Ethan - 9 months

Stats:
20 lbs 10 oz (64% tile).
Eliana was 18.5 lbs at her 9-month

28" tall (36% tile)

46 cm Head circ (76% tile)

Two bottom teeth through, top two are coming in:)

New tricks:
1. Army crawling
2. Transitioning from sitting to crawling
3. Self feeding for finger food
4. Sippy cup (today for the first time, figured out the spout, I think)
5. Side pose (so funny)!

Likes/Dislikes:
1. Daddy coming home gives Ethan a super smile
2. Eliana's voice and her still make him smile despite lots of toy stealing on her end.
3. Loves exer saucer still, but not as much as before and compared to exploring the house via army crawl
4. Loves other babies
5. LOVES the bath. He goes crazy and instead of it calming him (he's already calm all the time), it makes him burst out splashing. So fun to watch.
6. Infatuated with knobs, tags, wires:)
7. At first, he did not like finger goods, but just yesterday he preferred to not be spoon fed.
8. Still thumb sucking, too:)

Actually, I can't think of any dislikes. He's such a happy, mellow baby; hardly cries and is content in any situation. No stranger anxiety or years there.

Schedule:
Two naps a day, one usually around 9am and one at 1 pm, much longer mapper than Eliana ever was; usually 1-2 hours/nap. But he is an early riser, usually at 6:00 or 6:30. Can't complain, though, this little man puts up with anything especially all the crazy big sister antics.

New digs

We've moved...again! Our landlord is selling the house in Magnolia, so we jumped on the house search and found a lovely place in queen Anne. The crazy thing about this move is that the movers hoisted our huge, heavy picnic table up from the backyard to the deck! Eliana loves her attic-turned play room- bedroom and I'm in love with the kitchen and living room.

Come visit!

Ethan - crawling and clapping

Despite moving, clutter and boxes, Ethan decided to start clapping and army crawling this week. We still can't tell if he's signing "more" or clapping because he does it while eating...and loves to eat!! Anyway, pictures soon!

Ethan - 8 months

Sorry we have been so busy to fill you in on Ethan, but he's still such a mellow, happy, content baby. He is amazing and we love him so much. He's not crawling and actually only just began sitting up steady on his own. His favorite thing is to be in the excer saucer where he can bounce and jump. And of course, he loves watching Eliana and giggles a lot at/with her.

He still doesn't mind the car seat or strangers and gives Nate a huge hug when he gets home every night.








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Ethan's first tooth

Last night while I was at basketball, Ethan got his first tooth (lower bottom). Nate was up rocking him for an hour, poor little baby. Here comes teething!!

Halloween (Part 1)

We had an eventful morning at Eliana's pre-school for their Halloween party.  They sang a couple songs and we had a pot-luck.  The kids all crashed and burned by 10:45.  It was so hilarious watching them sing.  Turn up the volume on the video and notice what Eliana (the pink/purple/green dinosaur) had to say right before "Itsy Bitsy Spider."  So precious. Ethan was a good sport and wore the pumpkin costume (from when Eliana was a baby).  Auntie Amy was a rock star and helped out as usual. She's here so Nate and I can go to Rhode Island for a friends' wedding this weekend (hopefully we get through with the Sandy storm mess). She will be watching Eliana this weekend while we head to the East Coast.  Happy Halloween everyone!! 

Oh, and yes, I made Eliana's costume, but with the help of a friend and her sewing machine. Don't look too closely at the tail the stitching is anything but perfect. But the tail is super fun and hoping she will get some use out of it in dress up or some other fun activity.  

 "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

 Tired Dino

 Smiley Pumpkin

 It is almost impossible to get Eliana to pose and show me her costume...

 Enough of pre-school

 Costume complete with underwear