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!

Daredevil

The more mobile Ethan gets, the more courageous he gets. Instead of going around the basket, he just decided he would go over it...he didn't quite make it, but I snapped a couple pictures before helping him.

Ethan and the Orange Circle...

We discovered a while ago, while playing with the shapes from a shape sorter toy, that Ethan has an odd preference for the orange circle. It would never fail, when we piled up the shapes, he would move them around until he could get a good hold on the orange one and shove it into his mouth. It has been a while since we played with these toys, so today I got them back out to see if he still preferred the orange one, and...

He's clapping in this one :)

And, doing what he does best...chewing on it.

8 Months Old!

Ethan is 8 months old today! Everything he does amazes me. I love to watch him learn and try out new things. He loves to get into everything we don't want him to get into and is quite an efficient 'army crawler'. He doesn't go back to the doctor until next month, so the measurements are, again, not very exact. Here are a couple 8 month pictures from tonight. We have such a happy boy.

Weight: 20.1 lbs

Length: 27ish in.

Saturday Night Fun

We had a pretty uneventful day, but I did have the camera handy for some funny moments.

Ethan's new trick...the bear crawl pose.

Baby on the move

1st Homemade baby food...not a fan, he kept gagging. They were bananas, but maybe not ripe enough for him.

Bath time with a mohawk

Squibb Babies

This past weekend we headed to Salem for Kendra Squibb's baby shower (my cousin Timm's wife). I took my camera...but didn't take any pictures (thanks for the photo, Libby). The cousins that were able, made it to Salem for the event. We always have a great time when we get together, especially with all the little ones. Our family will be experience a small baby boom this coming March. Kendra is due on March 15 and, Amanda (cousin Phillip's wife) is due March 1. So after March, there will be 12 'babies' between us 10 cousins. Here are the 5 that were in town.

Ethan (7.5 mo), Hazel (25 mo), Haley (20 mo), Finley (23 mo), Scout (3.5 mo)

Ethan and Max

Ethan has recently become very interested in Max and his toys. Anytime Max comes in the room he watches him very intently and then 'crawls' as fast as he can go, over to get whatever toy he is playing with. Max is so good with him and knows when to play gentle (note the picture below). I'm not sure if Ethan likes the kisses from Max but it makes a cute picture. Enjoy your week.

"DaDa" Wins!

I've been working so hard with Ethan to say 'MaMa'. Over and over I'll say it to him, and he just looks at me and smiles and then makes some other noise. I was for sure he was going to say it first...but he tricked me. Yesterday he just kept saying 'DaDa' over and over. I love this stage in his development. It seems like he does something new everyday and it's so exciting to watch. Have a great weekend!

Pulling Up

Ethan was working so hard at pulling up to his piano this afternoon...and he finally made it! I don't think he quite knew what to do after he was on both feet, so we helped him out a bit.

Finally standing and having some fun

Snow Day!

Everything looks so beautiful and cold outside after the 6 or 7 inches of snow we got yesterday. Ethan and I have enjoyed an eventful day inside staying warm. Here are some of the things we did...

Longing to play in the snow

Yes, we still have our Christmas decorations up

Playing the piano

"Sledding" inside

7 Mo Stats

Ethan was supposed to get his 2nd flu shot tomorrow...but I got a call from the doctors office and they needed to cancel his appointment because they ran out of flu vaccine. So, these measurements are courtesy of the Wii and our tape measure.

Wearing Aunt Abby's 'Boots with the fur'

7 Month Stats

Weight: 19.3 lbs

Length: 27 in.

Crawling...Almost

Ethan has been trying so hard to crawl for the past week or so. He rolls a lot, but here is his attempt at crawling.

He really likes Max and his toys : )

Chatter Box

Ethan was just talking and yelling (happily) tonight, so we got the camera and actually caught some on video. Enjoy!