This is the Cutest!

I had to take a few pictures of our boys sleeping. Prior to the pictures I (Traci) had been between the 2 boys. I got out of bed and came back to find them like this:

How cute are they?!?!?

This...is...Serious

One of Ethan's favorite shows is "Wonder Pets." His favorite character, Ming-Ming, has rubbed off on him. He now walks around saying, "This...is...serious!" He even knows how to use it correctly. A few nights ago as he was trying to go to sleep, he heard Aaron crying. The one-sided conversation went something like this:

"Aaron's crying."
"Daddy, Aaron's crying."
"This...is...serious!"

Ethan and Ming-Ming on his birthday.

Here are a few pictures of Ethan actually being serious, which is sometimes rare since he is quite silly normally.
Okay, this one isn't quite so serious!

Happy Fourth of July

Today we hung out at home until dinner time where we had 2 parties to go to. We went next door to the Calins where they had some of Paul's favorite foods-brats and sausages. Ethan spent the time fishing in the make-believe fish pond-that is until he decided he was going in! He also loved going on top of their hill to their deck to golf with his friends, Nick and Savannah.
We had another neighborhood party to go to so we left there for the neighbor's house on the other side of us. We had a lot of fun at the Hawkins where we ate more food! Ethan loved playing inside and outside there with all the kids. We ended up watching the Woodstock fireworks from their porch. This was the first time that Ethan was actually awake for them. He was so excited! He kept saying, "Fireworks, fireworks!" Aaron even stayed awake for some of them. He couldn't hang in for all of them though, such is the life of a baby-able to sleep through anything.

Here are some pictures of the boys on Aaron's first Fourth of July: