Ethan's Page: January 2011

Boy the last 9 days have been pretty exciting for Ethan. Last Tues we went to see the Harlem Globetrotters. Ethan really enjoyed that. Every time they took one of their comic breaks Ethan would get upset and scream "BASKETBALL!" because he wanted to continue to watch them play. He was fascinated with Globie their mascot and Big G another of their mascots. After the game we went and bought him a shirt as a little souvenir.

Friday (New Years Eve) Ethan attended his first wedding since his infant days. He did OK but daddy ended up having to leave the room because Ethan was getting a little bored. It was my cousin Amanda who was getting married and the ceremony was beautiful. Later Ethan partied with us at the reception. He had fun playing with Grandpa & Pam, chasing his cousin Colin around, and goofing a bit with Uncle "Bubba" Brian. Ethan was quite the dancer with us out on the dance floor too LOL. He did not want to let us put him down because there were so many people on the floor it made him a little nervous. He left the party about 10:30 and was in bed by 11. Late for him but he had fun and that's what mattered.

Saturday (New Years Day) he just spent the day watching football with us and Survivor Africa. It was a fairly quiet day for all of us which was nice. We got to just hang out and enjoy the day.

Sunday Ethan was up about 8:30 and we headed to Cleveland for the Browns/Steelers game. That was Ethan's and my first game and it was a lot of fun. Ethan had fun high fiving the guys in front of us (even though there wasn't much for Browns fans to celebrate). He was looking cute wearing daddy's Browns hat (although I feel it was the wrong colors). Ethan will learn who the better team is. He would much rather be on the winning side than the side that doesn't really know what the endzone looks like LOL. Right now he doesn't have a choice because of his daddy. So we left the game with the Steelers winning 41-9. Ethan was asleep in the backseat before we even got out of the parking garage. About 45 minutes into the drive home Ethan woke up suddenly saying that his pee pee hurt. We ended up pulling off at the next exit to check him. It took time to calm him down but he made it home OK. We got back in town about 7ish and had dinner at Papa Pauls.

Monday Ethan started to come down with a bit of a cold, but never mentioned all day about anymore pain. But later in the evening he made one mention of it when he woke up at midnight with congestion. I called the Dr Tues and they were booked for the day so I got him in yesterday and they took a sample we'll know by tomorrow if he has an infection. The Dr said it's not normal for boys to get bladder infections so if he does have one they will have to do some more tests b/c it could be indicative so kidney problems. I'm not very concerned about it because he is going to the bathroom just fine, he doesn't complain when he pees, there is no fever, and his complaints are extremely intermittent. Yesterday he made one mention and that was it and today he hasn't said anything. I doubt that there is anything going on. The Dr recommended that we have him drink CranApple juice which is no issue since he loves it and we always have some at home.

So yep it's been a fun year already for Ethan and I'm sure that there is much more fun to come for him. If you're asking "Where are all the pictures?" I am posting them at the end of this post.

Harlem Globetrotters