Ethan be two!

Ethan's reply when you ask him how old he is today is "Ethan be two!" That's right, Ethan turns two today. He is quickly turning into a little boy, that's for sure. His language is developing rapidly, and he's now saying "me" and "you" correctly much of the time, as well as using him, her, our, my, although I love to hear him ask for help by saying "mama help you?" because I know that these little grammar slips are going to be disappearing all too quickly.

When people ask me what his personality is like I'd always had a hard time describing. I want to say that he's social, but it's not quite the right word because he actually takes quite a bit of time warming up in social settings and does best with one or two friends on play dates. The closer word I'd use now is relational and interpersonal. He is very interested in people, wants to know who they are and likes to know the relationships (that's the baby's mommy, etc) and in big groups loves to just watch what people are doing, and what kids are playing with more than actually playing with his own toys. He loves to talk to people and talk about what's going on around him.

His favorite thing in the world right now is the computer. Many days the first thing out of his mouth is "watch computer please?" and it's really the only thing that I've seen him have the patience to sit down and study and learn how to use. I guess he comes by it honestly since Steve and I both have computer-related bachelors and masters. Go figure.

I'm hoping that he'll want to spend less time in front of the technology in our house as the weather warms up, because a close second to the computer is being outside, and being adventurous! This guy loves to explore, throw rocks and sticks and snowballs, draw with chalk on the driveway, and go sailing down the street in his toy car.

We certainly love our little buddy and are having so much fun watching him grow! Happy birthday, Ethan!