New pics have FINALLY been added to Shutterfly. We still need to add May pics, but there are a LOT of new ones out there. As soon as May is added, I'll send out an e-mail to let everyone know it's finally current. :o)
I'll write more later...too sleepy now!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Busy day!
We took Ethan to the pool for the first time today! He was so cute! We went with some friends and their little boy, and Ethan was mesmerized by all the splashing water and the kids playing and laughing. The pool has a big sprinkler/waterpark area, and he loved watching the fountains flow up and down. At one point, he found a small piece of wood at the edge of the pool. He'd toss it in, climb into the pool via the steps, retrieve the wood, toss it out of the pool, climb out and get it, and start all over. So funny!
A little girl puked in the pool (sigh...that'll be our kid one day, I'm sure), so we decided pooltime was over and we came home. I needed to rinse out my swim suit, so I hopped into the shower and took Ethan with me to wash his sunscreen off, too. So, Ethan has now had his first shower! He wasn't too happy about water falling on his head, so I think we'll stick to baths. :o)
I thought he'd konk out after all of his adventures and a good lunch; but he was still pretty hyper, so we packed him up and headed out to the Domain, an "upscale" outdoor shopping mall. I'd never been there, so I wanted to window shop and check it out. We went to a bookstore first and got a bunch of books. Jim got work books, Ethan got a toy book and a bath book, and I got a book about toddlers. Yikes...he's a toddler!
Then we walked around a bit, Jim looked at watches, I looked at sapphires, we went to the Sony store to look at the tv we may get soon, and we did some more window shopping. Ethan also got a chance to play in some more fountains...kiddo loves moving water!
Ethan was still pretty cheery, so we decided to get pizza...why not?! We ate out, I had a glass of wine (yay!), and I was all for ordering dessert until a spider landed on my arm. I HATE spiders, and this sucker came out of nowhere, so I freaked out and we had to leave. No worries...there was a chocolate shop next door, so we got a few truffles for the road!
We left the pizza place in a hurry, so I let Ethan take a piece of pizza crust to nibble on when we left. As we were leaving the mall, a lady commented on what a cute, sweet baby he is. I looked at the little guy on my hip, and he was COVERED in goobers from dinner and the pizza crust! He was an absolute MESS, and was grinning from ear to ear. That's my kid! So, we got home, and he got a bath as soon as we got here. Now he's a squeaky clean baby boy again!
It's 9pm and Ethan is finally sleeping. I'm worn out, but in a happy way. It's so nice to be able to go out and do things. Ethan is finally getting to an age where we can relax and enjoy being out with him and we don't necessarily have to spend every moment focused on him...he can kind of entertain himself by checking out his surroundings. Not that we're ignoring him or anything! But when they're teeny, you are their whole world, and all they are interested in is you. Now he knows who we are, and he knows we're always here, so he's more willing to see what else is going on around us, which frees us up to do the same thing. I adore our son, and I LOVE watching him experience new things, but it's nice to be able to step back and enjoy things for your own sake every now and then, too. :o)
A little girl puked in the pool (sigh...that'll be our kid one day, I'm sure), so we decided pooltime was over and we came home. I needed to rinse out my swim suit, so I hopped into the shower and took Ethan with me to wash his sunscreen off, too. So, Ethan has now had his first shower! He wasn't too happy about water falling on his head, so I think we'll stick to baths. :o)
I thought he'd konk out after all of his adventures and a good lunch; but he was still pretty hyper, so we packed him up and headed out to the Domain, an "upscale" outdoor shopping mall. I'd never been there, so I wanted to window shop and check it out. We went to a bookstore first and got a bunch of books. Jim got work books, Ethan got a toy book and a bath book, and I got a book about toddlers. Yikes...he's a toddler!
Then we walked around a bit, Jim looked at watches, I looked at sapphires, we went to the Sony store to look at the tv we may get soon, and we did some more window shopping. Ethan also got a chance to play in some more fountains...kiddo loves moving water!
Ethan was still pretty cheery, so we decided to get pizza...why not?! We ate out, I had a glass of wine (yay!), and I was all for ordering dessert until a spider landed on my arm. I HATE spiders, and this sucker came out of nowhere, so I freaked out and we had to leave. No worries...there was a chocolate shop next door, so we got a few truffles for the road!
We left the pizza place in a hurry, so I let Ethan take a piece of pizza crust to nibble on when we left. As we were leaving the mall, a lady commented on what a cute, sweet baby he is. I looked at the little guy on my hip, and he was COVERED in goobers from dinner and the pizza crust! He was an absolute MESS, and was grinning from ear to ear. That's my kid! So, we got home, and he got a bath as soon as we got here. Now he's a squeaky clean baby boy again!
It's 9pm and Ethan is finally sleeping. I'm worn out, but in a happy way. It's so nice to be able to go out and do things. Ethan is finally getting to an age where we can relax and enjoy being out with him and we don't necessarily have to spend every moment focused on him...he can kind of entertain himself by checking out his surroundings. Not that we're ignoring him or anything! But when they're teeny, you are their whole world, and all they are interested in is you. Now he knows who we are, and he knows we're always here, so he's more willing to see what else is going on around us, which frees us up to do the same thing. I adore our son, and I LOVE watching him experience new things, but it's nice to be able to step back and enjoy things for your own sake every now and then, too. :o)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
New words
Today, we had dinner at Mo's house. Ethan entertained us with 2 new words. Grammy gave him a new spoon, and he kept saying " 'poon." After dinner, he was looking out the window and saying something that sounded like "bird." Silly boy!
He also had sweets today. He stole a bite of one of my brownie bites, ate part of a strawberry struedel bite, and tried a cupcake, but he spit the cupcake out. Not his thing, I guess. :oP
He also had sweets today. He stole a bite of one of my brownie bites, ate part of a strawberry struedel bite, and tried a cupcake, but he spit the cupcake out. Not his thing, I guess. :oP
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Up and down
Ethan has been able to climb up stairs for a while now, but today he climbed down an entire flight! Wooow! I was impressed. :o)
The reunion was great! Even though Ethan was a sleepy boy (he screamed instead of napped in the car), he was so interested in seeing all the new faces and just checking stuff out that he really didn't fuss. Too busy!
On the car ride back to Austin, I sat in the back seat with Ethan. I had handed him a book, Pat the Bunny, but Jim and I were talking and I wasn't really paying attention to Ethan. Suddenly, he said "Hi!" really loudly. I looked, and he was playing peek-a-boo with one of the characters in the book whose face is covered by a little flap of fabric. It was one of those moments when you think your heart is going to pop because it can't possibly hold that much love...! He is just soooo funny and cute!
The reunion was great! Even though Ethan was a sleepy boy (he screamed instead of napped in the car), he was so interested in seeing all the new faces and just checking stuff out that he really didn't fuss. Too busy!
On the car ride back to Austin, I sat in the back seat with Ethan. I had handed him a book, Pat the Bunny, but Jim and I were talking and I wasn't really paying attention to Ethan. Suddenly, he said "Hi!" really loudly. I looked, and he was playing peek-a-boo with one of the characters in the book whose face is covered by a little flap of fabric. It was one of those moments when you think your heart is going to pop because it can't possibly hold that much love...! He is just soooo funny and cute!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Hello from Houston!
We're in a La Quinta in Tomball right now. Tomorrow is the big Butcher family reunion...yay! We drove here today and met the Shimeks for dinner at Goodson's cafe. Great place, if you're ever in Tomball!
It was good to see them...I hadn't seen Mr. Shimek in forever, and last time I saw Mrs. Shimek was at my baby shower in Edinburg more than a year ago. For those of you who don't know them, my mom and Mrs. Shimek used to work together when I was growing up. Shimek (that's what everyone calls her) has 2 sons. Her baby, Chris, is my age and Stephen is 2 years older. Anyway, Shimek has always kind of been like a mom to me. She's funny and silly like my mom, but she was always easy to talk with about serious stuff, too. They're just really great people, and it was fun to catch up a litle and introduce Ethan to them. :o)
Anyway, so this is Ethan's (and Daisy's) first hotel stay. Neither of them seems to care one way or the other. Daisy is passed out on a chair, and Ethan is playing Godzilla with Jim. Godzilla is when Daddy stacks up blocks or toys or whatnot, and Ethan crawls or toddles over and knocks the tower down. They love that game!
Oh, our pictures turned out well...I'll add a couple to the blog in a bit. Not the best results ever, but they were free, so we really can't complain! She got a few cute shots of Ethan, though. Well, of course she did...he IS a cutie, after all!
It was good to see them...I hadn't seen Mr. Shimek in forever, and last time I saw Mrs. Shimek was at my baby shower in Edinburg more than a year ago. For those of you who don't know them, my mom and Mrs. Shimek used to work together when I was growing up. Shimek (that's what everyone calls her) has 2 sons. Her baby, Chris, is my age and Stephen is 2 years older. Anyway, Shimek has always kind of been like a mom to me. She's funny and silly like my mom, but she was always easy to talk with about serious stuff, too. They're just really great people, and it was fun to catch up a litle and introduce Ethan to them. :o)
Anyway, so this is Ethan's (and Daisy's) first hotel stay. Neither of them seems to care one way or the other. Daisy is passed out on a chair, and Ethan is playing Godzilla with Jim. Godzilla is when Daddy stacks up blocks or toys or whatnot, and Ethan crawls or toddles over and knocks the tower down. They love that game!
Oh, our pictures turned out well...I'll add a couple to the blog in a bit. Not the best results ever, but they were free, so we really can't complain! She got a few cute shots of Ethan, though. Well, of course she did...he IS a cutie, after all!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Chompers
I should be sleeping because we're getting up super-early for family pics tomorrow morning. But I wanted to just note that tooth #8 finally popped through today! The one next to his top left front tooth *finally* came through. :o)
Kiddo is getting a full set of little chompers. And he knows how to use them...he latched onto my knee this morning during an "I'm really, really tired but don't want to take a nap" hissy fit. He left teeth marks and a bruise...ouch!
Kiddo is getting a full set of little chompers. And he knows how to use them...he latched onto my knee this morning during an "I'm really, really tired but don't want to take a nap" hissy fit. He left teeth marks and a bruise...ouch!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Tooth, clown, and a haircut
Yesterday, I noticed that tooth #7 (next to his bottom left tooth) is through now. I thought # 7 was going to be the top left tooth, but nope. We're still waiting on that one.
Also yesterday, we went shopping for something for E to wear for the family pictures we're taking on Wednesday. While we were at the mall, we saw a clown at the candy store. Ethan had never seen a clown before, so I thought it might be nice to wheel him on over to say hello. Now, I am NO fan of clowns. I don't get them, and I think they're just generally creepy. But kids like clowns, and I'm not going to let my aversion to them keep him from checking out something new...he's not a little Michelle. He can form his own opinions.
So, Mr. clown was a young guy, and he was very sweet. I explained that he was the first clown Ethan had ever met, and he did a couple of juggling tricks to try to impress Ethan. It did not work. Ethan looked at him, looked at me, looked at him again, and completely fell apart! It was kind of funny, in a sad way. Mr. Clown was so disappointed and kept apologizing, and Ethan just screamed. I ended up having to take him out of the stroller and carry him a while before he finally settled back down. So, if anyone was thinking about hiring a clown for Ethan's 1st birthday, let me go ahead and recommend not doing that. :oD
Today was a biiiig day for Ethan (more so for his Momma.) He got his first haircut. I was so sad that he wasn't going to have his crazy baby hair anymore; but I have to admit, he does look pretty darn cute! We went to a salon called Cool Cuts 4 Kids, and I think the girl's name was Hilda? Anyway, she was really sweet and good with him and explained everything she was doing to me and Jim. We plopped him into a firetruck chair and he was mesmerized by the Barney show pretty much the whole time. We don't usually let him watch tv, so he was really interested in the colorful characters. After a while, he started playing with the firetruck's steering wheel, and that made him pretty happy. He stayed calm until the very end, when she tried to use the clippers. He didn't like that. But she *did* nick him behind his right ear, so I'm sure that didn't help. It didn't really bleed or anything, and he didn't cry; but after that he got fussy and was just done with the whole thing. Overall, it was a pretty good experience, and now he looks like the big boy that he is.
Also yesterday, we went shopping for something for E to wear for the family pictures we're taking on Wednesday. While we were at the mall, we saw a clown at the candy store. Ethan had never seen a clown before, so I thought it might be nice to wheel him on over to say hello. Now, I am NO fan of clowns. I don't get them, and I think they're just generally creepy. But kids like clowns, and I'm not going to let my aversion to them keep him from checking out something new...he's not a little Michelle. He can form his own opinions.
So, Mr. clown was a young guy, and he was very sweet. I explained that he was the first clown Ethan had ever met, and he did a couple of juggling tricks to try to impress Ethan. It did not work. Ethan looked at him, looked at me, looked at him again, and completely fell apart! It was kind of funny, in a sad way. Mr. Clown was so disappointed and kept apologizing, and Ethan just screamed. I ended up having to take him out of the stroller and carry him a while before he finally settled back down. So, if anyone was thinking about hiring a clown for Ethan's 1st birthday, let me go ahead and recommend not doing that. :oD
Today was a biiiig day for Ethan (more so for his Momma.) He got his first haircut. I was so sad that he wasn't going to have his crazy baby hair anymore; but I have to admit, he does look pretty darn cute! We went to a salon called Cool Cuts 4 Kids, and I think the girl's name was Hilda? Anyway, she was really sweet and good with him and explained everything she was doing to me and Jim. We plopped him into a firetruck chair and he was mesmerized by the Barney show pretty much the whole time. We don't usually let him watch tv, so he was really interested in the colorful characters. After a while, he started playing with the firetruck's steering wheel, and that made him pretty happy. He stayed calm until the very end, when she tried to use the clippers. He didn't like that. But she *did* nick him behind his right ear, so I'm sure that didn't help. It didn't really bleed or anything, and he didn't cry; but after that he got fussy and was just done with the whole thing. Overall, it was a pretty good experience, and now he looks like the big boy that he is.
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