The Partay--Round Two!!

We had the fam over again for Boston's birthday and for cake and ice cream. We did the traditional stick-a-cake-in-front-of-a-baby-and-see-what-they-do thing. He didn't waste much time gettin' into it. We had a lot of fun with Boston today. We know he likes balloons...so we blew up a bunch of them and left them all over the floor. He was entertained by those for most of the afternoon. Then once everyone came, unsurprisingly, his favorite things were the wrapping paper, ribbon, hanger, and boxes. That's right...my one year old is the stereotypical little boy that likes the wrapping rather than the toy itself. Oh well. As long as he had fun. Then of course the cake. He was quite entertaining! One of the funniest things was seeing the bathtub after I washed all the icing off of him. Classic. All around a great day. Happy Birthday, Boston!!!







Trust my cute husband to turn this into something from a superhero story!

Take a long look....this is one of the only times I can guarantee there is no poop in there!!

Dedicated to my Boston

Today is my little Boston's birthday. I can't believe that he is already one!!! It seems like everything is going so much faster this time around than it did with Ethan. I wouldn't trade him for anything, though. He is a real sweetheart (and since he has started crawling...a real spit-fire, too!! Yes, the two of those descriptions CAN go together.)

His likes:

Teasing his older brother (i.e. swiping Ethan's woobie, crawling on top of Ethan when he's laying on the floor and giggling when he realizes that Ethan can't get up, and chasing Ethan around the house and grabbing at his clothes.)
Playing peek-a-boo
Attacking my hair any chance possible
Playing with his tongue and making funny noises
Giving sugar (kisses)
Crawling and pulling himself up on anything semi-stationary
Eating adult food....none of that wussy baby food for him!
His lovey (his favorite little blanket that gets taken everywhere.)
Snuggling
Being tickled
Babbling
Doing things intentionally to make us laugh
Playing anything with Ethan
Dancing
Playing ball


His dis-likes:

Bonking his head millions of times a day
Being told "No"
When it takes too long to get his milk
When Ethan closes all the doors in the house so he can't go in any of the rooms


It's no mistake that his "dis-like" list is much shorter than his "like" list. He such a great baby....maybe I should say little boy now. Happy Birthday, Bubbers!

The Partay!!

Like I've mentioned before, Ethan is quite obsessed with Transformers. So naturally I did his birthday party as Transformers. Cake, cups, plates, napkins, even Optimus Prime masks to wear. The second he found out he was getting an Optimus Prime cake he was singing the song to the cartoon all day. ("Transformers, robots in disguise. Transformers, more than meets the eye. Autobots wage the battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons!! Whi-oo, Whi-oo, Whi-oo" (Ethan's version of a heavy metal guitar solo.))
We had Ethan's family come over for cake and ice cream and they were awesome and brought him more Transformer toys, which thrilled him completely. All and all, I think he thoroughly enjoyed his birthday. So much so, that we couldn't pull him away from all his new cool toys long enough to eat his own cake!! Happy birthday, Buddy!

Dedicated to my Ethan

Today is Ethan's 4th birthday and so in his honor, this post is completely dedicated to him. I can't believe he is already four years old!! Here are a few things about Ethan right now.

His Likes:
Transformers (more than like...it's bordering on obsessive, to say the least!)
Playing with Tyler and Ryan (our next door neighbors--they're awesome!)
the color green
his Superman jammies
spaghetti
playing in Mimi's tree house
playing Mario Kart on the Wii at Grammy's
going to our softball games (because he gets to play at the park)
going to preschool
playing with Boston
his Woobie (the famed favorite tattered blankie)
pushing my buttons


His Dislikes:
going to time-out
cleaning up his toys
the sound of the kitchen disposal (I know that's a weird one, but he always says something about it when I use it like, "Mommy, that's too loud!!!")
going to Wal-mart
getting dirty

I love my Ethan. He's a tender-hearted little guy that keeps me laughing with his silliness. The stream of questions never seems to end, but I have to say that it's quite entertaining most of the time. Happy Birthday, Bud!!