It's Ethan time!!

Ethan has been doing some funny things lately so I'd thought I'd post them so I could remember them in the future. Two weeks ago I was in Moses Lake helping out with sports photos and my aunt Angie babysat the kids for me. It was Ali's birthday and we had gotten tons of pictures of her, but Ethan wouldn't look at the camera for the world. So I was shocked when I came home and Angie showed me this cute picture that he posed for for her. She took it with her iPhone. She told him to say "cheese" and he did and held it for her!! Isn't he just a cutie? And yes you can see little Ali in the background clutching her bear.
* While I was there one night I was taking Ethan to bed and told him to tell my parents "love you" and he totally said it. Of course it sounded a lot like "wub you", but hey it's a start!! I was so excited I kept making him say it over and over. Than I realized I probably shouldn't or else he'll get burned out from it and not want to say it for me much more.

* That following week I had set my alarm for 5AM so I could get up and do some work on the computer before the kids woke up. Well my alarm went off and immediately Ethan's eyes came open so I just laid there and tried to pretend like I went back to bed. Well I was peeking a little and he started to pull the covers over his face a little and then he popped out and said "BOO". It was too cute I couldn't stop laughing. I mean at 5AM there isn't anything like your little kid being hilarious when you're dead exhausted. Roger rolled over and said "honey it's early and I need sleep". Since I couldn't stop laughing Ethan said, "boo" and few more times pulling the blanket up and down each time and then I quickly got him back to sleep.

* He has been saying a lot more words. Some of my family members said it was normal for one of their boys to not talk until they were closer to three so I was beginning to accept it until my dad got his new job and he does a lot of well child checks and said Ethan should be saying atleast 30 words by now. Well he attempts 30 words but can't quite finish the ends of all words. The past couple weeks however he has been trying to say almost everything!! I love it!! And I've been trying to teach him colors so he's been saying those as well. I love when he says "lellow" for yellow. It's so cute!!

* Ethan has been so attached to me. You would think that I leave him all the time or something, but no I'm with him too much perhaps!! I don't think we'll ever be able to leave him alone in nursery. It's really hard because Roger and I really want to be able to stay in class and listen, but either one of us is either in there with Ethan or out in the hall with our on-the-go Ali.

* He loves the movie Wall-E now. It's so cute because he says Wall-E all robotic like Wall-E says it in the movie. We didn't know he knew how to do it until we were in Costco one day and walked by a TV that was playing it and he said it and Roger and I just busted up laughing. I guess my cousin Karissa taught him how to say it that way. Too funny.

* For some reason he's been fighting bath time the last couples weeks. He used to love it before so I'm not sure what his deal is. I almost wonder if it's because Ali hogs the faucet the whole time and that's where he used to play.

* He hit mom's nose with the hamper the other night and she has a bruise from it. I feel so bad for her. He's crazy though!! Such a boy! He also likes to call her "mom" for some reason!!

* He hates when things get on his hands such as food, play dough, etc that don't come off just by clapping them together so he's constantly holding his hands out sayings "hands" so I can wipe them for him.

I love this crazy little guy...and I can't get enough of him...I think I need another boy....:)

New Photography Site...

My mom and I have been working on getting up her new website...and we finally finished...well almost..I still have to add a part in about Mar Edits and Designs, but we are up and running for Julie Waites Photography and that is what matters the most. You can check it out at juliewaitesphotography.com My mom is an amazing photographer and if you know of anyone in the area that needs some done please don't be afraid to shout out her name!!!

*If you are having problems loading the website either there is an ActiveX download bar in yellow at the top of the page you need to allow or you need to download the flash player, but other than that the website should work on your computer. It might take a second to load because there are a lot of pictures on there for the computer to read.

Aliana's Birthday Party

Sunday we celebrated Ali's birthday. My parents, my grandparents, and my sister came up from Moses Lake. I made chicken enchiladas for lunch and might I add that they turned out delicious!! Aliana opened presents first. We had to wake her up from her nap so her hair is a little crazy in these pictures but she was so excited!!
Ethan couldn't help but help!!

My mom got her a couple dresses and she was so excited!!

She also got her a Belle doll.

She's getting so big!

This was her first reaction when she saw the cake!

My mom ordered a German chocolate cake and a little cake for Ali at Griffin's Bakery in Moses Lake. As you can see Ethan got to it and poked at the bottom layer and the frosting started to melt so the flowers were sliding down, but it still tasted good!

She's interested in that candle. We let Ethan blow it out for her.

At first she wasn't too sure about just diving in.....

And then she was looking around to see if everyone was watching...

And dove in...of course Ethan was upset it wasn't his so we had to let him get up and help!

That green frosting was everywhere!!

I told Ethan to say "cheese" and got this!!

But then I caught this as well!!

Wow look at that face full of cake!

Both of them stuffing their faces at the same time!

What E?

Sneaky Sneaky...trying to take it when she's not looking..

Can you tell that the men are watching the football game in the background? For some reason they weren't into watching Ali and Ethan demolish the cake!! Grandma and Poppy gave her some money to get a gift and we're still looking forward to getting her something...I was thinking about some more 14 kt. gold earrings...one fell out and we can't find it anywhere!!

Sorry if this was a picture overload but it was so hard for me to narrow it down from all the others I had!! These two make me smile all day...well almost all day! :)

He got accepted!!

Man I'm so happy there was a good outcome!! Yesterday after Roger's interview he wasn't feeling good about it at all because as soon as they asked if he was going to school as well as trying to take this course he said it's like the interview went in a completely different direction. She started telling him he should look into other places to take the course because it was really hard to go to school and do the course because of the time changes once they switch to their clinical work schedule and that he would need to be completely committed and that others in the past have tried it and it hasn't worked. So he came out totally bummed and thought for sure he didn't get in. (One secret I do know about my husband is that he always predicts the worst so then if it comes out bad it's not as bad to deal with, but outcomes almost always come out in his favor. Especially lately!!) We celebrated anyways and went to Olive Garden cause we figured maybe it just wasn't meant to be and dang it's been a long time since we went out!!

Well today about 3:45PM he gets a call and they say, "We're really excited for you, because you got in to the Phlebotomy course!!" Man was he so relieved!! I told him it was just an answer to my prayers!! So Monday he has to go fill out some more paper work for financial aid and he'll start the course on February 16th!! Wahooooo!!! Good Job BABE!!

Roger has an interview...

This fall we found out about the Phlebotomy course you can take through one of the community colleges here in Spokane so we checked into it for Roger so that he could have a good opportunity working in the medical field before he applies to PA school after this year. It is only offered twice a year and they have anywhere from 75-100 people sign up for the orientation. From those people they only have spots for 20 so he went to the orientation two weeks ago and today he got a call from them telling him he has an interview tomorrow to see if he gets in. While he was at the orientation they had him fill out an application and it asked him a lot of questions about himself and how he has come to be a hard worker. He said he wrote down the most important things he has learned from working at many different places and while serving his mission in Texas. He feels that what he wrote is what got him an interview, because he thought that a lot of people asked random weird questions not even pertaining to the course while at the orientation so it didn't seem like they were all too interested in what the course had in store for them. This week has been a good one for him and I'm hoping he gets accepted. If he gets in he will start the course the second full week of February and the first four weeks are intense with 4 hour classes M-Th from 5-9pm. On top of this course he is taking a full load with two government classes for his major and the second quarter of A&P. He is an extremely hard worker and puts a lot of work into providing for this family. I'm so proud of him....I love you Rog. Keep up the hard work!!

Basketball Pictures

Last week my mom and I did the boys basketball and girls basketball for Moses Lake High School. Kaitlin is on the girls varsity team and so we took the kids with us in the stroller since we didn't have a sitter. They did so good for all of the girls' teams except for the varsity which worked out fine because the girls loved the kids. Ali walked over to Kaitlin while she was getting her individual take and my mom capture this. Doesn't Ali look so small compared to Kait? That's my little girl!!

Happy Birthday...

to Aliana!! Yes she is a year old and I am having a hard time believing it. This year has gone by too fast. The following still images were taken today by my mom in five minutes while I worked on our new website that will soon be completed so stay tuned. We wanted to capture her on her special day and I finally figured out that she can have back side pigtails. I have done them in the front and even a little braid, but never in the back. She looks so grown up. I can't believe my BABY is one!!! You can tell by these pictures that she is one busy girl. She went from the living room to the window, from the window to the stairs, from the stairs to the couch, from the couch to the window again, and then to play with blaze. I love her beautiful smile!!!

Sorry that the video quality is so low. If you want to see the high quality version you can go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLSWmBwYpT4&feature=channel_page and underneath the video click on watch in high quality. Some of the pictures cut off on the side too, but I can't change it...