Happy 1st Birthday Ethan!

Well, Ethan turned 1 on September 21st! We had planned a beach party for him down at the San Clemente pier and he got sick with a nasty head cold just two days prior, needless to say we had to call it off. However, the day after we ended up having a little cake and desert celebration with a few family members and neighbors, it was actually Ethan's exact Birthday so it worked out great after all. We decided that even though we had to wipe his nose every 5 seconds, he deserved a little celebration:) I made him a curious george cake, since he dances everytime he hears the music to that cute show, and he enjoyed it thoroughly...followed by a bath and a few gifts ( that he had no interest in opening, so james helped his brother unwrap) We also made him his personalized time capsule, like we did when James turned 1, so he will have something special to open and read on his baptism day in the year 2015! Despite his cold symptoms he still managed to be a trooper through his little celebration and slept in the morning after until 10am! He was exausted. Happy Birthday to mama to! I had Ethan just 4 days after my birthday last year. It's crazy to say that I have two boys, ages 1 & 2!!!! We are so blessed to have them in our lives! They are such amazing boys!

New toys for the churchill boys!

James loves his new radio flyer tricycle (and cars helmet of course) and Ethan loves his new mickey mouse fire truck ( except he pushes it instead of sitting on it, he ONLY wants to walk & run now) We're getting into a new phase of riding toys to the park, it's great. James is learning how to pedal faster now and loves every minute of it, he has so much energy he can run around all day and still be a busy beaver when we get home from the park. Ethan on the other hand is totally energetic as he practically chases James and Buster around the house for a few hours and then takes a great long nap, recharges, and gets up ready to run around again. Too fun!

Ethan's walking! 11 months!

So Ethan has been taking steps for a little over a month now, like 4-8 steps in a row. For a week now, he's got it down. He walks every where! It's such a trip, he even gets up onto his feet balancing to stand up from a sitting position with no couch or wall to help him. Him and James are having a ball together! Ethan gets so excited when James runs up to him that he practically runs away from him. He's doin great. Tonight we took the boys for a walk at the Harbor in Dana Point to see the boats and get some ice cream, and ethan did not want to sit in the stroller. For the first time ever, he wanted to walk right with us. ( He walks a little slower with sandals on though but he'll get the hang of it soon I'm sure:) We can't believe our little Ethan is going to turn 1 next month!

Churchill Candids :)

Ethan is already 10 1/2 months and James is already 2 1/2 , since Ethan was born last September life has just flown by so fast. Here's some recent candid photos of what the Churchill boys have been up to lately:)

Ethan is becoming mischevious!

I thought this was hysterical, I followed Ethan into the kitchen, camera in hand to have proof of all the messes he's been making lately. James is starting to say "no, no, ethan!" so if that tells you anything, James was making those messes up until what? Last month. Man, Ethan's a whirlwind of energy now, it's good but not when you have to follow him everywhere. Oh, and he's now taking 14 steps at a time...almost walking! Yay Ethan boy!

We love these summer days!

We've had such a busy summer with my nieces coming to stay with us from vegas for a couple weeks. Of course we headed down to the beach a few times and we also went to the San Clemente Fiesta ( it's an anual street festival with live music, yummy food, and fun things for the kids to do) It's on Del Mar so we went up and down ending at the pier. ( We love walking the pier on the weekends) Anyways, James got to hold a real fire hose so he was really excited about that and enjoyed the bounce houses, and petting zoo with my nieces. We had a great weekend!

Camping Doheny Style!

Wow, we've had such a busy weekend...the fair Friday night, rolling stones Sat. night, and then camping down at Doheny beach Sunday to Monday. It's been tiring, but so much fun! Doheny camping is pretty cool because every camp site gets a fire pit, picnic table, and you're right across from the beach & it's super cheap. James and Ethan haven't been camping yet, like sleeping in an actual tents, so it was a cool first time for them. We did the beach thing during the day, and the camp fire thing at night. I grew up by the beach so of course I didn't feel like we were REALLY roughin it...but setting up the tents, sitting around the fire pit till the am just talking with fun friends (Uncle Justin and his girlfriend and daughter) felt like camping. When you have toddlers and babies, you totally have to cheat a little bit, Doheny is great for that! There are facilities close by, outdoor showers, and you still get the camping experience:) Memorable for sure!