My Big Boy is 3!

It's hard to believe that Ethan is 3 years old!  It seems like just yesterday he could barely speak a few words or walk without fear of tripping.  My how he's grown!

Ethan now wears 3T/4T clothing and size 8 shoes.  We are starting to get out of the toddler (T) sizes and into regular big boy clothes.

Ethan speaks a mile a minute!  He's able to put his thoughts and emotions into words.  He can tell you when he's excited, sad, angry, disappointed and exactly why.

He climbs, jumps, rolls, hops...everything that terrifies the momma of a boy!

Ethan loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, Cailou, and Yo Gabba Gabba

He loves to tell you about his day and the friends he hung out with.  When days go by and Ethan hasn't seen someone in awhile, he will constantly ask about them.  He met a friend's daughter once and asks about her all.the.time!

Ethan has really started to delve into imaginative play.  He can use his Handy Manny tools to fix the "broken" table or make tea in the middle of bath time!

He favorite toys of the moment are skeletons, helicopters, trucks, ambulances, and fire trucks.

Ethan is becoming extremely independent, which can be very difficult when trying to wrangle Ethan and Andrew at the same time.  He would prefer to not hold your hand when walking through a parking lot and seems to know many safety rules.  Ethan is extremely demanding and expects attention on him at all times.  When Ethan doesn't get what he wants, he becomes quite the little spit fire!

Ethan still loves Chipotle just like he did as a small baby.  He also enjoys Pop Tarts and yogurt.

Ethan is completely potty trained, nighttime included!  I'm so proud of my guy!  Ethan also loves to undresses himself before bath.  In fact, if you attempt to help him, you'll get an earful!

Ethan is such a loving soul.  He absolute LOVES his little brother and enjoys making him laugh.

Ethan is starting to be able to sing songs melodically, specifically the ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  He is extremely inquisitive and loves to learn about everything.  His new favorite question is, "why?!"

Ethan continues to wake in the middle of the night for random reasons.  Most recently he comes in our room to my side of the best, looks at me until I wake up, then runs back to his bed to be tucked in.  Very little, if anything, is actually spoken.  I'm not sure if it is a security thing or what but combing that with Andrew waking, this Momma's exhausted!

I love watching Ethan grow and develop into this independent, inquisitive little person.  Watching his little brother grow up makes me realize that it was not long ago when Ethan was doing the same things.  I can't even fathom what changes will come our way as he grows!

6 Months!

Andrew you are getting so big.  Mommy needs to schedule a doctor's appointment for you so we can see just how big you've gotten.


Most nights you go to bed by 6:00 and sleep until around 7:00 am.  The month started out VERY rough because you would wake up about 5-6 times PER NIGHT.  Mommy and Daddy sure were exhausted between you and your brother.  I'm still not sure what the problem was but thank goodness it has been resolved.  I would feed you if it was time but other than that, we decided to let you cry it out.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well that worked out.


We are able to lay you down in the crib still awake and within minutes, you manage to put yourself to sleep.  We've also noticed that you've started sleeping on your belly with your butt up in the air...just like a few other boys I know!


With your 6th month comes even more excitement...food!  You had your first tastes of rice cereal just before turning 6 months old.  You absolutely loved it.  Luckily you seemed to know exactly what to do with the cereal and everything went smoothly.

Next we tried avocado.  After mushing it up and mixing it with milk, you had your first tastes.  To say you hated it would be an understatement!  With each bite you'd open your mouth, taste the food, then gag as if we were feeding you dog food.  I'd like to say that was the end of it but it wasn't.  Within minutes of getting you out of your high chair, you became the exorcist, spewing green nastiness all over the kitchen!  I guess you didn't like avocado?!

You take 2 naps a day.  The first usually falls around 9am and lasts between 40 minutes to 2 hours.  The second nap is between 12-1 and typically lasts an hour.

You still wear size 3-6 month clothes but they are just starting to get a bit snug in length.  You still wear size 2 diapers but we'll be moving up a size in those very soon as well.

You now roll all around the room when placed on the floor.  At times you hike one knee up to your chest as if attempting to crawl.  You can also sit up by yourself for very short periods of time.  Although you are able to do this, I still like to surround you with soft, cushy surfaces.  Slow down baby boy!

This month you celebrated your very first Thanksgiving at Mimi Kathy's house.  As soon as dinner was served, you began crying because it was your bedtime.  I preceded to lay you in the pack n play to sleep but you were having none of that.  My typically easy peasy baby cried his little eyes out for hours because you absolutely did not want to sleep!  Lucky for you though, I brought you back downstairs to hang out for a bit more before passing out a bit later than normal.  I can't wait to see you enjoy your first Christmas!