Ethan is becoming such a big boy.  I can’t believe that in just a few months he will be 2.  His little imagination has really started coming out the past few weeks.  He has started to play on his own better and give me a few minutes to myself.  He will narrate his playing and chatter the whole time he is playing.  It sounds something like “Yeah, ok.  Hello.  Swing, swing.  Nigh nigh.”  He will also add lots of babbling and his own made up words.  His favorite toys are his little people including his pirate ship, airplane, and batman.  We were lucky enough to find a Noah’s Ark little people at at garage sale for $0.50!

Ethan is still very chatty and knows lots of words and phrases.  Some of his favorites lately are “hot day” which he says every time we go outside and “happy daddy day” which he has been saying since Father’s Day.  When he is being disciplined and I say “Do you hear me?” and will repeat “hear me!” which just makes me laugh.  He is communicating with us very well which is nice but he gets mad when he doesn’t get what he wants!  Lately Ethan has also been obsessed with “washing” hands in his play kitchen.  He will take us by the hand over to his kitchen and we have to wash and dry our hands.  He is also learning some letters and loves singing the alphabet song.  He recognizes A, B, C, M, O, and P.  Some letters he knows they are a letter but doesn’t know which one, so he just says whatever letter comes to mind!

Ethan has done a better job of trying new foods lately, though he hasn’t added a whole lot to his normal menu.  He does like watermelon (which he calls “nummy”) and eats a lot of it these days.  He recently tried baked beans but immediately spit it out.  We are making him eat whatever we are having for dinner so some days he doesn’t eat any dinner.  He is developing “normal” toddler eating habits of eating a lot for some meals and nothing for others (even if it is food that he likes).  He is still gaining plenty of weight – some days I feel like I can barely hold him!

Ethan finally has enough teeth to be helpful.  In addition to his two bottom and four top teeth, he now has 1 bottom molar and and he just got 2 bottom molars.  They came in as quite a surprise to us.  We didn’t even notice until they had both cut through.

His favorite new game – daddy is his “neigh”

First trip to the splash park this summer.  It took him a while to warm up to it but I think he is a fan.

Serving up some ice cream at the Children’s Museum.

Silly boy, he always wants to ride the lion water fountain at the park.

Another 18 month picture I never posted.