Walka Walka Walka

First I want to let you know that the reason for infrequency of new pictures and video has nothing to do with Mommy and Abba slacking off. They actually have a ton of stuff they want to put on here, but unfortunately Abba made a stupid move and upgraded to Windows Vista. He tells me that it's the worst operating system he ever had and that pretty soon we'll be switching to Mac's so that we don't have to deal with this [poop].*

* Expletive removed

One very exciting thing that's happened is that mommy and abba bought me a house. No, nota dog house or something like that, but a real house. It's in Skokie and it has plenty of room for me to terrorize and destroy and make a mess of everything. I can't wait to live in it, and I also can't wait to get scholarships for everything I do so that mommy and abba won't have to pay any tuition for me for the rest of my life. Sounds fair.

I had a great visit last week with my whole family on Mommy's side, I even got to meet Jonas' girlfriend Jen. I liked her a lot because she was fun; but most importantly she kept giving me cheese. She's a keeper.

While I'm not full-fledged walking yet, I'm taking a few steps at a time. Here's a video of some of my progress.

Pictures from the best birthday party I've ever had

So today I'm officially a one year old. Not a newborn, not baby, not an infant, but a toddler. Except not really 'cuz I'm not toddling yet. I did, however, take my first step today - on my first birthday! How awesome was that! And both my mommy and abba were around to see it.

Anyway, here are some great pictures from my party. My mommy made me my very own ducky cake, which as you can see was awesome - and another cake for everybody else.

Pictures and video of my first birthday party

.....are coming after this post. I had a super time at my party today and so many of my friends and family were there, it was really special. Plus, I got a lot of sweet toys too! We'll talk about the party in a few days.

Now though, I'll recap my first 4th of July....Mommy and abba decided it was time for a vacation; so they left me at nana and grandpa's in Milwaukee. I had a blast with nana, grandpa and aunt Meira - I really appreciate them taking care of me whilst mommy and abba pampered themselves at day-spas and what not.

Anyway here is a great video of me doing several things:
1) My favorite morning activity is "geronimo" - I crawl onto my parents bed furniture, and then jump off into the pillows. Great fun.
2) I never can decided which pacifier I like the most. So mommy and abba did a test.
3) Nana bought me a pool in Milwaukee, so I was chillin in there.
4) When I was in Milwaukee, I went to the zoo for the first time!
5) Lastly, some footage of me playing with habie, who just moved to Chicago this past week with his family!!

Some real cute ones

A day at the park with Habie

Man I'm a fatso in these pictures. I'm still cute though, dontcha think?

Playtime with my best friend and Zaide

A special present for my abba and his foot

Haha, I really got him good, huh?

Miscellaneous Ethan Cuteness Overload

A lot's been happening lately - Habie and his mommy and daddy have been staying with us for the past few days, since they are moving to Chicago and I'll finally be reunited with my best friend! Mommy and abba also think they found a house for me; hopefully we'll move in soon so I can begin to destroy the place ASAP.

Here's some random clips of me.

Pictures from Abba Day 2007

I started the day with a big hug for my abba.


Then we went swimming; only my second time but I finally understood where I was and had a blast!







Right before we left, we had some yummy ice cream.
When we got home, I had a relaxing snooze. What a life.

My first haircut (and other facial hair ruminations)

So mommy and abba have been saying for weeks that I needed a haircut and I didn't believe them. Once some chick last week asked "how old she was," I knew it was time.

At first, everything started out pretty cool. They had a baby einstein video there and I sat in a pretty sweet racing car chair:




Everything was going well until the nice lady cutting my hair started to press fast forward on the DVD remote, and then I actually realized "hey, there's a chick with scissors near my face!!!!"




Ever since the haircut, I've been wondering if I should grow some other facial hair to compensate for my very boyish looks. Here's me trying out a goatee with a cheerio:

Here's me trying a full mustache and beard with some peas:

A big update for my fans

Mommy says that last week was an aberration. To make up for only one post in 7 days, here are two of my cuter videos.

The first one is of me being a complete faker (since I've learned how to fake cough and fake laugh). The second one is of me yesterday being super cute all day long. I got a haircut yesterday, and look like a little boy now so stay tuned for pix and video of it!

If the camera adds ten pounds....

Then there must be ten cameras on me! I promise I'm not this pudgy, but these pictures are hard not to post.

Hello Cheerio

Missing Mama

Mommy went to a friend's wedding this morning and has left abba to fend for himself. So far he's doing pretty well, but he told me that there's no way he could ever be a full time mommy.

I am standing up by myself with regularity and even inching towards taking my first steps. I cruise across the couch like a champ, and have begun feeding myself simple foods (yay for apple cinnamon cheerios). It's also less than two months until my first birthday! How cool is that!