Happy Holidays!

Here are a few highlights from our busy Christmas tour of 2008!

All worn out after the Pearl Christmas party in New Albany.

Opening gifts from Santa at home!

Four generation of Lawrances!

Ethans newest cousin on the Lawrance side....Lewis Mandel.

Ready to open gifts at Grandma and Grandpa Pearl's house!

Left to right: Megan, Ethan, Scott, Brandon, Logan, Ryan, Amanda

Ethan had more fun watching his cousin Logan open his gifts than he had opening his own!

An armed nap! Scott fell asleep with his Nerf bow and arrow to protect himself from the little boys running around with Nerf guns!

Say Cheese!

Ethan's "cheesey" face....

All grown up!

Ethan had his one year check-up a couple weeks ago. He weighed in at a heafty 21 pounds and 4 ounces and he is 27 3/4 inches long. He is now in the 25th percentile for weight and about the 5th for his length. Still, he has come a long way from when he wasn't even on the charts one year ago! Remember this pic of our little guy lying on the couch? He weighed less than 5 pounds at the time and wasn't much bigger than the remote!

Here is our big boy these days! He won't hold still long enough for us to take a picture of him lying on the couch and as you can see (barely in his right hand) he loves to play with the remote! This picture was taken after we got home from the doctor. They pricked his finger to check his iron levels and then wrapped his hand up like a little boxer to keep it from bleeding everywhere. He didn't like the prick one bit, but after we were home he couldn't have cared less about the bandage!

Spit Wash!

I guess my tupperware is not clean enough. Ethan decided some items need a spit wash!

New Pictures

New pictures are posted under the photos link! They are in the November and December albums. Enjoy!

Ready for Winter!

He found the cabinet!

Ethan's now found the cabinet where we keep all the plastic containers and boy did he love playing with them!

Boy's Day Out

Today Megan and Kristy had a girl's day so Ethan, Uncle Ken, and I all went to the Butler basketball game this afternoon. Everyone loved Ethan in his Butler hat. He did great overall but it took the first half for him to warm up to his surroundings. We sat with my Uncle Mark and cousin Joe for another Butler victory...we beat IUSB 87-32.

After the game, we were able to go out onto the floor (as is tradition for all the little kids at Hinkle) and play a little...

Ethan even got in his first steps on the basketball floor...Hopefully with any luck we'll be watching him play there someday as a Butler Bulldog!

Newest Bedtime Trick!

We found Ethan the other morning standing in his crib and jumping up and down. Just a few steps away from his dad's infamous record.

Party Time!!!!

Today is Ethan's First Birthday! Right about now (6:35pm) one year ago they were just beginning the c-section and Ethan would make his entrance into the world in about 19 minutes!

We had a house full of people today to celebrate with us. Everyone had a great time, including Ethan. He really enjoyed his first cake as well as the presents. He has not had much time to play with them yet because right after everyone left he went down for a nap and slept for a little over two hours! Below are a few pics, but more are posted under the Photos link. Enjoy!

This is Ethan with his SIX Great Grandparents!

On the Move!

Ethan is on the move! He cruises around in his walker...

Walks along all of the furniture...

And pushes his toys! He will be walking before we know it!

Ethan's First Birthday Gift!

Ethan will be 1-year-old in one week! Last weekend, his Grandma and Grandpa Lawrance stopped by on their way to Flordia and he got to unwrap his first gift. Needless to say, he enjoyed the whole experience. He enjoyed tearing the paper and he loves the gift, too!

Like any typical kid, he loves to play with the box!

Ethan's First Halloween

Yesterday was Ethan's last first holiday! I can't believe he will be 1 year old in 2 weeks! Since it was his first Halloween he had to dress up...we even went trick-or-treating to one house!

Ethan the Handyman

11mo height and weight checks

Last night while mom was at work, I decided to unofficially check Ethan's stats for height and weight. Although they're probably not perfect - I got 22 pounds and 29 inches! He is getting so big and really at this point has more than caught up with his peers. You'd never at this point know how little he was at the start.

I've been keeping track of his progress on this website and it's really neat (I think!) to see how both his weight and height have progressed since he was born. The first chart is his weight and the bottom chart is his height.

Weight

Height

Fall!!!

Ethan and I had a fall photo shoot in the backyard today and the pictures are fantastic! Below is a preview but there are more posted on under the photos link. See if you can pick a favorite...I sure can't! What a cutie!

On the Move!

Ethan is crawling! Well, army crawling at least. This video was taken last week. This week he is working on his speed...the word "No!" makes him crawl faster!

Ethan's First Bike Ride

Ethan went for his first bike ride yesterday...although he is not sure what to think about it yet. He could not decide what to think about the big, heavy thing we put on his head!

Vacation!

We are back from a great week long trip! We left on Saturday evening and drove through the night to get to Myrtle Beach and stayed there for 5 nights. Ethan loved the beach and the pool. He is definetly a water baby!

While at Myrtle Beach we visited the Ripley's Aquarium. Scott and I called it our scuba trip! My favorite part was their "Ray Bay." They have a large tank of all different types of rays and a few small sharks that is attached to a shallow touch pool where you are allowed to pet any of the rays that come close enough. I said the chant Kristy and I were taught by Carlos in Belize..."Eagle ray, eagle ray, eagle ray," and it worked! I got to pet an eagle ray several times as it swam by. (I would have included the second part of the chant, "Turtle, turtle, turtle," but seeing as that there were no turtles in the tank I did not think it would work very well.)

On our way home we stayed one night in Cherokee, North Carolina and then spent a little bit of time in the Smokey National Park.

More pictures are posted under the photos link with more to come!

New Pictures

New pictures are posted under the photos link! Enjoy!

Ethan's New Trick

Check out Ethan's new trick! He is so proud of himself!

Nine and a half months old!

We finally went for Ethan's 9 month appointment this week and he weighed in at a heafty 20 pounds 1 ounce and 27.5 inches long! He now falls in the 25th-50th percentile on his weight. It's hard to believe this is the same baby from 9 months ago. Everyone used to comment on how little he was and now they say, "What a big boy!"

Obviously, we don't miss too many meals!

More of Ethans thoughts....

Ethan Shares his Thoughts

Ethan was very talkative last night!

Ethan's New Ride

Ethan acquired a new ride yesterday...his daddy! As you can see, they both love it!

New Photos

New pics are posted under the photos link in the July/August folder!

Playtime!

We got together with Mason and his mommy, Lindsay, for lunch and some play time this week. The boys are very interested in eachother but they are just not sure what to do!