Baby Blue

10 months

10 months today!

As you can tell, these pictures are getting harder and harder to take. Especially when you are doing it by yourself.

Our little boy is 10 month's old! He weighs about 22.5 lbs and is 30.5 inches long. He is so close to walking it's scary. I'm sure he'll be there before he's 11 months. He's such a funny little guy. Always happy and laughing. I love it! He thinks his daddy is the funniest guy around. He's still doing very well at his school and we are happy with them and how much they love him. Ethan is so much fun to be with and we are so lucky to have such an adorable, loving, healthy little boy.

Happy New Year's!

Daddy in his usual spot
Ethan watching his first fireworks

Getting ready to go outside!

Mmmm... yummy yogurt


We spent New Year's Eve at my parents' house in Katy with Alex, Shane, Butch and my parents. It was a lot of fun. Ethan got to see fireworks for the first time and after he went to bed we all sat around and played Mexican Train dominoes. We really enjoy getting to spend to spend time with family and were happy to be with my parents on thier 30 year wedding anniversary (it's New Year's Day). Happy 2010 everyone!

Ethan's First Christmas

Granny, Ethan, and PoPo
Cousins Trey and Jordan

Ethan on his new Harley

Merry Christmas!

Momma and Ethan

Daddy and Ethan on Christmas morning

Nana

Ethan with Santa... he wasn't too sure about him.

We had so much fun this Christmas! Ethan got to sit on Santa's lap at the Christmas party that his school had. He got a present from Santa and loved seeing all of the kids running around playing. We went to my parent's house for Christmas Eve and spent time with family and friends and then had our first Christmas morning at home. It was so nice waking up and having breakfast and opening presents just the 3 of us. Then we went to Allen's parent's house and watched all of the kids open presents. Alex was with Shane's family so we waited until Monday night to have Christmas with the Kievit's. I think Ethan loves all of his new toys, but he's really going to like it next year. He was mostly focused on the paper and boxes this year. Allen and I are just so happy to have a healthy baby boy! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

9 Months Old

Ethan is 9 months old now! It's amazing how fast these past months have gone by. He is getting so big and funny, I love it! He is still crawling around everywhere and pulling himself up on anything that he can. He has started "cruising" around the couch and ottoman. He's doing really well at his day care and is sleeping about 10.5 to 11 hours at night. On his 9 month birthday we took him to get his hair cut. We went to see Allen's hair dresser Jonathan at his house in Clearlake. It is a gorgeous house and they have a big beautiful boat that we got to go play on. They made breakfast for us and then Ethan got a professional haircut. He looked so cute. I took him to the doctor this week for his 9 month checkup and of course he got sick the night before. So it was perfect timing to see the doctor, but I also was upset that he was sick. He's got a ton of medicine and he's finally starting to feel better. He weighed 21 lbs 6 oz (95%) and was 29 3/4 inches long (75%). His head is still in the 50% range. Overall (minus the upper respiratory infection), he was very healthy and the doctor was happy with his progress. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Nine Months Old Today

My very first haircut!

Jonathan giving me my "quick" haircut

Check out my professional hair-do

Baby Korbyn

Danny (my brother) and his wife Deanna had my baby nephew Korbyn Daniel Kievit on October 16th at 2:47am. He was 6lbs 3oz and 19 inches long. We went to Dallas last weekend to visit the family and to see Alex. We had lots of fun! Ethan is bigger now so he can play a lot more with Kaya. They were so cute! And so was Korbyn. He is still smaller than Ethan was at birth and he was 4.5 weeks old. He is just so small and cuddly. I love him so much already and I can't wait until all of these cousins get old enough to chase each other around and swim in Nana's pool . Next it will be Alex's turn to have a little one. She just recently got engaged to her boyfriend Shane and we couldn't be happier for them. He is such a great guy and so much fun to be around. He will fit in perfectly with our family and it is clear that he loves Alex and will always be there for her. We are all so lucky and thankful to have such a wonderful, big family.

Daniel and Korbyn (he totally has his lips)

Aunt Alex and Korbyn

Hugs!

Kaya and Ethan

Alex and Shane

Uncle Shane and Ethan