Happy St. Patty's Day!!

And to help celebrate the holiday what better than a baby wrapped in a green boa!! Ashlin once again did a great job taking pictures! I absolutely love the close up shots of Ethan smiling, you can see his mile long eyelashes!

Yes folks, he is eating the chocolate coins

Look at those eyelashes!

Ethan's walker

Ethan got a walker from Tom and Carol for Christmas and he loves it! I can tell by the look on his face that he is so proud of himself and feels like a big boy! Ethan always looks around the room to be sure that everyone has their eyes on him, watching his astounding accomplishment.

Ethan's checking everyone out to make sure they are looking at him

He's big stuff!

Brotherly love

Jacob is reading now (yay!) and loves to read to Ethan. Ethan will sit still forever as long as he is getting a book read to him! It's a great situation~Jacob gets practice and Ethan has all the time in the world for Jacob to sound out words!

Ethan's reflection

Ethan recently found out that he can see through the glass panels in the coffee table. I love watching him discover things for the first time! We take life for granted and forget to notice the world like we did when we were babies, with pure innocence.

Bob's visit

My brother and his family came to visit us for a couple days last month. The visit was a blur (with five kids running around that's a given!), I only wish that I would've gotten more pictures! I was so shocked to see how big my niece and nephew are! Everyone got along pretty good, only a few fights over a toy here and there. I really miss them and hope to see them again soon!

Ethan getting fed breakfast by Uncle Bob

Is there anything worse than a sick kid? Yes, two sick kids!

Jacob came home from school two weeks ago with a fever, pink eye, and ear infection. One day later Ethan had all the same symptoms. Ethan got better, but Jacob's symptoms kept getting worse. He had spiked fevers everyday, was dizzy, had migraines, chest congestion, and severe stomach cramps. In one week Jacob had a CT Scan of his brain and abdomen, a urinalysis, and blood work. All tests came back negative, except for the fact that he has a sinus infection. His doctor was stumped and so was a surgeon that we went to. Jacob has been on antibiotics and allergy medication for two weeks and is finally getting better! When a child is sick it seems as though time stops and won't start again until they are felling good! I am just now getting back to my schedule, hopefully the school year will go by with no more sick days!

Ethan with pink eye

He never stopped smiling!

I always know who to go to when mommy says no...

Needless to say Jacob and Ethan can't get enough of their Aunt Ashy and Uncle
Brandon! Ashlin lives a couple hours away and tries to make it back to town as much as possible to see everyone, especially the nephews. Jacob has learned all kinds of songs thanks to Uncle Brandon, one day he started singing "Bye Bye Miss American Pie!" over and over again. Brandon got Jacob an Ipod for Christmas and Jacob didn't put it down until he knew every song!
I love to see Jacob and Ethan's eyes light up when we get to see Ashlin and Brandon!