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Trip to Seattle and Ethan's Birthday

Friday before we left for Seattle we had a playdate with two other mom's with Down syndrome kids in the area. One is a couple months younger than Ethan and the other is about 6 months older. The older one had a brother Jack's age, which makes it fun for him!

As you can see, the kids had a blast playing!




Saturday was the big trip up to Seattle. We met my mom at the airport and then we all traveled back together. It was so nice to have an extra set of hands as Ethan was very wiggly and I was very uncomfortable in my seat. But it was a successful trip and the boys were very happy to make it to Nana and Granddad's house. We're still trying to get on west coast time but we're having fun.



Sunday morning Jack decided to read the paper before breakfast. Then he had fun "making tea" for everyone with Nana's teaset. He asked Nana what kind she wanted and she requested French Vanilla. He thought about it for a second and said, "a little bit of vanilla and some french fries!" It was the cutest thing ever.

Ethan's been having fun playing with all the new toys and climbing up and down the stairs.




Jack helped Nana get ready for our family birthday party for Dad and Ethan by vacuuming the floors. Then we enjoyed the afternoon with Grandma Alice, Uncle Jason, Aunt Delly, Auntie Jake, Uncle Eddie, Grandma Christy, Uncle Spencer and Anna.





This is Jack playing with Marco. The boys love the cat and he has really taken to them. Ethan has been crawling around the house following him.









Ethan got a few presents but he had much more fun with the tissue paper!



At the end of the evening, Jack and Ethan sat and watched a bit of Star Wars with Uncle Jason on his iPhone.



Monday, we headed over to visit Grandma Alice at her new home. The boys really enjoyed checking out the new place. Jack had fun exploring all the nook and crannies and trying on the old hats and gloves.




Now we're enjoying just spending some time at home playing. We'll be heading over to Grandma Christy's tonight for dinner and then the next couple of days we have some fun day trips planned -- The Pacific Science Center and The Seattle Aquarium.

Hope to post pictures again on Friday when we have a quiet day.

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Megan said…
Yay! I found your blog :)
Gwyneth and I had so much fun at our playdate! I haven't posted my pictures yet, but I will soon: megansplaceinthesun.blogspot.com

Hope to see you all again soon!
February 2, 2010 at 6:16 AM
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