It's cookie time, yeah it's cookie time!

That title might seem familar if you've ever seen Troop Beverly Hills, I think of it every year when it's girl scout cookie season. I ordered my annual 1 box of thin mints, and I got a box of tagalongs for Ethan b/c he likes reese's so much(thanks to brian and jennifer's house). He was loving it and giggling when he ate the cookie, but a minute later he spit most of it back out. Oh well....can't blame a girl for trying.

Ethan's 1st trip to the zoo

Ethan is SO excited about the zoo...especially Lemur island :)

I thought he'd be scared of it, but he loved the gorilla!

checking out the monkeys for himself. This is right before he tumbled and rolled down the ramp, only a minor nose scrape....so then we all laughed it off :)

he LOVED running back and forth on this wall in front of the aligators, he is DEFINITELY all boy!

Ethan's looking at the elephants

Ethan's favorite spot at the zoo....the stairs at the giraffe exhibit, he was mad when we pried him from them!

I "won" a family membership to the zoo back in November....but never made it over there to redeem it.....so since we only had til March 1 to get it, we went on Thursday since we were having a pleasant day weatherwise. It was extra special because all 3 of us were able to go, and you could tell Ethan loved having a special outing with both of us. Of course, Cafe Africa's kitchen was closed...so no cookies for daddy...and the train was closed for the day....so no ride either....but we still had lots of fun and can't wait to go back and see more animals!

Bargain Boutique 2009

Welcome to Bargain Boutique!

view of the silent auction

view of some of the clothing racks before the preview party

This is what Lizzy does when there are SO many colorful items to choose from and there is a lull in the sale!

I look sleepier than i thought, but this is me with my chair Kelly

As I think I mentioned in a previous post, I was chair-elect this year for Bargain Boutique for the Junior League of Little Rock. It's a women and children's consignment sale that also sells new items from local retailers. The thing that sets our sale apart is that all the money goes back into the community through our JLLR projects. I was at the league building most of last week and weekend and am just now really recovering from it....but I can't wait til next year. (well....yes i can, but i AM excited) We had a big preview party and silent auction friday night and it's a fancy event since we get to do it all at the beautiful league building.

Daddy's Boots

Ethan is really into the mimicking phase now, especially everything his daddy does. He likes to put on his boots and try to walk, of course with no luck, but I think it's the cutest thing so I had my fellows pose for the pics last time I caught him. (pardon the mess in the background, hangers and clothes from Bargain Boutique)

Wow! Hair!

after school and nap with help from the baby wipe

"what are you DOING with that camera woman????!!?!?!"

before school :)

This day Ethan had particularly crazy hair when he woke up, so I took a picture b/c it was making me laugh. Then when I took him to school, they also thought it was extra wild, because one of his teachers thought a baby wipe would help it to lay down. Brandon and I were not real excited about that, and obviously neither was Ethan. Notice how much worse it was that afternoon! Too funny not to capture on film!

Valentines Day 09

For Valentines Day this year, Brandon and I had a date night with our sunday school class at one couple's house. All the guys were responsible for the food and the ladies just had to show up. We didn't take any pics together, but at least we each got a pic with our favorite valentine and his vday gift of a new puppy to carry around everywhere.

18 Months Old

It's very late I know...Ethan turned 18 months old on February 9. But I got his chair pictures on Valentines Day, 5 days later. When we went to his appointment, he weighed 30 lbs and he is still in the 85th-90th percentile on his height and weight. Everything checked out great and he is a healthy growing boy. We discussed that he's a picky eater, but noone is surprised since he is my son :)