After waiting what seemed like the entire winter, we finally got a good amount of snow without frigid temps! During the first week of March we got about 6 inches of fluffy, heavy snow. Since it fell over a weekend, Mike and Ethan were able to go out and sled, play, and walk around in all the snow. Although at first Ethan wasn't too sure of it (he walked around with his hands up most of the time not wanting to touch the snow), he eventually warmed up to the idea.
Mike said Ethan's favorite part was walking around and exploring down in the greenbelt, or what Ethan called "walking in the sticks."
As you will notice by looking out the window, the snow didn't last long! Temps quickly rose back up to the 50's and 60's and all the snow was gone about as quickly as it came. You will also notice that Ethan has some new friends! He is loving dinosaurs right now and Mike found these really cool squishy dinos at Target. They have quickly replaced green bear as the favorite toy.
One of Ethan's favorite activities this month has been making messes and then cleaning them up. He loves emptying out entire containers of toys, puzzles, etc, and then turning around and putting them all back together and away in their correct spot. He is also a huge fan of finding dirty clothes and throwing them down the chute.
ALL ABOARD!
At about the second week in March, the temps in Wisconsin soared. We had record highs in the 70's-80's for over a week! It felt like heaven to get out and play outside for awhile. We made lots of trips to the different parks in the area. On one of the first nice days we met Emelia ("Princess Anna") and Casey for a quick play session. The two had a ton of fun together. We even got to watch their budding pretend play in action. Ethan told Emelia that a small branch on the ground was a reindeer. She played along and pointed out the horns. The two continued on playing with the "reindeer" for quite some time. 
Ethan even went down a slide all by himself. He is usually a bit afraid, but since Emelia went down solo, I don't think he wanted to be outperformed!
And this wasn't just any old slide, it was very tall!
On another play session, we met my mom and Kim out for some coffee and play time. Ethan liked it before but now that we can sit outside it is even better!
That same week we trekked out to Milton to play at the park and have a picnic with Mike's mom and Lainey. It was another gorgeous day! This time Ethan played pretend with another little boy at the park. They were pretending his mom was a bear and they needed to hide and get away.
On one of the nice nights, Mike and I took Ethan out for a bike ride. I think all the time outside was wearing him out. He fell asleep on the ride.
Finally! For one of our family dinner nights the weather was nice enough to play outside. Mike, Aaron, and Ethan had fun running around throwing and kicking Ethan's soccer ball. 
Not sure what Aaron was doing wrong, but here is Ethan scolding him for something.
Best buds!
About once a week or so Ethan and I meet my mom and Kim (and sometimes Kileigh) out for breakfast. This time we went out to Keeley's Cafe by the airport in Janesville. They had an awesome breakfast and the kids got to watch the planes come and go. After breakfast we went outside for a closer view.
Little did we know, this super nice man asked us if the kids would like to sit inside his plane! So, one by one, the kids got to climb up in the plane and check out the inside!
The man said Ethan sure acted like a boy. While Kileigh sat quietly, Ethan wanted to get his hands on every button, lever, or buckle inside the plane!
What a nice man! Ethan talked about his blue plane for days!
Just a sweet pic of a sweet boy.
Dad and Ethan love
Although the temps started to decrease a bit, we had a few more days of outside time. On one of the last warm days we went to Palmer Park with my dad and Kileigh. Unfortunately, our play time only lasted about 30 minutes before a big storm and lots of rain hit.
Some of the Ethan's favorite things to say these days (funny and not so funny)1. Be quiet, that hurt Ethan's ears
2. Listen to me. Time out.
3. Sings the entire alphabet with us, and from about Q on by himself. Also loves singing Happy Birthday (mostly to grandpa - go figure!)
4. Sings along with the Little Einsteins theme song
5. Great job!
6. No pee/poop in the diaper/undies, pee/poop on the potty!
7. Mama/Daddy happy now (when we are obviously mad at him)
8. I need a hug
9. You hold my hand please?
10. Don't touch Ethan's tummy, there's a baby in there.
The end of this month also marks the end of the first half of this pregnancy! I am officially 20 weeks now and feeling great.
We also had our second trimester ultrasound which showed that the baby is for SURE a boy! He was just like Ethan, showing off the parts for the world to see. Everything on the ultrasound looked great, including my cervix! We will probably have another ultrasound in another four weeks or so just to be sure but so far, so good.
