Beach Bum

Hi all!
Ethan and Jack are still on vacation with their mama, so I would like to take this opportunity to look back over the last two years a bit. We recently went on our annual beach vacation, and I am going to post pictures from the last two years (three trips). It's kind of neat to see how Ethan has grown (although you'll notice he can still wear the swimming trunks that fit him two years ago!). I will put some more vacation pics on here later...

2006
2007
2008

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2006

2007

2008

The Atlanta Aquarium and Zoo

Ethan really wanted to take his little brother to the aquarium and zoo, so we managed to do that prior to our trip to the beach. We saw some very silly gorillas, lions, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, BIG snakes, and even a panda (although we weren't there at the right time to see the days-old baby panda) at the zoo, and some Beluga whales, whale sharks, stingrays (which Ethan got to touch), and lots of other fish (including a 9 foot wide manta ray - one of only a few in captivity in the U.S. from what I understand).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Okay, so Mandy reminded me that I had not included pictures of Ethan's 4th birthday. I was still just selecting which photos to post, and now that I am done, here they are. Ethan celebrated with 14 friends at McDonald's the saturday before his birthday. Everybody had a great time, and you can tell that he did too by the look on his face afterward (see the picture of him in his car seat in the parking lot). I am also including four pictures from his actual birthday.