Sunday, April 22, 2012

10 months: never a dull moment

Thursday marked 10 months of parenthood for Robert and myself.  Ethan is definitely keeping us busy these days.  He is NEVER still.  I can already tell he is going to be a curious guy.  He is into everything!!  But, it is the expression on his face when he is really studying something that really makes me giggle.  He stares at things so intently and with much curiosity. 




Last week was a pretty rough week.  He had a pretty brutal cold that knocked him out for most of it.  It was truly the first time I have ever seen him that sad and lifeless.  It really does break your heart to see him in pain.  It is no fun sitting in the doctor's office with a little one with 102+ fever. 
Waiting on the doctor.  Such a sad face!
A few days of rest and snuggle time with Mom and I am feeling better!
But, we are definitely in better spirits this week.  He is keeping a busy schedule in his dwindling time in the "infantry".  A typical day in this ten month olds life entails waking up anywhere between 7:30 and 8.  At that time we have a bottle while snuggling with mom (my favorite time of day).  We then proceed to playtime for about an hour or so, followed by breakfast.  After breakfast we will play for a little longer before we take our two hour morning nap.  Playtime these days includes teasing Turk with his ball,  crawling around the house, playing with our shapes bucket, or investigating anything and everything out on the back patio.  After our morning nap we go to lunch, have more playtime or run errands until it is time for our afternoon nap close to 3:30 or 4.  Dad gets home from work around the time he wakes up from his second nap.  We have dinner and play with Dad for the rest of the night until it is time for a bath around 7:40 and then to bed between 8 and 8:30.  About once a week we go to playgroup or just hangout with Sarah and Abigail.  And of course, two days out of the week Ethan is at Grandma's (switching between my mom and Robert's mom) house while I go to work.  He loves them both so much that it doesn't bother him that I leave him for the day! 
A peaceful morning soaking up Ethan love
What is going on out there?
Going to lunch with Sarah and Abigail

A nice afternoon on the patio
 We aren't walking yet, but he is working on getting strong and confident for it.  He will switch stability post (couch to table, etc) and has started crab crawling.  It is only a matter of building a little more strength I think. 

He is very curious as to how things work these days.  He likes to take things in and out of things and open and close doors. 

What is Turk doing over there
Curiosity
Hard at work

Stats:

Weight: 23 or so lbs
Height: 28 or so inches (he wouldn't sit still)
Teeth: Two bottom, but working on the top two
Formula: 22 oz day
Solids: Cereal for breakfast, fruit/veggie for lunch, protein/veggie/fruit for dinner.  He LOVES beans and yogurt the most right now.  He will eat almost anything.  He does have some days that he doesn't want to eat (mainly dinner), but we haven't figured out the reasoning.
New tricks: as of April 22, we are clapping and he can slam dunk his basketball!


Have a great week!!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Easter, Rangers, and such

Our first Easter was a success.  Little man got not one, not two, but THREE Easter baskets!  He is a very loved little boy.  We started the day out at church.  Ethan made it about 25 minutes into it.  The best part is that he wasn't cranky.  He was channeling our favorite wookie, Chewie, to speak to the congregation.  While Robert and I found it hilarious, we thought it best for us to continue the conversation outside with the other kiddos.  The place was jammed packed.  There were tons of other families listening to the sermon from the audio outside.  After church we went back home for a long nap while we waited to hit up the buffet with the rest of the Flynn family for brunch.  While there, Ethan and Emma went to see the crazy cow with Grandpa Flynn.  They had an Easter bunny hopping around and a girl to paint faces and make balloon figures.  Unfortunately, I was too busy eating to capture any of these moments.  Bad mom.  The rain put a damper on the rest of the day so we headed home to get dry and enjoy some snuggles and playtime. 


 

Also this weekend, we also enjoyed watching the Rangers beat the White Sox (sorry Robert) on Opening Day at Chris and Caitlyn's house.  It is always good to see the old gang.  It doesn't happen often enough.  Ethan was pretty excited about the win.  We love starting the season out taking opening series 2-1.  Robert was lucky enough to join Grandpa Flynn at the game on Saturday.  There he got to meet my favorite former player, Rusty Greer.  I am not at all jealous by this fact -- wait, I may have been a little bitter that night.  At least he got me a personalized autograph.  What a smart sweet husband.


Here a few other pictures from the last week or so.  Sorry for the quality in some.  The iphone can only do so much sometimes!
Check out our new interest in baseball  - and using the left hand.
Playing in the cupboard - makes cooking a lot easier for mom
Just another day of play
He eventually flipped all the way over.
Dad and Ethan love the post bath
And bath time, even though he has started standing up in the tub.


Not too sure about this grass.  This is when he started crab walking
Like father, like son

Monday, April 2, 2012

Spring has sprung

Happy April!  I can't believe it's already here.  Bluebonnet season is upon us.  For those that don't live here in Texas, this is a big deal to us.  We crazy Texans will pull over to the side of I-20 to capture some shots of the endless bouquet of our beloved state flower with our kids traipsing through.  While I have never felt safe doing this-- you know, a car could run into another one and spin in the air and land on top of my child--I lucked out and found a residential area in Waxahachie that had plenty of beautiful bluebonnet fields.  Plus, I finally got him to sit still.  Unfortunately, not too many smiles.  It was pretty close to nap time, but we managed to get a few good shots.  So thank you to the random lady that let us use her field of beauty.





Other big news for the week:  we finally have teeth!  That's right, tEEth.  At nine and half months, we woke up to TWO teeth Saturday morning, March 31.  I rub his gums every morning to check for new teeth, never expecting any since he hadn't woken up the previous night in pain.  He was a champ and never let us know he was hurting.  I love this kid. 

Look closely for his new pearly whites

Sorry for the quality.  This is the best he would let us get.