Vacation and More...

A couple of weeks ago we took a family vacation to the beach. The second day we were there, the tarballs started rolling onto the sand. It was really sad to see and has postponed our vacation back in a few weeks. I think Orange Beach and Gulf Shores have currently closed off access to the Gulf.

But we still had a great time. Chase got much closer to the ocean and even played a little in the waves (a HUGE deal for him). I didn't take many pictures because I had my hands and hips full toting Ethan back and forth from the beach and pool, but I did manage to get a few snapshots.




The ride home was a little stressful. Ethan was running a high fever and not feeling well and Chase was extremely tired and cranky. Ethan would start crying and then Chase would start screaming and then Ethan would yell and then Chase would scream, etc... At first it was pretty comical, but after a while I wanted to jump out of my skin. Not sure how we're going to survive our drive to Houston this summer.


Abita Crawfish Fest


This is the way Ethan kisses, tounge and all:

Our little Irishman into the "goods"

Silly Ethan

Summer time treat

Chase's war wounds from Ethan pinching him

Silly boys playing on the sofa together

Spring Concert

Last night was Chase's end of school Spring Concert. Chase did so great. He sang all the songs and did all the hand motions. He was so adorable dressed in his button down shirt and khakis, he looked just like daddy.








Chase and his new favorite toys

The boys playing together


Ethan on the computer

Hair cuts & Dancing

A couple of weeks ago, I took both Chase and Ethan to get a haircut. This was Chase's 1st big boy haircut where they buzzed his hair. He looks so much older and very much like his daddy!


Ethan has been dancing up a storm lately. It's so funny to watch him. He's got 3 different dance styles: the "Elaine" from Seinfield, the "Chicken Nod" where he throws his head back and forth and the "Hands in the air, shake your bootie" to the music. I haven't been able to catch the "Elaine" on video yet, but it is by far the funniest thing you've ever seen! I don't even know how his little body moves like that. One morning last week, I tried hard to get him to dance on the camera, but he won't break out the moves for the camera like he does in person. Here are two short clips of him shaking it.



Ethan's other new tricks are waving bye bye, clapping his hands and playing beek-a-boo. He can say quite a few phrases like: Dadda, What's That, Where's Chase, Uh Oh and Thank you. It's so cute to hear him talk with his sweet little voice. He can say Mamma, but he rarely says it...usually when he's crying for me to pick him up.

My Sleepy Boys



Ethan's Silly Hat



Chase took this picture all by himself. I know it's not the best pic of either Ethan or I (no makeup, getting ready to go to the gym), but I was impressed at how he managed to get both of our heads in the picture. Not too bad for a 3 year old!

Some Firsts

Last Friday night, Shane took Chase to his first Hornets game. As most of our family knows, Chase is not too fond of loud noises or big crowds, so this was probably not the best idea. Shane said he freaked out when the players came running out to fireworks and was pretty quiet the entire game. They left at halftime, but Chase continues to talk about how much fun he had at the game and how he saw Hugo. Check out Chase's intense look while watching the game:


Yesterday I took the boys to meet Carrie and Conner at the zoo. This was Ethan's first trip to the zoo. All the kids were so well behaved and had a really good time. We stayed for 3 1/2 hours without anyone having any meltdowns. It was the perfect day!

Easter Break

Chase had over a week off from school for his Spring Break/Easter vacation. Eleven straight days at home with mommy and Ethan and I was really looking forward to him going back to school today!

We did get to do lots of fun activities over his break. We went to Global Wildlife Center and fed the animals, hosted a play date at our house, went to the pool at the gym and had lots of fun outside play time with our neighbors. Fortunately the weather was great for most of his vacation.

Easter was a lot of fun because Chase was really into this year. He loved doing Easter egg hunts and talking about the Easter bunny. But I think I might have said too much, because he was too scared to go to sleep by himself the night before Easter Sunday. He said that the Easter bunny closed his bedroom door, ha! Once I laid with him to fall asleep, he was fine and very excited to find all the Easter eggs we dyed the night before hidden all over the house. This year the Easter bunny stayed away from most candy and went with gifts. It might have been tougher on the wallet, but better on the Easter bunny's waist (since we end up eating most of the candy)!

Happy Easter to everyone!

Global Wildlife Center with Mammy and The Langfords







Easter Morning






Wrestle time with Daddy!

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!