4th of July

A little late for the 4th of July post, but better late than never. We had an enjoyable weekend as a family, went to the park and also to a bbq @ a friend's house.

We took Ethan to the park on Friday afternoon. I was potentially going to have to work, so we couldn't make too many plans. So, we just headed to the local park after his nap to play for a while. Going down the slide was probably his favorite, but we also did the merry-go-round, rocking horse and swing.
Our attempt to capture red, white and blue...cheesy - but we're cute! :-)
Ethan being a ham with his "pet week" hat from Lauren's

This little kiddo is just really a silly boy these days and I honestly can't believe he's 3 months away from 2!!!

*The other day I spelled out the word "jell-o" (of course because Ethan would want it right then and there...we've resorted to spelling certain things these days) to Dave, and as if Ethan realized I was doing letters, he starts saying his ABC's.

*We are now human jungle gyms...tonight before bedtime, I was laying on his floor and he decided it was free game to step on my stomach and then literally JUMP off onto the floor and laugh hysterically!

*He was playing "peek-a-boo" with Dave tonight (which is basically hide 'n seek) and he yelled out to dave, "I hiding in dining room". I've been trying to talk about the names of rooms whenever it seems to come up, but I didn't realize he'd catch on!

*His newest quest is doing stairs without holding on to the railing. This weekend he'd go to the front staircase landing and go down the 4 steps at the bottom without holding on to anything. Of course, we stood right by him, but let him test the waters.

All for now, we're heading out to TX Friday to visit Dave's aunt, uncle and cousins for a long weekend. So, we're pretty excited to see them...it's been several years now. Look for pictures of our trip. Ethan's hopefully going to enjoy his 2nd plane trip...