Ethan and Uncle Mike

Ethan loves his Uncle Mike. One night Eric was praying with Ethan and was thanking God for all the people in his life. When Eric said, "Thank you for Uncle Mike." Ethan shot his head up and got this huge smile on his face looking for his crazy uncle. Anyway, there are a lot of smiles and laughter when the two get together. Here are a few pictures from the beach a few weeks ago. The last one is my favorite!

Our Santa Barbara Trip

Here are several pictures from our trip to visit Eric's grandma in Santa Barbara. We had a great time!

Ethan spent a large portion of his time walking up and down the stairs

I love bath pictures
"These plants look a little dry. Don't worry, I'm on it."
"Check out my cool shades"
So Sweet!



This is when he first saw the Elephant. "WHAT is THAT."

Lots of pointing at the zoo.


Watching the turtles in the pond.

My Handsome Boys

Today I was going through some old pictures and ran across these. They are from a wedding we went to last year. Don't they look handsome?

My New Hobby

The last couple of days I've been giving Ethan a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. He loves them, of course, but hasn't mastered how to eat them yet. I'll give him a little sandwich and he smiles big as if I gave him something extra special. He then looks at it and opens it up. You may think he eats it next, but that would be too easy. How about peanut butter side down on the tray in front of him. After nibbling a bit, with gooey fingers mind you, you puts his hands behind his head. By the time lunch was over, he had peanut butter and jelly on his hands, arms, chest, back of his neck and of course his hair. So what was a mom to do? Time for a bath. As you can see, I had a little fun. Okay a lot of fun =).

A Few Camping Pictures

The Simple Pleasures

Ethan in his pajamas discovered the joy of water from a hose thanks to Grandpa Thompson (who visited for a couple of days). As you can plainly see, he thoroughly enjoyed himself. He was completely drenched by the time he was done. And don't worry, it's on video too. A video post to follow sometime soon. Enjoy! Love you Grandpa Thompson! I can't wait to play with you again.

I know this picture is overexposed, but wanted you to see how drenched he was.

Sunny's Favorite Time of Day

Ethan gets so much joy out of sharing his food with Sunny. Most of the time he thinks he is being so sneaky. He'll slowly sneak his arm behind the highchair tray and casually drop a little something for Sunny. These pictures are a little more obvious.

Ethan: Do you want this? Sunny: Um, hello it's a teddy graham!
What?