Ethan's Dedication

Yesterday was Ethan's dedication service at church, where Jared and I promised to pray for Ethan daily and raise him in a Christian home. Our preacher, Wayne, introduced Ethan to the congergation and then prayed for him and us. Ethan did great. There was one moment where I thought he was going to grab Wayne's microphone and tear it off his face in the middle of the prayer, but he didn't : ). It was great having our parents there as well as Abby and Dustin. We are lucky to have our families close enough to share these times with. Abby was our photographer for the event...Thanks for taking the pictures.

Sunday in Mt. Zion

Today is Dustin's birthday (Jared's brother).   Both our families came up for church and lunch yesterday so we had a yummy ice cream cake for Dustin.  I didn't really take many pictures of our afternoon, but we did have a great time. 

Happy Birthday Dustin!

My dad and Ethan entertaining each other

9 Month Stats

We went for Ethan's 9 month well child visit this morning and he's a healthy boy!  There were no shots today, YAY!  From the looks of his growth charts and percentiles, his growth is slowing down a bit, but nothing to be concerned about.  The doctor said that it's not uncommon around 9 months to see a dip or a plateau in the growth chart since he is burning so many more calories now that he is mobile.  We also learned today that his menu can expand to include meat!  More on that in the coming weeks : ).  Here's our smiley, healthy boy!   

Sitting on the floor, waiting to see the doctor

Stats:

Weight: 19 lbs. 14 oz (45%)

Length: 27in. (20%)

Sign Language Class

For the past few weeks, Ethan and I have been going to Baby Talk, Come Sign With Me classes.  We have learned lots of signs and are working on them at home.  We have been going with our neighbors Heather and Braden.  Braden is 2 days older than Ethan and we really enjoy getting together and letting the boys play (it's nice for Heather and I also).  He hasn't really picked up on any of them yet, but we have a great time playing with the other kids and singing songs.  "The More We Get Together" seems to be his favorite song, whenever we sing it he just stares at me and watches me do the signs.  The main signs we do throughout the day are "more", "eat/hungry", "change diaper" and "daddy's home".  I'm excited to see what he picks up on and when.  Here are a few pictures from our class tonight.   

Ethan playing with all the toys

Braden keeping his mother busy : )

Braden and Ethan listening and learning intently

Happy Birthday Finley!

This past Saturday we made a trip down to Murray, KY to celebrate Finley's (my cousin Micah's daughter) 2nd Birthday! We had a great time hanging out with family and watching all the little ones play.

Finley the Birthday Girl!

 

 Party Group

Abby, Alex and Ethan wearing their Mickey Mouse Ears

Scout and Ethan deep in conversation

(These two are going to be trouble when they are older)

Libby with Haley and Finley

9 Months Old and Counting

Ethan is 9 months old today!  It seems like yesterday that we were anxiously awaiting his arrival (and thinking it would never come).  Again...I am amazed by everything he does.  I will post stats after his 9 month well chilid visit on Wednesday. 

Some of Ethan's favorite things:

Crawling (both army and hands & knees)

Pulling up to everything and standing

Playing with Max and his toys

Chewing on everything! (he now has 3 teeth...and working on more)

Talking
Playing with cups of all sizes

Eating his finger foods

Grandma and Grandpa Visited!

Jared's parents, Mark and Karen, came up for a visit this afternoon. We had a great lunch and fun time playing. Ethan is so lucky to have 4 awesome grandparents to love on him every chance they get. Here are a few pictures from our afternoon.

Grandma and Grandpa Collier with a sleepy Ethan (Sundays are hard nap days)

Grandpa tickling Ethan

Playing on the floor with Grandma

More Pictures!

Here are a few pictures from the past couple days around our house. On Wednesday we went to my friend and coworker, Molly's house for a little playdate (but I forgot my camera). Thursday we had a fun day of shopping! Well, I did anyway...Ethan got some fun stroller time though. And then today we've just been hanging around the house. Have a great weekend.

Sitting in his chair (borrowed from Molly, thanks!)

He has learned to sit on his knees...so cute!

'Which book should I read now?'

One of his new favorite toys...the laundry basket.

Just Another Monday Night...

Here are a couple pictures from our evening. Ethan loves his piano. It's just the right height for him to pull himself up to and there are all sorts of things for him to chew on. He is getting really good at crawling over to the piano and standing right up.

Random Pictures

It's been a while since I've posted anything new. So here are a few random pictures from the past few days.

Say Cheese! Ethan enjoying some shredded cheddar.

Sticking his tongue out...one of his favorite things.

After bath mohawk, and his cup...another of his favorite things.

Musical boy. (And if you look close, there are 2 little teeth in there)

Rocking out!

Nap Time...

This is how Ethan let us know he was finished napping this morning AND this afternoon. I didn't have my camera handy for the first time, but when he woke up from his second nap I was ready, just in case. He's just keeps amazing us with new things. Have a great week!

GiggleBox

Ethan got to giggling in the bathtub tonight so Jared quickly started recording. He obviously thought the bubbles were hilarious. He makes us laugh with everything he does. We just can't get enough of this kid. Enjoy!