October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. I hope you will join us in saying a prayer or lighting a candle for our two angels and for all other parents who have lost a child.

Waterpark pictures

For some reason the waterpark picture got deleted from my other post and I can't get it to reload, so I'll just put it up separately. Anyway, we're dorks and didn't get any pictures of him actually playing in the water, just lounging in a beach chair drinking juice. Still cute, though.






Can you tell I'm not really thrilled about being photographed?

BAH Day at Six Flags!!

Well, yesterday was our big adventure- Booz Allen Hamilton Day at Six Flags America! We were going to leave Ethan with Paul's cousins, but decided it was asking too much of them, so we brought him along. It ended up being loads of fun, and he was so good the whole time! It was only at the very end of the day, about a quarter till four, that he had a meltdown waiting to go on the truck ride again. So we bolted after that.

His favorite part was definitely the water park. We made him go down a couple of kiddie water slides, but he wasn't really into that too much. He even slipped on the tile in the pool and fell completely under, but he recovered pretty well. He really liked being splashed in the wave pool and playing with those little fountains that spurt up out of the ground. At one point he found a gigantic beach ball (it was at least two feet taller than he was) and had a blast rolling and pushing it all over the place- putting it in the wave pool and watching it drift back to him. Really cute. We had to carry him away from the water park- he would have stayed there all day if we'd let him!


We were there for about five hours total, so of course Ethan didn't take a nap. Hence the tantrum at the truck ride. As soon as we got out onto the street in the car, he was out! We ran into some traffic on the way home so he was kind of in and out of consciousness the rest of the way. Then he was a turd when we got home and was super whiney, but finally mellowed after we got some milk in him. All in all the trip was totally worth it and we're really glad we brought Ethan. Neither of us went on any rollercoasters, which is a bit of a bummer, but we had a blast with little guy anyway. Paul is now using this as proof that Disneyland wouldn't be a total nightmare this Christmas. Maybe he's right. But don't tell him I said that.


Here is Ethan on his first solo ride!! He loved going on this little train- so cute! I love the picture of him with his little head poking out; I circled his face so you could tell it was him. : )

Look ma! Beets!

Ethan still loves Harvard beets, so that's what he had for dinner last night. Obviously he is still learning how to feed himself without making a mess (notice he's not wearing a shirt for that very reason). It's a work in progress.

Another new word

Well, we have a new word to report- "shark." Yes, of all the things in the world to say, he chose shark. But I don't care, he's at least saying something!! We have this little stuffed animal shark and after he pulled it down from the shelf yesterday I pointed to it and said "shark." He just looked at me and said "shah," which I'm assuming is his version of "shark." And he's still saying it this morning, so that is a good sign! So our kid can say "toot-toot" and "shark," but no "hi" or "bye." Oh well. Like I said earlier, I don't really care I'm just glad he's saying something!

Happy September!

I have nothing to report, really... We're stuck inside pretty much all day because of the rain, so I thought it'd be a good time to catch up. Ethan is his same old happy self. With all the rain he has discovered a new favorite activity- jumping and splashing in puddles! He just laughs hysterically whenever he gets wet. Cute but a pain to clean up! No new words to report, but he has started clapping for himself when he does something like stacking blocks or cars. Super cute. I just love seeing that proud look on his face.

Nothing new with me or Paul. We don't even have plans for the long weekend, that's how boring we are. Oh well, we'll think of something. I should be finished with my summer class in another couple of weeks, so it will be nice to have that completed and out of the way.

I can't believe it's already September! I am so excited for the weather to cool off, and of course for the holiday season. We're excited to have Grandma & Grandpa K come for Thanksgiving! And Ethan's birthday... he can't be two already! Where did the time go???