23 Months

Ethan is 23 months old! He has already entered the "terrible two" stage, but I'm managing. He has continued to grow. He gained another 7 ounces this month after having the flu for a couple of days earlier in the month. Hurray! His feet grew too. Size 6-7 (with room to grow). Looks like he's working on outgrowing his crib too! He took off his socks, threw them on the floor along with his toy car, wrapped himself up in his pillow, and took a great nap.

I Love My Hair!

I got my hair done (cut and color) and here's a before and after picture. I was a little afraid to go short, especially with bangs, because I think it makes me look really young but what do you think?

I also bought a belt ($10) that I love. It my new accessory.

My Baby LOVES Outside

I think this picture says it all:

With part of our tax return we updated the backyard a bit with window well covers and a playset for Ethan. Building the playset is quite the process though....

Sorting 3 boxes of wood and parts

Sorting the hardware

Ethan helping with "me turn" with the tools. He loves to help us.

Still hard at work. Sierra has been good to sit by and supervise.

The playset looking more like a playset. Still need to build the roof, rock wall, windows, and mini bar with two stools

Heres a few pictures of Ethan enjoying the progress

going down the slide

and swinging in his swing

He also likes to throw, dump, or roll his cars down the slide

Easter and Spring Break

So I forgot my camera on Easter sunday when we went to Grandma and Grandpa Cooks house for dinner and the first egg hunt so I tried to capture the "egg hunt" at our neighborhood egg hunt. However Ethan had to wait and wait and wait till the people in charge said "Go" so he lost interest and then when it was time he was just mad and grumpy. (It was around nap time too) Here's what I got:

Attempt two at the "egg hunt" went a little better. When we got home I put some of his eggs on our front yard and got a happier version of him. Next Easter I'll remember my camera the first time.

My sister, Kathryn and her kids came to visit for 4 days during their spring break. It was a quick but very fun visit. To see what we did check out her blog http://www.knatfam.blogspot.com/ because I once again forgot my camera. Thanks for coming and taking pictures Sis!

New Words

Ethan has been talking a lot more. He always says car and choo choo. He likes cars and trains so much that he even spotted them in the store on his new pjs.

He likes to say the parts of his body. Usually he gets them all right. Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, teeth, head, fingers, toes, knee, and belly. We are still working on the rest.

Also we had another weight check. He's 21 lbs 5 oz. Even though he had an ear infection and croup last month he still gained 5 oz. What a relief! We didn't loose any weight while he was sick!

Sleepy?

I know I haven't posted anything in awhile and I thought this was pretty funny. Enjoy!

We just got back from playing at the park (it was a warm day upper 50's) and we were enjoying some chocolate pudding. He was watching Disney's Cars. I don't know if he was tired or something was wrong with his eyes or he was just really into the movie. Either way it was pretty funny.

New Words and Ouchies

Ethan says some new words including: cracker, cookie, cheese, snack, stuck, no way, up, uh-oh, ga-ga, and pa-pa.

Also I'm learning that having an active boy means dealing with more ouchies. For example yesterday he got 2 ouchies within about 15 minutes of each other. The first he tripped over a toy and landed on a lego block (the underside of the block) so he has a cut the shape of a circle on his right cheek. The other ouchie he fell off the toilet. He likes to climb on the toilet to get onto the bathroom counter and this time he slipped and hit his left cheek/jaw on the toilet which left a little bruise. Poor boy. Usually his ouchies aren't that big of deal and don't leave any marks. It's all part of growing up ...right?