Laundry Day

Today, as I was doing laundry, I turned around to find Ethan like this...

Hi Mommy!

I thought this video was so cute and I just wanted to share it.

Ride Em' Cowboy

We received an old style rocking horse from Jonathan's grandparents who live out in Oklahoma. It has been in the family for several generations and needed some TLC. Jonathan finally got around to it this past week and was able to sand, stain, re-sand, and finally put the horse back together again. It looks really good! It is smooth and finished looking now instead of worn and falling apart. Tonight was the first night we put Ethan on it. He loved it but he was so tired he really didn't show much enthusiasm at all. Jonathan started off rocking him slow but quickly picked up the pace when he figured out how to keep his balance.

Here is the slow gentle rock

And here is the more rambunctious rocking

Pumpkin Patch Fun

This weekend we packed up and headed off to Ohio to visit Jonathan's family. The main reason for this event? A bonfire for Jenn's birthday. However, since we had all day Saturday to kill we decided to find a pumpkin patch. We ended up at one that did not really have a pumpkin PATCH at all. It was more of an outside pumpkin store. The pumpkins were already picked which was disappointing. I had envisioned us going to a real pumpkin patch and picking a pumpkin off the vine and taking it home. However, they did have a really cool playground for the kids as well as animals. We ended up having fun anyways and it was free!

Farmer Ethan

It took several takes for us all to look this good

All the boys on the wood train

His first time down the slide w/ some help from Uncle Jacob and Daddy

I'm the king of the world!

He really liked the goat!

He had a blast 'driving' the fire truck

Now that he can crawl, he does so whenever and wherever he gets the opportunity...even down a train engine

I made it! But it's a good thing Jenn caught me

When Jonathan's mom and I got back from shopping, this is what we found.

Bowling

Friday night, Ethan experienced his first bowling experience w/ our church bowling league. He got held and passed around all night and did a pretty good job for being out so late. Here's a few pictures to document the big occasion.

Ethan checking out a straw for the first time

He LOVED playing with the cane

Ethan flirted with Leah all night

Ethan's first attempt at bowling

Fall is in the Air

This weekend we took Ethan to get some fall pictures taken and some pictures of him in his Halloween outfit. I think they turned out pretty good. We had such a hard time deciding but we finally settled on three of them. He just gets cuter all the time!

We bought this one

We also bought this one

And we got a close up of this one in a really cool retro color

Go Lions!!

Last Thursday, Ethan was able to share one of my favorite loves with me...volleyball. I've been playing this wonderful sport since 5th grade and have coached it for the past 2 years. This year is the first year I am not either playing it or coaching it so I have to get my fixes by going to a few games. Thursday I went to one of the games for the team that I coached last year and was able to see some of my girls. And like always, Ethan loved all of the noise and the excitement and, of course, the attention. It was so great to watch the game, which they won, and to see all of my girls, who I miss a lot. Hopefully we'll make it to a few more this year before the season ends.

Ethan with a few of my girls