Big Day

Today Ethan was busy. He helped make breakfast by sitting in his high chair and reading this great new book that Clara gave him. He loves it. I'll get a picture of that one of these days. We had french toast (Pa's favorite) and Ethan's had cinnamon and vanilla. He seemed to like it. He also had some pear. He's been eating that a lot lately. Then we played for a little while and it was Nap time. But after that, the fun began. We went to Stew Leonard's to get a Christmas tree. Being lazy and not in the mood to cut one down, or pay a lot for it, we decided to go there since we'd gotten decent trees there in the past. We were going to take Ethan in to see all of the fun little characters, but about ten steps in the door was enough- we will do that another day. It was a zoo. Then we went to get our tree, and after wandering through the maze of Christmas decor, we finally got to the trees. We chose one quickly and then had to go through another maze with the car to pick it up. They used to just take it to your car but now you have to bring your car to them, and cross all the traffic turning into the drive to do it. What a nightmare. Then we came home and put the tree up, had lunch, and went to get Ethan haircut #2. You could probably tell by the last set of pictures that he needed it. He was a little angel, quiet through the whole thing, didn't cry at all. We did not go back to the place w/ the firetrucks because, despite the fun for the first haircut picture, it was ridiculously expensive for a baby haircut. I got a recommendation from someone in the parents group for another place, and that worked out fine. Then we got home just in the nick of time for nap #2, more playtime, dinner, a bath and bed. Poor little Ethan is still working on the molars, and his gums are red. He's also got another cold, so he's been taking fairly long naps and still sleeping at night. It's hard work to be little.