Ethan will be 15 months next week! I haven't posted an update in a while - so I thought while James is upstairs putting him to bed I would take a minute to post some new pictures. :)
Ethan is SO much fun - he is also now keeping us REALLY busy! He is a busy little beaver, and no longer is content with just playing in one room. He is all over the house and into everything. He now likes doing many other things, rather then just playing with his toys. Some of his current interests are opening and closing doors, getting into Dakota's cage, playing with water (washing his hands in the sink), and crawling up the stairs millions of times per day.
He is a smart little guy - although he rarely shows off his skills in front of other people. He saves all of his talent for mommy and daddy. He can point to his nose, head, hair, ears, eyes, chin, elbows, knees, tongue, and teeth. However you need his complete attention and no distracting toys around. He can also Moo, Quack, Baa, and make a monkey sound.
He will occasionally use his sign language to tell us "more, all done, please, or thankyou." He only does it after I remind him - hopefully he will start doing it on his own. However he might just start using words...when he does sign "more" he also says it.
He says "car car" constantly. He is a total boy and loves his cars, tractors, airplanes, buses, and trucks. You can also tell that he is his Daddy's little boy because he LOVES JEEPS! He knows what a JEEP looks like. At church there is always a yellow JEEP parked in the same spot when we get there and he gets so excited to see it. When we go for our walks around the neighboorhood he can also spot the JEEPS. Of course when he sees Daddy's jeep - he gets super excited.
He also loves any sort of ball. However, he gets extra excited when Daddy gets out his "real" football or basketball. He even knows what closet they are in and points to the closet as soon as Daddy gets home, saying, "ball ball." Although we don't let him watch TV very often, he does enjoy seeing some football on tv. :)
Elmo is the best! He says "elmo" constantly but it sounds more like Mama. He prefers all of his elmo books and he hugs and kisses his "tickle me elmo." We have showed him a couple of elmo songs on Youtube and he gets so excited to see them! He just can't get enough of his friend Elmo!
We have now made our basement totally "ethan friendly." We were having a bunch of kids over on the weekend so we thought we would get a carpet remnant and some padding for the basement and have a place for the toys. We also got a tent with some tunnels for the kids to play in. Now Ethan's favorite spot in the house is the basement. He stands at the basement door and tries to turn the doorknob and he isn't a very happy camper when we come back up from being down stairs. He has a blast down there! He especially loves that he can ride his Little Coupe car down there.
Did I mention that Dakota also likes the tents...and tunnels?
We were having just a little bit of trouble with Ethan biting. We had gotten two reports from daycare that he bit another child while he was there! I was really concerned about this and we have tried to make sure he knows that "teeth are not for biting." He was also biting me on several occasions. Luckily it seems as though he has gotten the hint (for now). I am hoping he is now down with this stage - but we will see. Today I went to pick him up at daycare and found out that someone bit him today! I was not too upset about this - because I am hoping that this will make him realize that biting hurts! ;o)
We have had so much fun over the last month. We are loving the fall weather and enjoying Ethan's personality more and more every day.
Here are some pictures from some family time that we had at Three Cedars Farm in South Lyon. Ethan loved it! He loves pumpkins and really enjoyed seeing the tractors, going on a hayride, and playing in the choo choo train. :) We had a great time!
We are still thrilled with Ethan's learning center. He has learned so many new things since he started there and met so many new friends. He was even blowing one of the little girls a kiss when we left today. :) He is also napping 2-3 hours everyday on his cot - so this makes me a happy Mama! :)
We couldn't ask for anything more in life! We have the best little boy and he brings a smile to our faces every single day!
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