Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

Here is a picture of Logan, Aiden, and Ethan in their cars. The weather has been so great outside and every day we have been meeting at the park on our street for the kids to play. I think that we have some trouble coming our way in the future with these three!

4/22/08

What Ethan likes today: The new playground in our neighborhood, crawling out of the sandbox to play in the mulch, playing hide & seek with Mama, the bottle (almost weaned completely - 1 feeding per day left), my car keys, saying "up". He is also starting to clap and wave. Oz timed him standing freely the other day and he did it for 15 seconds. He hasn't stood that long on his own since. He has been pinching and biting me. Ouch! He is still an extremely happy baby.

What Ethan doesn't like today: His diaper rash! When Logan or Avery squeals (he cries at the noise).

That's about it. We are going to see Hotmama and Papa tomorrow! Yay!

April 19th 2008

First of all, today is Eli's Second Birthday! Oh my gosh time flies. We just finished Ethan's swim lesson. He has one more to go. And after the report on BPA in baby bottles on World News Tonight last night, Oz and I decided to get new bottles for Ethan. So I have been cleaning and sterilizing them. I haven't done that in a while! We have been busy in the neighborhood putting up our new swingset. Geoff and Don and all the guys have been working hard and we had a party last night to celebrate. It was a lot of fun. Ethan, Logan and Aiden looked like a posse in their red cars. I have got to get a picture of them. They are going to be TROUBLE when they get older. We all sat on the trampoline while they crawled around inside of it. It is like a big playpen.

What Ethan likes today: crawling around with a sock hanging out of his mouth like he is a dog, swimming (yay!), blowing raspberries while he has a mouth full of food.

April 12th & 13th

We had such a fun weekend. Ethan was super busy. I gave a baby shower for Krysti on Saturday and all of the girls here were fussing over Ethan. Kristina also brought Jack and Ben, so he had a little time playing with them. Then Ethan had his swim lesson and as soon as the shower was over, we headed to Miss Betty's for Eli's 2nd birthday party. Happy 2nd Birthday Eli! It was a train theme and so much fun. Kim had a train for the kids and a face painter. Ethan got an orange tiger face and tiger paw painted on his hand. He was so exhausted when we got home and he slept very well. After church today, Ethan watched the Masters with Oz, Danny and Grandpa Don. I went to Kennesaw to lose a tennis match. :( This was Ethan's first Masters and he hopes to get his own green jacket in 2032. The pictures are of Ethan in his Masters gear, Ethan and Miss Kim - ecstatic after giving each other sugar, and Ethan and Eli sizing each other up.

What Ethan likes today: Trains, anything with wheels, girls, lots of them, swimming and cheddar cheese rice cakes.

What has caused Ethan to throw a temper tantrum today: Getting his diaper changed!!!

What Ethan Likes Today 4/8/08

Saying "Mama" over and over.

Giving Mama five. I will have to get a video of this.

His new sitter Gaby!

Brushing his teeth - by himself! Well, actually just chewing on the toothbrush.

Staying up late, which means he does not like bedtime.

Little Hef

9 Month Stats

Ethan had his 9 month well-baby visit today. He is 21.38 lbs, 29 inches long and his head circumference is 18. I think everything falls into the 75%. His iron level was good and everything is fine. He is healthy and very happy. He is not my chunk anymore. We were given the go-ahead to give him dairy. I gave him some shredded cheese for lunch and he seemed to love it. And then he spit up all afternoon. He has never tolerated milk-based anything.

I worked the past 2 days and had a really good time. Oswald kept Ethan and they had some male-bonding time. Oz didn't give Ethan his afternoon bottle yesterday - he said he didn't know he got one in the afternoon. He told me they walked to the soccer fields next door and Ethan was signing "milk". And now he knows why! I have never seen Ethan "sign" milk when he actually wanted milk. Oz said Ethan was waving to everyone too. Today, I took Ethan to the post office and he was waving at a cute girl behind me in line. It is so neat to watch him do that and say "Hey".

Nile's baby girl, Emmie was born this morning. I am so excited for him. I told him to get ready to fall in love! I can't wait to see pictures of her. Maybe Ethan has a future girlfriend in Emmie! LOL

What Ethan loves today: Waving. Mama (he is still being needy).
What Ethan hates today: The vacuum.