March Birthdays

March is always a busy month for our family. Jared had his birthday on March 1st. He ended up having his big party the weekend before his b-day, so we spend his actual birthday hanging out with his twin brothers.

Instead of a cake, I surprised Jared with Creme Brulee.

 Jared's present from his brothers was this massive bucket of Peanut Butter M&Ms. 

Seriously- that thing is full to the top.

It will probably take us 5 years to finish it.

Ethan also had his birthday in March.

I can't believe he is 2 years old!!!

It's gone by so fast.

More Pics from Christmas

Here are pictures from the Long Beach Aquarium which we went to in January.

Its a really neat aquarium. It sure beats our little Beta fish at home.

 Ethan was really brave about touching the starfish, anemones, etc. in the touching ponds...

until he became too brave and we had to rein him in.

How is it already 2011????

Ok.

It's official.

I'm a terrible blogger!!

But I'll try and be better in the future so don't give up on me :)


We spent a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks in California for Christmas.
Jared and I got to do a lot of fun stuff, like go to West Side Story and The Nutcracker.
And Ethan got to be with a lot of fun babysitters!
Actually he did great during the trip. He loved playing with cousins and opening all his new Christmas presents.

Sadly, this is the only picture I took during our whole trip-
Here is Ethan playing the drums with Jared at my brother Chet's house:

And here are some pictures of a trip to
Hogle Zoo we took in November:

More Random Pictures of Ethan...

Playing Peek-A-Boo in the bath

Playing in the blinds with his feet
(this boy is so funny about his feet!!)

Getting into trouble...

Stealing my water bottle

Looking out his window

I think maybe next year for Halloween I'll let Ethan
be Tom Cruise from Risky Business

Ethan loves going to the dinosaur museum here in Lehi:

Halloween 2010

Ethan "coloring" his pumpkin

In his costume with cousins Cohen and Elliot

Bowling for the first time
(Of coarse he loved it- its a giant ball!)

New Pics

I can't believe it! My baby is already 1 1/2!!
It went by so fast. And he looks so much older than the pictures from my last blog entry- especially now that he has more teeth.

Here are his adorable new pictures my sister Natalie took:

And also a preview of his Halloween costume:

Updates

Yes, I know- a lot of time has passed since my last post. Here are some pictures to catch you up on what we've been up to. (and more pictures will follow if I ever find my camera....)

In April we went to Disneyland while visiting Julie and Ken in California. I have to say- it was really fun. I was pleasantly surprised with how many rides we were able to take Ethan on.

Here we are on the Buzz Lightyear Ride.

This was the first time Ethan rode on a carousel and he loved it!

It's a Small World- which was his favorite.

Here we are on the Winnie the Pooh ride. This was his expression on most of the rides. He wasn't smiling and laughing like you'd expect. He just had an expression of complete awe.

Sleeping on the car ride home- a sure sign of a fun day.

Here we are at the Living Planet Aquarium where we went with Jared's family during Memorial Day weekend.

Ethan's favorite thing was the penguins.

How can you say no to such a sweet cuddly boy???

Ethan sleeping on his newly acquired penguin.

This year I bought a season pass to Thanksgiving Point. I've loved having somewhere to take Ethan just to get him out of the house when he is fussy.

Here Ethan is at the Koi Pond.

Other random photos:

Ethan watching Glee.... (don't tell Jared)

Going on a bike ride with Lily.

Although this photo is of terrible quality, I love this picture. It was taken on a Sunday. I came upstairs to find Jared and Ethan both sleeping on my bed while they hug their blue pillows. (I made the pillow for Ethan while I was pregnant to match Jared's favorite pillow)