My Attempt

This face describes it all!

He's starting to REALLY jump in his excersauser and when you hold him he likes to bounce. This is his "I love to jump" face :)

My attempt at being artistic.

Yummo!.... Sweet potato.

Dolly wanted some too.

Hanging out in the dresser drawers.

Monkey Legs!

Our Nickname for Ethan has been Monkey for awhile now because he makes monkey noises and tries to climb us. Our little Monkey!

Anyways, I found these cute leg warmers and they have little trucks on the sides of them. I'm thinking they will be great for when he really starts to crawl. They are nice now for tummy time and keeps his legs warm in the family room downstairs. left corner picture: He's trying to crawl!

He also loves trying to suck his toes.

Don't you just want to "nibble" those little toes!

This is my all time favorite picture now. I love his giggly smile in this one!

Worldwide Breastfeeding Week !

For all of you (mommies) that have, will or do breastfeed your babies I tip my hat to you .... it's a HARD job but someones gotta do it . My quote for the week has been "So for goodness sake give that kid your bubby" ----sorry grandpa if your reading this :) lol

I read a story in a post on my March Mommies Club that went a little like this ....

I walked into a cell phone store with my 5 month old baby and took my place at the back of a long line of people. I glanced over and noticed a young girl maybe 17-18 years old sitting down trying to comfort her baby by nursing her in a chair in the corner. She struggled with it a bit and looked kind of scared. I was thinking to myself "good for her" ! All of a sudden a lady came out of no where, walked over to the young girl and told her that no one wanted to see her ___ ( i'll say breast) and why doesn't she just go into her car and feed her baby!!!!! The young girl looked like she was going to cry and said that she didn't want to loose her place in line then apologised to the lady. I thought to myself no way am I going to let this woman make this young girl feel bad for nursing her baby. So I walked over to them and said" Oh, this must be the nursing area!"pulled down my shirt attached my baby and started nursing too. The rude woman glared at me ... if looks could kill. I looked back at her as did the young girl and smiled.

So to my March Mommies ( friend bloggers) that read this - give Jessica a cyber -hug!

I love this story!!!! I'm so glad that this woman (Jessica) helped out this young girl. That very well could of been the end of her breastfeeding "career" with that baby.

Did you know - Only 19% of young mothers between the age of 16-21 breastfeed their babies.

I don't think I would of had the nerve to do what she did, but in the future I will reconsider my nerves and do what feels right.

Although at this point in the game I'm not exclusively breastfeeding, I still feel proud that I do when I'm with Ethan.

The picture just reminded me of the post :)

Yearbook Yourself

Go down a bit further to read the blog entry :)

Nicole 1984- Move over Madonna!
Nicole 1964

Ethan 1998
Nicole 1960
Drew 1966
Ethan 1984

Nicole 1986

Drew 1984- My Fav! :)

Nicole 1992

Ethan 1990 - Gotta love the mullet!

Drew 1970

Nicole 1976

I got sent this website by a friend and immediately had to try it out. I put Drew's face in the empty slot and chose between the class of 1950-2000. Drew came over and asked what I was doing and he said " Oh man , I look just like my dad" so of course I had to try Ethan out as well. This is pretty funny.

http://www.yearbookyourself.com/

Bruce

Drew 1972- Can you see any resemblance?

Drew 1950

Ethan 1950

Drew

Happy 28th Birthday Drew.... We love you.

Your the best Hubby and Daddy in the world!

Love Remains The Same

When I was pregnant with Ethan, a song by Gavin Rossdale came out called Love Remains The Same. I listened to this song religiously everyday on my way to work. It gave me a lump in my throat and even a few tear drops on my cheek. Happy tears that is :) This song is so beautiful and reminds me of the feeling I had knowing that a new life Drew and I created was on it's way. I haven't heard this song since the day I went into the hospital to deliver him, until this morning. I was getting ready for work and had the radio on, Ethan was in the bassinet watching me put on my makeup and then I heard the most beautiful melody softly in the background. As I turned up the radio I looked into Ethan's blue eyes and he smiled up at me...as if to say, I remember this song and I LOVE it too. At that moment I realized that everything that goes wrong in a day, week, month or lifetime cannot compare to the happiness that a little child brings to this world... especially when it's made with someone your madly in LOVE with like I am with Drew. On my way to work today I remembered I had that song on a CD Drew had made for me . I put it in the CD player and pressed repeat. I had the most nostalgic feeling for those 20 minutes driving with this song playing . At one point I glance down at my belly realizing that just months before I had been dreaming about this moment. A moment in time where I would have my son in my backseat listing to him "singing" along with me to a favorite song of ours. As I glanced in my rear view mirror to see why his "singing" had ended I realized he had fallen asleep. I'm not sure if it was my voice , Gavin Rossdale's voice or the combination of the two that put him into his slumber , but either way it was beautiful. While the song was coming to a close (again) and I was approaching my destination I felt that familiar lump in my throat and that neighbor of mine "Mr. Tear" roll down my cheek .
Thank you God for giving me the most amazing life, friends , family and most of all faith in you. I LOVE you!

Here are some lyrics to the song, the melody of the song is what touches me the most.....

A thousand times I've seen you standing
Gravity like a lunar landing
Make me want to run till I find you
I shut the world away from here
Drift to you, you're all I hear
Everything we know fades to black

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

I never thought that I had any more to give
Pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes that we have made
Everything will change
But LOVE remains the same



Most importantly these pictures were taken by the most AMAZING photographer Suzanne Jean . You can tell from the pictures below that she really LOVES what she does . I have never been more happy with a set a photographs in my life . Thank you Suzanne for coming to our home and creating this work of art. Suzanne is my Sister in law Amy's niece ( what a mouth full) did that make sense :) ? Both of them take the most beautiful pictures... must run in the family! Check out Suzanne's blog www.suzannejean.blogspot.com

I LOVE the many faces of Ethan..

I LOVE my family.

I LOVE his giggle.

I LOVE his smile

I LOVE this picture. Its my favorite.

I LOVE my boys.

I LOVE his sweet little bottom.

This is the most precious picture. LOVE it LOVE it LOVE it!I LOVE mommy and Ethan time.

This picture shows the true spirit that Ethan has.

He's full of LOVE and smiles :)These toes give new meaning and everlasting LOVE to our rings. Our LOVE for each other grows as fast as theses little feet.

I LOVE his soft naked skin .

I LOVE that he looks like an angel in this picture

I LOVE his comb-over :)

and I even LOVE his drooly face......

Love Remains the Same

FOREVER!!!!!