Ethan's Birthday Party

We celebrated Ethan's birthday last weekend with a party with his friends at The Little Bear's Playground (an indoor play area designed for special needs kids) and everyone had a blast! It was fun to get together with everyone and just let the kids burn off some energy.

Ethan has been walking a lot more lately and this place is perfect for him to hone his skills. It's amazing to see the progress he's been making. And even Wyatt has been growing up by leaps and bounds. He won't be far behind Ethan in his walking (and then life will get much better for Mommy!).

There is so much to do here - it's perfect for kids of all ages!

Here, Ethan just stood up and walked across the room.

Here is a group shot of some of Ethan's friends and family that came to celebrate with us.

Big loves for Mommy!

We had such a busy day on Saturday that we left the gift opening for Sunday afternoon. And this year Ethan fully understood what was going on and had so much fun opening all his gifts.

Thank goodness for the iMac. We were able to share the afternoon with Nana and Granddad - the closest we could get to celebrating birthday's with Ethan and Granddad.

Unfortunately, right after the celebrations, Jason and I came down with a 24 hours stomach bug. Luckily we didn't have it at the same time (Jason was Sunday and I was Monday) but it knocked us both out while we had it. I've been trying to play catch up ever since and still feel like I haven't gotten there yet...

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