Ethan David,
Mommy has been a very irresponsible blogger...The past year has gone by so fast and I haven't written since August of '09. I am going to try and recap the last year of activities. Because the reason the past year has gone so fast is we have been busy!!
First let me start by saying how much you have grown and changed over the past year. You have gone from our little baby boy to our full grown boy! We have watched you learn all your animal sounds, learn how to love music, you sing songs and ask to turn on the music. You love being outside and just running around. Anytime you are outside you are happy. Now you have moved on to learning your ABC's and can pretty much sing the entire song already. You have your colors down and can count to 5 all by yourself. You love books, you always have, but now I think you actually understand what we are reading to you. Some of your favorite characters are Elmo, of course! Cookie Monster...you say his name so cute with a deep raspy voice. You love Barney and can sing that entire song too. Aunt Amy gave you a stuffed Barney that sings and you love it! Thomas the Tank...what else can I say, he is by far your favorite although Lightening McQueen is starting to make his move into first. You ask us to put "Cars" on for you just about every day. You know all the other characters from that movie too.
You moved out of the crib into a big boy bed. That was a little bit of a struggle, but you did pretty well with the transition. Now you love your bed and your Pirate room. One of our most favorite things you say is "Arrrgh" like a pirate. It is so cute.
You are learning to ride your bike. It is still a challenge, but you will get there. You are absolutely the most physical kid we have ever seen. You just want to run, climb, jump, whatever you can do to keep moving. You are so much like your Daddy and we can see you one day with your surf board under your arm or your snow board.
You have fulfilled our life in ways words can't describe. We are filled with so much pride and joy when we look at you. It is as if there was a void that you filled even though we may not have known we were missing something. Your smile, your laugh, your beautiful green eyes and that amazing curly hair... you are the sunshine in every day.
Now on to the happenings from this past year... One day you will have to ask us to tell you about this past year in more depth. It has been a crazy year. Many changes in our life and we are still working out what direction to go in. We left our amazing life in Colorado to move to Cleveland, Oh for Daddy's work. Aside from being near family, life is not that great here. But it is a stepping stone to better times and more adventure. But you do have "G" right down the street and your Aunts Jenny and Jessie. The love you more than anything. You are a pretty cool kid and I think they come over to hang out with you more than they do to hang out with us.
We have had some pretty awesome times this past year. I'll just recap them...
August/September 09 - first baseball game with Sawyer and his mom and dad.
September 09 - camping in basalt - ruddi resevoire, I think this was our first trip in the new camper
Halloween 09 - Dressed up as hippies, all three of us. Met up with The Strebels, of course!
November 09 - trip to florida and disney. First trip to Disney. I think Daddy and Mommy enjoyed it more than you did, well maybe not... We found out the day before that you were going to be a brother.
December 09 - the big move to OH
March 10 - back to FL for another trip to Disney. Had to get out of the snow!! This was an amazing trip and we stayed in the Fort Wilderness campground. You had a blast and so did we.
Easter 10 - at Mams and Paps with the cousins.
May 10 - Camping at Mohican state park with Aunt Amy, G, and the cousins. This is where we figured out we had to get you a bike. You kept trying to ride the cousins' bikes...
June 10 -camping at Marblehead/ East Harbor State Park. We somehow avoided being swept up into a tornado. This story requires it's own blog entry...
Fourth of July in Canada - Your first experience with fishing. Daddy loved it and you did too for about a minute. Then it was off to something else as usual.
July, 15, 2010 - The arrival of your brother, Jackson
Now, about Baby Jackson... You don't much care for him. You pretty much try to pretend he isn't here. You like to throw things at him, and I can't leave you alone with him at all. You do have some moments of intrigue but they pass quickly. You were pretty cute when you first saw him. You were mesmerized by his hands and feet. In fact, you still are. You sometimes try to hold his hand, but I think you do it when you think I am not looking. It is as if you are putting on this show of not liking him, but deep down I know you do. We also know that someday you and Jackson will have an unbreakable bond. We can't wait to see the two of you grow up and go on adventures together, you will teach him things and he will look up to you like he will no other person for the rest of his life. Neither mommy or daddy had a brother and I know you will realize how special this is one day.
So now here we are... a family of four. Our perfect little family. Daddy and I talk about what it is going to be like watching the "boys" grow up. We say "the boys" and just look at each other and smile. It is like our circle is complete and whatever is going on outside that circle can not break the bonds of this special family. I cannot describe to you the feeling of pride we have at being your parents. We have so many dreams and aspirations for both you and Jackson. We want to make all your wishes possible and give you a strong foundation to build your life from. We want to take you on adventures and show you all that the world has to offer. You are our #1 son and will always be. We love you!!
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