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Ethan's New Year Bash!

Yeah, I'm still trying to catch up from all the fun and games of ending 2007. But don't worry...soon everything will be up from the end of the year, and I should only be behind for January. What can you expect from me... I'm just a little boy!

2007 was quite a year for my family, there was a lot happening both good and not so good, so I figured I should end the year with a BASH!

I got a fantastic bubble-maker-thingy from my Uncle Cliff & Auntie Kammy for Christmas, and I insisted that it was not just for bathroom using! Happily it attached nicely to the window in the living room and as you can see from the pics above I was having a fantastic time with all those bubbles! Mum keep trying to shut it off, but I was having NO PART of that! Finally after a little belligerence I thought I had won the fight, but alas...it ran out of bubble-making-thingy-stuff! I had hoped that Mum didn't notice that my feets were slipping a little bit on the floor, but of course she did, and I was made to be on the rug while she cleaned up. But as soon as she turned her back.... I made my way over to that window and that fantastic bubble-maker-thingy and S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D my little Go-Go-Gadget arm to push the button again - hey you never know when there could be some extra bubble-maiker-thingy-stuff hiding somewhere in there!!! Just as I hit the button... I also hit something Mum & Dad called 'the window sill'. I don't care what that thing was called, cuz all the fun came to a screaching halt and a LOT of crying ensued! Imagine that I dented that stupid 'window sill' thing and you guessed it.... I BASHED my chin open! I really didn't care after the initial hit and the initial pain. After Mum cuddled me and kissed me I figured I was A-OK and I was just going on with my night - WRONG!

I have never been to this place called the ER before... everybody was really nice and I got to play with all kinds of stuff while I waited for someone to come and take care of me. Really, it was all good until they came and dabbed some stuff on my chin which HURT... and then I couldn't feel anything. BONUS - I was happy again until they came back and tried to wrap a sheet around me. RIGHT - could Houdini be held still?? NO. Mummy laid on the bed with me, and much to my ire she also held my arms and legs. I was pretty angry while one lady held my head still and another one was pulling at my chin. But throughout all my crying I tried to keep sight of the important things in life; hence I did manage to yawn twice and ask for milk once. Then I declared that I was 'stuck'... several times. When nobody seemed to get the message (and I got sick of hearing everybody tell me they KNEW I was stuck) I just tried saying "pees".... even that didn't get me out right away, but soon it was done and I got to go home.

Below are my New Years Bash pics!


What else is there really to say right now??? I love you all!

A Recap of December 2007 - part 2

As I made my way through the treachery that is December (and winter in NE) I am learning more every day. I have so many words now in my vocabulary that Mum & Daddy just gave up trying to keep track of them. I'm like an evil little talking genius! OK...maybe not a genius... or evil... but I do talk a LOT, and I use actual words sometimes! Since I'm bigger and more mobile, I've had time to discover that I can do a lot of stuff with my face! It's been fun and that's why I wanted to share the many looks of me with the many of you!

I also really realized that Christmas lights are fun this year! The ones on the wreath on the front door our our 'crib' are all colors and when Mummy put them on all I could say was 'OH - WOW'! Then the next thing I knew there was this tree in the corner of the living room with all these white lights on it. I loved the lights and when Mum or Dad shut them off, I asked for 'more please' I know you can understand me in my video saying and signing just that! Do you think I'll win an Oscar for this one????






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And keep reading below... there is another post for today!

A Recap of December 2007 - part 1

December has been a very busy month for me. You guys know how huge-big I am now, seriously! I can almost RUN... so I crash into things when I try, so what?? Who hasn't had that happen to them?

One of the things I did in December... I learned first hand about snow. I've seen it before... I've felt it land on my face (burrrrrr), but I've never "played" in it until this year. Is that what they call it??? 'Playing in the snow?'? For me it was more like 'falling in the snow'... 'tripping in the snow'... 'loosing my mitten in the snow'... and last but not least - 'crying in the snow'. NONE of those things sound fun to me... do they sound fun to you?????? No, I didn't think so. Next time Mum & Dad take me out in this snow stuff, I hope there's a little more playing and a lot less falling, tripping, loosing & crying. 'Nuff said!!

Dad & Mum learned something very important this December... they learned it's probably best to make sure you put my diaper bag INSIDE the car before reversing out of a parking space... This is evident by the pic above of the crushed drink cup.

Perhaps everybody else already knew this, but I have just discovered that a laundry basket and some string can make for hours of fun! In the basket, out of the basket, in the basket, out of the basket... just repeat many, many times! I like to take a break to catch some TV or play with a bit of string, but then I'm right back to it. More fun than I ever knew, and certainly more fun that that snow....

I love you all!!!