Here's Ethan on his actual birthday (Saturday, March 6) unwrapping a gift from us. He had just as much fun climbing on the box! His brothers of course were a "big" help.
And then came is birthday party on Sunday! ALL of his cousins were her to help him celebrate. Thank you so much.... Colin, Katie, Andrew, Evan, Carolyn, Rachel, Ryan, & Timothy, plus 2nd-cousins, Raya & Wagner! We also were joined by his grandparents and my Papaw Vic & Mamaw Carol. This event also turned into an early St. Patrick's Day party.... as you will notice by the cake and hy-ster-i-cal hat/bib my mother brought for him to wear! He is definitely our "McCutie!"
He ate the cake, but was almost expressionless (which is not like Ethan at all!). I think he may have been a bit puzzled by all the people just staring at him. (The 3rd child isn't accustomed to so much attention:)!))
What I love about this picture is Rachel's sweet face, as she is looking on. I also love that I have VERY similar pictures of Rachel watching Patrick and Nate take their first bites of 1st birthday cakes as well!
Here he was finally smiling. (Maybe the hat was too tight? HA!)
As you can see, he ate it up!
Here's my cousin Jamie with her son Wagner! He's just 3 months older than Ethan... but Ethan's actually a bit taller! (Ethan is our tallest baby yet! He's 32 inches, compared with 31 inches for Nate when he was 1 and 29 inches for Patrick at age 1)
I love this one... it's representative of everyday life for Ethan. Nate just can't hug Ethan enough! But, very often the hugs are a bit too hard... Here Nate is giving Ethan a sweet "Happy Birthday" hug - but Ethan looks a bit worried!
I love these next 3 photos... This is my grandfather & Carol with Ethan. I think it's so wonderful to have these photos of different generations together! But, these pictures are priceless... Check out Ethan's face at Carol in the second photo... we all laughed hard at Carol & Ethan!
Happy Birthday E!
Thanks so much to all of our family for making the trip to help us celebrate! Especially for those who travelled more than 10 minutes - Jamie & Lance, Scott & Ashley and Papaw Vic & Carol! We love you! 