4th of July!

This is a pic I forgot to post. I took these of each of the grandkids, and put them into a baseball album for my dad for a Father's Day gift. And the other one is of all 6 grandkids, who live in PA. We're going to add pix of the TX grandkids when we get them! :)

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For the 4th of July, Ethan Loved the fireworks! He just watched em with Huge eyes & talked to them & giggled! It was so cool!

Talky McTalkerson

Pix- Ethan felt left out, the kids jumping on Ahna’s bed, so he joined, hehe! I’ve said before how ‘hands-y’ he is, well he very often holds on to this bar on his chair when he sleeps in there, its cute! And the one with his fist up in his eye, sleepin, that’s how daddy sleeps, always!

Ethan has officially discovered his voice! I mean, he’s been using it for a while now, but he’s such a little Talky McTalkerson! He loves to chat it up & smile & even laughs! He’s such a happy boy! We praise the Lord for that!!

He loves to sit on laps. And like face outward. Its like he just gets so calm & content when he’s on someone’s lap. Like his little save haven, hehe

He is the most patient little baby! I like to wait the full 3 hours between feedings, so if its still 15 minutes away & he’s hungry, I usually try to make him wait (unless he just CANT wait any longer), and he’s just So patient! Or if he’s hungry and I’m in the middle of something, and I hafta have Jake or my mom hold him off… he just waits, hungry, but patient!

So he still wont roll over on the floor consistently. He did it again the other day, but I didn’t see it happen. Then wouldn’t do it again. I think that’s like 4 times total, but SO spread out, like barely once a week! The thing is, I heard him grunting the other day, kinda loud, but muffled… he was sitting in his chair, and when I checked on him, he was face Down in his chair! So he wiggled enough to flip over in that, just wont do it on the floor…. Strange…. Well, its ok, we’re still workin on it. And now I've learned I have to bluckle him in while he's in his chair now.

Ethan, when he’s outside, has like NO pupils! Just blue Blue BLUE eyes, so neat!

He was just weighed at 15 lbs. 13 oz. and was 25 ¼ inches. He’s grown 2 inches since May, they said! And three pounds! Woo! He’s in 76th & 79th percentiles, so he’s big, but proportionate! Yay!

Oh my gosh yesterday I was changing him, and he hasn’t peed during that in a long time, but this time when he did, it went straight up! Haha, so it got mostly on him, even his face! Haha, ew!

Ok, and the other day he’s in the Jump Up (that thing that hangs in a doorway & has a little spring so they can jump)… which, by the way, he does like, but doesn’t do much jumpin yet, hehe… but today I bounced it for him when he was in it & he just laughed & loved it! Hehe, fun! (other times he just chills in there & as in that one pic, gets almost TOO comfortable, hehe)… ANYway, so one day he was in there & fell asleep, and I grabbed the camera cuz I thought it was cute, so I snapped a picture, and his little head raised up, eyes still closed, he smiled, and then the head slid back down & back to sleep, it was so funny!

NOW I got pix!

that bottom one, I dont think they look 2 years apart, do you?

And there were four good ones I took of them, so you'll hafta check Diella's blog to see the other 2 ;) diellamyangel.blogspot.com

Sleepin Good!

So it turns out I have taken any pix of Ethan in the past few days, then I noticed him in this shot & figured I’d count it, hehehe

Great News! Ethan has slept 8 hours straight! Two nights in a row!!! And he did 9 hours one night, while we were away in Virginia! Yay!!! This feels great! Let’s pray he keeps it up!

I’ve said before how Ethan loves TV. Well, Baby Einstein is no exception. He kicks his lil feets & talks to it the whole half hour, its great!

We were at my dad’s softball game last night, and this one woman was holding Ethan (sitting next to my aunt, who passed her to her), and she was playing with him & called me over. She said, I was trying to find his tickle spot, listen to this… and she found this spot where he is So ticklish! And he giggles… like this lil grunt giggle… its almost like he’s laughing cuz it tickles, but he’s grunting cuz its torture at the same time, it was hilarious! So now we know where his ‘tickle spot’ is, hehehe

Pix

That one pic, with the only 'not happy' expression, hilarious! looks like he's lookin atcha like 'ya dun now?' haha... and that top one of him & his sis! My Fave!

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Not much to say about Ethan... he's certainly doing well! He rolled over again today... just once tho, so I'm still not sure if he's trying to or not... he's at that age though, so maybe that DID count! And if not, I'm sure any day :) .... and just now I had him in his Bumbo, and right as I looked over at him, he smiled & giggled... and of course I smile & giggle back, and then I said "do it again" and he did again, and over & over we went, I would ask him to giggle again, and he would, many Many times over! Doesnt get old! His lil giggle is contagious!

My Ethan

I said in the last blog about how he holds everything… he also does this when I’m putting the binky in his mouth, he holds my hand, like he’s helping me get it in right, I think it’s cute! He also holds my hand while he’s nursing, holds my shirt alotta times, and sometimes holds my hand when he takes a nap on my lap… sometimes I need that hand for getting something & I jus don’t wanna let go of his lil hand, cuz its jus special to me, that he loves holding hands so much!

Ethan has been talking more, we love it! And another thing we found out makes him smile almost every time… when I hold him up in the air… he looks around, and then when he focuses on my face, he gets the biggest smile! So fun!

Ethan’s already in 3-6 months clothes! He’ll be 3 months old in just a few days, so I guess it’s normal… its just crazy to me, cuz Diella NEVER fit into the size clothes that was her age!... Its crazy how fast he’s growing, its like he never was a lil newborn baby! And diapers too, he’s already up to size 2! Big Boy!

Two cool things… his naps are getting more & more consistent… he USUALLY takes one short nap in the morning, after he’s been up an hour or two… then usually a LONG nap almost always the same time as Diella, from around 1-4, give or take… then usually another short nap in the evening… and then bedtime around 10… I like getting on a schedule, yay! … and another thing that I praise the Lord for, that I think is crazy… somehow I don’t hafta change his diaper in the middle of the night! I mean, I COULD, but its just not that full, and if I change him, he’s more awake than what he is if I just feed him while he’s half asleep… so cool! One diaper all night long, change in the morning!

Runnin Runnin

So Ethan has always eaten about every 2 and half hours... if I can hold him off til 3, I do, but its not too often... well, lately, he still eats just as frequently, but sometimes is satisfied after only eating on one side... AND he eats alot faster than he used to! (like Diella always nurse fast & efficiently) but Ethan used to take about 20-30 mins, and now he's done in 10, which I love! Its just crazy, cuz its all of a sudden... never used to be that way

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I have this fun thing that makes him get this huge smile almost every time.... ya take both this legs, hold em by his feet, and move em fast, like he's runnin... and I say 'runnin, runnin, runnin, runnin' and he jus thinks its the coolest thing!

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He's still very 'handsy' ... holds his face, holds on tight to my shirt when he's eating, and now he holds his own shirt all the time, I think it is so cute! ... he holds his hands together, and he has finally gotten a hold of the little handle on the cow on the arch on the chair that he sits in... ya pull it to play the song & he's done it quite a few times now!

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Oh my gosh one night, I heard him over the monitor, jus make a lil sound... so my ears perk up & I'm listening to see if I need to go get him... then I hear.... *toooot* lol, he farted! I dunno why it was funny, but to hear a fart over the monitor just cracked me up!
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So, he's still not doing much, I mean, he sits up great, (not on his own on the floor, but like in a chair, or holding him or whatever)... and he's smiling & laughing more... and havent worked with him enough on his belly, so we'll pick that up some more... and he's sleeping ok... so not a whole lot to say, but things are going well! He's a blessing!