Ethan's First Birthday!

One year ago today at 4:19 am, our precious baby boy, Ethan Christopher, came to this world and changed our lives forever. He is a precious gift from God. We are so thankful for him. Ethan is such a wonderful little boy... and I don't think we can call him "Baby Ethan" anymore!! He makes us laugh all the time, and is constantly changing. We had his first birthday party this evening... it was crazy and our house was full, but it was filled with love, family, and friends - everything you could ever need. We are so appreciative to those who came and those who sent their well wishes. Ethan seemed to thoroughly enjoy himself!! Ethan's new developments today... he wasn't able to walk too much during the party since we were filled to the brink, but after everyone left he took off like a little wild man walking across our entire first floor! He was going nonstop... must have had a sugar rush from his cupcake!! He is very steady on his feet now and just travelling around the house like he's been doing this forever. Yesterday, he also started holding the phone up by his ear and turning his hand in over his shoulder and he'll say "Ah?" like he is talking to someone. It is very funny to watch! He LOVES telephones... cell phones, plug in phones, cordless phones, toy phones... you name it, he knows what it is, and he will find it!! Simeon got Ethan his first toy phone, and he carried it around as he walked everywhere! Along with our photobooks we got the grandparents for Christmas, Ryan put together DVD's of home videos and also made a slideshow of Ethan's first year. We chose a few songs that were important to us and songs that described how we feel as parents! (Working on getting it uploaded... youtube is being stubborn!)