MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

HELLO!!! So sorry about not updating sooner but I have not been able to get on the Internet on a regular basis right now. So I will try to catch you up in a nutshell....

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas with all of our families. Each family had a party on a different day so we were able to spend some quality time with everyone this year. We were thankful for that:) Ethan was not quite sure what "Christmas" meant but had fun eating the paper and playing with the ribbon and didn't really realize that there was a present under there until the paper was thrown away! He is blessed to have such a wonderful extended family and friends, thank you for everything!!

Ethan has totally mastered the crawling thing and pulling himself upon things and soon walking will be in store. I can hardly believe it! WE think some teeth are coming in and he is not sleeping like he normally does, but that will get back to normal here soon, we are taking it day by day:) He is just a happy boy who loves life, what more could you as for???

Jim spent some of his spare time away from interviewing building some miraculous things. He made book shelves for our house that we will be moving into in May and he is currently building me a cabinet to hold all of my scrapbooks. I am so excited and it wasn't even my idea!!!:) He also has been hanging out with Ethan and I and he just got back from a snowmobiling trip with his dad in the UP. They had a great time and got lots of snowmobiling in. His interviews start back up here in Thursday where he will travel to Dayton, OH and then to Detroit. After a handful of interviews he takes his boards on the 26th in Grand Rapids. After returning to the UP in the end of January things will start to slow down. He has two rotations left and then he is done until residency begins. WE are very excited about Match Day in March and are counting down the days!!

As for me..... I just love being a mom and Ethan makes that so much fun!

Here are some pictures from the last month.... Ethan with his new table!

YEAH..my sister is here and we took Ethan to Fredrick Meijer Gardens

Mr. Trouble is his middle name:)

First Christmas hand and foot ornaments.

He climbed into that himself....thought that it would be way more fun underneath for some reason???

My mommy is so silly!

Ethan's first pancake....I think he liked it:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!