my sweet mom was the 1,000th visitor... which is completely right and good since she probably visits my site the most often... even though she lives 3 minutes away from us! :) she said she wants her prize to be that she gets to keep ethan one night for us (which she already does so often), but ok!!! nobody here is complaining about a night out!! :) but mom, here's your other prize.... 
thanks for the idea, susan. :)
alrighty, people.... pay attention!! when you visit tenlittletoes, make sure you scroll down to the bottom to find out what # visitor you are!! if you are the exciting 1,000th visitor, comment and let me know! (be honest.... the prize isn't worth lying for!) BUT it's a great prize and an even greater honor. after the 1,000th visitor has received their prize, the honorable winner and prize will be revealed. happy visiting!!
"do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? so run that you may obtain it." 1 cor. 9:24
well, tenlittletoes is coming up on its 1,000th visitor.... granted, i realize that 974 different people have not visited this site... in reality, it's probably the same 15 people visiting me over and over and over.... however, i would like to congratulate the occasion of the 1,000th visit to this site in some way... not sure how. something free and easy. maybe a special post all about you? maybe an ethan video just for you? hmmm... i'll have to think. feel free to submit your ideas for the award since you probably have a 1:15 chance of being that special person!!!! :)
have a great weekend.
this one's for uncle tom....
"train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it."
prov. 22:6
holding amy's tiny little baby last weekend caused me to reminisce on how quickly ethan has grown.... i blinked, and....
psalm 139:13-16
for You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother's womb. i praise You, for i am fearfully and wonderfully made. wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. my frame was not hidden from You, when i was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.
in honor of national sanctity of human life day, i thought i'd share these precious pictures of ethan. the first sonogram picture was taken at 20 weeks gestation, in feb. 2005. he weighed approximately 12 oz, the weight of a can of coke. 
the next picture in utero was taken in may 2005, at 32 weeks gestation. here, ethan weighed approximately 4 lbs. he doubled his weight in the next 8 weeks! 
as mind boggling as it was to think that there was a PERSON growing inside my body, i never doubted for a SECOND that God was knitting together this precious life. i never doubted for a second that His hand was on my child. whether ethan was the size of a lentil bean (see below) or a hefty 8 lb. newborn, his heart was beating. he is a life given to us by the grace of God. 
(timeline courtesy of babycenter.com)
we remain in awe of God's work in the life of our child. he will sometimes make a face that is identical to that of his sonogram picture... taken when he didn't even have skin yet! God was developing his personality and facial expressions even then! ethan was as important to us and as living in the womb as he is now.
i do not understand how a woman can bear a child and not believe in God. it is truly a miracle that cannot be attributed to chance or evolution or anything other than the Almighty God. i'm thankful for the technology of 4-d ultrasounds that show mothers so much detail of their unborn child. i have heard that these new ultrasounds are saving more unborn children from abortion. praise God!
i just thought of a song that my mom and i used to love to sing....(does anybody have this cd??) i think i'll have to start singing this to ethan... minus the cheesy sandi patty-ness.
"masterpiece" by sandi patty
Before you had a name
Or opened up your eyes
Or anyone could recognize your face,
You were being formed,
So delicate in size,
Secluded in God’s safe and hidden place.
With your little tiny hands
And little tiny feet
And little eyes that shimmered like a pearl.
He breathed in you a song,
And to make it all complete,
He brought the masterpiece into the world.
CHORUS
You are a masterpiece,
You’re creation He has formed,
And you’re as soft and fresh
As snowy winter morn
And I’m so glad that God
Has given you to me,
Little Lamb of God,
You are a masterpiece
Now you’re growing up,
You’re life’s a miracle,
Every time I look at you I stand in awe,
Because I see in you
A reflection of me,
And you’ll always be my little Lamb from God.
And as your life goes on
Each day I pray
That you will see just how much your life
Has meant to me.
I’m so proud of you,
What else is there to say?
Just be the masterpiece, He created you to be.
we had fun hosting a shower for amy today! kristi beat me to the post, so you can check out MY pictures on HER blog. :) thanks, kristi, for saving me the time!! it was so good to see amy & aiden... he is so tiny and precious!!! he probably seems like a chunker to amy, but it's hard to believe our big boy was that tiny once!! as you can see, aiden got tired of all the girl talk at the shower. :)
ethan had his inaugural bath in the turtle tub tonite... he loved it! he thought the turtle head was pretty great! he also enjoyed hearing the loud bath water run. here's a couple of pictures from his bath...
as you can see, we used 2 different cameras for his bath pictures. some sweet friends heard that we would like to upgrade to a nicer camera sometime in the future, and they let us borrow their canon rebel--a VERY nice camera! the 2nd bath picture was taken with the rebel-- check out the detail!
here are some more shots that brian captured with the rebel...
my computer is recovering from surgery. she is doing well and is glad to be home. i am quite impressed with the apple care people. we mailed my laptop off on saturday, after brian worked diligently to get every last little movie off my damaged hard drive... we expected surgery to take about 10 business days... WELL, on wednesday afternoon, the DHL guy knocks on my door with a box, and i couldn't believe it! i exclaimed, "it's back already?!" he said, "yep", when i'm sure he really wanted to say, "look, lady, i'm standing here with a box for you. i don't know what's in it, and frankly, i don't care. i hope it's something for you to wear since it's 3 pm and you're still in your pajamas."
when i looked at the papers inside, it tells me they only actually had the computer for 9 hours! they just popped in a new hard drive and sent her back home! wow. so all is well in laptop land here.
i have been meaning to post these portraits for awhile now...
we had these made after christmas... i had some coupons for free 8x10s at jcpenney's... you know, where you get 2 free, but you really want to order 200 once you see them, so they end up making a ton of money off of you when you just wanted 2 free 8x10s!! i did demonstrate a little self-control, only because you could get the pictures online and download them... (though they're pretty small...) anyway, ethan did pretty well during the shoot. it's tricky timing the appointment between feeding and naps... here's the fun shots we got of our christmas stud baby in his tie. 
then they took some non-seasonal looking shots... this first one looks like he's posing for his third grade school picture... i'm not quite ready for ethan to learn cursive... so i like the ones where you can see his chubby feet. :) 
am I not turtley enough for the turtle club? turtle, turtle... if you've seen master of disguise, you know what i'm talking about...dana carvey is hilarious... but anyway, alas, i found a cute little inflatable tub way on sale at target! i had already ordered one from amazon that was $26 after shipping!!!!!!! what was i thinking?? yes, mom, i cancelled the amazon order!! :) i can't wait to plop ethan down in this thing and watch him play! my friend susan uses her inflatable tub as a baby pool in the summer- what a great idea!!! can you tell i'm excited about my great find?? there are a few left at our target, so run! go! get a turtle tub!! on a sad note, good bye tummy tub. we sure have loved you. ethan's just too fat for you now.
oooh! i just came across ifilm.com, where i found the turtle clip from master of disguise... most of you will think this is dumb, but it cracks me up. :)
our 24 obsession with jonathan & tammy (as well as the rest of brian's family) lives on. j&t came over tonite for our 24 ritual... brownies, a baby crying, and the guys telling us to be quiet. :) man it was a stressful 2 hours for us, so we can only imagine what jack bauer is going through!!! 
we're glued. we can't wait till next monday night...
and just in case you were wondering....
president logan is STILL an idiot.
please continue to support and pray for the bortz family. my friend lori has posted a video with more information.
WOW- that first episode is a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 24 continues to surprise and keep us on our toes....
i hope president logan gets killed very soon, though. he's an idiot. i know this blog is supposed to be about my sweet little baby...sorry!! but if ethan could talk, he'd also tell you that pres. logan isn't very smart (he won't be allowed to call people idiots.). i think pres. logan is going to be the kim bauer of the first season. oh dear. (it's just tv, emily... it's just tv...)
let the premier continue!!! monday night 7-9....
they WOULD have 24 premier at the same time that evening church is letting out...
DO NOT call us sunday or monday nights from 7-9!!!
after ethan's bath time, i always feel a bit like i've just seen shamu... yes, my child is a big baby, but that's not what i mean! i'm referring to the fact that he loves to make waves!!! brian noted tonite that more water was on our kitchen floor than in his tub... looks like ethan has already outgrown the beloved tummy tub. i didn't get the best splashes of the night on video (because i want to keep my camera!!), but here's a peek into our fun bathtimes!
i had to capture some tummy tub moments before we move on to the big tub. i'm planning on ordering one of those inflatable tubs for the big tub...that way he can play without worrying about him hitting his head on the hard tub. anyway, here's some shots from tonite's bath...
get a little closer, mommy!
what? splash you? no!
splash-mania!! (this picture really does not do it justice!)
let's do that again!
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