Ethan's new room

14 months!

I have not posted in far too long and I apoligize. I planned to post a 12 month blog after Ethan's birthday, doctors appointments, etc but it didn't end up happening. Basically we scheduled Ethan's 12 month appointment but a few days before we went Ethan started acting sick. He slept a lot and wasn't eating. The day before the appointment Ethan got a fever of 102-103. When we went to the appointment his temp was back down but we couldn't get his shots because he had had a temp the night before. The doctor didn't test to see if anything was wrong with Ethan since his temperature went away. Well later that day it went back up. We called the doctor but she said not to bring him back for it unless it lasts 5 more days. It ended up only lasting 4 more so we never found out what was wrong with him. Oh also! Ethan weighed a little over 24 pounds and was around 31 inches tall at his 12 month check up. The appointment we went to before that he weighed 25 so I guess he lost some weight. Anyway..when we went to reschedule to get his shots they said oh no we don't make appointments for just shots, you call us the day you want to come in and if we're free then you come. Well when we would call they were always busy so finally Nick got them to just let us make an appointment. Ethan didn't end up getting his shots until around 13 months because of that. Also they didn't weigh him or anything that time which is weird since they always do. We ended up having Ethan's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. Nick's mom and I took him there to see how he liked it before hand and he loved it. Well when his party rolled around he was not having any part of it. He wouldn't let me set him down, wouldn't go to anyone but me and nick, didn't play etc. It was very stressful. Especially since there is a 2 hour limit so it was hard letting the kids play, eating, and having time for presents. I ended up opening all of his gifts because he wouldn't touch them. He got so much nice stuff, he really is a spoiled thing. He got a ride on train, ride on car, a quad rider, clothes, books, and lots of other toys. I can't remember if I ever wrote about Christmas on here. Probably not. Ethan got a lot of great gifts for Christmas too. He's got such a great family:)! He got a rocking horse, a learning play house, clothes etc. Not long ago I took Ethan to Jungle Java for the second time to try to get him some baby friends since our last attempt failed. This time was worse. There were only girls there and they did NOT want to play with Ethan. One ran, one yelled at Ethan for looking at her dad, one even purposely slid down the slide while Ethan was in front of it and knocked him down. I was one angry mama. I just realized there is a play Gymboree in Riverview so I think I am going to sign Ethan up for that to make new friends. It's clearly closer and will probably have a lot more kids his age. Also, he will be around the same kids every class so he will get to actually make friends. Also with the membership we get to go to open gym so Ethan can make friends there too. It is in walking distance from our new apartment (YES! NEW APARTMENT! SO EXCITED) so it will be great to get out of the house (seeing as our current apartment is in walking distance to nothing). Nick also got a ymca membership so I am going to put Ethan in toddler swim lessons there (I can not swim so someone needs to teach him hah). We were going to start in a few days but can't yet because I need to change my address to match Nick's. His is still his moms and mine is still my aunts so once we move to our new apartment in a month we are both going to change our address and then Ethan and I can start swim lessons! I can't exactly think of milestones Ethan has reached since the last post because I don't remember what he was doing when I posted the last one. But just recently Ethan has started saying more like dog, cat, truck, car. He stopped saying mama for a while and only said dada, now he is back to mama. He also makes car sounds and can meow! He is just adorable! He also points to a lot more now to show us what he wants and just what he is interested in. Not long ago we were with my brother and at a red light in front of a car dealership. Ethan started pointing out the window saying car car car. It was too freaking cute! In other news, we got a new car so now Nick says he will teach me to drive in it so I can finally get my license and a car then Ethan and I can get out more. Also we took a trip to Washington Dc and Ethan went on his first plane! He was good on the way there, he slept the whole way but on the way back he was not so good. Threw fits at the airport, cried the whole plane ride, threw up on Nick on the plane, etc. Oh well, he needs the experience so we can travel more! Speaking of traveling, in 2 weeks Alex, Ethan and I are taking a trip to Indiana to see my brother Daniel and his wife Katie. I am excited because we are going to take Ethan to this children's museum which should be fun! I know Ethan won't be able to do a lot of the stuff right now but it gives me something to look forward to going back to. Also it will be nice to just get away for a couple days and do something new. Anyway, back to the new apartment news! I am very excited because not only are we in walking distance from stuff, but we are back in Riverview. We are way closer to Nick's mom's house which is nice. Also the apartment is nice! It's cheaper than where we live now and bigger. It has 2 bathrooms which is nice, the bedrooms and living room are bigger than ours right now. We are giving Ethan the master bedroom so he has a lot more room to play(we rarely go in his room here because there isn't space to do anything) and we won't have toys in our living room anymore! I am very very excited to move! I just ordered Ethan a new toy chest online for his new room which makes me more excited for the move! Also our new apartment has a pool so Ethan can practice what he learns in swim lessons! It will be great!! Well I think I am done rambling for now. I hope I didn't make too many errors in this because I am not going back to read it hah.

11 months old!

I always feel bad when a month has gone by and I haven't been on here! To start, when we took Ethan back to the doctor to get his ears looked at again his infection was gone woo hoo! We had wanted to ask the doctor about his teeth but she was in such a hurry that we didn't get to. Everyone has something different to say about when he should see a dentist. Right away or when he is 3. I want to go soon because for one, he has an ity bity chip on his front tooth, and he seems to grind his teeth so I am wondering if that is what caused it. And two, his top two teeth seem a tad dark, not like they are rotting or anything like that, it just seems like they're a bit darker and I am not sure why. I am a little ocd about people's teeth so that may have to do with why I am so concerned. Ethan also throws the biggest tantrums when I try to brush his teeth so that worries me a bit too. I want his teeth clean but it's hard to brush them when he fights me! I basically have to pin his fussbutt down and clean them by force, which makes me feel bad, but it's for his own good!! Anyway! I hate that I wait this long to write on here because then I forget everything that has happened this month! One thing we did was go to Jungle Java! Jungle Java is kind of like chuckecheese but they have a toddler area and serve healthier food. Nick and I took Ethan and a girl a know brought her son so they could have a play date! Ethan had a great time! He climbed up the playscape part like a little champ! He was a bit scared of the slide though haha. The little stinker also stole another boy's chair! Ethan was dragging chairs all over the place in the toddler area and even tried to take one up into the playscape! He then decided that the only chair he wanted was the ONE that a boy was sitting on. Ethan was literally pulling the chair around with the boy still on it! At one point the little boy went to adjust himself in his seat and lifted up a bit and Ethan took the chance to pull that chair right from under him and ran off with it!! Such a stinker. Another thing I noticed was how big Ethan is compared to the other kids! At Ethan's last appointment he weighed 25 pounds (a pound more than he weighed at his appointment 2 weeks earlier!). I am not sure of his height since they only take that at his actual checkups, but he was in the 96 percentile for height. Ethan towered over the other kids in the play area! Ethan the boy he took the chair from, who was 1 1/2 if I remember correctly! Ethan's going to be a big boy that's for sure!! Today we took Ethan to get photos done for Christmas (and just to have pictures of him at age 1..or close enough to being 1 ha) and he was a little monster!! He did NOT want his picture taken. He whined and cried and reached out to us! He would walk away from the props and follow me until I picked him up! I felt bad for him and the photographer!! We ended up rescheduling so hopefully when we go back he behaves for us!! Alicia (the photographer) takes such good photos, I would hate for him to be bad again and end up with nothing!! I feel like I am forgetting soo much that I wanted to write about..hmmm..OH! Ethan got his first boo boo that bled this month :( Ethan was running around after his bath and slipped in the bathroom and hit his mouth on the toilet! I was freaking out because he cried soo much and he was bleeding in his mouth and I had no clue what it was coming from, if he lost a tooth, etc. Luckily it quickly stopped and I could see that his tooth had just cut his lip. He handled it like a big boy and is all better now!! Speaking of teeth, Ethan has another tooth coming in on the left side of his center bottom one! He has been sleeping a lot, been grumpy, and hasn't wanted to eat so I think that may be why. He also is just really picky in general about what he eats now. One day he loves something and the next day he won't go near it! Silly kid! One thing that little stinker has started to do is decide to pee right when I get him out of the bath. I took him out one day and he ran out of the bathroom into the hallway and peed on the wall!! The next day when he got out of the tub he squatted down and peed on the bathroom rug! He hasn't done it since then but I have been keeping good watch on him to make sure he doesn't! Well I think I rambled enough for now, I am sure a bit after I post this I will think of things I forgot to write about like always.

Sick :(

My poor little man has been sick :( What started off as a runny nose turned into a hoarse voice, coughing, sneezing, sleeping all day, not eating and "pink eye". When he took Ethan to the doctor we found out that he did not actually have pink eye, his body was just trying to "get rid of his sickness through his eye" or something weird like that. We also found out that he most likely has seasonal allergies, his throat was red (the doctor mentioned strep throat but never specifically said that's what he had, but I imagine her talking about it means that was it), and an ear infection. I felt so bad about the ear infection! He hadn't been pulling at his ears or anything so I didn't know. I got them all the time as a child and I know how painful it was, so it makes me sad that he is going through it. He is on antibiotics now and we have to go back to the doctors in two weeks..well closer to one now, so they can check on his ear infection. He is pulling at his ears now, which makes me think that it's worse rather than better :( Poor thing. Also, at his appointment he weighed 24 pounds (didn't take his height) which means he gained a whole pound since his 9 month appointment! This kid is a beast! I can't wait to see what he weighs in a week. I mean it's unlikely that it will be much different but who knows with this kid. Despite being sick, some good things have happened too! Less than a week ago Ethan decided that he was ready to start walking! It's the cutest thing ever! He still is working on it but he's getting really good! He doesn't really fall down, he will walk a bit and then put his hands on the ground with his little butt up in the air and then stand up again and keep walking. So silly. He falls when he tries to go fast though, he seems to think that he can run around already. Watching him try to run is so cute! It's not even really running, more like this quick short steps he takes haha. Love it. It's even cuter watching him try to walk in the kitchen with socks on. He slips and slides all over the place. Ethan is also pointing at things now, which I love because I have a better idea of what he wants! He is constantly pointing at the pictures of himself on the wall, he gets soo excited when he sees them. One lovely new thing Ethan has started doing is going in the cupboards. I have been dreading this day haha. We have the cupboard lock things but I have no freaking clue how to install them SOMEONE COME HELP ME! Ethan is also starting to actually wave bye now. It probably seems weird that he is just doing this because most babies already do. Ethan has known how to wave, he is just very selective as to what he waves at, he prefers the tv, when I turn it off. But recently, like today for example, I said "Ethan, see those cars? Say buh bye to the cars" and he waved. I was impressed! Oh boy..he is crying in his crib right now. I sure hope he falls back asleep because I do not want him up all night! Especially since Nick gets up at 5 for work, when he isn't off of his other job until midnight. Ethan always pulls this crap. Sleeps at like 10 and then wakes up an hour later and refuses to go back to sleep. A 10oclock nap just doesn't work. I try to leave him in there but he will get to the point that he gets so mad he starts coughing and choking and will throw up on himself! I just don't know what to do with him. The doctor said just let him do it but I can't! I feel bad, so if anyone reads this and has some advice please tell me!! Well I am done writing because I can't focus with him screaming!

9 months!

This is titled 9 months, but really in a week Ethan will be 10 months old! He's such a big boy!! I always neglect this poor blog because Ethan keeps me busy all day. I can never remember what is new since the last time I posted on here. Well to start, at Ethan's 9 month check up he weighed 23 pounds and was 30 inches tall. Apparently he is in the 75 percentile for weight and the 96 for height. Doctor Poston said "He's going to be a beast, sign him up for football now". Last time we saw Poston was to check on Ethan's little bump on his chest that was infected. We had to wait about an hour and Poston wasn't very friendly. He was my doctor was I was pretty surprised by how he acted. When we saw him this time he was much more friendly, so hopefully things stay good! One thing that was annoying about the appointment was that I called and made the appointment a little over a week before we were supposed to go, when we showed up they didn't have the appointment on file but they "fit us in". I was not too happy that they some how forgot to put the appointment in the books! Not cool. Ethan is standing on his own now and will sometimes stand and dance to music which is adorable. He shakes his little booty and bounces up and down. Ethan gets into everything now. He can perfectly get up on the couch now and tries grabbing everything off of the side table. We have cleaned up a lot and put tons of stuff up yet he still gets into what is still around. He loves to pull his books/dvds off the shelf and just leave them there, and as soon as I pick them up he takes them right down. He also has a box with diapers, wipes, etc (with some paper books hidden at the bottom) and he will take every single thing out and throw it over his shoulder until he reaches those books! He wants to rip them up so much! Ethan gets around so much faster now too. He loves to crawl away real fast when we try to grab him, it's like we're playing tag. He also loves to get Nick's shoes, so when Nick puts them on Ethan will follow him everywhere he goes chasing his feet. The cutest thing that Ethan has learned to do is share! He loves to offer me the toy he is playing with or the food he is eating. It's funny because when it comes to his favorite snacks, he will hold them out to me and when I got to grab it he hurries and puts it in his mouth! He's like nope I changed my mind mom, this is mine! To make up for taking the food from me, he will take little broken crumb pieces and give them to me haha. Ethan also loves to cuddle animals now. He will lay his head down on the cats and on Nick's mom's dogs. He gets so excited to cuddle animals! The little stinker will not say mama anymore! Ethan just loves saying dada! Almost every time I ask him to say something he just says dada! When I ask him to say mama he says bubba! He will look at my lips when I say it but bubba comes out of his mouth! He used to say mama all the time so I'm not sure what changed. I guess he just doesn't want to say it anymore! Ethan is cruising all over the place so he will probably be walking soon! Who knows! I can't imagine how much more he will get into once he walks. Hopefully once he walks I won't have to carry him around as much, which I will love because he's heavy! Well that is all I can think of right now but if more comes to mind I will try making time to get on here and write again asap!

This post probably won't be very long because Ethan is napping so I want to write this quick. Ethan is quite the adventurous little thing these days. He climbs on everything. His walker, the couch, his chair, pretty much anything he can get on to he does. He also can climb the stairs and loves to do it. He thinks it is a game. He will go up a couple stairs and just sit there and when I go to grab him he hurries and crawls up to the top and laughs about it. He is a stinker. We keep the gate up most of the time, but occasionally we let him have his fun on the stairs. He is a brave little guy! He tried going down the stairs head first! That could have been bad! He doesn't realize he just just scoot his little butt down backwards. Ethan also thinks he needs to play with every single thing he finds now. He will sit on the floor and pick up every little fuzz he can find. Surprisingly he normally doesn't try to eat random things. If he sees a dropped puff or a crumb of food though he will go for it. I find is funny he knows the difference between edible things and random gunk on the ground. Not that he should be eating stuff off the floor, but if he were to when I wasn't watching to take it from him, at least I know he probably isn't eating something awful. The little monster's two front top teeth are coming in now so he thinks it's a good idea to randomly bite people. He will act all cute and come up to you and then just bite your arm, knee, toe - really anything he can get at. He's something that kid. He also bites when he is mad. I tried getting his hoodie on him one day and he kept biting my arms when I touched him! Stinker!! Hmm what else is new in the life of Ethan??? He is cruising now, I believe that is what it's called. He holds onto the couch and walks from one side to the other. He can also stand for a few seconds on his own too. When Nick holds his hands he will walk with Nick but for some reason Ethan refuses to walk with me. I guess Nick is responsible for teaching him to walk. Ethan can drink out of a straw now too! A BABY straw, that comes out slowly. When I was buying the cup with the straw the cashier decided to question my parenting and told me I shouldn't be allowing him to drink out of a straw until he is a year old and continued to "ask" Ethan "Are they good parents?". I could kill a bitch. The package specifically says 9+ months. Ethan will be 9 months. It's not like I am giving a newborn a straw damn. Also, I bought another straw cup today that says 4-12 months so suck on that meijer worker. ANYWAY Ethan just didn't like his sippy cup. He does NOT want to lift his head up to drink it and would always put his head down to the cup, so I figured the straw would work better. I will still use the other cups because he needs practice but it's good for him to learn to use a straw too. Welll..that is all of the news I can think of at the moment. This ended up being a lot longer than I expected...

WAH! My plane tipped over!

What ya looking at?!

Get away mom!

My little grouchy butt. I always post his smiley pictures so here are some pictures of him being a grump.


This post isn't going to be long at all. Ethan can say bubba, mama, and dada now! WOO HOO! Go Ethan! I will make sure to get on here once more has happened with him. Nothing too exciting has happened recently besides his attempt to talk otherwise I would write more.