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!