The 5 of us: Ethan's blessing

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ethan's blessing

We blessed our sweet little Ethan in church a couple weeks ago. It was a wonderful day and since we're here with our family, we were surrounded by our family, which we just loved. Ethan was such a sweetheart the whole day and we just can't be more excited to have him in our family.

Here are a few pictures of our sweetie.

My sister Shannon helped me sew his cute little outfit. It turned out so good, thanks to my very talented and extra patient sister.

Dave's sister-in-law Tami gave Ethan these adorable little shoes for the special day. I just love them and think Ethan did too.

Here we are with our parents.

7 comments:

Paola said...: Hey! It's me doing my lame-o quarterly blog visits :). Darling pictures! It's so wonderful, isn't it?!So my baby is due any week now! So excited! :) You HAVE to check my blog...you'll appreciate it. Hope to hear from you soon! Later!; June 18, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Heidi Henderson said...: What a special day, thanks for inviting me!!!; June 18, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Nick and Maddy Winward said...: That is really sweet! What cute pictures.; June 19, 2009 at 6:45 AM
Erin Wittwer said...: So cute! Love your blog and your kids are so beautiful! Ethan is so darling! What cute kids you two have. I am excited to see what baby #3 will look like! When the time comes, of course.; June 20, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Nicole said...: I don't know why, but the pics weren't working for me for the longest time... but I finally got to see them today! He is soooo adorable! I love his cute round face and cute little lips. And you made the outfit??!! Tiffany, you are amazing!!!! Incredible. Really. It looks sooo good. He really is soo adorable. I wish I could meet him and hold him. Keep up the pics--I'd love to see him as he grows up ('cause they grow so fast). :); June 23, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Amy & Greg said...: you are awesome for sewing his outfit!!; July 22, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Just Be us said...: OH. MY. WORD. These photos are ADORABLE! And you & sis did a GREAT JOB on his outfit! The shoes Tami gave him--freakin' cute!
Did Heidi take these photos or you? I know she took the last one with the parents. They are AWESOME photos! Not to mention the baby is HANDSOME!!!; July 27, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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Out of the mouth of my babes

Ethan: Mom, watch how the floor gets dirty.

(Drops his pizza on the ground.)

Ethan: See?

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Ethan: (Achoo!) My ear hurts. I'll fix it with my water.

(He licks his finger and rubs his "water" all over his ear.) That's better.

Dec 2011

Katelyn is starting to read, so Ethan hears her sounding out words. He has started doing his own reading... "t-t-t Ethan!" 11-28-11

Ethan's learning to negotiate. "Ethan it's time for your nap." "I need to play mom. Two minutes. Okay?" 9-8-11

Katelyn was talking to Abby on the floor. I thought she was singing the ABC's to her when she asked me what was after T. I told her it was U. No, Mom! My name doesn't have a U in it! Evidently, she was spelling her name. She said, "That would be Kate-you!" Oh my... is she understanding how this reading thing works? :) 6-10-11

The kids were laughing at their own jokes in the car last night. Katelyn would say that they need to show "Drawmpa and Drammie thier gwasses." I'm not sure why it was funny... but they repeated it for a good 15 minutes. That's the funny part. 3-20-11

Katelyn is so excited to see her new sister that she frequently asks, "When is she coming out?"

Ethan is a happy kid. Morning, night, whenever. In the morning he runs out of his room and as soon as he sees Dave or I, he exclaims, "Awake!" :)

"I ov oo." Melt my heart. That's Ethan's new phrase this week. 2-21-11

Driving toward a new bridge. "Look Mom, they made a bridge! That was so nice. They made it with blocks. No with squares and they glued it together like paper." 2-27-11

After trying to explain that the sky is really big and goes a long ways...

K: The sky is floating... like toys in the bathtub.

K: Look mom, the moon is melting. (When it's a crescent.)

Every morning...

K: Mom, is it wake-up time?

Katelyn's first joke...

We need to stop and get the mail.

K: Okay, is Mel going to be there? (Smiling) Melanie? (Her aunt)

(Then she busted up laughing because she thought the pun was so funny.)

Katelyn, did you know that Heavenly Father made the earth?

K: I haven't seen the earth.

It's everything we see. He made the mountains, the trees, the plants. And he even made the sky!

K: That's cool! Did he get a ladder?

He also made people. He made you and me.

K: How'd he do that? Did he use blocks?

Jan 2011

This morning I told Katelyn and Ethan that we're going to some gardens with lots of grass that they can run around on. "You're going to be in heaven!" I said. Katelyn excitedly pipped in, "I'm going to see Jesus?!" Oh, the sweet innocence of my cute Katelyn. Dave and I are still smiling about it.

8-10-10

I was doing my hair in the bathroom when Katelyn came running in (she always runs), "My brother in the bathroom!" Uh-oh. Playing in the toilet? Bathtub? I started toward the other bathroom with Katelyn and Dave in tow. Outside the bathroom door I started calling to Ethan. "Ethan?" I was greeted with little happy sounds and grunts coming from behind the closed door. Opening it slowly I found little hands clinging to the door and a big smile... pretty proud of himself for being in the bathroom by himself.

Katelyn has a little sore on her foot today, so she declared she was sick and needed to be carried. She also couldn't sing, eat or frankly, anything she didn't want to. "I sick." We were driving home in the car and after explaining that she wouldn't be able to play outside and that she'd have to stay in bed, she had a miraculous recovery! With her head tilted to one side, she declared, "I get better!" It's a miracle!

When I get Katelyn out of bed each morning, she frequently tells me what princess character I am. Lately, I'm greeted with, "You're the queen!" She is usually Snow White or Cinderella, but my favorite is Ethan's daily "fairy tale" assignment.

Me: What's Ethan?

Katelyn: Ethan's a frog.

(or today it was...)

Me: What's Ethan?

Katelyn: Ethan's an elephant. (what?)

I was wearing some of Dave's basketball shorts yesterday. Katelyn looked me up and down and said, "You're wearing daddy's clothes!" I agreed and asked if that was okay. "No. You wear mommy's clothes!" There you have it. No more borrowing clothes. Dave will be happy. :)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ethan's blessing

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