Ethan is a year and a half old!  I can’t even wrap my mind around the idea of him being closer to 2 than 1.  Though he is looking more and more like a little boy every day and doesn’t resemble a baby at all!

Ethan has added one more food to his menu this month: bacon.  We let him try whatever food he wants off our plates and recently he has really enjoyed bacon.  Not exactly the next food I would have picked for him, but I’m glad he is trying new things.  He has also added one more tooth to his mouth bringing the grand total to 5.  We can see #6 ready to come in any time.

Ethan did great at his 18 month appointment.  He weighs 25 lbs and 14 oz (51%) and is 31.5 inches long (28%).  He did well for his exam but did not care for his shot and finger stick.  He had to get his hemoglobin checked again since he doesn’t eat any meat (and it was fine).  He let everyone know for a long time that he was not happy.  After his appointment I told him we could go get a donut and he said “dona, dona, dona” the whole way to the bakery.

Ethan has started saying two word phrases which is quite cute.  He frequently says “bye bye daddy” and “thank you mommy.”  Sometimes he will say “help please mommy.”  He is learning more words to figure out how to eat what he wants.  His new favorite words include up,  ice cream (which he says for anything sweet) an juice.  After a few visits to Traders Point Creamery Ethan is now obsessed with cows and wants to go see them all the time.  He stands in front of the cows and moos at them.  And when we are home he will say “moo? moo?” and head for the door.

Ethan sure loves his mommy and daddy and wants to let everyone know it.  When we are around people he doesn’t know he will point to us and say “mommy” or “daddy” as if to tell everyone around that he belongs to us.  Lately he has also wanted to be held more and will hold on with all his might when I try to put him down.  When he sees Jason and I hugging he gets very jealous and wants in on it and will say “huh, huh (hug).”

Ethan has got in trouble at school a few times this week for being aggressive and mean to his school friends.  We are hoping this is a phase and will go away when he moves up to his new classroom next week.  He is always very sweet and gentle around most kids and usually reserves his aggressiveness for mommy and daddy!

Ethan loves playing outside, especially on slides.  He loves when he came walk up the stairs of the slide by himself while holding onto the hand rail.  And he has mastered going down slides by himself too!  I love seeing the look on his face as he slides down!

Playing with his favorite toy, a room thermometer that he broke.

“Hi, hello, hi”

Handsome man hanging out in his jammies.