3/4 of a year!

I am so very late I'm writing this post. Ethan will be 10 months old on Sunday (mom fail).  

This age has been so much fun!  Ethan is crawling around like a maniac and his personality has been cracking us up!

- 9m clothes, size 3 diapers

- 2 naps a day and bed around 7:30
- Nurses 4 times a day. Once at night.  Sometimes wake between 4-5am nurse the go back to sleep until 7ish.

- Snotty nose this month :(
- Grandma, Aunt Kate and Aunt Mary babysat while we went to Aunt Allison's 30th bday party. Everyone had fun until bed time. Wouldn't take a bottle so I had to come home and nurse E and put him o bed. Then I went back to the party. Luckily he didn't make a peep until morning.

He spotted Daddy coming up the stairs!

Bribery with Cheerios :)

- Cruising all over the place
- Pulling up on everything
- Trying lots of new foods. Egg (8/18) no reaction!! Little nervous because cousins Andrew and Aiden had milk and egg(aiden still has) allergies.

- Weekend with mommy while daddy went out if town
- New stroller [chicco echo] we love it!

- Gives momma kisses 

- kind of waving

7/22 top right tooth cut

7/26 top left tooth cut

- drinks from straw sippy cup

7/24 Ethan's first time at the Shippensburg fair!

7/29 Daddy's birthday

8 months

Our little dude will be 9 months old next week.  

So, here are his 8 month shots and stats!

-Wearing 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers

-Transitioned to 2 naps a day

-Nursing every 3-5 hours

TEETHING!!!

He has two bottom teeth

-Crawling everywhere!

-Started pulling himself up (6/25)

-Goes from crawling into a sitting position (7/20)

-Zips and zooms around the kitchen in his walker (7/5)

-Ethan claps ALL THE TIME!! (7/3)

-Gives high-5s (7/15)

He's a little fish...

-loves the splash park, baby pool on our deck and swimming at Aunt Judy's

Ethan's new foods:

watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, yogurt, yogurt melts, shredded cheese, baby cheetos, and the purees in the pouches.

Transitioned to the big boy tub in Ethan's bathroom.  No more sink baths in the kitchen!

I decorated his bathroom in a rubber duck theme.  It's quacktastic!

We celebrated the 4th of July at Aunt Judy and Uncle Denny's house.  We had a yummy picnic and went swimming.  We didn't stay for fireworks.

We went to my mom's house in West Virginia for "Camp Grammy."

We had a great weekend visiting with family.

Ethan used his booster chair for the first time and did great sleeping in the pack and play.

7 months

Probably weighs 17ish lbs now.
Wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes.
Size 3 diapers.
Nursing every 3-4 hours during the day and once or twice during the night.

Loves:
Mommy
Daddy
Playing with his feet
Babbling- dada, mama, baba
Puffs and Baby Mum-Mums (baby rice rusks)
Books- Barnyard Dance (his favorite!) and Belly Button Book
Swimming- on the deck in a baby pool and also at Aunt Judy's house
Scout the dog
Singing mailbox toy
Stacking ring toy
Geno
"Where'd the Baby Go?" game- I put his lovey blankie over his head and he pulls it off and laughs.

Mobility:
6/8 lots of scooting backwards
Baby planking
Rocking back and forth on all fours
6/11 crawling forward!
6/19 crawling maniac-- he's everywhere!

New Foods:
Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Peas, Squash, Peaches
Baby Mum-Mums, Puffs

Firsts:
Memorial Day
Father's Day
Mommy's Birthday
ArtShip festival

Ethan started sleeping in the crib at night on June 2nd.  I think that I had been waking him in the middle of the night by rolling over or getting up to go to the bathroom.  He is loving sleeping in his own room and I think we are all getting more sleep!  I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to sleep with him in the nursery but it has been a good move.  I don't think we were all ready until now.

6/16- I can feel the tip of a tooth (bottom right) coming through!  That explains why Ethan hadn't been sleeping well at night for a few days.

"Are we done yet, Mom?"

E's Half Birthday!

We celebrated Ethan's half birthday by swimming at Aunt Judy's house!

Playing with cousin Matthew

"Loving on" Matthew, or eating him.  The jury is still out on that one. :)

The babies had had enough and were so ready for naps.

Perfect photo-op with Aunt Alli! 

Father's Day

I had a lot of fun doing this little project for Dean. He is proudly displaying the pictures on his desk at work. 

I think he had a great first Father's Day.