Ethan's birthday Morning

After a long day of traveling, we all woke up on Ethan's birthday morning at the hotel and gave him some presents!  Happy Birthday buddy!

Airplane

Here is the start of our vacation in Florida posts! 

 

Ethan's first airplane trip!  Happy at the beginning:

 

 

Kind of tired by the end:

Girls Day

In early November, Elodie and I had a girls day out!  (Mainly because she was really acting out a lot at home and getting really clingy at school drop-off... I thought she needed some quality mother-daughter time!)  We went shopping and got our nails done and went out for pizza!  It was so fun... she's such a fun little girl now and sometimes I forget how independent and grown up she is because baby Ethan is always around!  She also became much more like her usual typical self after that day :)

 

Wendy's

I'm really behind on posting our photos! 

 

Here is a picture that was hanging up in Elodie's classroom for the whole month of October.  The theme was "my community" and the children drew things in Guilford that they like to do... Most kids drew the green or the library or the beach.  Elodie said her favorite thing to do was go to Wendy's drive-thru with mommy.....  I'm SO GLAD this was posted on the wall for everyone to see.  Ha!!

 

Here's a picture of Wendy (with red hair) and Elodie, Mommy, Chicken Nuggets and French Fries:

Everett Wilder Leung

Ethan and Elodie have a new baby cousin!  Welcome to the family Everett Wilder Leung!  He arrived on December 3, weighing about 8 lbs 6 oz and 22" long! 

 

The gender was a surprise to everyone!  We are happy he's a boy, as Elodie put it, because now Ethan has a new little buddy!  She also said, "Now Ethan and Everett are in the baby club and me and Lena are in the big girl club!

 

He's adorable, and his big sister Lena is taking to big sister status like a pro.  Congratulations and welcome to the 2 kid club Lindsey and Jay!

 

Happy 1st Birthday Ethan!

Ethan Leo was born one year ago, on November 16, 2012!

 

 

Ethan, it has been an amazing year...  we can't imagine our lives without you!  Every day you make me, your daddy and Elodie laugh and we love your snuggles!  You are a little comedian and you love to laugh.  You are super silly, yet also very serious about certain things.  You love to play with balls, put things in and out of various containers.  You love to carry your blankie around and you tell us when you are ready to sleep by first grabbing your blankie and paci, and then snuggling on my lap.  You love to draw!  You are an expert with the chalk on the easel already and you love to follow Elodie around and carry a piece of paper and a pen.  You love to eat - pretty much anything...  You say many words - ball, baby, dad, cat, dog are your favorites.  You seem to understand almost everything we say to you and love to follow our directions to bring things to various people, sit down, and throw the ball.  You usually love to sleep, thank you!  You love your big sister and lately have been pretty fascinated with the cat. 

We took our first trip to Florida as a family of four for your birthday!  More photos from the trip to come soon, but here are a few snapshots of you on your big day:

 

November 16, 2013:

Shopping

Thank goodness for suburban shopping carts!  The only way I can take these two shopping with me! 

 

Mischievous little guy, skeptical big sis:

 

 

Protective big sis... used her hand as a pillow to cushion crazy boy's head banging...