The "Meijer" Hat

The other day we took a trip to Meijer to pick up some stuff. It was under major construction inside the building and because of that, they were handing out kids construction hard hats with the Meijer logo on it. This was the best thing ever! It kept Ethan occupied the entire time playing peek-a-boo and taking it on and off and just thinking that it was the coolest toy ever!! He doesn't wear hats for long, but I did manage to get a picture. The hat is still around and is worn often:)

Big Brother in Training...

The other day I brought up the infant car seat to see if it would fit in a double stroller that I bought from someone. I put it down and went to go do something. When I came back Ethan had put his bear in the car seat and was rocking it back and forth saying, "Nah-night". It was the cutest thing ever! He is definitely going to be a great big brother here in a few months!!

Putting bear to sleep!:)

Grandma Jastifer Visits

Yesterday grandma Jastifer had the day off work so she came to hang out with us! Ethan and grandma played with his toys and read a lot of books! He has this fort that is in our living room and he loves it when people come in and read him books. I have a hard time getting in these days, but grandma had no problem!!:) Thanks for coming!

Reading in the fort!

1-2-3 TACKLE!!

Ethan LOVES it when people "rough house" or "wrestle" with him! He will say, "1-2-3 tackle!" and you better watch out because he coming right at you. Obviously he does this mostly with his daddy and Uncle Mark.....

Some Special Visitors

Ethan loves when people come to visit! He just plays, plays, plays!!! Grandma Sowerwine was in town for my brothers surgery and Ethan loved standing on her feet! He just could not get enough of it! Aunt Keri came to visit earlier this week! Ethan was in love with Aunt Keri and they played with every toy that Ethan had I think:) Thanks for coming!!

ABC's and 123's

Who you looking at???

Usually Ethan smiles when I take his picture, but on this day, he was not in the smiling mood

A Baby Shower!

This weekend my good friend Angie and I threw a baby shower for our other good friend Annie. She is due in about 5 weeks and is looking good! We played games, ate some great food, got to visit with high school friends that I have not seen in a very long time, and she was definitely showered with gifts:) We can not wait to meet her little boy!! Some John Deer socks!! (Her husband is a farmer) Playing games
Enjoying the party... Here are the three of us (Me- 6 months pregnant, Angie- 6 months pregnant (due one day before me) and Annie- ready to pop! We missed you Bethany!!

Deer Sighting

Count em' boys....an eight point buck!
This weekend Ethan and I hung out at my mom's while Jim worked. This deer was so hungry that is came right up to my mom's crab apple tree, just a few feet from her kitchen window. We must have watched it for 30 minutes while it ate. All I could think about was how jealous all you hunters would have been and the one here at my house certianly was!

Ethan's new thing.....

Christmas Continues!!

Last weekend we had the pleasure of meeting up with the Eggleston Family to celebrate our Christmas together. Amy, my dear friend from college, and her family to whom I have grown close to, love getting together, just finding the time to do it is the hard part. So we planned a day, got together, had great pizza and conversations, and opened some presents, which Ethan could not wait to get into! Thanks for everything guys, we love you! Ethan LOVES his bumble-bee from Uncle Ken and Tom! He sleeps with his "bum-be" every night:) Everyone knows that Ethan love trucks!Hanging out having a good time!The soon-to-be Witt's!!

The girls!!

Some new favorite toys...

Ethan has had so much fun playing with all of his new toys from Christmas! He picked a good time to be stuck in the house with all this snow. We did have a fun time playing in the snow this morning. It was up to Ethan's chest and he was not so hot on that idea, but he did like me pulling him around in his new sled. I do not have any pictures, but trust me we were out there until his nose was pretty red!!

He loves his new refrigerator magnets. One circle goes around and you can put the rest wherever, and as long as they are connected, they will all spin. It is pretty cool!! Jim and Ethan had fun testing them out the other night. Ethan is also into playing with play dough. He must get it out and play at least twice a day. His favorite thing to do with play do is have mom make a ball and then Ethan gets to smash it.

New Set of Wheels!

Jim and I bought a van while we were home over the holidays. It is official...I am a van mom again and proud of it!!I am not the only one who got a new set of wheels for Christmas....Ethan loves his new car from Grandpa Biener that Uncle Mark, daddy, and mommy (it was definitely a 3 person job!) put together for him!

Honk - Honk

(Ethan is feeling MUCH better now. He had the flu, sinus infection, and a double ear infection all at once, but is on meds and it handling it like a champ!)

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We were busy, but it was fun visiting all of our family and especially seeing my sister, who came into town from Arizona. Ethan and her played the entire time she was here and they both loved it! We started the season off by heading to Jim's parents to open presents and spend Christmas with them. Ethan had a blast and loved his new play dough stuff, wagon, clothes, fort, and a car the lights up when you push the button. Thanks so much, we loved everything!! His dad' side always has a fun Christmas eve game that we enjoy playing. You bring a $10-$15 present to put in the middle of the circle and when your card is chosen you can either pick a new present from the middle or steal a present that someone else already opened. If it fun because you never know what you are going to end up with! This year.....I got my own gift which was a Starbucks gift certificate!!:) We traveled home that night to wake up in our own house Christmas morning. We did not want Ethan to miss what Santa brought him. He was a good boy this year and received a sled, a wagon full of mega blocks, and of course a stocking filled with goodies. It was fun to see him enjoy Christmas this year. Every time he opened a present he would say, "WOW!" it was so cute!

We then headed out Christmas morning to my mom's where we spent a day filled with lots of family and good food. Of course Ethan had a fun time enjoying some of his new presents from his grandma, Aunt, and Uncle. He loved his table and chairs that were just his size! He also loved running up and down grandma's stairs! He was on them every chance he got! It was funny because every barricade that we made, he managed to climb over or move out of the way, too smart for his own good! Thanks for everything!On Saturday we headed to Jim's grandparents and had a fun Christmas with that side of the family. There are lots of little kids that come to that Christmas so Ethan had fun chasing around his older cousins and doing whatever they did. If they laid down, he would lay down, if they ran into one room, he would follow. I even caught Ethan opening up presents that did not belong to him, so I did some re-wrapping! Silly boy! Thanks Great-grandma for the car, Ethan loves it! Then, on Sunday we headed to my dad's so that we could spend Christmas with him and my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins. My dad made a yummy dinner that Jim and I got to enjoy while Ethan took a nap and then after he got up we opened presents. My sister and I got beautiful hand knitted blankets by our grandma! Ethan loved his wagon that grandpa got him and the book from his great-grandparents!! Thanks for everything, it was great seeing you guys! Then Ethan and I stayed until Tuesday morning when we took my sister back to the airport. Ethan started to act funny that day and to my surprise ended up with the flu and a terrible double ear infection, poor guy! Today (Saturday) he is starting to act like himself again. I finally took him to the Dr. once his fever reached 104 degrees and sure enough, his ear infection was causing the high temperature. We are just taking is easy and staying inside until he is feeling better.

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you all did as well! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

20 Week Ultrasound

Profile Shot
Sucking its thumb :)

Here is a beautiful picture of our baby!! It was moving all around and loved sucking "its" (we did not find out!) thumb! It is healthy and measuring right on! What more could you ask for?!?!

Some of Ethan's New Words

Santa attempt #2

Last night we went to the medmates playgroup Christmas Party and is was a lot of fun, until the scary man in the red suit and white beard appeared out of nowhere! As soon as Santa walked in all the kids were in awe, jumping up and down and we so excited, except for our little man, he started screaming right away! Santa even brought him a present, but he was not getting off his daddy's lap to get! He was going nowhere near that scary Santa!! Poor guy....maybe next year him and Santa will be better friends:) I promise you that we do not torture our son, Santa just happens to be at everything Christmas that we go to!!!Having a great time at the party with his friends Luke and Hailey.Here comes Santa!!All the kids in awe at the man in the red suit!Here in Ethan, crying and holding onto daddy for dear life!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!