Life With an Almost One-Year-Old

As always, life with an almost one-year-old is keeping us very busy! He is so full of energy and is always getting into something to play with or trying to "help" us with things around the house. Here's a quick debrief of our summer.

We decided to give Ethan his first birthday present early (by about a month) since he was showing so much interest in walking and standing. He loves pushing his lion around and listening to the music it makes!

Grandma Walker came down to visit in July and we got to spend some time relaxing at the pool. But we kept her pretty busy while she was here!

We've been spending a lot of time in the water during these HOT summer days. Grandpa Walker sent Ethan a fun toy to use during our pool-time! He looks a little uncertain here, but he actually really likes it!

It was finally time for an official first haircut. We decided to let Dad be the barber. Overall, Ethan did really well but he was uncertain at the beginning...

Who's that?

Daddy and his little man
The after shot

This is just a random pic of us one morning being silly! I love playing around with my boys!

Ethan loves to get into the spice drawer and play with the jars of spices. Lately, he has been favoring the bottle of Tabasco. This picture just cracks me up...I think the cajun food down here is rubbing off on him!
We started moving him to naps once a day when he started giving us trouble going to bed at night. In addition to that, I will be going back to home-schooling in a few weeks and on the weeks that he goes with me, he won't get a morning nap. I figured it was best to start weaning him off now, rather than after school starts. The first few days he really struggled to make it through lunch.

It's been fun giving Ethan lots of new foods to try and overall, he is a good eater! He seems like he's a bottomless pit these days!

Happy boy!
Tristan ordered a sample of some barley grass supplement that you add to juice...in the spirit of trying new things he decided to let Ethan have a try. Amazingly, he couldn't get enough. I think it was more because he liked drinking out of a glass, but either way it made for a good picture!
Ethan just loves the tongue depressors that his pediatrician gives him at his appointments to distract him. They usually stick around for a few days after his appointment and he likes to chew on them. What a weirdo! The laughs just never stop around here with two silly boys! Oh yeah, and there is one other important part of life with an almost one-year-old...hit play and see what fun we're having now!