Mission San Juan

All Ethan all the time....

Over the past couple of weeks, Ethan has really grown to love his toes, and when the moment is right, he might even suck them. Mmmmmm...

He's growing and growing and becoming more and more of a joy each day! He seems so happy to be alive now, especially when all attention is on him!

We recently had some house guests (Eric and Kate, it was a lot of fun! ) , and Ethan seems to like the idea of house guests because that merely means MORE eyes on ETHAN!!! ...all Ethan all the time!

Yesterday, we jaunted up the road to UT Austin (Jesse knows people in his field at the university) where I was able to meet up with my old pal Alessia I haven't seen in 6 years. From what little we saw, it does seem like a cool town. We are looking forward to seeing more of Alessia as well as Austin!

Aquarena Springs - San Marcos

I debated putting this picture up... ah well, I guess I am possessed afterall.

We jaunted up the road to San Marcos where we visited Aquarena Springs. We took a glass bottom boat ride on Spring Lake and strolled through the wetlands. Ethan REALLY liked the glass bottom boat experience.

Ready to go!!!!

Over the past couple of days, Ethan has been cutting a tooth!!!! His FIRST tooth!!!!!!! Where have the 5 1/2 months gone? He's growing so quickly!

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!!

Apparently, Ethan whispered into his daddy's ear that he wanted to take "mommy and me" swim classes. We start them next month. I'm curious to know how one teaches a 6 month old how to swim. It should be a lot of fun... well, interesting to say the least!

Have a great day!

Wildlife Ranch

The zebra.

Let me set this up as accurately as I can: Jesse is seated in the driver's seat, and I am sitting in the front passanger seat with Ethan in my lap. We are parked. Jesse has the bag of feed ( it was given at the entrance of the park) in his lap, and we're enjoying the experience of various species of land animals sniffing our car, Ethan's bright eyes.... you catch my drift. Anyway... Jesse opens the window to throw feed to a zebra to coax it towards us (you know, we're trying to get some good shots for posterity) when the zebra, completely ignoring the feed that was tossed to the ground, thrusts his head into the car, grabs the ENTIRE bag of feed from Jesse's lab causing Ethan to scream the biggest scream -- reaching an ear piercing note one might expect from the star of a B horror flick (don't worry, this didn't lead to a crying spell -- I don't think he is forever scarred). Startled, the zebra jumps backwards out of the car and continues to prance off into the distance (with the feed in mouth) as the sourrounding zebra chase after him. He scored the goods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures of the event (unfortunately, we were too stunned to get too much of it) along with some other classics from the park.

We hope all are well.

DuUuDE

Ethan and Mommy

Someone recently pointed out that there was a lack of pics of Ethan and his mother on the site. Seeing as Mother's Day is a week away, we had to remedy that…

Market Square

...just thought I'd share a bit of cuteness....

When it rains, it pours ... and hails! This is a shot of our back porch after an evening storm. This is among three like storms we've experienced down here so far. Actually, its the only type of rain we've experienced here so far. The city is so unprepared for rain that noone seems to know what to do with it (much like Memphis and snow). I have to say that the cool evening is feeling like a blessing. Oh, I know... we don't know *heat.*

I'd like to give a shout out to Lindsay Booker for having "jumped out of a perfectly good airplane" over the Swiss Alps this past weekend for her and Paul's 4th wedding anniversary.

Anyway, we're ready for guests!

What's going on in YOUR lives?