Birthday and other fun

OK, here's part of the update we've been promising. There's still more to come (I want to put some videos up, but that will have to wait).

Ethan was baptized back on Feb 21 and we had Family over afterward for Ethan's 1st Birthday celebration. It turned out to be an absolutely wonderful day!

Ethan was practicing his "singing" skills here. He can hit quite a high note when he wants to!

Birthday-Boy was so excited that he started busting a move!


"Oh goodness! Is this whole piece of cake mine?!?!"

"This is soooooo yummy! I want every day to be my Birthday!"

Ethan was quite the social butterfly at his party. He he can be seen talking with Aunt Kay about the joys of sticking his hands in her cup fishing for ice!

The grandparents are sooooo proud of our little man!

Ethan was exploring the church before the service started and just looked so handsome.

"Wow, it's Beautiful, mommy!"

Ethan is such a lucky man to be loved by his wonderful aunts!

When we get tired of chasing Ethan around the house and yard, we can put him in here for a break. Do you think he likes it?

Ethan and Daddy staying warm in the house. Why does mommy keep it so cold? Is it because we look so cute together in our hats?

Speaking of cute...

Coming soon

Wow, Ethan has been a busy lil' guy recently. We've had a lot of activities and events lately; in fact, we've been so busy, we haven't even posted any pictures here in quite a while. Hopefully we'll catch up soon, but not tonight. Tonight is for sleeping...and showing you his belly.

More Activities

Ethan has been changing quite a bit lately.

• He's been sleeping much longer through the night
• He now walks almost as much as he crawls
• more teeth are sprouting like weeds!
• He loves to see how wide he can open his mouth while throwing his head back (seriously, why the heck does he do this?!?)

"I know there must be something awesome in here since Mommy and Daddy put a lock on the door..."

"Daddy, please let me help you work on the car!!!"

Here's Ethan with his hand in the cookie jar. My how he loves that toy!

We ventured to Central Market today to play, and he was more interested in the nutritional qualities of the mulch. It seems that other kids love to pile the mulch on every flat surface on the playscape, and Ethan found most of their piles...

"Daddy, can you see all of my teefies!?!?" He now has three up top, and as of today, four on the bottom. Two weeks ago, he only had two on top and two on bottom. My little man is growing up too fast!

Ethan is showing off he new shoes and his advanced walking skills.

10.5 Months Old: Walking and Growling

Walking Update - Video

OK, we finally caught him on film, so here you go. He's definitely walked farther than this, but this will show off his skills for now.




If the video doesn't want to play, just follow this link to open/download the video: Ethan Walking Video

Increased Mobility (Ethan) and growing (seeds)

Wow, Ethan has been surprising us lately; He's really enjoying learning to walk more, and in the past few days, he's covered 4-6 ft multiple times! He's not nearly as timid as he used to be, and now he'll just take off in a pretty fast walk. Stay tuned, as I hope to grab a video of him soon.

On the garden front, I realized that it is about the right time to start tomato and pepper seeds for central Texas. Last year I started on Jan 18 in a window sill, and I wasn't very happy with their size come March 15th. So, with my birthday Home Depot gift card in hand, we ventured out and bought a fluorescent shop light, a pack of cool and a pack of warm T8 bulbs, and a mangled package of leftover Christmas lights. That's right, I now have a seed starting area with a "seed mat" of Christmas lights, and a pretty good spectrum for grow lights. And this cost me <$40 in parts!

I'll keep you posted on how it works. Oh, Ethan's just woke up. Gotta run!



Stay warm, and have a great weekend!

Christmas 2009 - Ethan's First

We hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May 2010 bring many blessings into your lives.

It's been a while since we've posted, and this is the 2nd of two posts, so be sure to scroll down for the first update.

We are so thankful for our wonderful blessings!

Why are Cookie Pockets and I the only ones up on Chritsmas morning?!??

Ethan was intrigued by the wrapping paper.

Ethan was thrilled to pose for the camera with his new airplane...

...ditto.

While at Nana and GrandBob's, Ethan re-learned how to climb stairs...

... but this time he attempted more advanced climbing techniques.

"Goodness, that was fun!"


"Thanks, Gigi and Papa! I love my Davy Crockett hat!"

"Num, num num. Look what I found!"

Here is Pedro the Pelican from Galveston.

Howdy from the coast!