Ethan is three months old. He is developing quite the personality and is so much fun to be around. He really wants to be on the move all the time and enjoys his playmat and exersaucer. He will sit and listen to us read. One of our favorite routines is putting him in the bumbo for Chris and I to eat dinner. He sits there and talks up a storm and sucks on his hands. He seems to enjoy being a part of the conversation.
He recognizes us really well and his face lights up when Chris gets home every night.
Stats: (estimates because no doctor this month!) Weight: we think he weighs about 16 pounds Height: he is tall and loves to stand up. I am guessing 24-25 inches Clothes: he is wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and some of the onesies may not last long for height.
His latest trick is rolling from back to belly. He does this when he sleeps and loves sleeping on his belly so we are swaddle weaning. Yesterday he did roll over while playing. He is a good sleeper for the most part and takes 3 naps during the day and goes to bed around 9:30, eats in the middle of the night and sleeps until 7:30 or 8. We started sleep training last night because of issues with swaddle weaning. For the last two years we have been meeting with the fabulous Jason and Jennifer Rickard as friends and for some mentoring. They have supported and encouraged us and walked us through some of their parenting choices in the hopes to help us make decisions in our parenting. They introduced to Ferber method sleep training,. We were hooked when we watched Russell and Meredith go to bed without any issues and sleep through the night before 6 months...we like to sleep. Night one went well and naps have gone ok. Praying and trusting God in this process. I will probably update on this process in another post.
Pictures from the last few weeks:
Dinner time with mommy and daddy hanging in the bumbo
Happy Boy
Playing/eating his monkey on his play mat
checking out his new mega blocks
fun under the playmat
instead of taking his hands to his mouth he takes his mouth to his hands
he loves his new exersaucer
joy of playing with daddy
sleeping during his first nap today. he likes his zippydee-zip
This past weekend was my birthday. I am going to give Chris a ton of credit on making the weekend super special. Saturday morning he made pancakes for breakfast and then sent me out for a little bit of time by myself. I went to a consignment sale in search of more clothes for Ethan. When I got home to feed Ethan he went out and got food from our favorite Chinese Restaurant: Phoenix. After lunch we went to Celebration Station and played putt putt. We put Ethan in the stroller for most of the game but then he woke up and wanted to see what was going on so he went into the Ergo. I actually did better when he was on my chest. We came home and had dinner and then watched a movie. It was a great day and weekend. Chris had Ethan carry out one of my gifts, a beautiful necklace with all our first initials. He also gave me a picture frame with the words from our first dance at our wedding written out and a picture from our wedding (I'm a Believer). I love you so much Chris.
Below a couple pictures and a video of Ethan(sorry its upside down) on my birthday.
Mommy and Ethan playing putt putt
Ethan was really into the game and confused by the stopping for a picture
Today we hung out with our good friend's two oldest children, Russell and Meredith. Russell is so sweet with Ethan and played with him for a couple hours. Russell is going to be a fun playmate for Ethan in the coming years and a great role model. Here he is holding Ethan today!
