Merry Christmas, One and All!

Scroooge!

What's all the humbug about Chrstmas?

"Sure, who wouldn't like to pull ornaments off the tree...It's a kick in the dirty diaper!"

I love Christmas!










I especially like picking on the little guys, They are push overs...see




Who are you calling a Grinch? Was it these PJ's that gave it away?


Ok. one lousy smile for the Christmas Blog, sheeze, are we done here?

I have 2 feet to tap, tap, tap!

Yes...

I doof like dowdered fonuts...fhy doof oou afk?

My 3 best words!

Ah yes, every parent looks forward to their baby's first's. The first time he rolls over, his first steps, his first words. What a joy to watch them grow and change along the way. Ethan has mastered three words to date. He can say several things, but there are 3 words that he says all the time. We know what they are and we know what they mean, and Ethan uses them correctly. Now, like any Father, I had a dream that baby's first words would be DaDa or MaMa and that these would be the words he mastered first. Well, no such luck. Like any boy, Ethan loves to eat. Proof being that he weighs 33 pounds at 16 months. His best words have to do with food. The first is asking for it.




I must admit he is polite and says "pees" (please)

The second word he's mastered is also about food. Being gateful for it.




Such a good little boy, He's very good about saying "tank chu" (Thank-you)


And yes, the third also has to do with food. The end of the entire process:




Yes, "caca" the spanish word for poop. He often hears it during the routine diaper change. I'm so proud of my little guy. And how about that facial expression at the end? Does that say CaCa or what?

Does my boy say "DaDa"? NO... he says "CaCa"!

Well that's crap I say. Time for some remedial learning!


"Ethan, Ethan! Come here right now"

"Now say DaDa..."

"No not CaCa.... DaDa"


This is gonna take a while, I'll get back with ya...

Come laugh with me!

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh. ~Raymond Hitchcock

The Idaho Farmer!

Howdy! It's not easy being a farmer in the Great State of Idaho. In case you didn't know...where I live...it's known as the 'potato state'. Farmer's in Idaho are expected to produce the best potato's in the nation. They made us stop producing those Dan Quayle potatoe's because people didn't like corns with their potatoes. Me! I'm just a hard working farmer who gets up at the crack of dawn, and works hard all day. It ain't easy trudging out in the brisk morning chill to feed the chickens and break the ice off the top of the stock tank. I do it though, everyday, without fail... 'cause my animals depend on me!



I got the hay all stacked and ready for the snow to fly. I hope the upcomin' winter provides us with the moisture we will need, come summer time that is.




I reckon I'll fire up the John Deere and get some plowin done before the early evening sun disappears into the west. The days are just getting too short for me to accomplish all that needs to be done in a day. Do you hear that sound? Putt, Putt, Putt... that's me old John Deere. It's ready to go bust some clods! Watch out you clods, I'm comin' to bust you up!



Well, Good night folks, I sure hope my Giants make it to the World Series this year. Eat a baked potato tonight, Me and the little women could use your support! Ain't that right LuLu?

Eh, yaah, a 'course I can go down the steps!

Let me touch your nose!

Grace in Color Guard

Any Robert Palmer video's come to mind?

Grace is bottom left

Eh, yaah...a 'course I can climb stairs!

Now I just have to learn how to get 'down' the stairs!!

More walking

Eh, Yaah...a'course I can walk!

Crazy boy

Learning to walk...with my new walker

The ONEder Year!

Well, we start a new chapter as the boy has officially turned ONE. Not exactly sure where that will take us 'Blog' wise. I guess we'll find out. Time is not on my side these days, and post's seem to be few and far between. We will do our best in spite of the obstacles. Here is a clip of Ethan and his 1 year cake. He was tired and we could not get him interested in the cake or the presents.

Happy 1st Birthday

Well, today is the day!

Ethan turns one today! Thanks for sharing this first year with us by stopping in to view the Blog from time to time. We look forward to seeing what antics Ethan will pull this coming year.



Today I am one.
One who is loved.
One who makes you smile.
I'm the one you wuv!

Today I am one.
The one my family cares for.
The one who makes you laugh,
The one who makes you poor$

Today I am one.
"I one some more juice!"
"I one to be held!"
The one whose stools are loose!!!

Today I am one.
I make one mess after another.
I crawl from one "no" to another
First one mess, then...oops...there's another!

Today I am one.
The one who gets in trouble,
The one, who in a wink of time...
Can turn one room to rubble!

Today I am one.
Yes, today I'll blow one out.
And open one for sure.
Cuz today, I'm one-no doubt!

Today I am one!
Today I am young!
Today I am loved!
Today I have won!

I'm gonna have 'one' good time today!

Motion Pictures

I had a request to see some video of Ethan crawling and standing up. So here is a couple of recent clips.

Here's the magic carpet ride



Standing by dishwasher...waiting for bottles to get done...




Crawling...check out the Ethan spin move mid video

Happy Father's Day

Here is Dr Suess (Ethan) saying "Dad" on Father's Day! Well not really but let's pretend!


A man of many words...just like his Dad!

11 months old!

Happy Day Little Man! Sorry I've not had time to post any photo's.

Bring on the Birthday cake!

Freedom!

The following is a copy of a speech given by Ethan G. at the Tele Tubbies Commencement Ceremony in San Diego, California on May 19th, 2009.

"Greetings, Fellow Ameribabies!

I stand before you today, a free man!



A man who can come and go at his own leisure. The time was not long past, that I found myself bound by the infirmities of my infancy. It was as if, I was shackled to the floor, a prisoner in my own home. For too long I have been punished for petty crimes like whineeness and irratability. But no more my friends...no more!

During the many months of my captivity,



I longed to be free of my confines. The bars that restrained me, and the weakness within my own frail limbs...ultimately, have only made me stronger and more determined. I then knew that I could no longer hide behind a veil of secrecy!



I, like you, needed to be free!

I could no longer live in constant fear! The threat of being sent to 'the chair'...



no longer manipulates my every thought...for I AM A FREE man!

I would like to recognize, and thank, my few trusted friends on the inside. For surely without them, I would have never survived. From left to right, a heartfelt thank-you to:



Fritz, Whitie, Jack, Bear, and Flatfoot! Thank you guys!

I would be 'lion'



if I said I did not want to throw my new found freedom in the face of my captors. But I'm way too cool to stoop to such measures.



Thankfully, now I can roam the expanse of my world...create havoc...and flee the scene before anyone is the wiser!



I can reach out and touch things I could have never reached before.

It's all because of FREEDOM! I love that word!

Would you like to be free like ME? It's easy! Just learn to crawl!


It is totally awesome Dude!!!!

You can get into all kinds of stuff!




Doh!

On the brink...

Ethan is on the brink of crawling...

I sit here on the brink of crawling,
But instead, I think, I'll just start bawling.
Teetering here...on hands and knees,
Oops...I think I just went pee.

My parents watch & clap their hands,
Not sure if I'll next land or stand.
But either way, I'm moving on...
And one day soon -- I'll just be gone.



I can roll...and I can twist,
And Mommy says: 'I must be kissed'!
Yes, I'm changing very fast...
And any stage...will not long last!

So off I go...to crawl away,
In one place, I'll not long stay.
So if you want...just sit and gawk,
For one day soon...I'll start to walk!

Ethan Impressions:

The Amazing Kreskin: I'm sensing a...


Budda:
Nice Tummy!


Josh Groban: You raise me up....


Howie Mandell:Deal...or no deal?


The Great Bugs Bunny: Ehhh...What's up doc?

And just for fun...

How sad is that?

Had surgery on chin last week. Has to get stitches out today. And Mama has to work.