Happy Birthday Ethan!

We had a lot of fun on Ethan's birthday. In the morning we met Katie and Kerrigan at South Fork Park. They brought presents for Ethan's birthday. Katie's parents, whom we met at Kerrigan's birthday party also left a gift for Ethan before their trip back to Iowa--which was so nice and unexpected!! What great friends we have!

Later in the evening after Jason finished working from home, we celebrated some more. Jason gave Ethan a bath before dinner and Ethan just loved splashing and splashing in the tub! It was hard to get him out.

After a homemade pizza dinner, we ate cupcakes for dessert. Ethan got a candle in his cupcake that Jason blew out...and then Ethan devoured the cupcake. He really liked squishing it between his fingers and then licking his fingers. :) After we cleaned him up, Ethan helped unload the dishwasher while Jason loaded it. Then we opened gifts. It was a happy day!

Ethan is a cute 1-year-old who loves to be mobile. He likes to crawl or walk around with my fingers. He's eating more table foods and eats almost whatever I give him. He still sleeps really well. He doesn't like the grass and will pick up his feet off the ground to avoid touching it. He likes to be with me almost all of the time and will follow me around and pull to a standing position on my legs. He likes to point to things to get my attention. Ethan loves bath time but he is afraid of big swimming pools.

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Ethan's first major haircut

Opening presents

Helping unload the dishwasher

Ethan also likes to look at books. One afternoon when I thought Ethan was taking a nap he actually figured out how to get all the books from the basket into his crib and spent the time reading instead.:)We are so grateful to have Ethan in our family!!