Ethan is growing fast, he is such a little boy!
The biggest news the last few months for Ethan is that he is sleeping in his own toddler bed. He learned how to climb out of his crib and so we transitioned to the toddler bed. He was very proud of and super excited about his new bed that he could freely climb in and out of whenever he wanted. The climbing in and out made going to sleep kind of difficult but Ethan is now successfully sleeping in his own big boy bed! He's really good about bedtime now and climbs in by himself when we're done reading stories etc. I've been sitting in with him until he falls asleep and it's been working out well, he likes that I'm in there with him while he falls asleep and it's a nice quiet time for me as well. I have to admit that I love that he just wants me to be there because I know one day he won't. He's really good about staying in his bed once he falls asleep and only wondering out in the morning or once nap time is over. I do think it's adorable to see sleepy eyed Ethan wonder out of his room with stuffed animal in arm. One of his first nap times doing this though he woke up in the middle of his nap and realized I was gone, he came out with his blanket and pulled me to his room and got right back in bed. I guess we weren't done napping yet.
Some other things going on lately with Mr.E
- says 'hmmm' when he's trying to figure something out and as he's walking around the house looking for something. It's adorable and we love it! He put a finger to his chin with pursed lips as he says it as well.
- Stripes the tiger is a favorite stuffed animal ( thanks uncle Mike) and gets to sleep with Ethan at night and for a while was a must have during any story time. Ethan would give stripes kisses and hugs and also have Stripes give us kisses.
- Has a new love for Mr.Glow Bug which is his nightlight that he got when he started sleeping in his toddler bed. Ethan gets all excited about it when we ask if we should go say goodnight to Mr.Glow Bug. He gives it a huge hug and has a huge smile on his face, it's obvious we can never loose Mr.Glow Bug
- Holds our hands while we say prayer at dinner and kisses out hand after.
- Talks through bedtime prayer or tries to give me a huge wet kiss and a tight hug around my neck.
- says 'uh oh' - when I hear him say this from the other room I know it means he has gotten into something he shouldn't be in.
- loves going to the zoo and watching all of the animals walk around and will ask for more when they go into their caves
- know what monkey's and fish say. His fish noise is smacking his lips together.
- can unzip and take off his jacket by himself
- has peed in the potty on his own and is really interested in it all. He goes and sits on his little potty after he goes in his diaper and then wipes himself with toilet paper. It's a start!
- say's 'dat' pointing at something he wants then says 'dare' pointing at where it should go.
- for example he'll point at a treat and then point to his mouth
- plays pretend and really gets into the games he's playing. It's fun to watch him be in his own little world having so much fun.
- Loves to help dada fix things around the house with tools. If there's something broken he's very quick to point it out and grab a tool to fix it. Often times that tool is a whisk from the kitchen drawer.
- He likes to help me cook and will get out a pot and bowl, whisk and his play food and cook on the floor while I make dinner.
- He understand things have a place, there are rules and and order to doing things.He likes it most of the time (unless of course it means he can't do something he wants.)
- He yells at Grandpa's cat for being on the table without prompting
- When he's getting tired and ready to leave somewhere he'll bring me our shoes and my diaper bag to let me know he's ready to go.
- He knows before we leave we have to clean up. He started to try to put the highchairs away at monkey biz when we were getting ready to go.
- Ethan is testing the limits of what he can do which makes things interesting, but he will sit in time out when he's told to and will even put himself in timeout when he something he's not supposed to. All we have to say is 'put yourself in timeout' and he'll go sit down and wait for us to tell him he can get out.
- dances to music around the house and moves his legs and feet really fast.
- sings along to songs with us and really like Christmas Carols especially the fa la la la la part in Deck the Halls
- tries to hide food in his cheeks when he opens his mouth to show us he's eaten what he has so that he can have more
- waves to everyone and says by as we leave anywhere
- loves to help and have a job to do. He's really good about helping with things we ask him to do and he is proud of himself for doing a good job
- does fist bumps and pats on the back
- loves to color and will spend ages doing it. He especially loves it now that he has his own Ethan sized table to sit at.
- Ethan has come into our room in the middle of the night a few times this week wile he's been sick and climbs into our bed to cuddle. He falls right back asleep and just wants to be cuddled and I have loved the cuddles! Our bed isn't big enough for all of us on a regular basis though.
- Still loves to climb anything and is getting more and more fearless playing with bigger kids and climbing taller things.
Ethan is totally a little boy and we are loving adjusting to being the parents to a little boy instead of a baby. Ethan is so adventurous yet still very loving with us giving loads of hugs and kisses. We've been very blessed with Ethan, he is so easy going and such a happy kid even when he's not feeling well, it's cold out or he's tired. He's an awesome little guy and we love him tons! He'll never really understand what an amazing blessing he is in our lives and how thankful we are to get to be his parents.
