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!

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