The Favored Ladybug and My First Mother's Day

Ethan has three toys attached to the handle of his carseat that have been there since before he was even born! They are a butterfly that squeaks, a ladybug that jingles, and a chick that makes crinkly sounds. Ever since Ethan began to notice and interact with the toys, he has favored the ladybug. He loves to hold it and twist it around and around and around until it is wound so tightly that he can't spin it any further. He lets it go and watches it whirl around. He even falls asleep holding onto the ladybug (unfortunately we don't have this captured on film yet). The ladybug is so well-loved that the elastic holding it onto the carseat handle is now totally shot (so the ladybug hangs lower than the other two toys). See below.I enjoyed my first Mother's Day, celebrating it with Ethan and Dan at my parent's house. It still seems strange to me to be so "grown up" as to have someone call me Mom :) Dan got a card for me from Ethan and wrote a sweet note in it that had Ethan's latest random sounds interjected here and there in the note... like "I love you mom! Gee! Maa Maa! Thanks for playing with me. Na!" It was very very cute. There are some pics of me and Ethan below. Notice his new sandals that Grandma Gilbert bought him. These are the first real shoes that he has worn; Up until now he's been in just socks or barefoot!