Ethan Day

Yesterday, we decided we would have an Ethan Day and let Ethan decide what we were going to do. Ted, Brody and I went into his room around 10:00 to wake him up (yes, he slept that long). We put Brody on his chest and as he woke up, he looked around and said, "Good morning family!" It was sweet! So we told him that we could do whatever he wanted. He said, "Whatever I want?" We said, "Yep!" He said, "What about Water Country?" I looked at Ted's face, and of course, that was the last thing that Ted wanted to do, but because it was Ethan Day, he put on his swim trucks and we dropped Brody off at my parents and headed to Water Country.

It has been a long time since I have been to a water park and I have to say, it brought back some childhood memories. As we were walking in the park, I was telling Ted the story about me as a small child going to White Water in Oklahoma and how they had this ride called the Black Hole, which was basically a covered tube that you rode down in a raft and it was pitch black the entire time. I told him how I was so scared I never rode it. Well...they had a similar ride called the Aquazoid. We were able to all ride in one tube through it and I have to say, I did brave it and it wasn't that bad! All in all, we had a really good time!

When we got home last night, we were all pretty tuckered out. We picked up Brody and Ted decided to cut the grass. I was inside keeping Brody occupied and Ethan came down and played with him for a little bit. I put Brody in the bouncer and Ethan had him laughing and talking. I tried to get some pictures, but of course, Brody wasn't really smiling then! Here are a few:

Last night was interesting. I fed Brody his cereal around 7:30 and then took him upstairs to get him ready for bed. I started feeding him his bottle and of course, he started falling asleep halfway through, which he is starting to do on a regular basis now. I have to jiggle the bottle to wake him up so he will take it all. I laid him down about 8:30 and he was out...or so I thought. I started doing some stuff on the computer and Ted came in the room and then we heard him crying in the monitor. We both thought it was odd because he normally goes down really weel and doesn't fuss at all!!

Well...I went in there and sure enough, he spit up all over himself and the sheet. I guess he had a little too much! I quickly changed his pjs while Ted changed his sheet. Once all that was done, I laid him back down in the crib and his eyes were wide open. I left the room and didn't hear a single peep out of him. I checked on him 30 minutes later and he was sound asleep. I guess that advice about putting the baby down when they are sleepy, but not all the way asleep was helpful because he seems to be able to go to sleep on his own really well. I didn't hear anyother peep out of him until 6:00 am this morning.

Here are a few others of Brody that I took last night before he went to bed.

Look at my little chunky monkey!! It is crazy how much I love this little man!