Matt and I went out to California the last weekend in August to celebrate Ethan's first birthday and my grandma Nancy's birthday. Ethan and I flew in before Matt because he had school. We got to go to Tahoe for a couple of days and it was so nice to be in 70 degree weather. I think Ethan went for a walk in his stroller probably three to four times a day, including 6am walks up to the Starbucks with my dad and I for morning coffee. At the house we rent when we go up to Tahoe (my family has been renting this house for years so its awesome to be able to bring my husband and baby there) there is a private beach so the first night we were there after dinner we walked over to the beach at sunset and watched it set over the lake. It was one of Ethan's first experiences with sand and he loved it. My dad got him a pail and a shovel so he was having a great time. Friday we picked up Matt in Reno and then on the way back stopped at one of my favorite little whole in the walls for lunch called Crosbys. Once we got back to the cabin we took Ethan back to the beach to play on the beach and splash around. He was a brave little guy and actually let us sit him on the edge of the water so the waves would come up over his feet. He didn't even mind the cold water. Every night we were there we enjoyed great company, good ole fashion bbq and good wine. It was so nice to get out of the heat and actually spend sometime outside. Most of the day was spent lounging in chairs outside. Ethan even got a little power wheel type quad that goes one mile an hour so he road around the backyard on it. Matt joked that if he could he would sleep outside naked it was so nice up there, I think I won him over with Tahoe.
Saturday we had to leave and get ready for Ethan's first birthday open house back in Castro Valley. It was so great to see everyone. Both sides of the family showed up and we had a great time chatting and having cake. Poor Ethan was pretty tired from all of his traveling and he was two hours ahead but he did great. Thank you everyone that came it was so special to have everyone there. We left California early on Sunday morning. Our flight home wasn't booked all the way so Ethan got his own seat and that made a world of difference. It was probably the best flight I've had with him by far. We were greeted with the Texas heat as we drove home from the airport the car read 109.
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| Group pic at the beach in Tahoe |
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| playing in the water |
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| Ethan and Grandpa (notice the shirt) |
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| Playing in the sand |
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| Silly hat in a tahoe shop |
In all the excitement of Ethan's birthday and traveling I haven't been very good at blogging lately and I am sorry. I failed to say that Ethan popped his first tooth right around his first birthday. Since then he has had two more that are poking through but haven't come down. He hasn't walked on his own he can but just won't. He went to his one year check up and he is 21.4 lbs and in the 90th percentile for his head (lots of brains). They said he was a healthy little guy and he had the green light to start eating everything but nuts and honey. He now enjoys meals with us and it is so nice to just give him what we are eating.
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| Birthday boy at his party |
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