Christmas and New Year!

Kristen's parents and sister came down for Christmas this year. Ethan has been talking a lot and when trying to say Grandma and Grandpa he ended up saying "Maca" and "Paca" the name has kind of stuck. We had a great time with the family and Ethan really enjoyed opening his presents.

Ehan opening a present from Maca and Paca

One evening when Cory was working late Ethan climbed up on the couch saying "watch, watch." He then took the remote to the tv turned it on and pulled the blanket up around him so he could get comfy.

Ethan was able to get a hold of a bag of marshmellows where he then took them to the couch to devour.

Cory broke his a hand over Thanksgiving and told Ethan he had an "owie". Now and time Ethan has anything on his hand he calls it an "howie". So this is a pic of Cory and Ethan with their "howies".

Ethan went and saw Santa. The whole time we were there he kept pointing and saying "Santa, Santa". I was just really happy that he didn't freak out when we sat him on Santa's lap.

Kristen and some of her friends went to see the lights at the Temple in Mesa. This is a pic of Ethan and Grace they are about to kiss. Ah ture love.

Ethan got and Elmo for Christmas and was so excited. He has a hard time saying Elmo and instead calls him Melmo. which is just as cute.

Enjoying the holiday season

This week we have been busy getting ready for Christmas. Ethan is showing us how smart he is by repeating everything he hears. The other day Kristen stubbed her toe and said shoot. Ethan proceeded to walk around saying "shoot" for the next twenty mins. or so.

We had some rainy weather just after Thanksgiving and as a result we were able to see this double rainbow. the second one is faint but it is to the right of the brighter one.

This is one of Ethans favorite past times. Pulling out all of the diapers and then clothes in his drawer. If he can finish that without being caught he then goes to our drawes and tries to pull out all of our clothes.

We had some really cool thunderstormes Cory was able to catch some of the lightning in the clouds that accompanied the storm.

Ethan saw Kristen reading on the couch and decided that he needed to read too. Ethan loves books anytime we go anywhere in the car he has to have a book to read.

Ethan loves to "rock" and often climbs up on the rocking chair to read his favorite books.

Blogging again

We have finally acquired a new camera so we should do a much better job of keeping up our blog. Ethan has certainly got much bigger since the last post, he is a very active and happy boy, he loves to run around, get into everything hes not supposed to and give "loves" (which involves kisses, hugs and biting their noses) to every stuffed animal around the house.
This past weekend Cory broke his hand Mtn Biking and Ethan wanted to have an "owie" just like Dad.

Here is Dad and Ethan showing off their "owies" Cory's cast even glowin the dark.

Last week Kristen went to a lunch bunch playgroup with some ladies in the ward, Ethan had so much fun we went back to the park on Saturday, Ethan loves to be able to run around outside and play on the toys.

Slides are very much a favorite, Ethan has no fear in climbing up the stairs, sitting down and going down the slide, he doesn't even care if someone is there to catch him or not. He's our little daredevil.

Driving the bus is also a lot of fun, he likes to run towards it saying "bus, bus"

Dad and Ethan riding on the car.

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All of that playing and running around makes one very thirsty

Chairs have become a favorite toy to climb on and off of, it's definitely a bonus if there is something to play with when he gets up on the chairs. Computers are probably the favorite thing to find.