Playing with Daddy

After our visit to Canada, we came home to a daddy with a beard! Here is Super Cool Ethan hanging out with his dad.

We've had a cool two weeks and a bit of frost on the ground. Daddy is feeling much more energetic now and helps around the house and with Ethan alot.

Ethan has learned so many new things it's so hard to keep up with him.

Ethan's new developments:

- He can climb onto low chairs which means he can manage to get to all sorts of stuff on high surfaces like in the kitchen and on the shelves. He can also climb out of his crib. He is taller now so he can scoot ( use his legs to move forward and move on his butt) off the bed and land on his feet. He can climb onto the sofa and today managed to get a cotton swab and begin pulling the cotton off of it.

- He loves brushing his teeth *Swa Swa Ya!* can get Ethan up the stairs in seconds, onto his chair infront of the sink and jumping up and down for his toothbrush in anticipation say "ya ya..YA YA!!"- Both Adam and I find ourselves brushing our teeth three times or more a day.

- He will ask for books to be read to him "Buhh" and will go and get books out for you and try to put them back in his book box. We've been to the libary ten times and he has two special reading certificates.

- He is eating really well. Still loves pasta, hotdogs, and has just started eating chicken and carrots. (Knock on wood) as he is not a keen vegetable eater- like his Uncle Jeff as a kid.

- He knows the difference now between Bao and Bei bei ( his blanket which he used to call Bao) now he will say "Bao" when he wants me to pick him up or say "Uhh" for up. I encourage him to also say please :"Eesh"

- We say grace before every meal and Ethan knows to put his hands together- he tries really hard to entwine his fingers together but it's rather complicated but good effort.

- Meal time is quite fun as he he will eat, babble, move his head from side to side. He also is very particular where his juice is placed on his chair table. He will take a drink with both hands, place his drink on one side next to his plate and then continue eating. When he is done, he will push his plate off his chair table onto the dining table and his cup too. Then say "DOWW"- (down) and sometimes "EeSH"- (please) comes after it. - He has started hating putting on his jacket to go outdoors and screams each time we try to get him in in.

- He is still drooling and we think the last of his back teeth are coming in now... we will see since we have a family dentist appointment this Friday.

- Also, before he was on Lacto free formula, which we changed to Lacto free milk and now we are introducing whole milk slowly. So far so good as this will be cheaper for us all around. - He also will scoot his way forward to get down the stairs. He prefers going down stairs on his bum than on his belly. It will be interesting to see how he will feel about this at Ama and Gong Gong's house as their steps aren't carpeted but polished wood.

- He also loves to run outside. He doesn't walk. He RUNS full tilt which can be scary as the walkways are very narrow and he is very fast.

- He still sucks his thumb when in a stranger's company or environment, in the car seat, and before bed or trying to get himself back to sleep.