BAPPLE

That's right...it's not an apple, it's a Bapple...I don't know where the "B" came from, but it's there for now. He also says Babby for the Sesame Street character Abby Cadabby. We're working on it.

QUITE A LOAD

Ethan cashed in for his birthday with all kinds of cool stuff...now if we only had room for everything.

CAKE!

Can't have a birthday without cake - and Ethan enjoyed his.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN

Ethan turned two in January...he enjoyed a happy meal and a homemade-baked cake by mom.

PRESENTS!!!!

It took a while for Ethan to get the concept of opening the all the presents, then playing with them after they were all open, but he got the hang of it.

Ethan especially liked the Sesame Street telephone, the Sesame Street keyboard, and the Elmo lap top.

There was not shortage of Christmas gifts in the Shappell family household this year...and the peace of the season gripped Bear and Boots as they were able to pose for a picture together.

ETHAN'S SESAME STREET FOLD-OUT SOFA

Ethan loves to lounge in his Sesame Street fold-out sofa.

CHRISTMAS (DISC II)

OK...After two days, disc II is posted to YouTube, too. Links below (yes, they are right):
http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=tovA0JdJii8&sharing_token=k3uGUM3F9Je7UZLP4btTjA

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=FFzPhvuEXGo&sharing_token=3_erJlQykZyxiXVe1Qez9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=zt8Z9FD7H8U&sharing_token=6mKX-jC2IzhjAhFP7h8MLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=lhCU76PxNmU&sharing_token=uuHPWCud5V50SsdcE9G3oQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=FGdUW2B1SB8&sharing_token=rjlij__5jCzf29fTyiRXJw

REAL LINKS

OK...Ignore the posts below (except for the test one). These are the good links to the first disc of our Christmas. Just follow them in order. Sorry for the inconvenience. (Shappell Family Tech)
http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=yQDKPSJ0l6Y&sharing_token=UvoeZZrwLF7nDCtqZfzU4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=aVHYOUkq3Us&sharing_token=9cBzJBgVqALYnbaoCRFG5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=eW1xOOiykXk&sharing_token=w3dOEJw1dcBdce_3VtqF0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=_cgKtT5zK7M&sharing_token=PKEiM-C5_KOVhDTv6UHiMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=JuLqaO3XRIc&sharing_token=XfzVaQixAMKNnu8ezop_vg

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=Sj-OtY8tbdo&sharing_token=FMo52NbTwzcsWcOx0xgQMg

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=mAPoeWhXANY&sharing_token=_1jN0gb8o5vIUqKMze6wog

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=8CqmDVpy2oo&sharing_token=8tG7qj4WaS86g4CkQfJTDw

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=KA1vog9kw08&sharing_token=N8M8m6XegtD4f3mbpGoBQw

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=23LpLdrbgBo&sharing_token=DBXCzF56NleXiEUR071s-A

TRIAL 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=FGN1yvIo_Hw&sharing_token=x2vEDqJDOkJQwDfkgZOctA

WATCHING ORDER

OK, so the first of two discs is posted now. Here's the order you want to watch them in. Sorry for the chopiness, but we're still getting the hang of this.

Watch "Checking out the Stocking" first, from top to bottom
Watch "Ethan Opening Gifts" next, from top to bottom
Then watch "More Present Opening" from top to bottom

That will give you the entire first disc (about half an hour) from our Christmas. The second disc is currently being converted and posted!

MORE PRESENT OPENING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CqmDVpy2oo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA1vog9kw08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23LpLdrbgBo

ETHAN OPENING GIFTS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVHYOUkq3Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW1xOOiykXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgKtT5zK7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuLqaO3XRIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj-OtY8tbdo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAPoeWhXANY

There are more coming, but we are only as fast as technology! :-)

ASSIST FROM YOUTUBE

OK...While blogspot is great for posting the pictures, it's pretty slow on downloading the videos. So, please see the links for YouTube if you'd like to enjoy the videos from Christmas. There are more links coming, along with still pictures. Thanks for your support.
Sincerely
Shappell Tech Support

CHECKING OUT THE STOCKING

After breakfast, Ethan's first Christmas stop was the stocking. As you can see, he was very happy with the way the gift receiving started out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGN1yvIo_Hw - Breakfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDKPSJ0l6Y - Stocking

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST

Christmas morning started out normal enough for Ethan. It was like any other morning. Little did he know it was about to get a whole lot different...and pretty cool.

LITTLE STINKER

Not only did he pull the present down and lay on it...he seems to be rather enjoying it.

NAP TIME UNDER THE TREE

Against dad's advice, Ethan pulled down a Christmas present from under the tree, and put a pillow down to take a nap...wherever the mood strikes him, I guess.

TWO COOL DUDES

Ethan and JR took time out of their busy schedule to pose for mom...Isn't Ethan becoming quite the little ham, smiling for the camera all the time.