Ethan Spending The Night At Nannys House

Mommy substituted again today so Ethan spent the day with Nanny, Papa, and Aunt Trisha. Ethan also spent the night over there and had fun taking very cute pictures with his Aunt Trisha!!!

A Very Long Day

Last year I had the great idea to start substitute teaching in District 1. I really really enjoy it, though it stinks having to get up so early to drive from Spartanburg to Nannys house in Campobello and then where ever the school is. This week I am subbing Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for the strings teacher at Landrum Middle, Landrum High, and Campobello Grahmling. The schedule is weird, but good- Bus duty at Landrum Middle from 715-730 then class there until 955, then a break until 1145, then class at Campobello Grahmling until 1225 then a break until 145 then a class at Landrum High until 315. So in between classes I was able to go to Nannys house, eat, visit Ethan, and of course catch some cat naps!! I have subbed for strings before and the students seem to like me pretty well. The day was good except 2 of the 6th graders had a miscommunication and ended up breaking the bridge off of a cello. I am not musically gifted, but I am smart enough to know that this was not good!!! After calling the teacher I was relieved to find out that the cello belonged to the school and not another student.

After my first day of work for this semester of the school year, I had to bring Ethan to the doctor. He has been getting up in the middle of the night, has been excessively cranky, and has barely eaten. So after 2 hours at Pediatric Associates (but I am not complaining b/c they had an opening at 530!) Ethan is back on his Zantac for his acid reflux and has to have motrin at night and tylenol during the day b/c he is getting his 2 year molars. I was happy that he didnt have strep throat (his throat was red) or the flu (he was exposed this past weekend) or an ear infection (the story of our lives!!) Hopefully he will feel better! He now weighs 28.7 pounds, after we struggled to get him to get on the scale. Ethan cried the entire time we were at the doctors and frequently said "go mommy" so we'd leave. He even told Dr. McCloud "bye gurl" when she walked in the room. Bless his baby heart!!

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Ethans 2nd Birthday Party

Ethan's 2nd birthday party was held at home at 1pm today. All of Ethan's family and friends came to celebrate this special day with us. Mommy rushed around early Saturday morning doing last minute things while Daddy rushed around finishing the yard work. Ethan followed Mommy and Daddy around. Mommy even had to call Nanny to come early to help watch Ethan so things could get finished. The party was held outside, and the weather was beautiful, sunny, and warm. Ethan received many presents and had an absolute blast. It really was a great day!

Ethans 2nd Birthday

This year Ethans 2nd birthday fell on a Friday so Jeremy and I decided to take him to Mr. Gattis to eat pizza and play. Ethan was not so interested in the pizza-which is his favorite food-as soon as he saw the gameroom. He had so much fun playing!!! At 2 years old he amazes me every day with things he can do. He can sing his entire alphabet, can count to 10, only needs to be shown how to do something once, is hard core potty training, wearing pullups, knows his basic colors, loves to wake up in the morning and turn the tv on-whether or not anyone else is awake, plays well with others, recognizes faces, speaks basic sentences, can undress himself and is working on learning to dress himself. He surprises me at least once a day with something funny or quirky and is a parrot, copying every single word he hears. He absolutely loves to watch tv, mostly PBS and Disney shows and especially loves Super Why, Word World, Curious George, Tigger and Pooh, Clifford, and anything with dogs. Happy Birthday To My Baby!!

A Perfect Day

Today Ethan and I went to my parents house and spent the day with the family. Ethan just loves going to see "Alllll" and "Shisha" and "Papa" and "Raura." He seemed to have alot of fun running around and even got to play outside for a little while. After playing we went home and I cooked dinner for all of us! Very exciting, no one died from food poisoning!!!! Then Jeremys mom and John Crawford came over to visit. Ethan did not like sharing his toys with his cousin. He screamed repeatedly in his face and grabbed any toy John touched. After they left Jeremy and I took Ethan outside and played ball in the yard with him for what felt like forever. Of course Ethan also wanted to play with his bubble mower! Then it was bathtime and eventually bedtime. It was the perfect family day for us! Oh yeah, we even made a playdate with Katie and Courtney for next week!!!! Sorry I have no pictures, I forgot I was blogging again!!! ;-)

Finally-An Update!!!!!

So a couple of months have passed by since my last update. I apparently am not real good at the blogging thing!!! I cant even remember what all has happened since my last update but here goes my best try (ps things will not be in order!!!)

My most tragic and heartbreaking news is my best friend since I was 14, Missy, left in early June to go to boot camp in Missouri. I miss her so terribly much, way more than I had anticipated. Sometimes I cant even talk about her without getting teary eyed or choking on my words. I have cried numerous times since she has left-sometimes woken up from a dead sleep to do it. I really do feel lost.......Here is a pic of all of us right before she left:

Another thing that has happened is I moved back in with Jeremy officially. Things have been really great-I am even learning how to cook dinner so we can be "normal!" Ethan loves when he comes home from work and can be heard screaming "Daaaaad" the minute he hears the door open. Here is Ethan helping his Daaaad cut the grass and hanging on his back at Dennys:

Jeremy and I took Ethan to the beach for the first time. He absolutely loved the water and was in the ocean laughing immediately. He also enjoyed the pool. We let him run up and down the beach til his little hearts content. He stopped at most of the blondes and waved and flirted. He was so so super cute in this unfamiliar environment. Definately have to plan another trip!!!

One of the coolest things I have done was go to Tennessee with Trisha for the CMA music festival. I am so in love with Nashville. It is a gorgeous amazing place with the friendliest people. We saw the best concerts ever-Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Josh Gracin, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, etc., just to name a few. It was extremely fun and I can not wait to go back next year!!

Okay I think those are the high points. Other things have happened some I have pics for, others I dont-Trisha graduated high school, Ethan got staff infection, I joined the gym and got a personal trainer (been doing good going too!!!), Ethan got sick and had almost a 103 fever which turned into a ruptured ear drum (the pic with barney is when he was sick), Ethan completed water babies and has finally gotten used to taking a bath, we continue to go to the library, and of course have play dates with Xander, Aries, Carson, Ella, and Joshua. We also went to the lake for the 4th of July then went to Greenville with everyone to watch fireworks. Summer has just been fun for us-Chuck E. Cheese, playdates, playing at Grandmas and James's house. Maybe my next post wont be so jumbled and late!!!!

One last thing..............I AM GOING TO SEE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK IN OCTOBER!!!!! EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!