Ethan's First Taste of Chocolate Cake

I let Ethan have a bite of my chocolate cake....and after one taste he wanted the entire piece....he was very upset when it was all gone!

Ethan and Grandpa...so tired!

Parker's Baptism

Our nephew Parker was baptized on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Ryan was so honored to be a godparent for little Parker. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the joyous occassion!






It seems like just yesterday that Ethan was baptized...so I decided to reminisce...here is our little guy last December 13th...my how time flies!

Ethan and the Box

Run Dogs Run!

Last Sunday I decided to get ahead so I wrapped all of the presents that I have bought so far...Ethan decided it would be fun to run around the house with a roll of my ribbon chasing Harley and Cooper....





and then he got a hold of the cardboard roll from the wrapping paper....

Happy Thanksgiving!

We started Thanksgiving off this year the way I have every year since I can remember...by having lunch at the Eberspacher house. My aunt Jacque always does such an amazing job hosting the entire family for Thanksgiving, and this year was no exception!! We had a wonderful time as always!

This is what a spread looks like for 45 people!

The women doing dishes....

Ethan...hanging out with the men


Ethan played so hard that his cheeks were bright red!

Thanksgiving at the Cour House

We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Cour house this year....the holidays are so much fun with two little guys in the house....of course, one of those little guys is walking all over the place and getting into everything while the other one just sleeps and eats like a good little boy:-)

Case in point....here is Parker....sleeping like an angel....

And then there is Ethan....walking around with his Daddy's old lunch pail and the dog's ball

Ethan and Uncle Darrin

"gobble gobble"! One thing the Cour boys do have in common is that they love to eat...and they have the chubby cheeks to prove it!

I almost forgt what it was like to hold a baby!

Ethan was so exhausted by the end of the night but he just refused to give in....he would play for 5 minutes and then rest on the pillow....and then repeat the cycle.

Trip to Rockford

Off to Rockford to visit my girlfriends from IWU and their families. Ethan was so excited to play with Holly, Theo and Wyatt! (Or he may just be super excited about his cowmooflauge carseat!)



Ethan and Theo

Theo wasn't sure Ethan should be driving the truck

Pants are so restricting!

Ethan, Holly and Wyatt....Ethan has a hand on both of them, just making sure they stay put for the picture

"Holly....you ready?"

"Wyatt....are you ready? I'm not sure Holly is going to make it..."

Katie, Megan, Me, Julie, Rhya and Jeanna

Ethan at the hotel pool