Ethan's Birthday Celebration.

For Ethan's FIRST birthday celebration we had a wonderful time.  The entire Harry clan (meaning mom and dad, grandma, missy, the Wuests, the Junior Harrys, and the Kennedys) came out for the festivities.  It was so fun and special to have all of them out here.  Ethan was so surprised and thought it was so cool that so many people cared that it was his birthday. :-)  Here are some pictures of our birthday weekend celebration:

Here's sweet Addy

Father trying to keep up with his very active son...

These next 2 pics are of Ethan opening/enjoying the gift that Grammy and Grandpa Grusy gave him for his birthday (a toy Noah's Ark with animals that taste very good apparently)

"Wow!  Thanks Grandpa and Grammy"

Here's Ethan getting ready to dive into his ice cream b-day cake

Blowing out his first b-day candle

"Umm... Uncle Joel and Aunt Kendra, can you tell me what's going on here?"

The Birthday family.  What a blessing it has been from the Lord that He, in His goodness, has chosen to sustain Ethan's life for a whole year.  He has been such a blessing and joy to our lives.

We had some pretty intense competitive competitions with the whole family, ping-pong was one of them.

The Ping-Pong crew

Ethan and his "drooping drawers"

Ahh... Joel is so sweet to his niece and nephew

Ethan and his new b-day shoes

Ethan doing some tricks for the family on the bed

Watching an intense ping-pong match b/w Stephen and Dad.

Ethan showing Uncle Joel and Aunt Kendra his walking skills

Grams enjoying some time with both of her grandkids

We hosted a dinner over at our apartment the first night... it was a tight squeeze, but fun to have everyone over!

Ethan getting to see everyone at the airport when they first arrived

Since we celebrated Ethan's b-day a little early, here he is on his actual b-day enjoying a b-day cupcake...

Thanks to the Senior Harrys, Junior Harrys, Wuests, Grandma, and the Kennedys for all coming out!  We had such a wonderful time with all of you and felt so loved by your willingness to come out and celebrate Ethan's b-day.  In time spent together, it is always such a good reminder of the Lord's goodness to us in the family that He has so generously blessed us with.  We love you all and are so thankful to the Lord for you.

Until our next crazy get together... :-)