Nursery

Today was Ethan's fisrt day in nursery. I have been very excited for him to take this leap for sometime. Our nursery is pretty full these days, and Ethan loves to watch little people just like him. We brought graham crackers and raisins for a treat hoping this would make the transition easier. Aaron worried about droping him off in nursery all morning. We both decided to take him and he did well until one of the girls decided to touch him, big mistake. Ethan started crying and Aaron got an I don't think this is a good idea look on his face. I was totally fine with it. Does this make me a horrible mother? Aaron comforted him and put him down and while he was watching all the other kids we slipped out of the room. Aaron stayed and looked in the window for awhile, trying not to cry and I headed to primary to fulfill my calling. Ethan settled down, and ended up having a very nice time in nursery. He played with puzzles, cars, and the other kids. He also go to have a snack which he totally loves. Aaron and I only checked on him 3 times each. It was pretty fun to watch him . Hopefully we will have many more good days in the nursery.

A Boy and His Dog

Ethan LOVES his "puppy." I think he loves Max as much as his blanket. He is always asking us "Where's puppy." When Ethan is upset I find Max and point him out to Ethan and the crying usually stops. Who knew that someone could love Max more than Aaron.
Ethan loves to play with Max. He tries to chase him and calls for him when we are outside and Max goes somwhere where we can't see him. Ethan also loves to sit right in the middle of Max when he is lying down. I am very surprised how patient Max is with Ethan.
For the most part I love having Max in our lives. Especially when Aaron is gone on business, like this week, it is nice to have a beastly dog to scare people away or to think twice about coming close to us.

Spoken to soon

Tuesday night at dinner I was telling Aaron what a wonderful day Ethan and I had. We played together, watched some fun TV shows on the Sprout channel and chased the dog. He was laughing and having a fun evening with his daddy and went to bed like the perfect baby that we know. 10:30 came and Ethan was not a happy baby. I went in to settle him down and he went right back to sleep. 11:30 came and he was fussing again. I went in to check on him, because Ethan very rarely fusses in the night, and he felt very warm so I gave him some motrin, cuddled with him and sang moon, moon, moon and he went right to sleep. 12:30 came and he was up again. I knew that this baby was sick again and "WHAT COULD IT BE?" You guessed it an Ear Infection. Wednesday we went to instacare to get antibiotics and make another appointment with his pediatrician. Hopefully he will feel better by this weekend, because Aunt LALA is coming to visit us. I have learned my lesson though. I will never again say that I had a wonderful day because it will instantly turn south.

Mama's Little Helper

Last night Ethan wanted to help me make dinner. We were having individual pizzas and I thought Ethan could help me with the sauce. I set him up on the counter so he could help me stir. He thought this was pretty great. Ethan helped me stir the sauce and decided that he wanted to eat some of it on his bread. It was very fun and he was totally cute! Don't you love to sauce running down the side of his mouth.

Linus

We have a little Linus living in our home. I would have to say the only difference is that he sucks on two fingers instead of his thumb.

Ethan loves this green frog blanket. He caries it everywhere just like Linus. He calls it his baby and if he can't see his blanket he starts to walk around the house saying "baby? baby? Where is baby?" At first I thought it was totally cute, having him love this little blanket so much, but then the blanket started to smell and so I decided to wash it. BIG MISTAKE!

I forgot to switch the laundry while we went outside to play so when we came back inside I hurried downstairs to throw it into the dryer. I forgot how long it takes to dry clothes. It was time for Ethan to go to bed and he would not go to bed without that blanket. He cried, and cried, and CRIED! We tried everything all the blankets in his closet, but he wouldn't have any of them.
So I guess Ethan will be just like his Daddy. There will be only one blankie in his life and no other. But slowly his blanket will get smaller and smaller until it finally disapears, and I hope by then he will be old enough to accept it.

(Minnie Aaron)

Trick-o-Treat 2008

This year was Ethan's first real Halloween. We started the festivities off by stopping by some friends houses in the neighborhood. Ethan got dressed in his frog costume and then we headed out with the whole family, dog included. We went to see his little friend Kassidy, then we hit the Clark's, the Hadley's, and last we went to Wendy's, his sitter. Wendy had a huge bucket for him with teddy grahams, cookies, and raisins. It looked totally delicious.

After going through our neighborhood we headed to Nate and Devanie's or as Ethan puts it Aurora's. We scarfed down dinner and then went to get delicious candy that Aaron and I would be eating. (What is wrong with us?) Ethan was not very excited at first, but then he saw how much fun Aurora was having and he really got into it. He started to run along the sidewalk, with his black skeleton bucket, screaming with delight up to the next house. He would try to take a BIG handful of candy and would only end up with one little piece. It was pretty cute.
After going to about 10 or so houses we headed back to "Aurora's" because it started to sprinkle. The kids broke out their candy and Ethan tried to eat all of Zach's and Aurora's M&M's. He really loves them. Melanie you will have to share yours when we come and visit next time.
Thanks for another wonderful night!!
Oh, on a side note Aaron and I kicked Nate and Dev's booties in pool. WOOT! WOOT!
Ethan and his scary Halloween eyes.

Ethan was a little tired after carrying all his candy and walking so far :)