Ok - so I accidently skipped last Sunday. Sorry!! This last week has been pertty busy. Jacob's first week with nights has been home has been really nice but at the same time hard to adjust to. Our schedules are different on everything right down to when we are used to eating dinner and going to bed. It is going to take some time to get both of us on the same time table.

Ethan is cutting 2 more teeth right now and no one can have a good time until they are out! They are both on the top on opposite sides. They are both in the back which means he usually ends up eating the Orajel but we still keep trying to put on there because if nothing else he likes the taste and that makes him happy for some time. This kid is all over the place!

He is eating all "adult" food which makes things so much easier. No more bringing baby food everywhere I go and not to mention he drinks regular milk now. NO MORE FORMULA!! Our grocery bill is so much cheaper these days without having to buy "Ethan Only" food. Here in this picture he is eating fettucini alfredo. He loved it and ate every bite.

Greandma Sparkles (Barker) bought him this new sweat suit which is absolutely cute when it is not pulled up to his arm pits. He looks baby in a barrel and I think his face and hair say old man enough for all of us.

We let Ethan watch Bob the Builder once a day and this is what happened last week when Papa joined him on our bed. How cute!

Normally when I put Ethan down for a nap I just put him in his crib and he will play with his puppy for a while and fall asleep. Well this time when I went in there to put a blanket on him this is what I found. That book in his hand is his favorite book in the world. It is a Noah's Ark book that has those flaps in it that he can lift up and see what is in the ark. We got it at D.I. for 25 cents. That was the best money I have ever spent. He fell asleep reading it and just couldn't let go.

We got our family pictures back this week. We had them taken for Ethan's 1st Birthday. (I'll have to post his birthday pics later - they are at my Mom's house). We also had some family pictures taken. It was alot of fun and Ethan did a great job posing for the camara. It was nice to get some really nice pictures of all three of us. I don't think we have ever had our picture professionally taken before. I got enough copies for everyone in the family but if anyone reading our blog didn't get one and wants one just let me know. The hardest part of the pictures was trying to keep Ethan's hands out of hair. I used about a gallon of hair spray to try and keep it in place but by the time the photo shoot was over his hair was all over the place again. Oh - little boys!

We gave him a cake and let him play but he just really didn't know what to think about it. I had to help him and even then he was very apprehensive about putting his hand in the cake!

What a cute little face!

What a busy week we have had! Tuesday Ethan had his pre-op appointment with Dr. Lish. Jacob took the day off which was nice. Thursday he got his tubes in and what a difference they made right away! Granted... hospital gowns for babies are alot cuter than they are for adults - it is still not a desirable place to be. Some of the nurses even remembered us from our stay a few weeks ago with RSV. The surgery went great and as soon as he came out of anesthia he was very angry. Thankfully, the nuses had a cute little radio flyer wagon that has seats in it. We spent about 30 mintues riding up and down the hallway just to keep of him screaming while the anesthia wore off.

This is a video of Ethan dancing to the Bob the Builder theme song. I know it is side ways but I don't know how to rotate it! Anyway, he loves Bob the Builder and every time he hears the music his little butt starts bouncing around. And yes, it does the dancing if his pants are off. How else would you see those cute little thigh rolls.

Jacob passed all of his trainging tests for the day shift and he will start on the 16th of February. We are both really excited and happy to be just a little bit normal. We still have a long way to go but we will take what we can get!

It has been snowing like crazy here and though I am really happy for the moisture I am also very excited to have it stop! I hate shoveling snow and because of Jacob's schedule and the huge amounts we have been receiving we both end up doing it. Jacob does it before he goes off to work and then I do it again before I go to bed. I hate snow.

I was not at all surprised but very happy when President Monson was named as our new Prophet. I have always loved to listen to him speak and feel that he really cares about the young people as well as the old. I have a hard time in Young Womens class sometimes trying to get them to relate to the talks by some of the older Apostles and Prophets because they feel disconnected. I am really hoping that with a Prophet that they have grown up with it will be easier to get them involved in the lessons and help them to relate to what we are trying to teach them.