Time is Flying - 18 months old .... wow

Well as I figured I still have a horribly hard time remembering to update this damn thing as much as I wanted .... but here goes another entry.

Tomorrow will be Ethan's 18 month 'birthday'. I can't believe how old he is and how big he is getting.

This age is again become one of my favourites as he is learning and doing so much more. Each day he amazes me more with the new things he is doing!

So many words, so much character and personality, and so much fun. The kisses, the hugs, the laughs, the smiles, the attitude, the tantrums, the words and songs. Love this little man to pieces.

Ethan is almost done cutting all of this 'pre 2 year' teeth. We are working on the final 2 eye teeth on the right hand side, and I can say once again, Thank god for Camillia teething medicine and his amber teething necklace. Without those 2 things life would be miserable.

Ethan has become a parrot and a shadow. Everything you say he is trying to say it back, and everything you do he is copying you. He has become a real monkey with climbing on everything, jumping around and loves to dance.

One night about a month ago he brought tears to my eyes when I told him I loved him at bed time and he said 'love you' back to me. Such an amazing moment as a mother. He has only since repeated this 2 more times, but I say it to him all the time, and most of the time I get a smile and a nod ... lol

We have many more words now including:
Hi
Bye
Ouch
On
Off
Down
Up
book
hot
truck
Plus all the others that he has been saying for months.

Friday is his 18 month check up and I am anticipating good things as usual.

I think in January we are going to start to potty train as he is fully knowledgeable when he has gone #2 and he points it out to me .... He has am thinking it is just about time to start that venture.

Teeth and Words YAY

Well we have 2 more teeth to add into the count. This last week Ethan got his upper left and lower left first molar :) And it looks like the right are on their way soon also.


We are working on talking and trying to get some more words formulated.
I think we have:
Ball
Duck
Door
Bye
Done (sometimes)
Light (sometimes)
Mama
Dada
Baba (bottle)

And we are working hard on many more. He is trying so hard to talk the last couple of days it is just so exciting!!! Love it :) Again we are entering what is proving to be another favourite stage!! So awesome :)

Getting so Big

As I figured, I am having a hard time remembering to update this thing, but I guess if I can manage to write something every few months it is good, even if I dont write it when it happens!!

So, what is new?

Well, Ethan is starting to 'run' never mind just walk. He is climbing on everything and just exploring his world. It is such an exciting time with him. So many new things he can do and enjoy. We can now go to the park and he can play on the playground, and the slides, and loves to chase the birds. And of course, loves watching the other children play.

He is still a huge flirt with all the ladies. No matter what kind of mood he is in, once we are anywhere there are people, especially ladies, he is smiling and laughing and flirting with them all. Way too cute.

This week was a rough week with him being sick. He had a double ear infection, throat infection and eye infection. The walk in clinic put him on amoxicillin and we discovered that he is allergic to it. After a few days he was completely covered in hives. So, no more penicillin products for him.

We are adjusting in the house quite well and adjusting to life as just the 2 of us. We have some rough days, but for the most part, we are doing great.

Ethan is loving his daycare provider, and the kids that are there with him. He is learning so much, and getting lots of socialization. I love getting his little crafts home and seeing what he gets to do each day.

Lets see, new things that we have figured out:
Clapping
High Five
Drinking from a straw
Crouching
Going from 'sitting' to standing - although still working on this


We also have 3 more teeth, making the total now 8! 4 on top and 4 on the bottom :D

Ethan is back to loving the water and swiming as well, which is awesome! Now we just have to try and make sure we go swimming at least 1 x a week :D

The Walking Begins

We are almost walking all on our own without any prompting and it is so much fun!! It has been about a week and a bit since the first few steps were taken and boy oh boy is he ever proud of himself when he walks!!

He is becoming a bigger monkey then ever and is climbing over and on everything. Definitely keeping mommy busy.

We have moved into our new house and although unpacking has been difficult with a 10 month old, we are managing to get things done slowly! It was a tough adjustment to the life changes, but each day gets a little bit better.

Mommy is looking for a job and hoping that something comes up soon so that we can plan and have a better idea of our future. Really hoping to somehow keep our new house even with the recent changes which have taken place.

The Fun Continues

Well, the fun continues in our house.

Ethan is getting bigger and bigger each day and is learning many new things. He has started to stand on his own without holding onto anything, he is walking along any and all furniture that he can find. He is trying to climb on anything and everything. If there is something that he can climb over he will; tv tables, toys, legs, benches, foam cubes, steps; nothing can get in his way, and he certainly will not go around.

He has mastered climbing stairs as well, even though there was no practice required. He saw them and climbed them as if he was a pro and had been doing it forever. It was unbelievable.

He enjoys practicing his walking, and will tip over any of his larger toys to push along the floor to practice his walking. It is really quite cute.

We are running into issues with eating and sleeping again. Sleep has been very sporadic and all over the place. Still not doing much napping during the day, and if he does manage a nap it is usually a huge fight to get him down, and it only lasts for 30 mins to an hour tops. Night time is horrible with being up every 2-3 hours again for the last 2 weeks. Mommy is one tired lady. Not too sure if the sleep issues are due to teeth, 9 month sleep regression, night terrors, 9 month wakeful period or what, but I certainly hope that it will end soon and we can get back to sleeping.

Ethan has become what I want to call a picky eater ... lol ... although it is totally day by day what he will eat and when he will eat it. One day he will love something and the next he will just spit it out. So, I have no idea what is happening there, but it is keeping me on my toes and making me try and figure out new things. I never thought I would let my kid eat jello, yoghurt and animal crakers for dinner, but hey, if that is all he will eat, then I guess that is what he is getting :P

We have also figured out how to wave, say mama, and dada and telling many many different types of stories now. Can't wait for some of these sounds to turn into more words :D

Not looking forward to returning to work in a couple months as things are getting to be so much fun with him, but I know that it will be worth it in the end. Still trying to decide on what to do for work, and where to work, but hoping to find something in the durham region so that I dont have to do the commute to downtown and miss almost all the waking hours of Ethan's day. We will see what happens; so far no applications have resulted in anything!

Until next time :D

What A Monkey

Ethan is getting to be a very busy boy. He is pulling up on everything he can reach and is even trying to climb on things.

We have a box in the living room that he climbed on top of, and then proceeded to try and climb up onto the ottoman from the box. Then daddy took him off as he was trying to take things off of the make shift computer desk in the living room!

Once he was back on the floor he kept moving back and forth between the couch, the ottoman, and the box ... up and down, up and down, up and down.

He has also realized how to throw things around; toys, slippers, teething ring, whatever he can get in his hands can be thrown.

He is getting to be so strong and so curious. Trying to get into anything and everything that he can, including the cats water and food.

On another note, he is loving giving kisses. I even got a kiss tonight as he was falling asleep. It was the best mommy and baby moment yet.
He was almost asleep on my chest and he sat up, gave me a kiss and proceeded to fall back to sleep on my chest. So adorable, so sweet, and so awesome!!! He is becoming more and more like a little boy and I can't wait to see what amazing things we are going to enjoy in the near future :D

What a Week!!

This week we have mastered sitting up from the laying down position,  pulling up on everything, sitting down for standing up, eating more solid foods that aren't pureed and a new crooked and fun smile!

Last night we did some practicing of sitting once standing, and it was really cute. I looked over at him in his toy area and he was standing at his train table, and kept squatting down really slow. Then he would stand back up and squat really slow but a little bit lower.
Finally his bum hit the floor, and he pulled himself back up and proceeded to do this a couple times. The amount of learning is just unbelievable.

He is army crawling all over the place and moving quite well and quick; especially when he sees something that he wants (the cats, shoes, the laptop wire).

We have a 3rd tooth coming in on the top and so far nothing too painful for him other then the drooling and wanting to chew.

We are learning so much each and every day right now it is amazing. I can't wait until he figures out the actual walking. Will keep us much more busy, but boy will it be fun!

Here is a picture of our new crooked over exaggerated smile ... so cute and funny!!