Video Time

Ethan is growing so fast! I love it! He recently learned to army crawl. I was hoping to put off the crawling until Christmas was over. I couldn't hold him back any longer. Two weeks ago he decided that he was done spinning himself in circles. He wanted to actuallly get somewhere. It all happened so fast.

Wednesday looked like this. Slow and steady.

By Friday he was a speedy- well speedier?

This video is just for fun. Last week Ethan started sniffing everytime I gave him a bite to eat. Nothing was sour. Everything was fresh. Mostly peas, carrots, and oatmeal. Now he will bust out this face anytime. He will squint his eyes, scrunch up his nose and and sniff away. Love this kid!



Independence

I have mixed emotions on what I about to tell you. I'm not sure that I am ready for this yet. But here I go... Ethan is already starting not to need me! And I know that this is only the first of many things to come, but still it breaks my heart a little.

For the past couple of months Ethan and I have had an on going battle over who is going to feed him. He would always try to grab hold of his bottle during feedings. The problem was that he still had the spazzy arms so if I ever let him take control, within seconds Ethan would have thrown the bottle across the room. So usually I would take his hands off the bottle and then distract him with something else to hold on to.

Lately he has had a lot better control over his arm movements. Plus he is getting so strong I fear that I would break his arms if I tried to pry them from the bottle. So I have given in. I get him started and then he takes over.

He holds it high.


He holds it low.


Although it has come in handy on those nights when he feels the need to wake up at 4:00 a.m. All I have to do is sit there with my eyes closed and just listen for him to cry. That means that he is either finished or that he has gotten distracted by his feet-his new favorite toy.

So here's to you Ethan and to step one on your path to independence.

Lunch

Ethan LOVES to eat! This kid will eat and eat and will never be satisfied. So the doctor told me to get him on rice cereal. The doc and everyone else told me that he probably wouldn't like it at first. But in the back of my mind I knew that he would love it. The kid loves anything that goes into his mouth. I was right. Ethan has never had a problem with it and he loves it more every time we give it to him. He know just cries and cries when we stop feeding him. You would think that we are starving the poor kid.

This is his "I WANT MORE" face! This comes just before the cry.


You should see him eat too. He just attacks the stuff like it's ice cream or something. I tried to get a picture of the attack, but I couldn't. Maybe I can get Aaron to record it later. It is hilarious.


Well Ethan I am glad that you like food. Although you would never be able to tell. Only the 32% for weight. Sometimes I think you are getting chunky and then I compare you to an actual chunky baby and you are not even close. Oh well, you are still the cutest baby that I have ever seen, but I guess I am a little biased :)