Thursday, April 28, 2011

A Happy Easter, Despite a Little Cold!

Ethan showing off the goodies that the Easter Bunny left (by the way, the Cadbury in the basket was for Daddy!!)

Playing army guys with his big cousins

Ethan LOVED the Easter egg hunt and ran around yelling, "Eggy!" every time he found one

Searching

Cousins Post-hunt

Auntie Sarah poses with Ethan and I

My little man!

Papa and his boys

We had a very nice Easter though it got off to a rocky start.  The day we were planning to leave for CT, we found ourselves visiting the pediatrician.  Ethan was diagnosed with pink eye and a head cold.  This was the first time Ethan has really been sick.  He's had sniffles here and there, but this was the first time that Pete and I actually considered cancelling our travel plans.  The doctor assured us that Ethan's pink eye would no longer be contagious after we started giving him drops, and he seemed to be in good spirits, so we decided to go ahead with our plans to visit our family for the holiday.

We had a nice visit, despite Ethan's runny nose. He was a trooper!  We traveled to Long Island on Saturday and Ethan had a great time playing with all of the trucks and cars that Aunt Carol had saved up for him.  It was nice to see family that we only get to visit with a few times a year.

Sunday morning we celebrated Easter with the Fowlers.  Ethan had so much fun going on his first Easter Egg hunt.  So much fun in fact, that for the rest of the day, whenever we had a chance, we'd "re-hide" the eggs in the yard so that he could look for them.  Every time he'd find one, he'd shout, "Eggy!"  Very adorable!

Since returning home from our CT weekend, we have been laying low at home.  We skipped story time and playgroup this week, to hang around the house and rest.  I must say, whether I'm out and about with Ethan, watching him interact with other kids, or snuggling with him on the couch watching Bob the Builder, I just can't get over the immense amount of love and affection that I have for this little guy.  He is just the best, best, ever!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Everything is Better with Friends and Family

Who is this big kid??!

We recently discovered that Ethan loves Pad Thai (and trying to eat with chopsticks)

Hanging with Grandpa

Sam and Ethan

Playing in water puddles

Snack time

We are so excited to have our yard back!

Future outdoorsman

LL Bean Fish
We've had lots of excitement over the past few weeks.  Auntie Sarah visited, and the day after she left, Grandma and Grandpa Y. came to visit for the weekend.  We had a great time playing and enjoying the spring weather.  Ethan loves having people visit, and often cries when he realizes that they are leaving.  If we tell him that it's time to say "bye bye", or "night night" to our visitors he will say, "more, more" as though pleading for just a few more minutes with his playmates.  He is such a lucky little guy to have so many people to love and adore him.

This past weekend, Ethan and I took a little road trip to visit our friends in Boston.  Ethan and Sam played non-stop!  They had such a great time together.  It is so much fun to see how much they have changed from visit to visit, and this time, they interacted more than ever before.  At one point they were having a little parade through the house with Sammy pulling a musical duck, and Ethan playing wooden sticks- very adorable!  We had a wonderful visit and are looking forward to lots of beach time with Andrea and Sam this summer.

Ethan is saying more and more words on a daily basis and is repeating everything!  I love hearing him talk- especially when he talks in his own language. I've realized more than ever this week that I need to watch what I say all the time.  Often times, when Barley is under my feet in the kitchen I will tell him to move.  Well, this week Ethan has been telling everyone and everything to move- it's really kind of funny to hear him say it, but now I'm trying to add a please on the end- even with the dog!

There are so many funny stories to tell about different things Ethan does and says, but one story stands out in my mind from over the past  few weeks.  We were in Friendly's having ice cream with Pete and his parents. After Ethan was done, I let him get out of his high chair and walk around.  A young waitress came over to Ethan and bent down and smiled at Ethan and asked him casually what he was doing.  He looked right at her and said, "Poop!"  Sure enough, I glanced down at him and saw the tell-tale red face- the waitress turned slightly red and just laughed.  At least we know he's honest!!