Happy Thanksgiving!

 

We hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving spending time with family and sharing all that delicious food!  We were lucky this year to spend some time with both sides of our family.  This year we spent Thanksgiving Day with my family, and then Brandon's parents were able to come up on Friday, and we got to have another Thanksgiving dinner that night with them!  

Ethan was loving getting to spend time with his extended family and spent quite some time seeking out that special attention from both his grandmas.  While they were busy cooking or cleaning up, you could find Ethan clinging to their legs, begging to be picked up, giving them his irresistible smile, and of course it worked like a charm!

Ethan getting cuddled by his Grandma LeBras, this kid loves his grandma!

Ethan and his Daddy getting ready to go up on the sidewalk.  Ethan is walking pretty good, but not so good with his shoes on!

This funny face Ethan is making is due to him seeing his aunt Nathalie who was calling his name, he loves to giggle at her!

This kid was checking out this tree in my parent's yard, he is such a little sweetie, we are grateful for him this year!

It's official! Ethan's walking and a trip to the Zoo!

 

Ethan's first trip to the Zoo!  I had a couple days off of work for Fall Break in October, and it was predicted to be a beautiful day, so we decided to join a few other friends and go to the Hogle Zoo!  It's been awhile since I'd been there, so it was a pretty neat experience for both Ethan and me!  I think when he's a bit older, he may appreciate the animals a little more though. 

Ethan was actually more interested in the fence around the elephant enclosure than the actual elephants themselves.  Go figure. 

Here we are at our ward's trunk or treat.  This little turtle to the left is Ethan's little buddy Ian and his mom Susan.  Ian is just a few weeks older than Ethan. 

Ethan and his Great Grandma Gilbert.  He gets to spend one day a week with her when I go to work.  He just loves her!  As you can see, Ethan once again had a sucker that he would not part with. 

Ethan's newest favorite thing to do, get into all the cupboards and empty them out!  Makes for a hazardous cooking environment!  Gotta always watch where you step!

You can see that mischievious smile of his when he knows he's doing something we don't like!

Here's our little walker!  He's taken little steps here and there since October, but it was the beginning of November when he really started to venture out on his own.  He gets better and better everyday, and can pretty much walk all over the place.  He still can't get up to his feet on his own, unless he can grab onto something like a wall or couch, but he'll get it soon. 

We had snow storm come in a few weeks ago and Ethan was fascinated by the white flakes outside our window.

More walking practice!

This kid loves tight spaces!  We got a new washer and dryer and Brandon had to fix the venting stuff and Ethan kept trying to get back there with him.  One minute he's with me and the next he's in the laundry room.   He's constantly on the move and getting into everything! 

We'll we can hardly believe he's gonna be one year old in a few weeks!