Happy First Ethan!

Ethan turned 1 on Sunday, October 5th. I can't believe my baby is 1. We had an awesome party with family on Sunday after Conference. He had his 1 year check up today with Dr. Duffy. He is a small little boy. He's only gained 2 pound since he was 6 months old. Dr. Duffy told me to feed him sour cream and butter his bread. He is barely 20 pounds, so we were able to put him in the big boy car seat. Which he loves, except for trying to fall asleep sitting up.

Here he is in his second favorite spot in the kitchen. The lid drawer.
His first favorite spot. The dishwasher. Ouch, could you imagine trying to climb in there?
Trying out the forward facing car seat.
This is what Ethan got from Ben, Ryan and I. We put Ethan on the floor at Target and this is what he played with most. It's a musical/learning table thing.
So cute!

Sorry for the blurry picture, but this was the sweet pork I made. It was fabulous. If you want the recipe just ask. We had sweet pork tacos.
Dad Clegg
Jake and Shayla (now dialated to a 1.5ish way to go. Shayla is, not Jake).
Ethan's cake I made. It's not the cutest, but I at least I made it right?
Ethan opening Jake and Shayla's gift.

Opening Grandma Linda and Grandpa Bob's gift. He really did love the paper the most.
Cousin Raygan playing with Ethan's table.
Opening Grandma & Grandpa Harris' gift.
The start of the cake eating.
So civilized with the spoon. He chose to eat with that instead of his hands.

My Mom, Dad, and my Grandma Reese.
All of my super cool sister-in-laws (on Ben's side of the family anyway). Maren, Liz, Kandis, Shayla, Me, and Shalleece. We did not all plan on wearing white (except for Maren). Funny huh?
Getting messier.
Mom Clegg eating her cake.
Ethan's "bath" in the kitchen sink after eating his cake.

We all had a great time eating, socializing, watching a few episodes of Season Four of The Office, playing air hockey, and eating some more. (I pretty much just ran around like a chicken with her head cut off...isn't entertaining like that? You're too busy making sure everyone else is happy to really enjoy the party?) Anyway, Ethan's birthday was great. He is such a sweet little boy. I love that he has a hard time going to people and he still clings onto mom and dad. He has been a great baby, and I'm glad I went through an awful pregnancy to get him here. He really has been a blessing in our lives.

p.s. we gave Ethan his first glass of chocolate milk on his birthday so we had him wear a shirt that said, "conserve water, drink chocolate milk". This morning Ryan decided to get up early and make Ethan a glass of chocolate milk with a sippy lid and everything and run in his room yelling, "Ethan, wake up, I made you chocolate milk". It was sweet even if Ryan woke him up.