3 months...A quarter of a year

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