We've had an eventful week full of a bunch of firsts. When we last wrote we were headed to the doc for Ryan's ears the Monday before we were to travel to Nashville. That evening the doc found that Ryan's left ear drum was bulging and the other was still very red. He put Ryan on a stronger antibiotic that by Thursday had knocked out the infection entirely. Thank goodness!
Friday we headed to Detroit, made a pit stop at Ikea and then headed to Metro for our flight to Nashville. Since the flight was delayed, Ryan was exhausted by the time the plane backed out of the gate since his nap was delayed and he spent three hours entertaining the crowd and running around the airport. He was asleep before the wheels left the ground and slept for the entire flight until landing. Returning home we were almost as lucky. He was ornery for the first part of the flight but slept the second half. All in all, a great experience and no ear issues after all that!
Our time in Nashville was great too. Our niece and nephew were tons of fun (as were their parents.) We spent lots of time together just hanging out and watching our kids play together (which was surreal to see OUR KIDS hanging out!) Unfortunately, Ryan spiked a high fever soon after we got there and was not himself again until Sunday night. We felt like Johnny and Jill didn't get to "meet" Ryan until 6pm on Sunday only to have us leave on Monday am...but that's life with kids, right?
We're settling back into life here this week. Max had a baseball planning meeting tonight. Ryan and I hung with the Holohans after a wonderful day at work. All in all a great day.
So Ryan's firsts this week include:
- Opening a door handle
- Drinking from a straw in a juice box
- Viewing a cartoon
- Viewing a Vince Vahn movie (don't ask!)
- Ikea trip
- Airplane ride
- Meeting his cousins
That's all for now. We're prepping for Ryan's photoshoot for his 1 year portraits here at our house on Saturday. And tomorrow night we're headed to my former high school, Forest Hills Northern, to see our brother-in-law get inducted into a hall of all-stars with his FHN basketball team. Good stuff!
Love,
Court, Max + Ryan
Here's the group. Top: Max, Johnny. Middle: Court, Jill. Bottom: Ryan, Jackson, Carter
Just like Ryan, Carter loves her phones!
Carter showing off the latest features of her phone to her tech savvy cousin.
Could she look any more like an angel? I swear we did not curl her hair. She's just this cute on her own!
Just 3.5 years ago Max sat in this same chair holding Jackson for the first time. Now, Jackson is this amazing boy with the best imagination I know!
Here's "Uncle Courtney" as Jackson called Max all weekend!
Jackson learning about the "Gun Show" from Max.
On MLK day, when Jackson was asked to finish the sentence "I have a dream..." he completed it by adding "...to be a Star Wars." When he turns 5 (in a year and 2 months) he'll be able to watch it. Talk about anticipation! Here he is sporting a new Star Wars t-shirt.
Carter got a new bathing suit that she refused to take off, even though there was a light snow coming down out the window!
The kiddos. Carter turns 2 in April and Ryan is 14 months....but they were the same size!
The Ettinger men listening to Ryan as he tells them about life in Grand Rapids and his views on health care legislation.
Ryan's first driving lesson from daddy. Here he is taking Jackson's car for a joy ride.
The day after we returned home, Ryan shows off his skills with the spoon. He loves yogurt!
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