Playtime!

We are so bheind in our postings! This is a little picture story of Ethan (and Steve) playing with some of Ethan's birthday presents.

Here are Steve and Ethan building with their blocks.

After all that building, Ethan feel like going for a nice relaxing drive in his car.

"Beep, Beep!" Everybody move! Ethan is driving!

Woops! Gracie moved in time, but not my blocks!

That was fun - we should do that again.

Ethan's First Birthday!

I know, I know, we got lazy with the blog! To be fair, we had some big events this spring to take up some time. We had Ethan's first birthday and our big trip back to the States. But, we are back and here is the first update in a while.

For Ethan's first birthday we had a nice party with our friends and some of their kids over to celebrate. There was tons of food, drink and of course, cake!

Below are some pictures of the many moods of Ethan on his birthday!

Ethan, being pensive and not to mention annoyed by the stupid hat his mom made him wear. He decides he will wear it for a couple of pictures, but after that it is coming off!

Yum! Homemade chocolate cupcakes from Annie and Mike! Happy Ethan!

NOOOOO! What do you mean there is no more cupcake! Sad Ethan :(

Ahhhh! That is better, no more chocolate on Ethan's face and the sugar high is kicking in! Let's go play! Happy Ethan again!

Ethan and the Doggies

These are some pictures of Ethan with George and Gracie

Ethan likes to "pet" G&G, which really means a soft open handed hit on their backs or a grab of their ears.

For some reason, the dogs are very patient with Ethan - I am sure it has nothing to do with the food Ethan slips to them whenever he eats in his high chair....

Dog Walk!

A couple of weeks ago we participated in a 3K dog walk. The walk was around one of the city parks on an absolutely gorgeous early fall afternoon. Those dogs under ten pounds only had to do 1.5K, but out pups were up for the 3K...and then some.

Everyone received bright yellow shirts (even the doggies).

After the walk there were performances and different booths to check out in the park. Ethan enjoyed dancing to the music on our shoulders.

I LOVE the Swings!

Future Consular Officer?

Nope, Ethan was not working the visa line! He did have a doctor's appointment at the embassy though. When Steve came down to see us and still had his headphones with him, Ethan wanted to check them out.

Last Steak in Town

We were able to go out for one last steak with Mom and Courtney on their last day in town. Here are some pictures from our yummy meal!