Ethan loved being home and spending time with his grandparents. It was nice to be able to get together with both sets of grandparents at the same time and all spend time together. There is so much to do in Washington that, as usual, we had time fitting it all in! This year we ended up being there during the Puyallup Fair (the big fair in Western Washington). We decided to go on the first day when they were doing free admission if you brought a canned food donation. We met my mom and dad for breakfast that morning at IHOP. Ethan had a great time walking around the restaurant making friends and just being silly in general!
After breakfast, we met up with Grandma Bernard and headed up to the fair. We had a great time at the fair! We decided to take him to see the little piggies (Grandma Bernard's favorite).
Getting a better view from Grandpa Walker
"Wow!"
Taking it all in
We were so excited that our friends Tom and Julie allowed us to house sit for them for the first few weeks of our visit. It was nice to have space to stretch out and call home. They have a large piece of property with animals and lots of toys and baby gadgets (since they watch their grandchildren during the week). It was a perfect fit!
We decided to host a dinner for both of our parents one night so we could all get together again and play! There's that car again!
Running around
Tom has a herd of sheep right now and Ethan loved going out to visit them.
Aunt Desiree making friends with Dhali the llama
Getting in some play time outside was one of his favorite things to do. He would seriously throw temper tantrums when we would bring him inside...guess he is an outdoorsy person just like his daddy!
"Helloooooooooooo!" It was so nice that there were lots of fun toys to play with out at the house.
Getting caught by Grandma Walker
Playing with Grandma Bernard
Even Mom got a turn to play with him!
This was really the first time that he ate lasagna/spaghetti...it's kind of a tradition in our family to take a picture of that moment. He wasn't nearly as messy as me or any of my brothers were in our pictures, but we still took it!
Even with all of the wonderful toys there were to play with, Ethan LOVED the stairs. Between the stairs at Tom and Julie's and the stairs at Grandma Bernard's, he even learned to climb downstairs, too! He is learning all sorts of new tricks these days.
Ethan loved exploring the HUGE backyard...I was really worried about how he would adjust to coming back to Louisiana where it's too hot to be outside all of the time.
Because it's so stinkin' hot in Louisiana he doesn't really play in the dirt much. He wasn't sure about having that stuff all over his hands! Someday I'm sure we'll look back on it and laugh--he is a little boy after all!
We are so thankful for the generosity of the friends in our lives! It was nice to have a place to call our own and pretend that we live in Washington for a few weeks!
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