HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Ethan was the most adorable kangaroo I think I have ever seen! He loved to see other kids all dressed up and enjoyed going around "trick or treating." He makes me laugh so much--I am so blessed to have such a sweet, sweet little baby boy. I couldn't ask for anything better! He started singing along with me to The Wheels on the Bus (obviously not the actual words--for those of you who needed clarification) :-) But he will just blab along with me. It's quite comical. He is sooo smart!!!! Ok, I'm done bragging (for now). Enjoy the pictures!!!

Grandma Savage bought him a dragon, monkey, and puppy costume but we went with the kangaroo. It was fun having so many choices though :)


He was NOT happy to be in that dragon costume!










I guess if the pictures don't speak for themselves--I put Ethan in a pumpkin--and he probably thought I was crazy! It was easy getting him into it--but I practically had to cut him out of it!!






Obviously--he was done cooperating with the crazy mama on the other side of the camera (about 40 pictures later)

Surgery

I think I'm fully recovered by now. It was almost 2 weeks ago that I went under the knife...and all of the pain has basically subsided (unless Ethan kicks me in the stomach while changing him, or crawls over me to get the remote...) other than that, I feel great! The doctor said I couldn't work out for a while, but what he doesn't know won't hurt him :) Also, he said I couldn't pick up my sweet baby boy for the 2 weeks after the surgery, and for the first two days it really did hurt too much to lift him, but after a few days I just couldn't resist. Who could?! Anyway, I've been a lucky girl to have such a wonderful husband. He took 2 weeks off work to stay home and take care of me and Ethan. He goes back to work tomorrow and I'm gonna miss having him around! I got used to having him do everything for me..."Skyler, will you change Ethan's diaper my stomach hurts......Skyler can you feed Ethan lunch my stomach hurts......." It's been a lot of fun to just spend time together as a family. Ethan especially loved playing with his daddy. He would wake up from his morning nap with this cute look on his face when Skyler would go in to get him out of his crib like, "Huh? You stayed home again today? Alright!"

New pictures

Ethan gets cuter by the day--so I had to post new pictures! He has just started saying da da and sounds that start with G--it's pretty cute. Also, he is getting his first tooth! It hasn't broken through yet, but I can feel it!


Standing like a big boy at his exersaucer


What a happy boy!


He loves his saltine crackers!


About 2 of the snacks actually make it into his mouth...


He loves bath time!


Makin a mess with his biter biscuit...he loves em though!


I can't see with this hood on!

Who do you think Ethan looks like???

I've Been Tagged!

Ok, here goes...the topic is "My Husband" :-)

What is his name? Skyler Norman Black

How long have you been together? I first met Skyler in 2004, but we officially got together June 29, 2005

How long did you date? Well, we were dating for only 2 months before we got engaged...and 4 months later we were married...so 6 months. Not very long....

How old is he? 24

Who eats more? Skyler can definitely eat more at one sitting (think a whole pizza), but I think I eat much more throughout the day.

Who said I love you first? Skyler--we went out to the woods and made a fire and ate tin foil dinners. It was pretty romantic :)

Who is taller? Skyler

Who sings better? Hmmm--I think I do

Who is smarter? Skyler is smarter school wise--I'm smarter in other ways though.

Who does the laundry? I do for sure...I don't know that I would let Skyler do it considering he washes lights AND darks together.... :)

Who does the dishes? Depends on who cooks, but for the most part we just both pitch in. I usually find dishes that he leaves around the house though....

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? When you look at the bed, I do. In bed, it's Skyler. (I have to sleep closest to the bathroom--ever since the pregnancy, and it's closer to Ethan's room)

Who pays the bills? Skyler

Who mows the lawn? We live in Vegas, so no lawn. If there was though, it would be Skyler

Who cooks dinner? Depends--we both have our moments.

Who drives when you are together? Skyler is always the driver

Who is more stubborn? Good question--Skyler and I are both incredibly stubborn, but it takes a lot longer for Skyler to budge though.

Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Skyler, but he's usually apologizing for being so stubborn!!!

Who kissed who first? Skyler kissed me first, but of course I was hoping he would!

Who asked who out? Funny thing: when we first met in 2004, he didn't want anything to do with me! Then in June, he walked into the gym where I was working out, walked right up to me and said that we should go out sometime. We went out that night and the rest is history.

Who proposed? Uh, Skyler of course.

Who is more sensitive? Me for sure. It all started about 17 months ago when I found out I was pregnant..... :)

Who has more friends? I think I stay in touch with more of my "old" friends, but Skyler has more now (through work and stuff) but really, who are we kidding...his friends are my friends and mine are his...

Who has more siblings? I do 5 on my end, 3 on his.

Who wears the pants in the family? Silly question...we both are equally in charge of decision making...actually, I think Ethan wears the pants! :-)

Bad day

Skyler has been out of town all week! He just got in tonight--so Ethan and I have been chillin, really enjoying each other. We had a pretty good week...but it all went downhill starting last night. I had about 250 pictures on my camera memory card that I wanted to get developed, so I headed to Smith's to use their little digital camera printer thing. It's pretty neat how you can really customize each picture by zooming and cropping, adding borders or text, etc. Well, I was there for about an hour (Ethan behaved like such a big boy!) and the guy working told me that they would be ready first thing in the morning. Today, I woke up and got ready for a Dr visit....on the way to the appointment, the photo manager of Smith's called and said that for whatever reason, the guy working the night before forgot to enter some sort of code that allows the pictures to be saved and printed. Great....so she was letting me know that I would have to redo the pictures (all 250 of them). I had tons of things to do still, but I had to fit in time for the pictures because I wanted them to be up and scrapbooks done by the time Sky got home. I get in to see the Dr and he told me I have what's called an umbilical hernia (a hole on the inside of my stomach right by the belly button that allows my intestines to come out-gross, I know)--and that if I didn't get it fixed it could cause major problems. We don't want that. So we scheduled a surgery date--October 3! I'm a little nervous because I have NEVER been put under. I still have my wisdom teeth!!! Also, the half marathon that I was planning on running Oct. 21 is out of the question...not to mention the fact that after surgery I am not supposed to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk for 2 whole weeks (a tad ridiculous if you ask me). Poor Ethan! But, on the bright side, my good husband will take 2 weeks off to stay home and take care of me! Yay. I wonder what else I could get surgery on......anyway, back to the "bad day"--we haven't gotten there yet, it was still a relatively good day at this point. After the Dr I went to Smith's hoping to spend no more than 45 min there, but unfortunately half way through, the computer thing failed and all my info was lost again! They moved me to a different one and I finished about 1 hour and 15 minutes later! There were SOOO many problems! It's a good thing I came equipped for Ethan with a bottle, peach puffs, and strawberry wagon wheels. That contained him for most of the time, but towards the end I think we were both getting VERY frustrated. Finally I finished and the lady said the pictures would be done in 30 minutes. I had to run to Target which is down the road, so it was perfect timing. Ethan fell asleep the second I put him in the car seat and by the time we got to Target he was out. I parked next to one of the cart return spots (Ethan is getting WAY too heavy to carry in) and put him in the back of the cart along with my purse. I have an automatic door lock thing on my keychain but decided not to use it because it makes the car honk twice, and I didn't want anything to wake up Ethan because we still had some errands to run. Instead I manually locked the car by reaching in the driver's side door, and apparently I'm a little rusty at that because as I hit the lock button with my right hand, my left hand closed the door and my poor little thumb got smashed! After the initial shock and pain I tried to open the door to get my thumb out, but of course, the door is locked! My thumb is absolutely throbbing at this point and my keys were in my purse...which was in the back of the cart--not in arms reach!!! I thought I was going to pass out. Seriously. There was nobody around, so if you can imagine, I had to stretch out my leg and with my toe, pull the cart to me. Slowly but surely. I finally was able to get my thumb removed, but the damage was done. It was purple and blue the second I got it out of the door, and the throbbing was unbearable!!! 5 minutes later, I'm walking around Target and my thumb had tripled in size. I called Skyler and told him that I thought I broke my thumb! He told me to go to the hospital or quick care to get it looked at, but after putting Ethan through everything at Smith's I didn't want to sit and wait at the hospital (because we all know you don't get right in--emergency room--yeah right). I got some ice from the Pizza Hut in Target and that made it feel much better. After getting the things I needed I headed back to Smith's. And believe me, at this time, I was in NO mood to deal with anymore crap. Sure enough, I walk up and the lady is like, "Uh, bad news....the 3x5's you ordered wouldn't print..." You should have seen my face. I was NOT going to redo ANYTHING! But I guess it all ended well, because she gave me all the pictures for free! I saved like 50 bucks! Yes! Now that $50 can go towards fixing my thumb. I still don't know if it is broken or not. It is still swollen, and it has taken me twice as long to type this because I can't use my thumb...but I can bend it--so I don't think it's broken. It's crazy the body parts you take for granted when you no longer have the ability to use them. I had to put my keys in the ignition with my left hand! And changing Ethan's diaper was another story. Oh well, I spose it will heal in due time. After I told my mom the story and complained about the pain, she simply said "Kellie, you would never have made it as a pioneer." Well said. And she's right too!!

Mountain's Edge Park

So today we took Ethan to the park. Sundays are perfect days to just spend time with each other. I said in an earlier post that Ethan loves the swings. I think that is in understatement. Words cannot describe how much Ethan loves having the wind blow in his face as he goes back and forth back and forth...when we tried to take him out of the swing--he started crying! Daddy took him on the rope jungle too. He also enjoys the little water play area. Every time water would sprout up I would stick his little hands or feet into the water. He finds that rather amusing (although, I don't think it takes much)! We're home now, and the park trip really tuckered him out--so he's down for a nap. I think I'll do the same..............