Random Pics

Here's a few pictures and a little video at the bottom of the past couple weeks. Derek's birthday was yesterday and he's been working so hard the past few months and we didn't take a vacation this year, so I'm taking him to one of his favorite places....Las Vegas!! We leave Friday night for a long weekend and we both need a little get-a-way! We can't wait, but then again, I hate leaving Ethan for any length of time. I know he'll be just fine, probably won't even miss us, but I miss him terribly! Anyway, that's what's new with us. If I have time to take a picture of my ever growing belly before we leave, I'll post a pic. Otherwise, look for one when we get back! I can't believe how big I am already!!

Ethan is now becoming interested in the "potty", he likes to sit on it, but nothing happens yet. He often tells me when he goes now, so I know he's starting to understand the "feeling", but we're certainly not "potty-training" yet, just getting the idea! He's about to go through so many changes in the next few months, that I'm certainly not going to push potty training on him too!

All he needs is a bucket of water and life is good!! ( I had to take him home in no pants after this though, he was soaked!)

I think someone is ready for finger paints! (This was chocolate pudding as I busy doing something else!)

Easter

Well, once again, I'm behind on my blog!! At least I'm posting these in the same month!! Anyway, we had a very nice Easter this year. We hid a few shiny eggs in the yard for Ethan to find b/c we weren't sure he'd get into it, but he really did so I wish we would have hid more! Oh, well. Then we went to Boatwerks for brunch with "Gana Twinkle-Twinkle" (Grandma Bonnie) and "Papa,Papa,Papa" (Grandpa Denny), Uncle Bri and Aunt Sara! It was nice, but then I had to go from there to work and it was a really busy day in the ER!

Here's Ethan checking out his Easter basket! He's holding up a lady bug in an egg!

Ooh, eggs!

Here's Ethan on his egg hunt.

Found one!

Looking for more.

Gana had a basket waiting for him too and it was of course and Elmo basket! (which he's still carries around!)

Here's Ethan's spiky hair!

Enjoying the sun...

I couldn't wait get outside with Ethan today! He LOVES to be outside, I think he's got cabin fever like the rest of us! I wanted to do something fun for him, but I also wanted to check out Carter's big sale today. So, we compromised with a little a both. Unfortunately, Ethan wanted nothing to do with the shopping first and let it be known the ENTIRE time we were in the Carter's warehouse (which is at the other end of the outlet from their store)! Since we had to walk by the ducks and the "water" to get there, that's all he wanted to do! Fortunately, I brought my stroller so that I could keep him in the store, but he screamed the entire time we were in there! I was so embarrassed and normally I would have just left, but I was putting my foot down today! This was something I really wanted to check out, it was all parents in there anyway - if they haven't been through their own children throwing tantrums, they would someday! So, I just let him scream and went about my business, I could feel eyes on me the hole time though! I'm not a terrible mom am I? Well, I wasn't in there very long. I would have spent more time if I wasn't so "distracted" Once I got back to the front of the store, Ethan was happily chatting about the water. I was so mad, I could have just parked him in front of the window so that he could see the pond while I shopped real quick and he would have been fine!! UHH! Anyway, we had still had one more challenge, we had to go to the main store to pay for the goods, so we had to walk by the pond again! He didn't do much better while we were in line to pay, but at least it wasn't constant screaming, just occasional outbursts! I kept telling him we were going to see the ducks, we were going to see the ducks..... Finally, we were outside and down by the pond and he was so excited to see the ducks! I actually remembered to bring some bread too!! Unfortunately, so did every other parent there and the ducks weren't really interested in eating. There was bread all over the lawn that wasn't even eaten! Oh well, he had fun throwing the bread anyway!

Okay, so I must admit, I couldn't resist buying a few girly outfits - you know, just in case! Derek really doesn't want to find out the sex of the baby and there's no way I could keep a secret from him that long so, I guess you'll all have to wait till Sept too!! Even if this one is another boy, the seasons will be off so I'll need some more clothes either way! I can't believe we're almost half way already! My official US (ultrasound) is May 8 and I'll be 20wks! It's going so fast! Anyway, will post again soon! Happy Easter!

Ethan's 2nd Birthday!

Well, if there's anyone out there that hasn't given up on me, here's a new blog post.....finally!! Ethan's birthday party was pretty similar to last year, just family mostly! We weren't sure he'd get the whole party thing and didn't want to overwhelm him anyway! We had everyone over around noon for pizza, then opened presents, and then had Elmo cake!! MMMM was it good!

Ethan surprised us all by not being interested in opening presents yet!! I thought by now he'd really be into tearing into them, but he really didn't want anything to with it! Brian and Sara's gift was in a bag with lots of tissue paper and he did get into taking all the paper of the bag though! But once all the paper was out, he didn't really care to see what was in it!! Silly kid! Anyway, here's a bunch of pictures from the day thanks to Dad Eade!!

Here's the Birthday Boy!

Here he is getting into Sara's gift right away!!

Who me? (Notice Sara putting all the paper back)

Ga-Na Sue Whispering to Ethan while he's eating his pizza

Animated talking!

Ethan's Elmo cake (sorry suzie homemakers, I didn't make it)

Showing Ethan his cake

Singing Happy Birthday!

Ethan loved his 1st present opened. A remote control car from Uncle Brian and Aunt Sara. He wasn't interested in opening anything else after that!

All the gifts!

Ethan, Daddy, Papa Len, Aunt Sara, Aunt Kiki (Karen) and Jen

Ethan LOVED his balloons and was carrying them all over the house!

Mommy and Daddy got Ethan some of his own garden tools (time to put that boy to work!!) He really loved helping me rake, well pushing the leaves out the pile I had just made, this year!

Opening presents!

All eyes on Ethan

Ethan loves to get into Daddy's tools so Daddy bought him his very own tools. Here he is with screwdriver. I have to try to record how he says screwdriver, it's sooooooo cute!

Ga-Na Sue pinned him down for a second to open another one!

Papa Rich recording the action

Big smiles from Uncle Bri, Ga-Na Bonnie (or Ga-Na Twinkle-Twinkle as Ethan calls her) and Papa Len

Well, I'll really try not leave you hanging forever again! We just really haven't been doing a whole lot lately to report about. Just waiting and waiting for the weather to get nice and STAY there! Derek and I have started doing some rearranging in the basement in order to move everything from the spare bedroom down there so we can move Ethan into the spare bedroom! Everything is sneaking up on us so fast! I feel like we're running out of time already! I have to get Derek crackin' on it now b/c once fishing starts up I'm in trouble!

Okay, I really must admit that most of the reason I haven't posted in the past several weeks is that I usually do it when Ethan's napping and I've been SO stinkin tired lately, that I've been napping too! I really don't remember being this tired with Ethan, but then again wasn't chasing and entertaining a 2 yr old either! At least the nausea has GREATLY improved in the past couple weeks! I can deal with the tired a lot better then the nausea!

Derek is doing FABULOUS in his new job and absolutely loving it! I love that he's so happy- FINALLY!!! He's finally being treated like he deserves and they love him and praise him all the time too! It's just such a wonderful blessing that he has been given this opportunity. We are so thankful and blessed!

Well, that's our story for now! Hope you enjoyed the pics!!