Happy Father's Day!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

to a wonderful husband and father!

Steve, we love you so much and I am excited to see you be a father of two sons very very soon!

About 50 days or so!

whew these boys are HAND-SOME!

 Ethan taking a rest from playing outside with dad!

Teaching him to hydrate!

 Always a little spill to cool him off more! =)

We recently took some time away as a family and went camping, fishing, for a boat ride, and to visit my parents.

We played on various playgrounds, played with my parents' dog, visited a fun little splash park in my parents' town, and daily visited O'Brian's Own- ice cream, coffee, delicious cupcakes, and homemade granola!

Ethan is a camping pro...he liked it so much he didn't want to sleep while we were camping. 

I don't blame him, camping is a lot of fun!

Ethan hanging out by the fire!

The first night there was actually kind of chilly, I thought I needed mittens and a scarf!

Again, practicing the art of hydration!

hanging out around the campfire!

I really really like smores.

Ethan swinging for hours at my parents' house!

And again hydrating! Grandpa let him have 'juice,' which was gatorade, and Ethan's lips are blue from a blue sucker we received when we went to visit my brother at his job.

Such a cute and sweet ALMOST TWO YEAR OLD!

8 DAYS!

May 2013 fun!

May has gone all too fast!

Ethan is almost 2, next month, and our new arrival will be here in about 2 months!

Ethan has been helping me make cookies on several occasions.

I always let him lick the kitchen aid mixer thingy and he loves it.

He also likes to play in the sugar container while I mix the cookies!

Eating lunch after Ethan and Dad played with the hose outside!

Lunch in a diaper....how fun!

At the end of April we got rid of Ethan's pacifier. He cut it with scissors and threw it away.

He did great adjusting to life/bedtime without it. He actually became even better behaved than he already was and seemed even more pleasant. It hasn't been a problem at all without it!

We sometimes will ask him, "what happened to your pacifier?" He will grin and say, "I cut it, with scissors."

This month we bought Ethan a new bed for $10.

He really likes it!

Trying it out....

Later that night sleeping soundly!

Ethan got sick and was teething a couple of days after this. He has never dealt very well with teething, which often results in him throwing himself around because of the pain.

Therefore, we set his crib back up so he could at least be contained and not fall out of bed.

He is now, again, sleeping in his crib with the front panel off. 

We plan to transition him back to this bed when he is well again.

He's had 9 days of fevers in the last 2 weeks, coughing, and a runny nose. Some teething also....darn 2 year molars. 

When he get's back into this bed, we will set up the crib in the new baby's room!

Mother's Day morning! Hanging out with my little man!

He was so sweet and wore these glasses around the house for about 45 minutes continually.

He would stand here and run at me...

About to tackle me....

 He sat and read his bible, wearing his/Steve's sunglasses, while I too sat and read my bible for about 40 minutes.

I love talking to Ethan about the bible.

He always asks where the cross is, and asks about Jesus.

We ask, "who died on the cross?" Ethan answers, "Jesus," in a cute, sweet little boy voice.

I wish I could post some video's of this, because it is so precious!

He also has been jumping a lot, which is very cute and wish I had a video for as well! I do have a video, but am unable to post it. Sad.

He is growing up so fast and we delight in him very very much!

76 DAYS LEFT until his little brother arrives!

 We love you Ethan Riley!

"I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees."

Psalm 119:48 NIV