Ethan's 1 Year Portraits

I've always said that I wanted a large, framed picture of my babies to keep in my house forever (since to me, they will always be my babies)! A couple of weeks ago, I took Ethan to get his 1 year studio portraits. You can view some of Ethan's pictures(including some bonus pics of Chase), by going to the following website:

http://www.thestudiofamilyphoto.com/

Click on Gallery and then towards the bottom you'll see McCarthy. The very first pic of Ethan is the 16x20 portrait I ordered. I loved them all!

Happy 1st Birthday, Ethan!

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet little Ethan James! What an amazing year it has been watching him develop his own personality and bonding with his brother. Raising Ethan has been quite a different experience from raising Chase. Ethan is not afraid of anything and is into EVERYTHING. Was originally a very laid back baby but has now developed quite a little temper. He may be small, but he is tough and rough...ALL BOY and the bruises on my legs can prove it :-)

He has learned so many things in the past two months. Ethan can clap his hands, wave bye bye and play peek a boo. He loves to dance if you play music or sing to him and he has the best "evil/guilty" laugh I have ever heard. He blows raspberries all day long and even does it to put himself to sleep at night.

Ethan got his first tooth at 4 months and his 2nd tooth at 6 months. We thought he would have a mouthful of teeth by his first birthday, but no more have popped out yet (however, we think we see one of his top teeth about to pierce the gums). Ethan is no longer walking, he is RUNNING. He is so stinking fast and can pull out all of the garbage before you know it. He has kept his mommy and daddy very busy lately.

Chase and Ethan have become really good friends and it's been so heartwarming watching Chase fall in love with his little brother. He loves to make Ethan laugh and takes pride in helping me care for him. Chase has grown into quite the little gentleman.

Happy 1st birthday, EJ. We love you so very much!!! Love: Mommy, Daddy and Bubbie

Ethan's Monthly Lamb Progression Pics from 1 week through his 1st Birthday!

Ethan's 1st Birthday Party

Ethan's first birthday is tomorrow: Monday, March 22nd. I just have no idea where this year has gone, it flew past me.

We celebrated Ethan's first birthday with our family yesterday. It was so nice to be able to sit down and actually enjoy the party and not have to run around like crazy. I cooked dinner and we had cake and ice cream. The rain held off long enough for the kiddos to run around and play outside the entire time. Although Ethan took a little siesta during the get together, Chase had a blast playing hard the entire time.

Check back tomorrow for Ethan's 1 year Lamb Picture!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the McCarthy Family!!! These next two picture are for Pops:



Ethan getting ready for Easter

Chase and Daddy weedeating together

Brothers playing

Chase blowing bubbles

Birthday Celebrations

Last weekend we celebrated my dad's birthday with a crawfish boil at my parents' house. Chase LOVED all the crawfish and shrimp and couldn't get enough to eat. I found him wondering around outside and when I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was looking for some shrimp because they are "tasty". He's so funny! Happy Birthday, Paw Paw!!! We love you and hope you had a wonderful day.





Last weekend we also went to Lynn Meadows to celebrate Taylor's 4th birthday. Chase and Ethan really loved the train area! Happy Birthday, Taylor. That same day, Chase also went to a birthday party for his best friend at school. It was so cute to see him interact with his school friends. It's like watching him grow up right in person, a very sweet moment.


Check out Ethan's hair after a good nap


Also happy birthday to Callie and Evan! We love you and miss celebrating your birthdays with you in person. And happy late birthday to Sissy who celebrated her big 3-0 on Feb 25th.

And now we count down the days until Ethan's first birthday, March 22nd. A day he shares with his twin cousins, Mason & Jacob...exactly 11 years apart.

Ethan's 1st Haircut & Shoes

This weekend was a busy weekend for our little man. Ethan got his first haircut and his first pair of big boy shoes on Saturday.

I know he doesn't have a lot of hair still, but it was all over the place and I wanted to have it shaped and cleaned up before his 1 year portraits. Ethan was an ANGEL. He did not care at all that he was getting his haircut. He just played and laughed the entire time...a VERY different experience from Chase's first two years of haircuts! In fact, Chase is just starting to get better about his haircuts and he is three and a half years old!








And since Ethan is walking all over the place and I can't keep him contained when we're playing outside, I had to finally buy him his first pair of tennis shoes. He's a size 5...just like Chase was when we bought his first pair of shoes around the same age.

Also, I ran the Rock N Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon on Sunday. It was my second half marathon race, and I was very excited that I shaved almost three minutes off my first race time and finished this race at 2:01:22 (my previous time was 2:04:16). The weather was WONDERFUL and it was a great day to run a race. The crowd was a lot of fun and they had local bands set up every mile playing live music. This race was so much fun that I'm already excited about next year! Here is Shane dropping me off at the starting line.