Happy Birthday Ethan

Three years ago Scott, my parents and I were at the hospital waiting, waiting and waiting for my scheduled c-section.  After nearly 7 hours of getting pushed back later and later and later Ethan was born 5 pounds 6 ounces and 18 inches long.  We kenw our lives were changing, but like all new parents, we had no idea just how much things would change.  He was a tiny little thing who immediately took control of our lives, our house, and our hearts.

Here is a little of what Scott wrote in his first blog post after Ethan was born...

"The delivery was amazing and I cannot do it justice in words so I won't try. Ethan was born and came out kicking and screaming for the first 20min or so. The nurses took him away for their assessments along with the standard weights and measures. We'll post all the vital statistics in the future. After that, they let me be the first to hold him and while I wanted to be able to pass him onto Megan, it was such a trill to be able to hold my son and meet him for the first time."

You can read the full post here.

When he was almost one I started a tradition of taking fall photos with our pumpkins in our backyard every October...

At nearly two he would not hold still long enough to pose with the pumpkin

This year he thought it was really funny to eat grass...

...until he couldn't get it out of his mouth!

We had a birthday party for him on Saturday and his Great Grandma Pearl made him a Thomas cake.  He loved it!

He claimed two pieces as his own...and he ate both!

He was very happy with all of his gifts.  When the window is open he loves to line up all of his trains to play.

He was a happy camper after dad got his new train table put together...too busy to look at the camera!

This morning I asked him what he wanted to eat for breakfast on his birthday and he replied, "A piece of cake and a fork!"  I replied, "A piece of cake?"  Then he shook his finger at me and said, "And a fork!"  If you look closely you can see he had a guest for breakfast...Buzz Lightyear!

Happy Birthday baby boy!  I can't believe how quickly 3 years has gone by.  We love you!