Ethan's trick list...

11 Months!

I know a lot of you haven't been able to see the little man lately. We seem to be in a birthday drought or something. Anyway here's the updated list:

1. Stands up and walks everywhere!
2. Drinks for a sippy cup (Mostly, he just steals Emma's)
3. Says Ma, Dada, Em-MA, hi, yeah, and mimics a lot of the sounds we make.
4. Understands, No and will shake his head no.
5. If you say, "love you," or "kisses" he will smack his little lips.
6. Claps and says, "yeah!"
7. Can feed himself with his fingers.
8. Climbs on everything!
9. Waves hi and bye but is is sometimes about 10 seconds after you already have left.
10. Loves his sister!
    

Ethan and Manny

Here are the first 10 months...a recap.

10 Months!

Ethan and Manny

Ethan is now 10 months old. Poor Manny is really getting beaten on now.

Ethan's Top 10 Facts

1. Eats everything, good and not so good.
2. Crawls everywhere including up the stairs, see videos.
3. Naps twice a day.
   
4. Has 8 teeth.
5. Weighs more than 20 lbs.
6. Loves to eat in has fancy new highchair.
7. Can still say, "Dada, Ma, Em-aa, hi, yeah."
8. Waves bye and hi.
9. Torments his sister.
10. Walks all over the place!
    

NINE MONTHS!

Ethan turned nine months on 1/24/2009Sadly this is the best picture I could get with Manny this month

The other 20 I took looked something like this:

Poor Manny

Emma's head popping up

If you haven't noticed 9 months is a pretty active age. This little man has been keeping us on our toes. I find myself saying, "Boys are different" quite often. Ethan does things like crawl with his head down and goes until he bumps into something and then pulls himself up on it, dives out of high chairs, yanks every plug out of the wall, eats Polly Pockets like its his job, and other random bad boy things.

We did take him for his check up today and he is perfect! I know we are at the parenting age now because at one point we knew all 3 of the other moms in the waiting room. Anyway his stats are:

Weight: 20 lbs 11 ozs (50%)
Height: 28 1/8 inches (50%)
Head: HUGE (off the chart)

I knew his head was still huge because I always have to buy a size up in hats. It is growing at a consistent rate though so he is fine. With all of his tumbles it is probably better that he has such a large melon on there.

Here is Ethan's top 10 trick list:
1. Eats everything! As long as it is small and/or mushy he is all over it
2. Has the pincher grasp down
3. Can say "Dada" "MA!" "Em-ma" "Yeah"
4. Waves hi and bye
5. Crawls like a crazy man
6. Pulls himself up and surfs along furniture
7. Has 7 teeth, will the 8th ever show up, ugh!?
8. Knows exactly how to push Emma's buttons
9. Takes great naps
10. He can stand all by himself (we call it, Like a big boy) for a long time and actually took a step yesterday.

He is quite amazing and hard not to love (even when he is naughty). Emma is wonderful with him still, well most of the time anyway. She gets really excited for all of his milestones as we do. We are proud parents for sure!

8 months!

Can you believe it?

Happy Half Birthday

Guess who celebrated their half birthday today?

"Um, was it Manny?"

No, of course not it was Ethan!

We celebrated 6 months the same way we have celebrated each month prior, with Manny and Emma. Click on the word Manny in "Looking for Something Special" section of this blog to see how Ethan has grown.

Here are are few out takes:

When Emma celebrated her half birthday she had a delicious cupcake. Today it was Ethan's turn:

He never really ate it.

Just flipped it over.

This was Emma's:

Randoms:

Finally, our idea of fun:

5 Months?

Yes, it's true. Ethan is FIVE MONTHS OLD! Crazy isn't it? We took the ceremonious picture with Manny. It is getting really hard to have him sit still for it. He likes to be on the move. He can get to where he wants for sure. He isn't crawling or anything yet,but he can roll like a champ. He log rolls all over the floor and follows Emma around just to annoy her. Isn't that what little brothers are for?

Emma always loves to be in on the pics too.

The other big milestone of the day is that Ethan had his first veggie. Just like Emma, he tried carrots first. I will try to add a video if I ever get a free moment. He sort of liked them. Well he wasn't repulsed by them or anything.

On September 21st Emma, Nanny, and I headed to the Dunkin' Donuts Center for Disney on Ice. Emma LOVED it! Before the show they had a display of princess gowns. Emma was enthralled with the whole thing.

Mickey and Minnie

Lightening McQueen

Emma watching everything

The Little Mermaid

The Lion King

Tinkerbell

After the show we headed to Nanny and Grampy's house to celebrate Nanny's birthday. Ethan did some jumping while Emma taught Hayden how to dance to "I'm a Little Teapot". It was super cute!

3 Months!

3 Months with Manny:

Last month with Manny:

I think Ethan is a little chunkier this month.

Ethan is 3 months old today. He is getting so big. Can you believe he is already 1/4 of a year old! Emma, Ethan and I ventured out in this crazy rain to get their pictures done. Emma was fantastic which, as anyone that has ever had a 2 and a half year old knows, is a HUGE deal. She didn't have an attitude at all. You can check out the pictures at:
Portrait Simple: Warwick

just click my name and the password is 8328.


Here are some Manny outtakes for your viewing pleasure...

Notice the fear in Ethan's eyes in the above picture...poor guy.

This is what you get when you ask Emma not to make that funny face.

And finally Manny is consoling Ethan, how sweet.

2 Months, yesterday!

Can you believe Ethan is 2 months already? Wasn't he just in my belly making my life completely uncomfortable? He is fitting well into our little family. We cut the tags off a while ago so we are keeping him. I feel like a "real mom" now that I have two. It is a lot busier that before Ethan came. For such a little guy he has us on our toes.

He celebrated his 2 month birthday with a trip to the doctor's office. He is growing well. He weighed 13 pounds 8 ounces and was 23.25 inches long. He is in the 95%tile for weight and head and 75th for his length so he is staying on the same path which is great. The poor guy got three shots which included a lot of screaming on his part. He turned about 6 shades of purple. He is fine now though so no worries.

His newest milestones include lots of coos and giggles. He also discovered his hand on Monday. It is so cute to watch him follow it by his face. Today he was grabbing the toys on his little gym too. My baby is growing up too fast!

Now for some pics!

Smile!

Trying out the Bumbo

Emma in the Bumbo at the same age

Look who found his hand

Two Months with Manny

Smile!