Developmental Update

I realize that I post something about Ethan quite often, but I was looking back and found that I hadn't really updated what he has learned in the past several months. More than anything, this post is for my sake because I haven't recorded it in his baby book yet.

*CURRENT*

Favorite Foods: bananas, hot dogs, goldfish crackers, string cheese, Cheerios and Kix cereal, PASTA (he would eat a 1/4lb. every night if we let him!), mandarin oranges (he LOVES these!), pears, peaches, grapes and fresh cherries. He also likes deli turkey, steamed green beans, macaroni and cheese (especially my homemade version), pickles, cucumber slices and chicken. We're working on the veggies again - he'll still eat the mushed Gerber kind, but won't touch diced carrots or peas. Silly kid!

Favorite Toys: Trucks! He is such a boy. He loves his dump truck (complete with plastic blocks) and tractor/loader. He also still loves anything musical, blocks, books and the tupperware we keep in the lower cupboard just for him!

Favorite Games: Chase me/hide-n-seek. Peek-a-boo. Identify the body parts - he can correctly point to his head, hair, nose, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, belly, foot, toes, and arm. He often just holds up his foot when asked where it is and wrinkles up his nose and snorts when we say, "where's your nose?" Too funny!

Vocabulary: shoes, cracker, cookie, what's that?, who's that?, mama, dada, gramma, lis-beth (for auntie Elisabeth), juice, banana, yogurt, pasta, teeth, hat, cheese, yuck, hot, truck, kiki (blankie - this is a new one), yeah, oh no, eww, truck, quack, nana, hocks (socks), kitty-cat, church, night-night

Sign language:

more

milk

please

all done

We love him SO much!! His newest trick (as of Sunday night) was pulling himself up onto a dining room chair and then leaning against the table and eating from the grapes bowl! Sean and I both looked at each other and said, "how'd he get up there?!" Dang it! That little booger is so strong and just too clever! I hope we don't have to start tying the chairs up too soon. [ [sigh] ] We've entered the next stage in parenting.