Almost New Years.....

Wow I can't believe that another year has gone by. Ethan had a great Christmas. He has been enjoying all his new books & jammies. Thank you all for all the nice gifts. He loves the prodoodle that we got him. He has been drawing us pictures on it. He's quite the artist. We are still awaiting the sled that we had ordered him. We knew when it was ordered that we wouldn't get it by Christmas. It's ok that it hasn't arrived yet we need more snow anyways. We'll have to take pictures of him on his first sled ride. As for his New Years Ethan has no plans. He will just be spending a quiet evening at home with us most likely which should be nice. I thought about putting him down for a late nap tomorrow so that he could stay up till midnight & ring in the new year with us but decided not to as that will just make him crabby for New Years Day. We don't want a crabby Ethan for the OSU game. He will be all decked out in Scarlet & Gray Friday. We are hoping the Buckeyes don't blow another bowl game. Sunday Ethan will be 19 months. That's so hard to believe. He's growing so fast it just doesn't seem possible.

How Big is Ethan

Ethan is so big! Ethan had his 18 month check up with his pedi this morning. He weighs 22.9 lbs. Everything checked out great. He's in the 9% for height & weight but he's growing at a steady pace so there is no concern there. His gross motor skills & his language skills are right on track. I was a little worried that he might be behind in language b/c he isn't saying any 2-4 word phrases but the pedi said that if he doesn't start to say phrases in the next couple of months to give her a call. His fine motor skills are slightly behind. At this time he should be scribbling but he shows no interest in that. He would rather eat the crayons or stick them up his nose than scribble with them. But he will turn pages in books or magazines so it's not a serious lag in his fine motor skills. He is doing very well for being born 10 weeks early. Ethan got his Hep A vaccine today he has 1 more that he will get at age 2 & he will be done with his vaccines. Ethan was so well behaved at his appt he actually sat & let her listen to his heart & look in his ears. Normally he squirms all over & grabs for everything. So all in all everything looked good.

We took Ethan over the weekend to go see Santa. He wasn't sure what to make of it he gave us this "WTH? Who is this guy?" look. It was pretty cute. At least he isn't afraid of Santa. Not yet anyways. Ethan went out with me yesterday & we went shopping for his daddy. Ethan helped pick out the perfect gift for his daddy. It's something they can do together. We also picked up Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince. We have anxiously been looking forward to that movie coming out on DVD. This weekend is going to be a Harry Potter weekend. Ethan can sit & watch all 6 movies with us if he can stay awake. He's going to help us finish up what little shopping we have left this weekend.

In other news on the Ethan front he has a few more new words in his vocabulary. He now says "Brush", "Book", & "Kiss". He will come up to us or the cats & say "kiss" then give us kisses. He brings us books saying "book" he does this mostly at night when he is getting around for bed. He knows he gets a bedtime story. When he walks into the bathroom he will point at his toothbrish & say "brush". His new favorite thing to do is tell us "Don't" while he points his finger at us. I don't really know where he got this since we don't do that. It's cute when he isn't getting into trouble. He also know where his eyes, nose, mouth, toes, & hair are. If we ask him "Where are your eyes?" he will cover his eyes. He hasn't quite figured out yet where his ears are. That one's a bit tougher. He's getting closer to finding his ears though. Soon enough. Ethan loves to spin in a circle & get himself dizzy. It's funny when he tries to walk after that. He looks like a little drunk dude. LOL. Ethan has become a handful as he's gotten older he got quite the personality & a big heart.