Happy Easter!

Getting ready for church with Daddy

Ethan's tiny man suit

My tiny little gentleman

Sitting with Daddy

Trying to get that shirt tucked in...a losing battle

Finding an Easter egg...he would LOVE this game all day long (in fact, he still enjoys days when I let him play with all the plastic Easter eggs for a bit!)

Could Ethan look any more bored?!

He was so interested in his Easter basket

Getting ready to open his Easter basket

My two gentleman, all dressed up for Easter

Checking out his Easter basket

I love how cute he looks in his tiny little suit

Ethan loved running around with his basket!

He found this egg on his own!

Dragging his basket along (it was almost as big as he is!)

Searching for hidden eggs, with a little help from Grandma

It took Ethan a few minutes to catch on, but he loved searching for eggs!

He has the hang of it now!

Nana helping Ethan find a hidden egg

Getting an assist from Grandma

Looking for those hidden Easter eggs

He was so excited to see that his grandparents brought him presents!

Opening a present from Grandma and Grandpa...we keep this phone in his carseat and Ethan plays with it in the car EVERY time we drive....ANYWHERE

Playing with Grandpa and Grandma

Opening presents from Nana

Playing basketball with Nana was lots of fun!

Playing basketball with Nana



Ethan playing with his Easter eggs at home

March...the month in pictures

Here are some random pics from March (yes, I am THAT behind on updates!)...April and May's random pictures coming soon

Ethan driving the whale boat at the playground

This boy LOVES the swings...he always wants to go higher and higher

Walking with Daddy at the playground...I love my boys!!!

Ethan decided to "help" the trees grow

Love my sweet boys

Going out to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa

Ethan and I drove to Cary for the day to babysit Brandon and Abby while Carolyn had a business meeting...such a fun afternoon with my sweet nephew and dog-niece

Getting the water table ready for his playdate with Faith...excuse the yard (it was March after all!)

His buddy Faith came for a visit and since it was super warm outside the kids had a blast playing with the water table and slide together

Ethan and Faith running around...he loves his older woman (2 days older, that is!)

Ethan and Faith playing in the backyard

We went to the Great Wolf Lodge with Ethan's grandparents and cousins:

Ben giving Ethan a hug...too cute!

Bailey is so sweet with Ethan

Bailey and Bradley at the top of their cabin

Showing Grandpa where the fountains come up

Ethan loved the kiddie splash area

SPLASH

Ethan and his cousin Ben having fun in the water park

Ethan warming up with his Daddy

The three Strain men

The cousins playing in their cabin

Ethan and Ben playing in their bunk

Warming up with Mommy

Playing in the splash park with Daddy

Ethan's Great Wolf Lodge ears

Ben really wanted a pair of wolf ears too

It's hard to tell, but yes, that is an entire roll of toilet paper on the floor.  Oh my word!

Cute Story

So I realize that I am once again WAY behind on this blog, but with my freelance work being as busy as it has been the past month there just doesn't seem to be much free time anymore.  I am either working or being mommy with Ethan (which means I cannot be near the computer unless I want "help" from my little assistant!)  I am going to try to update the stories and pictures within the week from the past month, but in the interim here's a really sweet story...

Anybody familiar with the book Corduroy?  I read to Ethan daily (his current favorites are Press Here and Tumford the Terrible) and tonight Patrick took over most of the reading before bed with Ethan since I am swamped with work projects.  He read Corduroy to Ethan and evidently when they reached the last page, Ethan looked at the picture of the girl cuddling her teddy bear and said "mama."  Patrick said that was cute enough, but then he tried to close the book and Ethan would not let him close the page and said "mommy" again.  Patrick said he had to fold the page back so that Ethan could see the picture of the little bear being cuddled just like I cuddle him before he would settle in and go to sleep.  When Patrick told me that story I almost cried.  I never want to be so busy again that I miss these sweet moments with my boy.  I had to jot this one down though, because it was so sweet and I don't want to miss recording these moments before they are forever lost.  More to come soon...