Category — Ethan

Earlier this month, Bridget, Ethan and I spent the weekend in Chicago and introduced our little man to the “Windy City”. We got to get away as a family and experience Chicago together and it was great to see the city during the Christmas season, all decked out in holiday decorations.

We stayed at Hotel 71 which is in a great location downtown on the Chicago River, within walking distance to some downtown hot spots. We arrived on a Friday evening and started the wknd out with a pizza delivered from Giordano’s, one of our favorite Chicago pizza spots and spent the rest of the evening getting settled. The Hurry family loves pizza (especially Chicago style)!

Saturday, we got to spend the day walking around the city, checking out some shops. We took Ethan through Macys (Chicago’s original Marshall Fields) so he could see all the decorations and toys they had displayed. We also picked up some world famous Frangos Mint Meltaway Chocolates and stopped by the Walnut Room briefly to check out the amazing Christmas tree setup there.  We then spent the remainder of the morning in Millenium Park and had lunch at Park Grill, a restaurant right in front of Cloud Gate (otherwise known as “The Bean”. ) There was an outdoor ice skating rink right in front of the restaurant, so we had a great view of all the action from our window seat. We relaxed at the hotel in the afternoon and headed back out for the evening for a stroll down Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” and had dinner at foodlife, located in Water Tower Place.

Sunday morning, we had breakfast at the Tempo Cafe, had some great food there and wrapped up our Chicago visit shortly thereafter. It was nice to get away for the weekend. Enjoy the pics!

We recently got some new pics from our family photographer, Brandy Cunningham. She wrote a post on her site after the shoot, check it out. She has been our photographer since before we were married, so we highly recommend her if you are in need of photography. Thanks again for the great images Brandy.

In the last few weeks Ethan has really taken off on his walking. He’s now a walkin’ dude.

(Look close at the top of the leaf pile) We got around to doing some leaf blowing in our front yard today and the result was the biggest leaf pile I’ve ever seen! After Ethan woke up from his nap, Mommy and him came outside and Ethan had quite the leaf pile experience. The pile was so big, it attracted some of the neighbors and their children on our street, and we all had a blast hanging out together. After we left to head to a friend’s house for the Colt’s game, our neighbors gave us an incredible gift and bagged almost all of our leaves!! Thank you so much for serving our household, you all rocked our world when we pulled in the driveway.

As we all know, the Bounce House is always a party favorite among the little ones! A few months back, Ethan got to partake in his first Bounce House experience, at the Deakyne/White birthday party BBQ we went to. Daddy even joins in the action from behind the camera..

Bridget’s sister Bethany got Ethan this great shirt. As we tried to get a picture of him in it, he managed to spill water on himself, as he is really into drinking from one of his sippy cups lately that has this pop up straw in it and he tends to wear most of the water when drinking from it . Thanks again Aunt Bethany, great shirt!

*Also, new look to the Hurry Home. I installed a new theme to the site, to be a little more cross-browser friendly. Hope you like it.

It’s been a few months now, but we wanted to share Ethan’s first haircut experience with you all. We took him to Cookie Cutters, so he could get his first snip in style, sitting in a little red sports car.

Who says you can’t drum with your shaker?

Last month we had the opportunity to travel to Colorado and spend time with friends and family in Boulder and Aspen. It was such an amazing trip. Our journey started off a little chilly and wet as we landed, and in a place that boasts 300 days of sunshine a year, you would think showing up in short sleeves and shorts would be alright, but that’s what I get for not checking the weather. As is the nature of the weather in Colorado, quickly turned to sunshine within the next day.

Our stay in Boulder was great and we got to spend some time with friends there. One of the highlights was getting take out from our favorite restaurant in Boulder, Sherpas, and we warmed our bellies with some Yak stew, delicious,… We then made the drive over independence pass through hail and every kind of adverse condition you can imagine (we passed a car that was flipped over) and we arrived in Aspen safely. We stayed with Bridget’s Aunt and Uncle and some other family friends that were there for the extended wknd as well. Such a beautiful city. We ate many a good meal (including eating at famous Woody Creek Tavern), took regular walks through town and surrounding parks, and we even hiked up a trail toting Ethan on our back, so quite the adventures. Pics are below, enjoy!

Last month, Bridget, Ethan, and I took a trip out to Kansas to see my Grandma. This was the first time Ethan got to meet his Great-Grandma and it was such a special time there. My Mom and one of my brothers (Greg) also flew out as well, so Ethan’s Great-Grandma, Grandma, and Mom were all together. We had a little birthday celebration for Ethan, with all of us decked out in Happy Birthday party hats with favors and we all enjoyed a delicious ice cream cake, courtesy of Great-Grandma.