Ethan continues to grow and learn new things every day! It's amazing to watch him as he learns how to live. A lot of the things that we do on a daily basis has to be learned at some point in our lives. Ethan has to learn all of them (well hopefully only the good habits :) )
Ethan has been walking by himself more and more. He has always liked being on his feet, but he was never really able to without us holding his hands and shuffling him all around the house, much to the dismay of our backs. He can pull himself up and if we Cameron and I are sitting across from each other, he will hobble over to the other on his own two feet. It is exciting and nerve-wracking!
Cameron took Ethan to the doctor a couple weeks ago for his 9 month appointment and the Doc said to start baby proofing the house because it's "time". Time for what? The doctor said that since Ethan has been enjoying walking, he will probably skip crawling. We've witnessed this first hand! Although Ethan does scoot around a little on the ground like a soldier in boot camp, he definitely prefers to be on his feet.
Ethan has also been liking to play by himself more, which is a huge blessing! We can park him down in the living room with his toys and he will be content for 15 min to a half an hour! It's great when you need to catch a breather or get something done. He also has learned how to sit himself up, which is also a huge blessing because before he was like a turtle in distress when he was on his back.
Ethan has been walking by himself more and more. He has always liked being on his feet, but he was never really able to without us holding his hands and shuffling him all around the house, much to the dismay of our backs. He can pull himself up and if we Cameron and I are sitting across from each other, he will hobble over to the other on his own two feet. It is exciting and nerve-wracking!
Cameron took Ethan to the doctor a couple weeks ago for his 9 month appointment and the Doc said to start baby proofing the house because it's "time". Time for what? The doctor said that since Ethan has been enjoying walking, he will probably skip crawling. We've witnessed this first hand! Although Ethan does scoot around a little on the ground like a soldier in boot camp, he definitely prefers to be on his feet.
Ethan has also been liking to play by himself more, which is a huge blessing! We can park him down in the living room with his toys and he will be content for 15 min to a half an hour! It's great when you need to catch a breather or get something done. He also has learned how to sit himself up, which is also a huge blessing because before he was like a turtle in distress when he was on his back.
On the topic of sitting, Cameron awoke one morning to find Ethan standing in his crib. Eeee! Needless to say, we have had to lower his mattress so that he can't topple over the side. It is not uncommon that we find him sitting or standing in his crib looking at the door when we walk in. It is so cute to see the big smile on the face of a sitting, waiting baby when we step into the room.
On a more down note, Cameron, Ethan and I are all sick! Booooo! Cameron and Ethan got it around the same time and I was soon to follow. Luckily we haven't had fevers, so we think it is just a cold. Cameron is almost over it, but Ethan and I still have the sniffles. My voice is pretty deep and I think that I could pass as Barry White if I recorded a version of "Can't get enough of your love, babe". At any rate, I am ready to be feeling well and most of all, Ethan to be well. Please pray for quick recovery, thanks!
Lastly, we are getting our backyard landscaped. (Finally!) We have hired a friend from our church to help us get our dirt pit to something that we can all enjoy! I think that it is going to be beautiful once it is finished. Poor Chris, our landscaper, since we only have about 5 ft of space on either side of our house, he has had to bring a lot of the heavy stones for our terraced walls, one by one or by wheel barrel. Slow and hard work. But with anything worthwhile, it does take hard work. We are thankful and look forward to the finished product. We hope to be done by Ethan's 1st birthday, so we can have a big birthday bash at our place. We will post some pictures when it is finished.
By the way, there was a beautiful double rainbow the other day and I took some killer pics.
2 comments:
Those are beautiful pictures! Good job Drew.
Hope y'all feel better soon...but if not, please record yourself singing that Barry White song you mentioned :)
I love the rainbow pics! You should get them framed!
Walking all around?! Little rascal...
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