Ethan's First Step

Steve and I have worked with Ethan to learn to walk. Not constantly. We don't want him growing up TOO fast.  But all he has done for us is leap at us.  And giggling. LOTS of giggling.  There's nothing better than hearing your little one giggle hysterically.   So I decided to let him do his own thing - as I've had to do with about everything for him. Stubborn little boy!!!

So then yesterday I walked into the living room and looked over as he was la

ughing at Gavin and took a step.  He wobbled for a second and looked at me very proud of himself. He was about to take another one but got too excited and sat down.  Among all the giggling and laughing and feeling proud of himself, we couldn't get him to do it again.  He did have fun following after Gavin for the rest of the day - crawling.

Then this morning I was washing dishes and thanks to our high counter, I missed seeing him take three steps to Jakob.   I thought the "I'll do it myself" phase would wait another year... or at least a few months!

This picture has nothing to do with the post. I just thought it was really cute.  I think he's worn himself out..

Way Behind!!

I just keep missing events left and right. It doesn't help that its all happening within a couple of weeks.

So first of all,  Ethan turned ONE on May 22nd.  I can't believe my little one is already a year!! We got to celebrate in Idaho.  He wasn't too thrilled about the cake but he LOVED his bath afterwards!  He got some really fun gifts and his cousins liked them as much as he did!!

Next came Steve's birthday. We spent it visiting cemeteries in my hometown.  It was nice and we enjoyed the drive through my beautiful town.   The cake below is a black forest cake. I couldn't believe how good it actually turned out!!  This is Steve's favorite cake and I decided to go all out with it.  My family sure enjoyed it!

The rest of the week was spent cleaning and getting ready for our next event. Jakob's baptism!!  It was a very nice experience and Jakob was happy. He has been SO excited for his big day! It flew by. I couldn't believe how fast it was.   We had a really nice dinner afterwards with family and a few friends.  It was a very nice day.

I could go on but its late, I'm falling asleep typing and this is already long enough. I'll talk about this weekend when its all done. :)