Ethan Update

Our little sweetie pie is 14 months old.

He's trying to say all kinds of new words, some of his more recent ones are ball, papa, dadda, wow and uh oh. He loves to do whatever Luke is doing and it really is amazing to watch how much he looks up to him. He loves his big brother so much. The other day we were in the car and Luke was laughing about something, pretty soon comes this big laugh from Ethan, not knowing what was funny but laughing his head off because Luke was. :)

Ethan has always been our cuddler, he is always coming over for a little snuggle before he goes and plays, and every morning he just wants you to hold him close for a while before starting his day. I love it! Another cute thing Ethan does is, every day when Greg gets home from work, Luke runs up to Daddy for a big hug and then little Ethan does just the same. 

 

He is growing up so fast!

Luke Update

These photos were taken earlier this spring. 

Our little Luke is three and a half now, it really is so hard to believe how fast time flies.

He is our funny little guy, always saying things that make us laugh and talking all the time. 

He is so loving and I try and cherish every moment of it. His favorite color is green and everything he chooses needs to be that color. He is very social, always saying hi to everyone we meet when we are out and about. Him and Ethan are actually starting to play together now and when he is being sweet to Ethan it is the coolest thing and makes me so proud of him.

He is so excited about our new house but even more excited about his baby sister. 

This past week he asked almost everyday, "When is she going to come out, is it going to be soon? She is going to be in there forever and ever." :) He loves to sing songs about his baby sister with his guitar in hand. He loves music. He was in a kindermusik class this past winter and spring and had a blast. Greg and I took turns taking him and we enjoyed the special time to hang out with just him. We are really enjoying this age! 

A Golden Birthday

Aunt Michelle had a golden birthday last week. She turned 26 on the 26th and we were able to celebrate her special day with her. The boys had a blast playing with all the gold party decorations!

Our News

In case you haven't heard, we are expecting a baby girl in September. We had our 20 week ultrasound this week. She's looking healthy and measuring right on track.  The ultrasound technician said she was all cuddled up in there. 

Putting her hand in her mouth.

 The following photos are from our 16 week ultrasound and the day we found out the gender.

Her mouth is open in this picture.

We are very excited to be adding a little girl to our family!

in other news....

 After many months of searching we finally bought a house. We got all the paper work signed this afternoon and get possession sometime in June. Luke calls it our rainbow house because the day we looked at it there was a big rainbow right over the house as we drove up. 

The house needs quite a bit of updating but we are up for the challenge and excited to make it our own.

A Trip To The Dells

Luke had a blast swimming at the water parks in our hotel.

Holden and Luke excited to get in the water and being silly! 

Hanging out in our hotel room.

 Luke got to go go-karting for the first time. He loved it. 

A couple of weekends ago we got to go to the Wisconsin Dells for a long weekend 

with Scott, Jonna and Holden and Jonna's sister and brother-in-law. 

Ethan got to go to Gramma and Papa's for the weekend. 

Luke and Holden had a lot fun swimming in the water parks and spending time together and it was nice to get away.  

Easter Celebration

On an Easter egg hunt! Ethan is protecting his egg. :)

Nana & Papa Ellis

Cousin Holden & Luke checking out what they got in their Easter eggs.

Gramma & Papa Buse with their grandboys.

Ethan and Luke opening their Easter baskets.

I told Luke to hold on tight to Ethan and not let him go. They both thought that was pretty funny.

 Happy Easter!