Grandma Mary has worked all week painting the baby's room! She did an awesome job! We worked today on getting the crib together and putting the finishing touches on the room. It's pretty much done, except for the rug . . .now all we need is a baby girl to put in it!!! I'm really excited about how it turned out :)

Nothing super exciting going on this weekend . . . just relaxing . . .

and playing. Ethan has been into his Mega Blocks lately. He was very particular about loading his dump truck properly this morning, with only these yellow blocks, and they all had to be standing up the right way . . .

He made pumpkin spice play dough at daycare on Friday, so we got that out yesterday and today. He loves it! I supposed Play Doh will have to be added to his Christmas list!!

Oh, by the way, the high chair is back again. . . . it was way too stressful having Ethan eat on our new table without a proper place mat - also he didn't have anywhere to do play dough, color, paint, etc. So, the high chair will be in use again, at least until Christmas when he will get his own little table and chairs.

Mommy and Daddy (mostly daddy) are working on getting the crib together and the baby's room more ready. I think we'll go shopping for an area rug today to complete the basics of the room . . .

Bookworm

Thank goodness Ethan can read his own books now - it gives mommy and daddy a little break :) He has been so into reading, and loves to cuddle while we read with him (something new!). His current favorite book is "Barney and BJ go to the Fire Station." He loves the page where the fire truck is getting washed (?). I think we have a future Firefighter on our hands!

Christmas came early for mom this year! I finally got the dining room table I have been wishing for!
On Saturday, mom and dad worked very hard to get the house organized and ready for baby to come. That meant cleaning out closets, moving furniture around, and putting lots of stuff up in the attic.

Ethan spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa's where he got to play with the Llamas, see the chickens, and chase the kitties! He definitely had much more fun than daddy and I!

Thank goodness on Sunday he was a big help with the laundry . . .
Today, Kyra and baby Evan came over for a visit! What a cute, cuddly little guy! Ethan didn't seem to mind mom holding the baby, which was a good sign for things to come . . .

It's nice to pop in a good sing-along movie and relax with Mr. Bear after a long day at daycare.
Thursday . . .

Friday . . .

Ethan is totally cracking up because mom is fake sneezing . . .If you want a good belly laugh, I'd be happy to share my hilarious talent with you, too.

Well, this is Ethan's official last picture in his high chair from this morning, because . . . he has moved to a big boy booster seat! He kept banging his feet on his high chair which was about to send us to the crazy house, so we thought it was time for this switch. Does anyone know where I can get a place mat that suctions to the table?

We also spent some time in the very cold outdoors today,

and spent time playing Ethan's "video game" which is a Little Leaps game we got him for Christmas last year. He was really into it!

Children's Museum

It was a cold and blustery day here today, so the family decided to take a little trip to the local Children's Museum. Ethan had a blast, and he was especially interested in the pretend cobs of corn. In fact, he had at least 1 in his hand most of the time we were there.

Here he is laughing at a little boy who is shaking his head back and forth. What could be funnier??

An action shot going down the slide. Notice, he didn't forget the corn!

When we were not at the museum, we spent the day looking through photo albums, Ethan's latest favorite pass time. He makes mommy and daddy name anyone he points to. I think we've looked through this particular album about 3 million times in the past month.