* BIRTHDAY BOY *
What a fun day we had! We discovered that Ethan loves to have "Happy Birthday" sung to him. I started his morning by singing it as I walked into his bedroom to get him up for breakfast. First stop after that was the Doctor's office. We love our pediatrician, Dr. Hemsley! And Nurse Carrie, too. Ethan wore the 'Baby's 1st Birthday' shirt that Nana and Papa (Sean's parents) had sent up and
the nurses all thought he was adorable - naturally!! He is still long and lean - 5th percentile for his weight and 60th percentile for height. He has grown 10 inches since birth bringing him up to 30 inches. And he weighed in at 19lbs. even. Unfortunately, the visit ended with 4 shots - bummer!! And we were having such a good time!! :) Nurse Carrie once again assured Ethan that it was the 'purple gloves' that were so mean and to be mad at them, not her. We 'walked' out of the room (with some help from Momma) and I managed to get him to wear his Birthday crown all the way to the car - the nurses ate it up!
the nurses all thought he was adorable - naturally!! He is still long and lean - 5th percentile for his weight and 60th percentile for height. He has grown 10 inches since birth bringing him up to 30 inches. And he weighed in at 19lbs. even. Unfortunately, the visit ended with 4 shots - bummer!! And we were having such a good time!! :) Nurse Carrie once again assured Ethan that it was the 'purple gloves' that were so mean and to be mad at them, not her. We 'walked' out of the room (with some help from Momma) and I managed to get him to wear his Birthday crown all the way to the car - the nurses ate it up!
Next stop was Grandma and Grandpa's house for breakfast where he had eggs for the first time! And some yummy fresh fruit. By the time we were done, though, it was way past nap-time. We hurried home, but he'd already fallen asleep in the car. I took advantage of a sleepy, cuddly baby boy and we snoozed together for a while in the recliner before I put him down in his crib. He still napped for another 2+ hours! Phew! This gave me time, though, to pick up the house and decorate the dining room just for him. I had a couple of banners and some long streamer-confetti things that I hung 
above the entrance into the dining room. I think those were his favorite and every time we go in or out of the room while carrying him, we have to go in and out at least twice because he gets such a kick out of it!
above the entrance into the dining room. I think those were his favorite and every time we go in or out of the room while carrying him, we have to go in and out at least twice because he gets such a kick out of it! 
After a late lunch it was off to meet the Aunties and Daddy at Build-A-Bear. Recently Ethan has become very attached to his Auntie Lizzy's stuffed monkey and we decided 
we would get him his own for his birthday. As a side-note, my little sister has been wanting to take Ethan to Build-A-Bear since before he was born! She has been begging me for over a year and I finally convinced her that it would be more fun when Ethan was older and could participate more in the process. We did give him a few other selection for possible stuffed animals, but the monkey still won out, hands down! I'll put up more 
pictures of our 'newest addition' later.
We had a quick dinner and then it was off to mutual night - seeing how both Sean and I are in the YM and YW presidencies (respectively) we didn't think we could both skip out on mutual. The youth all love Ethan and were eager to sing to him and a couple other boys for their 
birthdays.
birthdays.Finally, after all of that, we got to have the cake! Grandma Julie, Grandpa Greg, the Oregon Aunties and 'Uncle Tory' came over to help us celebrate. I had made one earlier in the day, but it didn't turn out quite how I wanted - by my own doing. I'm too much of a perfectionist. The cake was still very yummy, though, and I 
was able to carve it into the shape of a '1' before frosting it. We sang to Ethan one more time - lights dim and candle glowing - and he was grinning from ear to ear. With a little bit of help, the candle was blown out and he got to work on the cake. He had no problems eating it (I don't think he actually ate much of it), but especially playing with it. He knew right what to do and went to town squishing it between his fingers.
was able to carve it into the shape of a '1' before frosting it. We sang to Ethan one more time - lights dim and candle glowing - and he was grinning from ear to ear. With a little bit of help, the candle was blown out and he got to work on the cake. He had no problems eating it (I don't think he actually ate much of it), but especially playing with it. He knew right what to do and went to town squishing it between his fingers.It was getting late, so he only opened a few presents - just some of the ones from Nana and Papa. We love the froggy towel, bath toys, books, play-clothes, church clothes (especially the tie!!) and hat. Thank you, Nana, Papa and Aunties!!
We did a quick bath just to make sure there was no cake between the toes or up his nose and then it was off to bed. He was a very tired, but very happy little one-year old. Tomorrow we party with grandparents, great-grandparents, aunties and 4 fellow one-year olds and their parents at the pizza parlour with the carousel - we can't wait! :)
xoxo Happy Birthday to my li'l guy! xoxo
3 comments:
Wow -- it looks like Ethan had a really fun birthday! I know we owe him a birthday song. We've all been sick here, and though Spencer seems to be all better, Muffin and I are both still fighting some nasty bug. We'll call and sing sometime soon when we can get through it without a horrible coughing fit... or worse. We love you guys!
We also LOVE Dr. Hemsley and Nurse Carrie! They are the best.... we are gonna miss them when we move.:(. Looks like Ethan had a great birthday! We had fun at his party friday- he really does like being sung happy birthday to! He was just smiling! He is just such a happy little guy!
cute! It was fun! :)
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