Happy Birthday Ethan!

Our sweet Ethan turned 3 yesterday. It's hard to believe how big he is getting. Now that he is 3 he decided it is okay to be a "big boy" prior to yesterday he wanted no part of this. He insisted that he was a little boy. We are so excited to see how he is learning and growing. He is very sensitive and has a very warm and welcoming smile. We are so blessed to be his parents.

Ethan with his cake. (He wanted red frosting, no matter how much food coloring I used, it still looked pink, but he was happy with it.)

Ethan- 1 day old

Ethan- at the hospital in Mississippi

Happy boy- 4 1/2 months old

Ethan- 1 year old

Ethan- 2 years old

Ethan- 3 years old

2 Posts in 2 Weeks :)

Okay, I don't want anyone to be too shocked, but I am posting a few new pictures. I don't want to raise anyone's expectations. Here are a few pictures from this week. We went down to Indy to celebrate my Dad's birthday with him. We had a great time visiting.

The kids love going down to Nana & Papa's house. Especially when they get to visit, GG, Aunt Stephanie, Uncle Matt, Aunt Carol & play at the playground all in the same visit. I was happy because I got to go shopping all by myself! Jeff was of course excited because he could watch ESPN. Really, it's the little things in life that keep us entertained :)

Making Up For Lost Time

Okay, here are some new pictures. If there is anyone still checking our blogspot. Since it has been so long, I have included quite a few to hopefully make up for some lost time. Enjoy! Hopefully I will get the hang of this sometime soon.

Our attempt to get a picture of all 3 kids dressed up for Easter. Give us a break, Sunday mornings are busy at our house anyway. Then you add in an Easter egg hunt in the morning, we're lucky we got any picture at all that had all 3 of them in it.

Elizabeth says Happy Easter :)Ethan found an egg.

Wesley was pretty excited too.

Elizabeth found the first one, and was content to carry it around proudly while the boys looked for the rest.The kids at the park a few weeks ago. We know Elizabeth has a belly. She gets it from her dad :)We had a great picnic and play time at Bixler Lake Park a while back. The kids had a great time playing and running around outside.

Daddy with his girl.Playing tractors with the boys.Wesley eating Cherrios with chopsticks. We went to Sake
(a Japanese restaurant) in Dayton with our friends the Cougles a few weeks ago. It was great to see them again!Ethan loves to have his picture taken (when he feels like it.)

Okay, since I have been so bad at posting new pictures, here is one of each of the kiddos recently, and I will try and get some others up soon :)

Ethan

Wesley (I know you can't see him well, but it was cute anyway.)

Elizabeth

Fun Times in Indianapolis

Today we went to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. It was wonderful to spend time as a family outside of the hospital :) Everyone had a great time especially the kids!

Decorating Our Tree

Well, I was doing a pretty good job of keeping up with pictures. Here are some pictures from when we decorated our tree. The kids had a great time and have really enjoyed having the tree in the house. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth!The kids each have a Christmas ornament from Bronner's from the year they were born. They got to put them on the tree first this year. They thought it was pretty neat.

Jeff with the boys after we finished decorating. Elizabeth helped a little and then went to bed while we finished.

They boys helping Jeff put on the lights. They followed him around the tree carrying the lights. It was really cute!

Getting Our Christmas Tree

We went and cut down our Christmas tree this year. It was a beautiful day, not too cold and very sunny. We didn't have a tree last year since we moved right before Christmas so we are all extra excited to get one this year. The kids had a great time as well!

Here is our tree!

Ethan watching the Clydesdales pulling us out to get our tree.

Wesley running through the trees trying to find the right one.

Elizabeth and Mommy, next year she will be running around as well :)

Elizabeth watching the Clydesdales pull us back.

Wesley Playing Basketball

We signed Wesley up for PeeWee basketball at the YMCA this fall. The coaches have way more patience than I do :) He is the youngest kid on his team, but he seems to be really enjoying it. Here are some pictures from his first game, the lighting is not good in the gym, therefore the quality of the pictures isn't great. I am going to try to get better ones in the upcoming weeks.Wesley warming up for the game.

Wesley playing defense.

Wesley waiting to get back in the game.

Wesley running down the court, probably talking to someone :)

They are so cute, I just love these guys!

I can't believe it, but Elizabeth is 1 year old! She is so much fun to have around, and she loves to get in a play rough with her brothers. We are thankful for this past year with her!

Ethan loves doing puzzles! It is fun to watch as he discovers more and more how things work. We can almost always hear him singing somewhere in the house.

Wesley being cheesy! He loves going to preschool and sharing Jesus with those around him. He is getting to be such a big boy and is very helpful around the house (most of the time). :)

A Few Random Pictures

Jeff & Ethan enjoying time at the lake.

Wesley reading to Elizabeth. How cute!

Sweet Girl Napping

Here is our sweet girl taking a nap. She is so precious I couldn't resist a picture. I will be posting some more pictures coming up soon on our trip to NJ this summer and some other odds and ends.

Wesley's First Day at Preschool

Okay, so I have done a horrible job of putting pictures up. Well, here are pictures of Wesley's first day at preschool. He is going to the YMCA preschool 2 days a week for 2 hours, and he loves it. I will try to do a better job at keeping up, sorry :)

Elizabeth is getting so big!The boys snuggling together :)