6 months old!

Time sure flies! I again find myself doing a poor job of keeping this updated, so here's a little catch up in the next few posts!! Ethan reached the 6 month mark!!! I just can't believe it. He is such a big boy and a joy to have in our family.

He has gotten a lot more active and exciteable! He cracks me up on a daily basis.

O.k., so sorry these are sideways, but I was having technical difficulties and couldn't figure out how to flip them!!! Anyway, but his 6 month birthday he was rolling like crazy! As soon as we would get him onto his tummy he would roll right over!!! I think he enjoys being able to get out of the dreaded "tummy time" on his own!!

Before we know it he will be a year old! Being a parent is such a joy!

What We've Been Up To...

Things have been pretty normal around here lately, which is a very welcome way for things to be in our opinions!!! I am still doing private tutoring for 3 hours in the morning during the week and Ethan is coming with me on the weeks when Tristan is working. When Tristan is off work, he and Ethan get to enjoy some daddy-son time while I'm working. I love seeing how Ethan's face lights up when his dad is playing with him! He truly loves his dad and I'm glad they get some time to be together while I'm working.

We have been having a lot of fun getting to know Ethan and watching him learn new skills. Here are some of the highlights from the last few months:

Ethan is currently mastering the art of sitting up on his own. We've had a few tipping incidents, but he usually manages to stay upright, but leaning sometimes. I often refer to him as the "Leaning Tower of Ethan"...We were practicing one night after his bath.

Here's something fun we've learned about Ethan: he love to examine things very intensely. He just holds things in his hands and stares at it and feels it. It's fun to watch him get so absorbed in the details.

We found a great deal on Craig's List on this ExerSaucer and it keeps him rather busy. Often I'll find him playing with the tiny white tag on the hanging arm--even with all of those toys surrounding him! He's so silly. He also notices tiny details on everything...strings on sweatshirts and sweatpants, zipper pulls and tags on pretty much anything.

I am still serving as the Young Women's President, so I have Mutual every Tuesday night. Tristan works at the Temple on those nights, so he comes with me to church on Tuesday nights and makes lots of new friends.

He finally moved into his "big boy" highchair. It's really nice to have him in a convenient chair, however, he gets distracted by the straps that hold him in and sometimes it prevents him from eating...so sometimes we have to unstrap him...like I said, all about the details.

He has been trying more solid foods and as you can see he is an avid little eater! So far he has tried rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, whole grain cereal, homemade sweet potatoes, homemade acorn and butternut squash, carrots, apples, bananas and prune juice. We are getting ready to venture into the land of green things, so let's hope he enjoys them as much as everything else so far!!
He's learning how to hold his bottle, although, I think he's perfectly satisfied with us doing it for him while he lounges and fills his belly!!!

The most recent thing we have discovered about Ethan is that he is very determined to get his hands on WHAT he wants WHEN he wants it! You can see here that he was determined to get that last little bit out of his bottle...and he succeeded...

...almost!!!
We love our little guy! He makes us laugh each day and we are loving getting to know him better.