One year ago today...
And one year later...My, how you have grown!!
My Dear Sweet Ethan,
Happy 1st birthday!!! I cannot believe our sweet Labor Day baby is one year old today! What a fast and fun year it's been! You joining our family has been such a wonderful experience. I love being the mommy of 2 boys and watching you and your brother interact and play together. You love each other so much! You are such a sweet and happy boy and have been such an easy baby this past year. Here is a little summary of your first year and what you are up to at 12 months old!
- You have been super healthy and made it your whole first year without having any major illnesses or needing any type of antibiotic. In fact, you have only been to the doctor one time besides your well-baby visits, and it was just for a little cold virus that cleared up in a day!
-You are a great eater and a big boy! I am guessing you weigh around 26 or 27 pounds, we will know for sure next week when you go to the doctor for your one year checkup.You are wearing 18-24 month clothes. Not much has changed since last month, you still eat everything we give you! Some of your favorite foods are avocados, black beans, yogurt, bananas, grilled chicken, mandarin oranges and cheese. Oh, and anything sweet!
-You have started going to Mom's day out on Tuesdays and so far you love it! You haven't shown any stranger anxiety yet, and I'm hoping we'll luck out and just skip that phase altogether like Ayden did!The first couple of weeks you didn't want to nap because you were so interested in all that was going on, but last week you finally settled down and took a nap. The ladies at MDO just love you and I feel so comfortable leaving you there. Eventually you will start going on Tuesdays and Thursdays when Mommy works on Mon and Wed nights so I can nap :)
-You crawl all over, pull-up, and cruise along furniture but aren't walking yet. You will take a few steps while holding our hands, but for now you prefer crawling because you are SO very fast at it. You are very efficient! You can also climb the stairs faster than we can so we have to keep that part of the house gated off! You climb on anything and everything you can, you keep us on our toes!
-You absolutely adore the dogs! Your favorite and most common word is "Andy Bear" and you have learned to smack your lips and "call" him like we do. It's so funny to see you do it!
-You love to play patty-cake and peek-a-boo and have the sweetest little giggle!
-You love reading books and listening to music and will "dance" when a song you like comes on.
-You are not interested in TV in the least, unless Yo Gabba Gabba is on, and it stops you in your tracks! You love that show!
-You have 4 teeth, 2 on top and 2 on bottom.
-You usually still take 2 good naps a day, but sometimes just take one long mid-day nap. You sleep 12 hours in your crib at night and wake up for a bottle about 3 nights a week. There's really no rhyme or reason to it...usually you sleep all night, but sometimes you don't! We won't be weaning you from the bottle anytime soon, that's for sure ;)
-Due to the new recommendations out by the American Academy of Pediatrics, you will be remaining in a rear-facing carseat for another year. We bought you a new comfy carseat that works rear-facing up to 40 pounds. This is a change for us, because it used to be a big milestone to turn the carseat around at one year old (we did it with your big brother). I'm glad we know better now!
From experience with your older brother, I know the 2nd year is a very fun and but very busy year! I am excited to watch you continue to grow and learn and looking forward to all the milestones ahead!
Happy 1st Birthday Ethan Jeffrey! We love you very much!!
