We took a drive out to a local farm to pick a pumpkin, play on some tractors, hayrides, buy some farm fresh produce….
Green acres is the place to be, farm living is the life for me,land spreading out so far and wide….. well, we can dream anyway :)
If only I could get both of them to smile in one picture!
Will plow for food….
Ethan is slightly more than half a tractor tire tall :)
I’ll take this one please.
Really, wish this wasn’t blurry!
You might take some pictures while waiting at the train station for Aunt Nellah and Uncle Charlie!
You will definitely perfect your one armed hooray 
You will pack up and go visit cousins Alex and Rachel – if you are Alex or Andrew you will do a lot of playing, wrestling, and mess making.
You will have fun watching Ethan perusing the menu at Bob Evans while Rachel sends a beautiful smile your way.
You will get paint everywhere while working on a project at Aunt Jenn’s – thank you Aunt Nellah and Uncle Charlie!
You will wish you were little again …
Ahhh… everyone needs a little time to just kick back and relax. Now if only someone would bring me a nice bottle of formula and a good book to read, I’d be all set!
You will wonder if you are looking at a future rodeo star?
Nah—mommy says basketball probably pays better :)
Don’t you wish you were here?
First crawling on hands and knees
First time in the little pool
First attempt at pulling up on something
First time riding in the front of the shopping cart
First time pulling to a stand in his crib :)
Last ride on the school bus :(
Mismatched on Wacky Wednesday :)
Mrs. Reeder - my super speech teacher, we’ll miss you!
Mr. Cool
Memorial Day!
There was a lot of birthday fun to be had this year :) First up was a package all the way from Australia from good friends Harry, Will, and Sam. Thanks mates! I love my new Aussie swim shirt and trunks as you can see in the next picture :) Goes nicely with my swim cap don’t you think?? LOL
Grandma Lynne brought over an “awesome” Batcave – I think she loved playing with it as much as I did!
Then my birthday party at the park. It was so much fun having my family and friends there to celebrate with me!
Even Ethan got in on the festivities :) What’s with the protective cloth Aunt Jenn – not afraid of a little spit up are you?????
Party at school with my classmates :)
Andrew, David, and Christopher – some of my best buddies :)
One handsome 5 year old – mommies words, not mine :)
Cowboy day at school :)
Mommy is trying not to worry about where the snake is that shed this skin :)
Ethan’s first time in his crib - He loves it! and Andrew loves finally having his baby brother in his room :)
Easter smiles :)
Ethan loves bathtime – especially in his new bathtub!
Just some random pics from the finalization hearing. The hearing went great if you don’t count my sobbing my way through the questions, good thing they were mostly yes and no answers. Oh and then the part where the Judge asked Andrew if he wanted Ethan to be his brother…. yea, no comment on what Andrew’s answer was! Never mind that he’s been playing with Ethan, wanting to hold him all the time, smiling at him, laughing with him, tickling him……. did I mention he thinks it rather funny to say the opposite of what he means?
