The Shroyer Family: Ethan's offically 5!!!

On this very day, 5 years ago, Brenton and I became parents together. That day, was such a crazy one! We had to be at the hospital by 6 am to get the process started and what a process it was; however, our first born son, Ethan, made his presence into the world via c-section at 5:05 pm that day, weighing in at 8lbs & 20 3/4" long, a handsome little guy he was, and he melted our hearts at his very first cry!!! I don't think I've ever cried such tears of joy like that before in my life, at that moment....hearing my son and finally seeing him, was breathtaking! Brenton and I were bonded in a new way and we were so excited to get our little guy home, so we could start our life together with our brand new baby boy......Now, I'm sitting here typing this watching him play King Kong and I'm smiling, b/c he's been such a joy to watch grow, thus far! I've loved every stage we've been through and I look forward to many more......Ethan is bright, fun, an awesome big brother, pleasant, loves God, our social butterfly, funny, a hard-worker, loves his whole family (both sides), and keeps us on our toes! He's been so much fun these past 5 years and has truly shown us the importance of life. Our lives changed that day we were given this healthy baby boy to enjoy, love, teach, make memories with, and we have enjoyed every step of the way with him! So, it's hard for me to wrap my hands around him being 5 years old already, how can that be??? This little boy of ours is so excited to be 5 and holding up 1 whole hand, so with that, I'm smiling and realizing that life is moving forward pretty quickly and so we will continue to take each moment and live it to its fullest..

Our little blessing has arrived

our chunky monkey 1 mth old

Today, I also started something new and that is what we are calling "Birthday Questions" 20 questions that I will ask every year to see how they change....I'm a scrapbooker, so they will go in their books and we can look back on them over the years. With doing this, I'm sure it'll bring a lot of laughter looking back on these =)

Ethan's 5 year questions

So, after Daddy got home, we had a little surprise for Ethan. We had left over cake, that I made special with a Spiderman candle (pretty simple, but he loved it), had a few more presents, and pizza his request for dinner. We absolutely love birthday's in this house, and we look forward to celebrating many more birthday's w/ Ethan!!! =)