Catching Up On September

Ethan and Addi Grace love playing on our bedding while I wash sheets. Ethan covers up and Addi Grace finds him. He squeals when she uncovers him and she laughs so loud. They play so well together!
Great Grandma Lyons on her 80th birthday. She wasn't feeling very well but she still looks great!

Ethan has learned the art of "digging" from Bennett. They are besties!

I could sit and watch her play all day. She is one of the funniest, happiest babies I have ever seen. I thank God she is mine!

Addi Grace's first baby yogurt. That stuff smells of rotten milk. She wasn't a huge fan of it and I can't blame her.

GG and Ethan durning the Grandparents Day event.

Ethan's gift to GG

Things have been so busy with us lately. Mommy spent the month of September working to implement a huge project at work so I have not had time to blog. My wonderful friend Leslie decided to bust me out for slacking. So, here is a catchall for the month of September. Razorback football has been in full gear, we celebrated grandparents day at Ethan's school, Great-Grandma Lyons turned 80 and Cousin Grayce made her grand appearance. LH&K Always!

Ethan Rides Again

Ethan and Bennett are the best of friends.

Katherine taught Ethan to tip his hat and say "Howdy Ma'am". I wish I had this on video Aunt Meisha gets lots of laughs out of Ethan.

Daddy leads the way

Aren't they adorable

Katherine and Larry saddled up the horses for all the kids to ride after church. Ethan loves riding horses. I love taking you kids back where I came from. There are so many things to do that we don't get to do in the city. LH&K Always!

Ethan's Birthday Party At The Fire Station

The firemen were so great with all the kids.

Ethan and Peyton are BFF's in K-3 class :)

Ethan and Uncle Jason

I'm the dorking Mom wearing the fire hat and I loved it!

Ethan blowing how his birthday candles.

They all look so stinking cute!

Ethan's 3rd birthday party was on on 9/12/09. We had his party at the fire station in town and it was a smashing success. We had a great turnout, great food, great cake and most of all he was surrounded by family and friends. Ethan got so many new toys and we are not sure where they will all go. The firemen were great with all the kids. I still cannot believe I have a 3 year old and I'm certain it will be equally shocking in 2 months when I post about our lil girls 1st birthday party. Time goes by to fast *sigh*! LH&K Always!

Ethan's 3rd Birthday

Ethan is showing us how old he is in his new Thomas PJ's
Addi Grace got her first taste of birthday cake and she LOVES it!

You can't beg your kids for a picture this perfect

Ethan and Mommy made his cake and he even helped decorate it

We took cousin AJ with us to the Zoo for the day

Ethan got new Thomas stuff for his bed

and he got a new snuggle blanket for movie nights

and new Thomas TJ's

and a new Thomas backpack and lunch box

and a huge Thomas and Friends puzzle

I decorated the living room floor with all your gifts and ballons the night before

Our wonderfully precious son Ethan turned 3 on Labor Day. The night before I put all his presents in the living room floor for him to open when we woke up. Daddy told me that you would notice them and might even attempt to open them while we sleep quietly in bed. I said no way. He won't even look twice when he comes running to our room in the dark. Ethan's normal waking time is 6am. He doesn't realize there are such things as "days off for sleeping in". When he got to our room he said "Mommy, I have birthday presents in the living room". We got up, got ready, ate breakfast and opened birthday presents. We picked up cousin AJ and he went with us to the Zoo. We had a great time even though it felt like it was 120 degrees. It was a wonderful surprise to run into Maddie Grace and her family at the zoo.

We came home that afternoon, took naps and Daddy cooked us a fantastic steak and potato dinner. I figured since I was the one that labored for over 11 hours with you, pitocin as high as they could give and me refusing an epidural striving to have a natural labor ONLY to get an epidural 13 hours later on my way to have a C-Section, I should get to choose our meal for the evening.

The funniest thing about that day is I don't remember one bit of the pain I felt. I know the pain from the induction must have hurt something terrible but the sheer joy I felt at the end of that day is so indescribeable that I can't remember anything bad from the day.

Thank you Jesus for giving us Ethan and Addison Grace. They have blessed our lives more than they will ever know!

LH&K Always!

Hog Wild

Yes folks, Addi Grace has been walking for the last week. Her first 2 consecutive steps were on Wednesday, September 2nd, and she walked to her Daddy!
She's makes the custest chunky cheerleader I have ever seen!

Ethan is eating popcorn and watching the game.

she still doens't look a thing like me!

This is Aunt Lisa. She is one of Mommies favorite people!

And this is Aunt Debra, another one of Mommies favorite people!

She loves to get on her knees and bounce!Ethan and Sadie love sitting in David's lap! We had a great time Saturday evening watching the Hogs win their first game of the 2009 season against Missouri. We had great friends/family over to celebrate with us. You both looked so precious I could have eat'n you up like icing on a cupcake!