All About Our Lives Lately

Sorry this post is so long. I just wanted to write down everything that has been happening to us lately, especially my little man. Ethan is growing up so fast. He is talking like a madman now. He talks like I should know exactly what he is saying. Sometimes I can tell what he is talking about because he'll add a real word in every now and then. He is getting such a personality. A strong one at that. He gets frustrated now when we don't understand what he wants. The other day, I bought bananas because I know he loves them. He saw them on the counter and stood underneath right where they were and reached his arms up and started saying "Eee, eee!" This is what he says when he wants something. So dang cute but I can't tell sometimes what it is. This time was pretty obvious but sometimes not so much.

Ethan's vocabulary consists of hi, uh-oh, ba-bye, Da, Ma, Oh wow, No no no no, Thank tee or thee (thank you), hoof (which is what a dog says :)), Eee (please), baw (ball), here (when he wants something or is giving you something), and occasionally he'll say papa (grandpa). His signs are water, milk, please, more, thank you (from the cheek, not chin), bye bye, and no no (which is him shaking his finger at me).

Other things he does lately is:

*He'll wake up in the morning and say uh-oh till we go in. If I go in, he immediately starts looking for his Da. If Brian goes in, he's fine and dandy and wants to eat his breakfast.

*He throws fits when he gets frustrated. Its sometimes funny and I look away so that he can't see me smile.

*He climbs stairs like a pro. He LOVES to play on our stairs. I moved the gate to the bottom of the stairs and he could seriously play for hours on those stairs.

*He can feed himself with a spoon, even though it gets really messy.

*He throws anything he can get his hands on up in the air and laughs so hard when he does it. *Still waves bye backwards. It almost looks like "come to me".

*When he wants someone to pick him up, he'll clap his hands twice then reach. Its almost a demand "clap clap, now pick me up".

*He gets super excited when we go to Tara's or Missy's. His two best friends are Clint and Abbi.

*He's doing better with sippy cups. Still won't have milk from them but is great with juice and water.

*He LOVES to read books, especially by himself. He likes to play a lot by himself as well. I try to play with him sometimes and he pushes me away.

*He hides in the cubbies in our laundry room. He thinks it so hilarious when I pretend I can't find him then he pokes his head out and laughs so hard. I love doing laundry for this reason alone.

*He shrugs his shoulders a lot. Whenever he doesn't like the feel of his shirt, when he's walking and is bored walking normal, pretty much whenever he wants. Its too cute!

*He growls a lot. You might think he's getting mad at you but he's just growling and its because he wants you to growl back.

*He's learning a cheesy smile. I tell him when he's sad to be happy and I smile big so he's starting to copy me.

Such a silly little boy! We love him so much and don't know what we would do without him in our lives. Ethan is such a joy to have in our family and we just love him more and more everyday!

Now on to Brian. Brian has started a new job with a company called Spike. He is a salesman for them and gets to work from home. Its fantastic! I love having him home. Ethan, on the other hand, is having a hard time letting his dad work. He will hear Brian on the phone in the extra room and go knock on the door or put his fingers under the door. He just loves his dad so much. But Brian is working hard and is doing really well for only working for a week. He loves being able to wake up at 8:00 in the morning and go to work in his pjs. He said he loves the commute too ;) It is really nice to have a job that we know he will be getting paid and we feel so blessed for Brian to have this opportunity. Thanks Jase for getting him this job.

Now me. Not much to report except that I am doing massages more often. I go down to Kaysville about once a month to work on some fabulous ladies. Its nice to get back into doing massages. There was a time there that I wasn't a huge fan anymore but I'm glad I got back into it. Other than that, my calling and Ethan keep me pretty busy. I love being a mom, despite my other, more recent posts. Our family is doing really well and life couldn't be better!

*Pictures to come, I promise.