Ethan is 2 Years Old!
At exactly the time this blog post is published at 10:16 AM, 2 years ago your were born! On 10/16 at 10:16 we found out for the 2nd time “it’s a boy!” and we’ve been head over heels ever since! This is...
View ArticleEthan’s Curious George Birthday Party
It was an absolute no-brainer that the theme for Ethan’s 2nd birthday was going to be a Curious George birthday party. He loves that little monkey so very much and I had some really fun ideas that I...
View ArticleEthan is 2.5 Years Old!
I am a bit late with this update, because his half birthday is on April 16, but I’m glad I waited because I got some wonderful pictures of Ethan and I need to update my picture frames! Ethan has not...
View ArticlePotty Training When They’re (Mostly) Ready
I fully admit that when I potty trained my first born at 2 years and 3 months old, I was convinced that because I could do it with a young boy, other moms of young boys could do it too. If they...
View ArticleSudden Lack of Coping Skills
When Ethan started playschool this year he was overjoyed. We had gone the last 2 years of Braden’s playschool life dropping him off and picking him up, and Ethan got to know what playschool was all...
View ArticleEthan is 3 Years Old!
…and he has been for almost 4 weeks! I wanted to take some new photos of Ethan, but I’m still in love with the portraits I got when he turned 2.5, so I’m cutting myself some slack and just finally...
View ArticleA Lesson on Being Slow to Anger
Do you ever have those moments as a parent (I do more than I’d like to admit) where it seems the only time your kids will listen to you is when you YELL at them? Sadly enough, sometimes it seems that’s...
View ArticleEasing Our 3 Year Old Out of Thumb-Sucking
Ethan has loved his right thumb since he was a newborn. Within days he found his thumb and it has always been his source of comfort and he never took a pacifier — or used me as one. He could...
View ArticleEthan is 3.5 Years Old!
I cannot believe how much this little boy is turning into a little boy! He’s getting taller and stretching out and his language skills are incredible and his personality is just shining through. Isn’t...
View ArticleEthan is 4 Years Old!
He continues to grow like crazy, definitely at a much faster rate than his older brother, and he’s always had a more solid build. We call him “The Grub”, because this summer he looks a lot like this...
View ArticlePreparing Your Child for a Tonsillectomy
For pretty much as long as I can remember, Ethan has had massively huge tonsils. He was so sick on Thanksgiving when he was 2 that he slept all night and all day, only to wake up to puke. Luckily he...
View ArticleEthan is 4.5 Years Old!
Another half a year older and he has grown so much. He continues to be a more solid/thick kid than his older brother and is catching up in weight and size of clothes, but Braden definitely has height...
View ArticleEthan’s First Month of Kindergarten
Sorry, my sweet Ethan, you didn’t get a “first day of kindergarten” post like Braden, you get a first MONTH of kindergarten because that’s about the pace I’m working at these days! I was slightly...
View ArticleEthan is 5 Years Old!
I’m really not one to get sad about our kids getting older. When you see someone lose a child, even when you didn’t know them or their child, it really puts things into perspective (for me) and makes...
View ArticlePediatric Migraines & Chiropractic | Does It Really Help?
I had never really given much thought into chiropractic care until I had headaches in my early 20s that would not go away with over-the-counter medication, but weren’t as bad as migraines requiring...
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