Ethan Turns ONE!!!

Wow, last blog.....January!! WEAK, I know. Well Ethan just turned one, and we can hardly believe how fast the first year goes by. Ethan is doing great, he crawls everywhere and is close to walking. He now has 4 teeth, 3 in the last 2 weeks. He has had his share of runny noses this winter, and had one bout of pneumonia that landed us in the ER. However he has fully recovered and back to his happy, energetic self. He seems to be more "boy" everyday. Exploring everything, and liking to climb on anything he can get on. He weighs about 20lbs, although he feels like he has gained a few pounds in the last week. Hope this finds everyone well, we are happy and healthy here. The Hoovers

We're Back!!

Yeah, my computer fixed itself!! I can now download pics again. So here is a quick update. January has been flying by. Ethan is now 10 months old, and growing up way too fast. He weighs 19lbs and is 28.5 inches tall. He is a crawling machine but prefers to be on his feet. He is always pulling himself up on furniture, and loves to have you hold his hands so that he can walk across the room. He is starting to eat solids yet still has no teeth. It's pretty funny watching him gum stuff to death. He is in a "clingy" phase and is constantly pulling himself up my legs. All is good with Travis, he has been working hard and helping out a ton with Ethan. They really enjoy their "boy" time. Days that I work they hang together. It is such a comfort for me. I have been working part time in the ER and have launched my new company Nouveau Post Surgical Care. We provide personal care in a private setting for people that have had day surgery. It's our philosophy that no "surgery is minor" and even if you have had outpatient procedure your recovery is vital to the healing process. That's where we come in, we recover you in a private hotel suite, adhering to your surgeons protocols, staying on top of your pain management and pampering you throughout. All for less money than you would pay to stay at a hospital. Our website should be up in the next couple of days, check us out at http://www.nouveaucare.com/ I have been having a lot of fun with this and have been working hard, we'll see how it goes.

Hope this finds everyone doing well. The Hoovers

Snow Storm 2008

Hello Family and Friends: It has been way too long since posting a blog. My computer has a virus that I am starting to deal with......however it dawned on me today I could use Trav's computer to post. Most of you know, but for those not in the area we have had a winter storm that has left approx 20 inches of snow. We have been snowed in for the past 3 days. We are making the best of it although I was very disapointed as the snow has stopped my family from MT making it to us for the holidays. We will greatly miss them, however have decided to not let the weather stop us. We are just shifting our celebration to the weekend after New Years, when we can all be together. At this rate, Allyson (who lives across town) will be lucky to make it to our house for Christmas. However in many ways we are blessed, I had stocked up on food so we are set there, have plenty of diapers and I am not scheduled to work for the next 4 days. So basically we have everything we NEED at the house. Our neighbors are awesome and made a trek to the grocery store today and picked milk up for us. (I made chocoloate chip cookies yesterday.....and we burned through our milk!) Anyway enough about that......le's get to the good stuff. Ethan!

He is 9 months old now and such a little boy!! He started crawling last week, and is already pulling himself up on everything!! He loves to stand, and is learning how to protect his head when he falls over. You can literally watch him learn. At first crawl he would bump his head on so many things because he was always looking down at his hands. He figured that out quick. Same with tipping over.....it only took a day to figure out that if he tucked his head it was less likely to bounce off the floor. Our new phrase of the week is "Your ok, your such a big boy!!" He buys it pretty quick and the cry has been getting less and less with the wipe outs. Baby gates went up, he found the back stairs really quickly...and is very curious. It's as though everything that could be dangerous calls to him. The stairs, the iron cord, the outlets ect. He is a true boy!!! Although he hasn't gone after the Christmas tree yet. He is still happy as ever, and his little giggle delights us all. Trav and I were just saying that if we are ever having a bad day all we need to do is spend a little time with Ethan and the world is right again. He is eating more and more everyday and get's his veggies down if they are disguised with fruit. He often eats peas mixed with apple, or carrots drenched in pear. Still no teeth, fine by me. I am nursing still, and it's going well. We are still up once a night, and I probably just need to cut it out but I haven't minded it and actually love the time with him. He wakes screaming and is so happy to see me, nurse and within 7 min. back to sleep in my arms. See......probably unneccessary for him, but I haven't been ready to let him "cry it out" . So I continue to get up with him around 2-3am. Here are some pics from the last few days. Enjoy!! Hope everyone has a very Happy Holidays. The Hoovers

Snow Storm 2008

We are Still Here!!

Hi family and friends. Sorry for the long delay in the blog. I am having technical difficulties with my computer. I can no longer download pics to it for some reason. I am still working on it. So I don't have new pics to put on. All is well with us, we had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the Christmas Holidays. Ethan is so close to crawling, he get's up on all fours and rocks...then back to the belly. He is also eating a lot of new foods. He is now eating solids 3 meals a day......and it's hit and miss with how much he get's in. He is napping great; usually a 2 hr nap in the am and then about an hour in the afternoon. Everything still goes into his mouth...but no teeth yet. He has the best giggle and loves peek-a-boo. We feel very fortunate to have such a happy, healthy baby. Hope everyone is doing well, and is enjoying the holiday season. The Hoovers

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone! Hope everyone has a day full of fun, candy and costumes!! Here is our little man as a penguin!! We had so much fun this morning. I am headed to work this afternoon, and Travis, Heather and Ethan are going to hang out. We had some excitement last night while carving our pumpkins... I stabbed my wrist with the knife and ended up in my ER to get a couple of stiches. Thank goodness Heather was in town, she drove me in while Trav kept an eye on Ethan. Be SAFE!!! The Hoovers

Pumpkin Patch

We took a hayride, found the perfect pumpkin...or three, drank hot cider, and participated in the pumpkin sling shot contest. It was a great afternoon at the Sauvie Island pumpkin patch. Weather was beautiful....crisp fresh air. Cousin Heather, Ethan's godmother is in town and joined us. Now we have to carve our pumpkins.......I mean GET to carve them! :)