Ethan on the Trampoline!

This was Ethan's first gymnastics lesson at Tumble Time! He was the only kid there (winter break still?) so he got an unexpected private lesson! Here he is practicing his "core strength" on the tramp. He truly is a bouncing baby boy!

Toothy Boy!... and some Christmas pictures

Ethan has a tooth! Finally! After months of excessive drooling... it has arrived!

A very exciting milestone for our little guy... Ethan no longer has an exclusively gummy grin :)

Baby teeth = Oral Hygiene 101... brushing those pearly whites day and night and no more formula-filled bottles in the crib!

Here are some pictures of the little guy brushing for the first time. As his daddy pointed out, it is literally a TOOTHbrush.... juuuuust one! ;) Daddy also said that they grow in pairs so the other front tooth is on it's way!

Toothy Boy loves his tooth brush

 Now that he has one tooth, he has insisted on feeding himself! This means that I have had to find finger foods that will nourish him and keep his interest (Cheerios only lasts for so long!)

Here are scrambled eggs with formula

 Mark received a gorgeous Harry & David fruit basket from one of the Dr.'s for Christmas and Ethan has benefited from their juicy pears ;)

Finally, here are some pictures of Baby's First Christmas :)

A low-res picture with Santa...

Ethan Celebrating Christmas/His Uncle and Auntie's Engagement... originally we were going to celebrate Marc's birthday.... oh well!, anyway, it was a long time coming!

 His very first Christmas gift! Auntie has good taste ;)... and Ethan likes the taste of the plastic hanger.

 Ethan especially enjoyed the tissue paper...

...and his monogrammed E stocking!

Ethan with Grandpa Wager

Christmas Eve present marathon! Ethan Mark is one lucky boy :)

He thrived on ripping the wrapping paper :)

My mom is Martha Stewart's long distant, four times removed, cousin... or something like that :)

The bubbly of the night

Ryan on the keys

A blanket that I made for Ethan Boy... it was one of those fleece-type blankets that I tied the edges together after cutting them into strips...

E thought it was quite cozy!

Christmas Morning at Grandma and Grandpa Young's!

Ethan eating cheerios...

Tasting his gifts/testing the waters....

Multi-tasking!

I love this man!

Uncle Scotty knows how to jam!

Playing the piano with Grandpa and Titus

Jeremy, Katie, Andrew, Hannah, and Titus

Family Picture!

A miracle that we are all looking the same direction :)

Attempted cousin picture...

Ethan: Who is holding me?

Hannah: Can we hurry this up already?

Titus: Mmmmm! This ornament is YUMMY!

Hannah: Titus! What is in your mouth?!

Ethan: I think I remember you...

Andrew: My mouth hurts from smiling.

All kids: ?!?!?!?!?! We're done! ?!?!??!!

But Hannah wanted to still take a picture with "Baby Ethan"

I love all those cuties!!

And now, one of the best moments for all children after Christmas... playing with their new toys!

He's only a little excited...

Watch out!!!

Lots of fun in his new play hut from The West Family....

Wearing a new outfit from his Great Aunties....

they truly are just that!

Happy New Year, everyone!

May God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you!

I'm looking forward to what 2011 has to offer!

Christmas on Sutter Street, Special Delivery, and Ethan's New Tricks

We don't technically live in Folsom, but I still consider it part of our community. Mark's practice is in Folsom, our church is in Folsom, most of our friends are in Folsom... why didn't we find a house in Folsom?

In any case, I really wanted to walk around Folsom's Historic District - mainly Sutter Street - and check out how they dress up for Christmas. I've seen advertisements of their outdoor ice skating rink and I can never get too much of Snook's homemade... anything!

Here are some pictures of what we saw...

The girl in the pink jacket was showing off some pretty fancy moves!

Our little cutie was absolutely peaceful during his stroller ride... which made the walk extremely enjoyable for his Daddy and me :)! The next 3 pictures captured him quite well on our walk.

We entered a shop that was filled with Christmas Ornaments!

Dripping with garland!

Themed trees! This one must have been for teenage girls...

Mark pointed out an ornament that read "Texting Queen" and said, "I hope our daughter never gets this!"

What daughter?

:)

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Old buildings... or should I say, Charming Buildings. We found that in Boston (especially when apartment hunting) they liked to call old, charming.

Sounds better, doesn't it?

We have arrived!

Home made : P

Why does The Biggest Loser pop into my head at this time?

Mmmmm!

Antique Shopping... more like browsing :)

The ice rink at sunset

Special Delivery!

We finally got around to baking some goodies and dropping them off to our neighbors!

I wanted to do this when we first moved in, but a week after we moved, I had a baby!

(wouldn't recommend this, by the way!)

Now that he's 10 months old... it's time! And it's Christmas!! All the more reason to spread the love :)

Here are pictures of the goodies I gave.

I made rice krispie treats, put plastic wrap over them on a paper plate, wrapped 'em with a bow, slipped our Christmas card under, and put a chocolate mint candy cane "heart" to top to it off!

And finally... here is Ethan... up to some new tricks! Including...

The discovery of opening cabinets!

Even though Ethan has been mobile for some time, he just recently figured out that he too can open cabinets!

Darn!! Time to buy those ridiculously annoying child proof items!

Any suggestions on which ones are least annoying?

Here he goes...

"What?! You've never seen a drooling baby open cabinets before?"

"Try and keep up..."

The one-handed bottle routine...

"Gets 'em every time!"

And his very latest... "power walking" with his walker. He doesn't like to walk really... just run!

"Yeeaahhh!"

Until next time! :)

The Young Family