Low Key Week, Just the Way We Like It!

Playing after bathtime

My babies...

Ethan and I on Mother's Day

We've had a great week. Grandma and Grandpa Fowler came up to visit for Mother's Day weekend. My mom treated me to a Mother's Day massage on Saturday so Ethan got to have

some "guy time" with Daddy and Grandpa. It was nice for me to be able to relax knowing that Ethan was in such good care- and Pete and Grandpa knew that if all else failed, and they couldn't console Ethan, that Ben and Jerry's was right down the road! Saturday afternoon we had my brothers and their families over for dinner. Ethan had a great time playing on the floor with his cousins, and they had fun playing with all of his toys!

Sunday we celebrated my first Mother's Day. We had a nice relaxing day, and I recieved my very first artwork from Ethan. Too cute! Pete went out and got crayons and let Ethan color in a card for me. Pete reports that he was really getting into it and is convinced that he is left handed. Maybe we have an artist on our hands!

Ethan is moving more than ever. His newest accomplishment is that he can go from laying down to sitting up on his own. He is also working on a bit of a combat crawl- if he really wants to get to something, he will either drag himself on his belly over to it, or he'll roll to it. Needless to say, we can't take our eyes off of him for too long, because he is qiuckly discovering the benefits of mobility!

Last week we were concerned over a reaction that Ethan had when we gave him eggs. I've spoken with the pediatrician and she says that it sounds like an egg allergy. She gave us the option of going to an allergist right away, or waiting a while (until he is 1) to try them again. We have opted to wait it out and just stay away from eggs altogether for now. Geuss I'm going to have to look for recipes for an eggless birthday cake once August rolls around...
Other than having our weekend visitors, we've had a pretty low key week. We've taken some walks, played in the yard, and swung in our tree swing. Yesterday we met a friend at a nearby state park and played on the playground. It's been so nice to be able to get out and enjoy our yard and the local parks.

I'm so lucky that I get to be home with Ethan. So far, spring has been wonderful! We are really looking forward to summer when everyone else will be out of school and available to play!