8 Months Old!

Ethan is the most smiley 8 month old baby ever.! He's always so happy and lovable. He changes everyday and is more interested in the world around him. He can't crawl yet but he scoots around. He can pull himself up into a sitting position and can stay like that for a long time. Drew and I have both seen him try to pull himself up into a standing position too. I absolutely love this age, it has to be my favorite age yet!!! He loves his daddy, but defiantly is a mama's boy. He makes a big stink every time I walk away from him and always wants to be held. He has become a better sleeper, but still hasn't slept completely through the night yet. He eats like a horse, grunts like a monster, grabs your face and gives you kisses, loves his excersaucer and jumper, still fascinated by Pipi, loves to giggle, bites and pulls hair :), drools, loves pears, says dada , loves bath time, tries to rip his diaper off, tries to get away from you when changing his diaper, wiggle worm and all around good little boy.

8 Month Old Baby E. These were taken today.
Look at his 2 big boy teeth!! His 3rd tooth is coming through as well.

This is him sitting on all of his toys {grin}. He pulled himself into this position.



Ethan with Daddy. He thinks Drew is so funny..we'll so do I .


Pulling himself up!





Gimmie that camera !!!!

Ethan with Uncle Ricky.





Ethan's Play Date with Axel.

This is my friend Denise's baby Axel. His name says it all, he's tough and is a big boy.Ethan looks so small next to him. Axel is 6 months old and is 21 or 22lbs and is 28 inches long. Axel wears 12 month clothing, but his mama says they are too tight so they have just started wearing 18 month old clothing !!!! He is such a lovable little boy and can hold his own around his 3 year old sister.It was so fun to watch them play. They mostly just grunted at each other, pinches and poked around but it was sweet.

I think this picture is halirious.

Baby Axel! He is such a smiley baby too,

Feeling a bit Christmas?

Ornament Exchange!!! I found this link from a fellow blogger and thought it would be very cool to do . To find out more info on this click HERE

A letter from The President!

When Ethan was about 3 months old I sent out for a "Welcome to the World" letter from The President. 5 months later we checked the mail and there it was .. A letter from the President and First Lady . These were both signed in pen by them. This is pretty cool! If you would like to learn how to get your baby a letter go to this site.

www.ehow.com/how_4725858_new-baby-white-house-president.html

Halloween and more

Here are some pictures from the past week including Halloween. Blogger isn't letting me write under my pictures for some reason {uggh!} so I'll try later. But for now I'll just say that my grandparents, Ethans great grandparents came over to visit tonight. I only took like 4 pictures because my grandpa and Ethan are to quick for pictures sometimes:) They're still precious to me though . I have one picture of my great grandma and I (my mom's grandma)when I was about 5mths old so it's important to have those pictures. The other pictures are just for fun!

Oh and by the way that's not a headband on Ethan it's a bow tie. I just mentioned that so my grandpa doesn't think I'm dressing Ethan up like a girl..{grin}. I just thought he had a cute smile in that picture.

Drew designed these himself..he's very artistic. I would of just left them out front uncarved. Although this year I did paint a pumpkin.

Go Vikes!!!!!

He just had dinner before this picture, you can't tell he loves his squash can you??

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

This is the pictures I was talking about with the bow tie. Come on, I'm allowed to have some bribery pictures of Ethan for when he's older right? Either way I just love his little smile in this picture.

This picture should be on the front of the Desitin bottle.

This one should be on the back :)

This has got to be the cutest plumber's butt I have ever seen!

Great Grandma Carol.

Ethan looks so much like Drew when he was this age in this picture, it's uncanny. There's Great Grandpa Larry hiding in the back :)

Going Granola

Arn't they cute? They look so soft!

Just a quick post to ask the mama's if they cloth diaper and what kind they use. I have been doing lots of research on this topic and have come up with a few ideas of my own. Not only do I want to start being more "green " but Ethan has a continual rash on his bum and lower back from the diapers. Cloth diapers have become more convenient and easy to use now a days so I'm thinking this will be a good thing. They are just like a regular disposable diaper but don't have chemicals and obviously can be reused. They are so darn cute too, but spendy . I read a statistic that you save 4,000.00 dollars a year on 2 kids with cloth diapers verses disposable ones. I just need to find a brand that works because there are so many kinds out there..velcro, snap, fitted, pinned etc... I think I like these: http://shop.thegoodmama.com/. Any-who I'm open for advise!

wreath appetizer

This is an appetizer that I make every Christmas and sometimes in between when Drew asks me to make it. This is one of Drew's favorite things I make so I'm glad to make it for him . He's kind of a picky eater so its nice to hear he really likes something I make. This is actually a pretty easy thing to make and tastes delicious.

You will need

2 cans of crescent original rolls

1bag of carrots and broccoli

1 8oz can of pineapple tidbits

1 red pepper

1 orange or yellow pepper

1 8 oz tub of onion and chive cream cheese

1 8oz package of regular cream cheese

1 package of julienned or diced ham

1 round pizza pan

1 bowl with a lid

Dice both peppers. Depending on the size of the peppers you might not need to use the whole thing.

I usually use about 3 hand fulls of broccoli and 3/4 the bag of carrots. I don't have an exact amount of ingredients in this recipe because I kind of made it up as I went. It really just depends on how much of the veggies and ham you like on your wreath.



If you buy julienned ham chop it up a bit to make the pieces smaller.

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together. I usually put the toppings in a bowl with a lid so I can shake it up.

Next drain the pineapples well and set aside. Now take the whole package of regular cream cheese and 3/4 the tub of the onion and chive cream cheese and mix together. Then add the pineapple and mix well. I try to squash the pineapple while I'm mixing so the pineapple gets broken up throughout the cream cheese spread.

(ok so I forgot to upload a picture here.. oops)

Open up the crescent rolls and cut in half...then cut in half again .

Then cut those 8 into 16.

Then 16 into 32.

Then place in two circular patterns . It depends on the size of your pizza pan but I have 13 in the center and 19 on the outside.

Bake at 350 for 12-15 min or until the rolls are slightly browned.

Frost your wreath with the cream cheese. You might not use all the cream cheese, it really is a preference on how much you use. I usually use most of it because it really is the glue between the rolls and the topping.

Last scoop on your topping ! Just like the cream cheese this is a preference on how much you use. I usually have some left over .

I don't have it pictured here but I always put a candle in the middle of the wreath, it makes it much prettier. Also please don't pay attention to my ugly pizza pan I usually put it on a beautiful crystal plate but I had limited time :) Who knew kids were so impatient at times.??