5 Months New

Dear Ethan,
I think I've said this every month before, but I mean it this time. This is my favorite stage by far!! You are so awesome! At your check up you were 18.5 lbs and 27 inches long. That puts you in the 90th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height! You are growing like a weed. You are still spitting up like crazy. You are rolling over from your back to your belly all of the time. You are putting everything in your mouth! We love to watch you play with toys, as you pick them up, examine them, put them in your mouth, and then throw them on the ground. You love to try to stand up with our help! You do not like being held like a baby anymore, but I am okay with that because you recently started loving to cuddle by laying your head down on our chest. You love to grab our faces with both hands. You are so strong! You hold your head up really high during tummy time. You are still squealing in a pitch I'm pretty sure only dogs can hear. You love the game "Sit down stand up." During bath time you love to splash the water. You took your first trip to the winery this month with mommy and daddy. You found your feet and I love to watch you grab them and play with them! Story time is becoming a lot more fun, you either stare at our mouths while we read or you try to grab for the book. Your 5 month pictures were quite challenging because you wanted to eat the blanket and move around. I think from now on I'm going to have to wait for help....aka your dad to come home. This month we have seen the biggest changes in you...literally you were changing daily! I love it!! I love you more and more every day and I am just so thankful for the time we get to spend together!

I love you buddy!
Love,
Mom






Your smile kills me every time!





I think you look like your dad here!













Your hair is slowly coming back in....slowly.

I love your chuncky legs!

We are seeing a lot of this funny face lately!

Picture a Day: Week 21

Day 141

Happy boy!


Day 142

I love to watch the two of them play together!


Day 143

Our first trip to the winery!


Day 144


Day 145

Look! Not only can I spit up all over the couch...I can also appear to be standing!!!


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The sand man strikes again!

Picture a Day: Week 20

Day 134

Fat feet!


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He LOVES bath time!


Day 137

Happy drool!


Day 138

D#$% it feels good to be a gangster.


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Picture a Day: Week 19

Day 127

See all of those poor scratches all over his face? Well this entire time we have been cutting his nails like crazy thinking they were the culprit . One day we were out to lunch and Ethan dropped one of his toys on the dirty floor so Adam went to the bathroom to rinse it off. In the midst of rinsing it off he cut his hand. There was a small pice of plastic sticking out of the toy that had been cutting him this whole time. Parent Fail.


Day 128

This is the toy that caused the above mentions cuts! Don't worry, Adam broke that piece off and he has been scratch free ever since!


Day 129

He loves his daddy!


Day 130

Look at those arm rolls!


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I have been really excited that Ethan has found his hands and is playing with toys!

Picture a Day: Week 18

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"Put yo hood up!"


Day 122

4 months old today and super excited about it!


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He spends a lot of time in this jumper in case you can't tell from all of his pictures in it.

4 Months New

Dear Ethan,
You are 4 months old! You have already traveled further in your first 4 months of life then some people travel in their first four years. You took your first plane ride, where you did really well. You vacationed in Florida where you got to put your feet in the ocean for the first time!
You are extremely vocal. Our night time routine is extremely entertaining these days as the moment we start it you start to screech like a pterodactyl! You love the sound of your own voice...and we love it too! You are starting to grab onto our shirts, and you are starting to grab handfuls of mommy's hair! You still love to bounce in your exersaucer! You are really starting to develop your own little personality. You love to smile and coo, and you also let us know the moment you become unhappy or upset! Every time we leave the house at least one stranger (usually and old lady) comments on how cute you are! You are sucking on your fingers non stop, despite our constant efforts to stop you. You also have a new trick that we like to call the tripod. You can sit up with both hands on the ground. Unfortunately I think it's more of a balancing act (with the help of your big ol' booty) and less the act of sitting. You love music. You have officially stopped sleeping through the night. You are waking every two hours which is bringing mommy and daddy back to the exhausted newborn days, but we are sure you will figure it out sooner or later! Your dad and I talk all of the time about the day you were born and how much you have changed! I tell you every day how much I love staying home with you and how lucky we are that we just get to play all day long! I'm pretty sure you agree. :)
I love you so much, and I can't wait to see what next month has in store.
Love,
Mom

Here is the progression of those screeching sounds! :)