by Sunday and take a few quick snaps of our little (almost!) birthday boy so I could finish it up. Man I can't believe how fast this year has gone!









While Daddy was gone - we spent lots of time playing inside because the weather was just horribly hot. Ethan has decided he loves mixing bowls and big spoons. He seriously spent 20 minutes just putting his blocks in the bowl, and taking them back out!!





He also found the drawer with our tupperware/gladware!!



BUSTED!!



Please Mommy can I throw these all around the kitchen?!?! Look how cute I am!!!





So that's all for now! We are getting ourselves ready for our big car trip to Maryland for Ethan's birthday. I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures in the next few weeks!

Love,
Us

Man....it is H-O-T!!!!!

So I guess Kansas City has been relocated to the surface of the sun! The temperatures here have been insane. It is in the 80s when Ethan and I get up around 6:15am and it just goes up from there. EEK! And the heat index has been hovering around 110*.

So we have been going swimming with Ethan's friend Paige. She LOVES the water, but he is just not so sure. The first few times he clung to my neck like a monkey (that's why there are no pictures!!). But slowly, he is getting used to the idea of being in the water.

Last week we tried out his new hippo pool! I personally think it is the coolest thing ever and I'm super jealous that my body won't fit comfortably in there! There is even a hook-up on the underpart that will spray up a water spout. Needless to say, we did not get a chance to try that out just yet!

The hippo pool!


Ethan all ready to try out the new hippo pool! Note that he is still happy!!


Ethan just 3 seconds after he got in the pool.


So.....the hippo pool sits empty in the garage. Maybe we will try again this weekend.

Today we went swimming with Paige. Ethan borrowed her floatie and actually enjoyed moving around in the water!!



Is that a smile?!?! In the pool?!?!?


Swimming makes him hungry! Goldfish are the perfect snack!


So that's what we have been up to. Ethan is getting his 1yr pictures done on Sunday by my friend, Kentiga! She did his pictures back around 3.5 months and we think she is super talented!! We can hardly believe that in just 2 weeks and a few days, our little guy is going to be a year old. Unreal!!

11 Months? How did that happen??

I can't even believe he is 11 months old!

"What does this say?"



"I'm 11 months old!!"




"What did you say?? I'm having a birthday next month?!?!?!?"



Here are some of Ethan's favorites at 11 months old.

Scrambled eggs for breakfast



Standing up on his own and trying to walk


Crawling really fast and getting into everything


Stealing Daddy's remote control




Uh-oh, what happened??


Can you fix this, Mommy??


Crawling under the end table


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We also went to the lake last weekend. We had a wonderful, relaxing weekend and Ethan had his very first boat ride. He did great a great job wearing his life jacket and LOVED looking around!! The scenery was gorgeous. It was a much-needed weekend away!



Waiting on the dock for a boat trip!!


This hat is funny!!


What is this green stuff???






Time to put on the life jacket


Out on the lake!


Beautiful view from the lake


Where is Ethan?!?!?!?


This is fun!!


Charlie swinging into the water!


Full moon coming up over the lake


A gorgeous night


S'mores by the fire after the babies went to bed!!

Some video entertainment

Ethan is learning to use his spoon!!



This is Ethan's new game!



Our dancing baby!



I thought I was going to get a video of our super-fast crawler.....instead I got "Ah-Choo!"

Gone Too Long!

(my apologies for taking almost 1 month to update the blog!! It is the end of the school year. Blah! May always brings end-of-year testing, grade cards, and kids full of summer fever. This year it also brings a lot of packing because I am moving classrooms. Not grade levels, just classrooms. I am finally moving back to the primary hallway with the other 1st grade classes!! I'm excited about my new room - but LORDY I have a lot of crap in my room to pack-up! Anyway - this will be a long update so I can try to catch up and I promise not to wait another month!!)

Ethan's Baptism
On Sunday May 3rd, we were so blessed to have family and friends join us for Ethan's baptism. It was a wonderful day. Ethan was baptized in the same church we were married in almost 3 years ago - and by the same pastor. Definitely a nice memory!

Ethan plays with his MeMe during her visit!




The children's council at the church gives every child a banner when they are baptized. Here is Ethan's.


Trying to get his toes in the water


In a great mood through the entire thing!









Happy Birthday Paige!!
Today we went to my girlfriend's daughter's 1st birthday. Natalie did such a cute job with Paige's flower party and I swear she is the cutest little toddler ever! **ACK! She's a toddler!!**

What am I supposed to do with that?!?


OOOO! I have an idea!!


Yummy flower!


This is quite tasty!


McKenna stops playing for a quick bottle break! MUST.GET.EVERY.LAST.DROP!!!


Ethan and Paige go for a ride in Paige's new wheels!!!


Paige is so funny!!


Ethan is 10 months old!
On Monday May 11th, Ethan turned 10 months old. Where do all the days go?!? How is my baby already 10 months old?? Poor kiddo had a fever the night before and had to stay home from daycare. We went to walk-in just to rule out another ear infection (avoided #6 for now!!) and got weighed! Ethan broke 19 lbs!!! He is 19lbs 3.4oz!!! Yay! All those new eating skills are paying off! His newest favorite food ~ sweet potato fries!!

Our little one was not too happy to get his 10 month picture...this was the best we could do!








My First Mother's Day
I had a great day with my two favorite men!! Ethan made me a card - Daddy helped with the cutting! We spent the afternoon at Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead We got some really cute pictures, but the card is acting up and doesn't want to let us have them right now. Still working on that. Hopefully we will be able to recover at least a few of them. After our day at the farm, we met up with Charlie's parents for ice cream!! Yum!

My card!




New skills!!
Our little guy is getting so big....right before our eyes!

He is getting really good at standing on his own.


He is starting to cruise around the furniture in the living room.





And just today he decided to do THIS at Paige's party..........
And again a few hours later at home......................