Kissy Kissy

I did a Valentine's Kissing Booth for fun this year, the pictures turned out adorable! I figure I only have a certain amount of time before my kids won't let me torture them like this...so I'm gonna go for it all I can til I get there.

Happy (belated) Valentines Day everyone!

My baby is ONE!

 Cake Smash!!

We had so much doing putting on a cake smash photo shoot for my soon to be 1 year old sweetie! A friend of ours came over and she and I got lots of practice taking these.  It took a lit longer than we thought, because Ethan wasn't really THAT into his cake! I guess that's good for Mommy!

 We had Ethan's first birthday party at our house.  We had some family come which was awesome and our local friends to celebrate our special boy.  The theme was the Hungry Caterpillar.  I had so much fun preparing his party with this theme.  Everything turned out wonderfully and everyone had a great time.

 1 Year Stats for Ethan:

He weighs 21.5 lbs and is 30 inches tall.

He has 2 teeth, and looks like another one will be out pretty soon.

Favorite Food: Raspberries

He loves his brothers Angry Birds

Loves getting into anything and everything. He is way worse than Logan ever was. He LOVES getting into the toilet.

He likes to put objects in anything, the hampers, trash, bowls, cups, anywhere something will fit his loves to do it.

Catch Up for 10 & 11 months for Ethan

10 month catch up:
*2 teeth! This boy has two bottom chompers!
*Standing on his own and taking steps, won't be long now until he is walking.
*He has pretty much begun to self wean, no more nursing for mommy :(

11 month milestones:
*WALKING! This boy is walking 100% now
*Got his first pair of stride rites!
*Milkaholic , he LOVES his baba but doesn't like it cold. He gets so mad when he has to wait for it to warm up once he has seen it
*Baby's First Christmas!

Halloween...in a nut shell

October

 Logan got to do lots of fun Halloween things this year! He had his first school field trip to the Hillcrest Pumpkin Patch, it was so cute and so fun!  This was also his first year going trick or treating, and loved it, obviously. These boys are just so much fun and I love them to pieces.

We did have a huge hiccup in our Halloween fun, Ethan had a big scare. I was unloading this dishwasher and turned to see my little baby fall head first out of his highchair and hit the tile. After a couple seconds he screamed, I called 911 and the paramedics came within a couple of minutes. He already had a swelling bump on his head. Ethan had his first trip to the ER in an ambulance. I was crying and feel terrible that I could have prevented this accident. Thankfully he is OKAY, we are so blessed. We have to watch him closely for a 48 hours, but I know things could have  been worse. Lesson learned. Always strap a baby in! I had the tray locked in the tightest position but he still got out of it.

DISNEYWORLD!!!!

Disneyworld!!!!!!

This was our first official family vacation, and we all had lots of fun! The room was amazing, I had lots of fun swimming and playing with the kids while David was at a conference, and Disneyworld was of course a blast and a challenge with a baby who wanted to crawl around instead of sit in a stroller.

Highs: Ethan LOVED the fireworks and i think his favorite ride was It's a Small World. Logan's favorite ride was the Toy Story Mania -- i think this was mine too! He got to meet Jake the Pirate and Lightning McQueen.

Lows: I got food poisoning in DW, I wont be having a Chicago style hot dog probably ever again. The flights royally sucked. No more red eye flights or flights with more than 1 lay over.

Ethan is 9 months!!

-Cruising like a pro
-Stands unassisted for seconds, his balance gets better each day
-Now says "mama" A LOT :)
-Gives kisses on demand and makes a "ma" sounds when he does
-Waves his hands and claps when he is happy
-Had his first airplane ride, a red eye flight at that
-Goes down for most naps fully awake and doesn't really cry
-Chatters a lot!

Siblings share...more than I want sometimes.

Logan is now potty trained, and we are almost weaned from the little potty usage (thank goodness!) but this happened earlier this month. Ethan LOVES to push the little "flush" handle on it because it makes a Vroooom Vrooooom sound, so every time the bathroom door is open he goes straight for it.

Logan went pee in his Lightning McQueen potty, and Ethan crawled in there to try to flush it. I was on the phone, so this was totally my fault. I was just outside the bathroom sitting on a chair right outside at the computer. I didn't notice Logan tried to dump his pee in the big potty, spilling it on the floor and toilet. He got toilet paper to try and clean it. Ethan is right there in the action. I see whats happening and I pick Ethan up, wipe him down, pry the pee soaked toilet paper out of his little hands and clean the bathroom floor and all.

Once I'm done, I go into Ethan's room to change his clothes. I then notice he has something in his mouth. A huge clump of toilet paper. GAG.

I'm telling myself it wasn't soaked in pee like the clump he had in his hand. That's my story til this day...

Ethan is 8 months!

*Ethan is still all over the place, and is getting really fast, now he looks at you and smile when you say "No Ethan!" and then goes even faster.

*He has officially been charged with high treason. I've been working for months on getting Ethan to say "Mamamamama" and he says "Dadadadada". He also does other babbling but none that include the Mama sounds.

*He started eating chunky food, he doesn't want pureed food anymore. He doesn't really have a favorite, he eats anything. I'm not sure how much to feed him because he will eat until you stop feeding him. Sometimes I think he eats more than me! (I know he eats more than Logan) He also loves to eat the cat food.
*Anytime Logan is eating he tries to steal his food, and now succeeds often.

*The baby gate had to go up this month.
*Ethan is standing a little bit on his own for just a few seconds at a time. He is still cruising while holding onto furniture.

*He had his first swing ride at the park, and he loved it!

*He got his first Halloween costume, The Dark Knight, but didn't like the bat hat.

*He got his birthday bini in, it goes well with his appetite, The Hungry Caterpillar.

 Ethan has been quite the little model for Mommy this month. I started making soft sole baby shoes and made most of the baby leg warmers I had socks for. David hope he wont be scarred for life since I've been putting adorable girly handmade items on him. I'm not sure who actually reads my blog anymore, but here is my store site if you wanna check anything out. www.pricelessembrace.etsy.com