Thursday, April 23, 2009

This is gonna be long...

We will start with Thomas. A couple of weeks ago Thomas the Train came to Grapevine. My kids loved it.

This is the best picture we got of them with Thomas.

To ride Thomas the Train it was $18 a person, even for Quinn and Ava, so we opted for the little train that was pulled by a tractor and was free.

On the 8th we flew to Seattle for Matt's birthday. It was nice to have Matt with us for so long, we were there for 10 days. This is Matt sleeping in with Ethan. Aren't they cute.

This is just a random pic of Ava. She refuses to go to sleep at a decent hour, like right now she's still awake and it's 10:40pm. A few weeks ago Matt found her like this in the hallway, I have no idea what she was doing with the socks on her hands. Maybe she was doing a puppet show, but who really knows ?!
Here is Ethan and Diane (my stepmom) on Ethan's blessing day. It was also Easter and Matt's 30th birthday. Merry (Matt's mom) made Ethan's blessing outfit. It turned out so cute, Ethan looked absolutely adorable in it.

With the grandparents (except my dad, mom, and stepdad).


With my stepmom Diane and my two sisters, Mandy and Ericka, and Ericka's kids Izrael and Lucia (Xochitl was sleeping).

And the whole gang that was able to attend. The only ones I haven't mentioned so far that was there was Matt's sister Michelle, her two kids, Gabby, and Tyler. Matt's brother Chris, and his niece Tawsha. We were so happy we could go home to Seattle for Ethan's baby blessing. We had never blessed any of our children at home before, so it was nice to have so much family there.


Since it was also Matt's 30th birthday, we had a big party. Amazingly he was able to blow out all the candles in one breath. Uncle Chris is holding Quinn back from blowing out the candles in the background. The night before his birthday I surprised him with a steak and lobster dinner at Anthony's Homeport. We love that place they have such good food, and that is also where we ate the night Matt proposed to me. It was so much fun, our friends Jake and Sarah Anderson were able to go with us. I also got Matt a day at the Spa, but he didn't get to go on this trip, but I promised him I will take him in July when we are there again. It's this awesome place called Banya 5. You start by soaking in a hot tub, then you go to a steam room that's even hotter, then you go into a sauna that's 220 degrees, then you jump into a cold bath, and then into a warm mineral bath. You can repeat the process as many times as you want. You feel so relaxed when your done that your muscles feel like jello. It's so fun, and it's suppose to be taking the toxins out of your body.

Matt and the kids after they hit the pinata. As I have mentioned before, you get a pinata on your birthday no matter how old you are in Matt's family. I like this tradition (especially the candy).

This is my Grandma Willa, my Dad's mom. We were so glad we got to see her when we were in Seattle. She goes to Yuma for the winter, so she just got there when we were there. Unfortunately this is the best picture we could get. Sometimes kids just want to do there own thing.

Here's my Ethan in the bath. He loves bath time, as you can tell.

And he hates getting out.

Ethan is such a smiley, happy baby, and he's getting so big so fast. He's only been in 0 to 3 month clothes for the last three weeks and he's almost grown out of them, and same with diapers, he's only been in ones for about three weeks and now he's in twos. I can't believe how fast he's growing, except his head. He's only in the 5th percentile for his head, so it makes him look really small. Everyone is always commenting on how small he is, but really it's just his head.

5 comments:

Annie Hatch said...

Ethan is such a cutie! I love the pic of Ava conked out on the floor, kids can sure be funny!

Keith and Nicci said...

Austin is going to be so jealous when he sees that your kids got to see Thomas - he loves him! Happy 30th, Matt, and happy blessing day, Ethan!

Tyler V said...

Happy birthday, Matty!
I can't believe how big little Ethan is getting. He is ADORABLE. I want to meet him. When are you coming to UTAH?
Glad you were able to be with so much family. Give our love to yours!

Tams Family said...

So fun! Glad you were able to spend time with family, especially for all of the special occasions. Happy Birthday Matt! Give the kids hugs for us, especially that cute little Ethan!

dani and fam said...

i wish we could have been there! this was a fabulous post. your kids are so cute and seeing their pics makes me miss them. Ethan is looking a little like a stevulak these days!! cant wait to meet him. take care and tell everyone hi. HB Matt!