Happy Second Birthday, Ethan!

Ethan had a great second birthday! He started the day visiting Aunt Libby for some gifts. Then we went to the doctor. Ethan weighs 27 pounds (38 percentile) and is 33 3/4 inches tall (42 percentile). He enjoyed a no shot appointment! We then met Aunt K to say hi!

Then we took E to school where he brought in clementine oranges to share for a snack. They enjoyed peeling them and eating them. They brought him balloons, made him a banner, and even made cupcakes for him! He really had a lot of fun!

We went for the mini party after his nap. We then came home and had a little pizza and cupcake party for Ethan. He had so much fun with Cousins Lila and Marco, Mimi and Pop Pop, Aunties Tina and Caroline and Uncle Mike!

He had such an amazing day! We are excited to continue the celebration this weekend!!

One

One couple, with one love,
Brought into one crazy world,
One perfect child, one year ago.
With one beautiful, curious face,
One ever beating heart,
And one overwhelmingly sweet kiss,
He stole our hearts,
In one second.
With one toothless smile,
One set of sparkling green-ish, brown-ish, and blue-ish eyes,
And one contagious giggle,
One can never get enough (can we wake him up now?).
With one, independent hand
And the other one in ours,
He slowly learns about our big world,
One curiosity at a time.
Witnessing every development,
One after another, makes for one blessed family.
He is one beautiful child.

Our light, our love and our life turned ONE today and it has been ONE glorious day!

(as adapted from Sarah at Coffee and Cabernet)

Ethan’s First Christmas – The Little Things Version

Christmas Eve Eve Playdate

Santa’s Little Helpers

Starting our new family traditions

Santa did well!

The Year of Hats!

The Kuhr Boys

Opening presents

Cousin Kisses

Pure glee

Making a Masterpiece

We discovered on Thanksgiving that Ethan LOVES finger painting. This time around, we were a bit more prepared and contained him to his high chair! We have a few additional gifts to make, but here are some photo highlights.

At the end, we headed straight to the bath for some major clean up! Ethan can’t wait to give his gifts on Christmas!

Our Weekend

swimming lessons with Dana!

new products at trader Joe’s

baking

more baking

cousins fun!

kitchen helper

The Little Things

We’ve had a great week filled with fun, new adventures and lots of lots of love! ❤

fall!

tie shirts

practicing e’s birthday cupcakes

celebrating “old love” ~32 years of marriage…

& celebrating “new love” ~Libby and Matt got engaged!!!

The Little Things

morning cuddles

regular

flu shot? Okay!

desk setup

fall family photos (courtesy of Edith)

Bye Bye Eddy & The Little Things

We had to wave bye bye to Eddy on Friday as he goes on to a new home, it was a hard decision, but for E’s safety and Eddy’s happiness, it was the right decision. So I (Jessica) will be taking over the reigns from Eddy on writing our posts. So without further…this week’s the little things…

Playdate fun with Chloe (trying to escape off the porch!)

Four 8 mos old and a 2 1/2 year old!

Mommy and Daddy night out!

The morning after….

Monogrammed

New climbing tricks!

The Little Things

Creativity

Progress

Cruisin’

Discovery

Storytime at the library

The Little Things

Buckeye State + Dark Chocolate jeni’s ice cream = Tastiest treat in Ohio

Worth the drive!

Sweet home, Chicago!

Feetie jammies

Repurposing ethan’s homemade baby food into yummy banana cupcakes!