December 23, 2005
The best Christmas gift I think I will receive this year is that I was able to be home for a week and a half straight with my boys. It wasn’t planned that way- I intended to work this week, but my body had other plans and my cold kept me home. I didn’t think any of my patients would appreciate me caring for them in my state nor did I think I would be able to run around for 12 hours. I am so thankful to be off this Christmas Eve and day and that I will be able to spend them with my family. (You may be thinking, “of course you will be off on Christmas day” but people are still sick on Christmas and there are many people that will be working on the 25th. Thankfully, I am not one of them.) I am so thankful for my family and my job and everything we are been given. We are very very blessed.
December 20, 2005
Oh we are so sick here. Shane and I at least. It is not so very fun and I am really looking forward to being myself again. I am just praying Ethan won’t catch it and that he would be a little bit less energetic while I am under the weather. He is so busy. I was so very lucky to have Grammie watch him this morning and I was able to rest. It was a blessing. I did feel a lot better this afternoon and am thanful for the relief. I think it was the first time in a year that I had that opoortunity- to nap and just take care of myself. It was nice and I needed the rest.
December 18, 2005
My crazy little boy is full of fun surprises!
Two things happened today that I just couldn’t believe…two things that Ethan did.
First: We were in the parking lot at Starbuck’s and a white car drove up next to us and Ethan pointed at it and said “rampa.” He recognized a white car, remembered Grandpa has a white car and thought it was his Grandpa in the parking lot.
Second: We were at a candlelight Christmas caroling get-together tonight at this local park. They had tons of these luminaries with tea lights in them and Ethan repeatedly wanted to walk over and check them out. My aunt walked him over to one of the bags and before she knew it, he had kicked it over and the bag caught on fire and she had to stomp it out. She promptly returned the little guy to me and told me the story. Afterwards, I found out it took place pretty much right in front of the crowds of people and a few people had seen it. They said it was very entertaining. He is a crazy little kid.
Never a dull moment.
December 14, 2005
Poor Ethan.
Today was his one year check up. He weighed in at 25 pounds, 13 ounces and 29 inches (I don’t think that is right…he was 29 inches 3 months ago, I know he has grown, and he was wiggling so much! How could they have possibly gotten it right?).
Anyway, poor Ethan becuase he had to get 4 shots today. I felt so bad for him. I had to hold him tightly while they did it and try to soothe him. He stopped crying right afterwards, but I still felt badly.
December 4, 2005
We had Ethan’s first birthday party yesterday and it went really well. I tried not to stress out about it too much, but we did put a lot of time and work into getting ready. Shane and my dad worked quite a few hours trying to fix up the back yard and patio for the big day and even though we didn’t get all the projects we had planned on completing for the party done, it was perfect. It began raining Friday night and we were a tad worried that Saturday might be rainy, if not just overcast with a wet patio and backyard, but it was sunny and dry by the time of the get together. I wasn’t too excited about the idea of trying to fit 30 people in my little house. Lucky for us, it was a warm sunny southern California day. T shirt weather. Ethan had a blast and everyone seemed to have a great time. He ate his Nemo cake very carefully, just dipping his fingertip in the frosting until we had to open it up for him so he could get some actual cake. He is such a people person, he loved every minute of the day.
December 1, 2005
Happy Birthday, Ethan! You are such a big boy!!
