1st Birthday, Mother's Day and more!!

Ethan's birthday did not go as planned, but everything ended up working out anyway!
The day before Jason was suppose to be off, well he got scheduled last minute (read the day before) to work that day which put me in a tizzy trying to do all the preparation alone, bake 100 cupcakes, make cakeballs without anyone to help watch Ethan.



So early in the morning I go at it, the cupcakes needed to cool before I could ice and decorate them, did I mention I had a baby shower that day too? Well yes, I did, with food I needed to bring/make that morning as well. Oye. So I'm pouring the first batch of cupcakes into the papers and Ethan is playing on the floor. I look up and he's gone... where the heck is he?? Then it happened, the mixer went flying off the counter top (he yanked on the cord) and fell right onto his forehead. Que waterworks... from both of us. I was so overwhelmed and then this. He was hurt, the day before his birthday because I was doing stuff for his birthday. He stopped crying after about a minute but I did not. He ended up with a bump and a bruise but was other wise fine. Scared the shite out of me. We went to the surprise shower where I forgot my food and had to come all the way back home to get which made me miss the big "surprise" which ticked me off, LOL.







So I finally get home and finish baking cupcakes, put Ethan down to bed and start everything else. I ice and decorate the cupcakes, which didn't work out the way I wanted but oh well. Then make and decorate the cakeballs. I stupidly only got some prep pictures but forgot to take finished pics, they were actually VERY pretty and everyone LOOVEEDD them!



I'm finishing things up and hear Ethan, he raaarely wakes up anymore so I go in there and he is COVERED in snot. Great. And that was our night, he woke about every 15-20 minutes because he couldn't breathe and needed his nose sucked out. He was sick and soo tired and it was his birthday. Total suckage. (That morning when he woke up he had a snot helmet from rubbing his head in it then letting it dry, his hair... what little he has was rock solid!)



The next day, his birthday, we're trying to get everything set up to go to the park- we were having a BBQ! It was to start at noon and I was down there setting up at noon, I know, I'm a slacker! In our defense though NO ONE was here to help and so someone had to stay with Ethan at the house while the other went to the park, it was a bit of a dance. We wanted to keep E at the house as long as possible because he didn't feel well. Well at noon no one was there, LOL. Everyone was half an hour to an hour late except my parents who were only a few minutes late. Then everyone bitched about the food not being ready. Whatever. Anyway Jason and I were wondering where his parents were when at 1 we get a call that they were just leaving their house... THREE hours away! Wow. Really?? How long did they think the party was going to last?! So yes, they missed it. Asshats. (there's a lot of history here I'm not going into now!) We decide to just do Ethan's cupcake and go home, he wasn't crying but he was super clingy which isn't like him, he just didn't feel good.





Not impressed, LOL.



He seemed to kind of like it but was so tired and had no energy to even play in it. Poor little man. Though he was getting a kick out of my mom trying to give him water out of the bottle!



Other than that he just hung out with me or daddy while we were there. He usually loooves to go with other people, but today wasn't the day for that!



We went home soon after, brought his gifts to the house and let him open them the next day. He was thrilled with all the paper!! (and some of the toys, ha!)



Here's a video of him with the toy mommy and daddy got him!



He loves it!! It's really helping him to walk too! He's much better at it than I can get on video, but you get the idea!

Mother's Day!!

Ethan seemed to feel a bit better though his nose was still running like crazy. We decided to go to the Symphony at the Zoo for a few hours.



The music was great, though it was SUPER crowded and hot!! I didn't expect there to be quite that many people! Here's my mom and step dad enjoying the tunes!



And Ethan digging for Puffs and Melts...



Here's Jason with Ethan asleep in his car seat after the Zoo, his hat was over his face, which we thought was funny, the kid was pooped!



We went with my parents and Jason's parent so it ended up being a great Mother's Day!

When we got home we did the other portion of Ethan's birthday gift from my parents. My step dad built a form to put concrete in and to put Ethan's hands and feet in. We are going to to it every year and put them as stepping stones through our garden. I think it will be really cool to see to progression from year to year!

Waiting for the concrete to firm up with mamo and grandpa!





Still waiting... with his pants on his head!



He was NOT impressed!! He didnt like it at all! I'm hoping next year it'll be much more fun for him!







Mom writing in his name and the date.





Now for Ethan's favorite part of the day!! Bath time!! I love my little helmet head! We stick as many letters to him as possible and he doesn't care, he doesnt even take them off! LOL!!





My baby is a toddler, how crazy is that?!?!