1st Children's Event

Well...all who know me, know i LOVE Christmas. So I took Ethan to the Christmas Children's Event at the Junior League Building. I knew he wouldn't get much out of it, I just wanted his picture with Santa and thought he might be able to do some of the craft stuff. Well....Ethan wasn't real sure about Santa. I haven't gotten my pictures yet, but I don't think he smiled for any. I'm sure I entertained the other adults b/c I would RUN up to him and get him to smile and giggle, then run back out of the picture and every time I got back out, he had stopped smiling. So I got a good leg workout and he probably was never caught on camera smiling. Then, I made him do a handprint craft and he screamed when they painted his hand. So we decided it was time to leave, but on the way out we thought we would try to get a pic with the snowman...and you can see how that turned out.

Christmas Grandboys

My mom is thinking of using a picture this year of just her grandchildren, so Ethan and cousin Reagan had a little photo shoot thanksgiving weekend. You can see Reagan really loves his little cousin! And Ethan's sweater is too big for him.....he is not THAT big yet! Then Reagan wanted to "hold" Ethan, so uncle Courtney had to hop in and help. :)

Thanksgiving in Plumerville

We had Thanksgiving lunch out at the Grays' on Thanksgiving this year. Ethan got passed around as usual, and it was so great to see that entire side of the family...also we got to hang out with Brandon's brother Jared and his wife Brandi who we haven't seen in months. So it was a VERY happy holiday! We spent that evening with my family, but I got sick and hate to admit that I got no photos!!! AND, Chris (my middle brother) came home with his FIANCE' for the first time, so I'm doubly disappointed that I have no pics of them. It was great to see them though and we are so excited they are getting married!

Callie's Baby Shower

Callie had a new baby boy, Carson, on Nov. 19. We took her out to dinner at Cafe Prego and then surprised her with treats and gifts at Kelly and Terri's place. She was so cute pregnant and I'm sorry I'm just now posting these since she had Carson several weeks ago!

Uncle Jonathan

Ok....so I've really been a slacker at blogging since going back to work. I promise to try to do better after I get caught up tonight. Brandon's cousin Jonathan came to visit on his way back to Dallas a few weeks ago. Ethan was in a fussy mood...but he seemed to like Uncle Jonathan....we hope to see him at Christmas so Ethan can get to know him!!

3 Months Old

Ethan was 3 months old on Friday, November 9. He is just growing everyday and such a happy, fun baby. I had a hard week with going back to work, but luckily I get to work from home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The ladies at his daycare take good care of him, but I was definitely glad for Friday when he was all mine for the weekend. He was all smiles and giggles til I wanted to snap his picture, then he got the serious face.

At 3 months Ethan can:

-hold his head up on his own and look around
-inch forward when he's on tummy time, though he can't quite get coordinated enough to really move far.
-play with his toys on his exercauser
-drool ALL the time....he's working on some teeth we think, though he has no interest in teether toys yet
-sit up on his changing pad, though he leans forward and rests on his belly
-chatter and giggle some...though when he laughs, he gives himself the hiccups, and then he's mad

Big Cedar

Brandon and I had our first night without Ethan last Thursday, we went to Big Cedar with the help of a gift certificate from 2 Christmas's ago. It is one of my FAVORITE places to go..and since Ethan is sleeping through the night, my parents kept him and then we met them in Fayetteville for the game weekend.