Keeping Secrets

Keeping exciting secrets is not one of my strong points! Especially when it makes Ethan excited too... So I have some pictures to share with you all and you'll get the idea.

ETA: Oct 2nd, more new coming soon! :)

Little Update

Our little Ethan is 15 months old and growing! He is starting to get so funny and really enjoys playing peek-a-boo with you. He's turning into a little Linus and I love it. When he gets up from a nap or bed the first thing he'll do is hand you his blanky, then he likes to rub it on his face and carry it around the house. If he starts to get bored with his toys he'll throw the blanket over his face a keep walking, its pretty funny! Speaking of walking, he's quite the little machine now and is getting really fast. We love to chase him around the house just as much as he loves it. Well enough of the jibber jabber, here are some pictures. (Sorry my batteries died in my camera so I had to use the computer.)

Ethan and his blanky.

I tried to get a picture of it while it was over his head but I missed it, he's still cute.

Ethan likes to look at himself on the computer.

Sledding and Hair Disasters

Well this weekend my sisters and I wanted to go sledding in the beautiful snow. This made Ethan's first sledding trip and let me tell you, he LOVED it. He found the snow so exciting and so did we. I'm so grateful to have my sisters here with me to share these fun times with! Becca and I picked up her dog Stella and we all went for our little adventure.

Aunt Manda double timing it! Is she a good Aunt or what!?

I think this picture is so funny! They made it and are ready for round 2, Manda I'm not so sure!

My happy little blue man.

Becca and her puppy Stella.

Becca and Emma coming down the hill.

Ethan loves his Aunt Manda, he will laugh at ANYTHING she says or does.

She's quite the good multitasker!

And now for the Hair Disaster part of my post. I also wanted to spice things up, and being that I'm growing my hair back out and there really isn't any more room for cutting, why not dye it right? Right......kinda. Ive colored and re-colored my hair more times in my life then I can honestly count, and more often then not has it turned out not quite how I expected ( pink, black and white, bright orange... you get the picture) Well I figured since I had put those days far behind me, why not try it again. Well, would you like to know why not? I'll tell you, because Red hair dye from the box is a BIG no-no when your already blond! So what do I get, an interesting bright coppery orange. Tomorrow I'm going to let a pro do it with some real hair dye! Here are a few pictures to document the hair suicide I have once again committed.

Its a little brighter then the picture shows, but you get the idea.

Photo Book

This site is Amazing, I decided to make an album for Ethan's first year.

You can change EVERYTHING about the book, the background paper the stickers, the colors, layout.

So I just wanted to share my book with you! I havnt received it in the mail yet,

but I sure am looking forward to it!

Enjoy

http://www.adoramapix.com/sharonjw/book/ethans-1st-year/ts0oin2a0e

Hangin with my little man

These are just some pictures of Ethan and I this morning watching cartoons. Of course I cant pick one so here you go, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Before I was a Mom

I found this poem on a friends blog and of course I cried, so I had to share! Enjoy!

Before I was a Mom

Before I was a mom,

I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a mom,

I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put him down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when i couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a mom,

I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom.

-Author Unknown

The park and Thanksgiving

On our way to Pocatello.

Braiden taking a nap after all the yummy food we had for Thanksgiving.

Ethan playing with a ball.

Nina and Eden playing with Ethan the next morning.

Happy boy.

Ethan loves to fly.

Having fun with Daddy on the swing.

He's getting so big and looking like a little toddler.