12 month stats

Ethan had his 12 month doctor's visit today. He is a growing boy, but for now it's mainly up and not out! He's turning into a long and lean little man :) He weighed in at 22lbs 14oz (51%ile), 31.2" long (88%ile) and 18.9" head circumference (89%ile). He did so great with his shots, he sat there so calmly for the first two, and only cried a little after the third one. He's such a busy guy lately, now that he's crawling he just can't seem to sit still even for a diaper change :) He's learning how to pull up to his feet and not just his knees. He loves to walk just as long as he has something to hold onto. And he gets so excited when daddy's around to play with!

moving

first birthday

Actual party will be in a few weeks, but the E man turns one today. Wow, what a year it's been. We took him out for a quick dessert this afternoon and he was enamored with his candle. Steve blew it out the first time, and then he kept pointing at it and blowing so we lit it again and he blew it out on his own! And I actually caught it on camera. The candle was quite the highlight for him :)

he just decided to do it

Tonight as I was getting Ethan ready for bed, he just decided to go for it:

So just 5 days before his first birthday, but we can officially say that he was crawling before he turned one :) He might not crawl for long but he did it. Way to go little man! I have a longer video that I'll have to put up later. He's pretty good at it already, go figure.

Some hi-lights from the past few days:

big milestones

Ethan has decided that, even though he doesn't like to do it, he can crawl. He actually does more of an inchworm, using both elbows at the same time. Yesterday he crawled from the dining room, into a nearby room to get at two figurines that he really likes to look at and touch. He whined the whole way, but he made it there, probably around 10 feet total! And it took him quite a while to do it, too :) And then today, he figured out how to get from his tummy, back up onto his hands and knees and get back into a sitting position. He did it 2 or 3 times today. He's all set to go now! And now I just need to make sure I make him do it a few times a day to get good practice, and to get faster and faster. Also today, he finally started to side step a little and get from one end of the coffee table to the other. So fun!

taking a break from the pictures

Actually, not really. The big news here is that I got a new laptop!! The new MacBooks just hit the market and Steve and I thought that it was a good time to upgrade our lives and get a MacBook Pro. I am in love, it's so nice. I just need to figure out how to get my pictures from my camera onto it now that I don't have a nice card reader like the last laptop had. Once I find the cord I am good to go and update with all of the pictures and video that I've been taking in the mean time :)

#5!

Tooth #5 has been cut, and #6 is right behind it! Ethan cut these two teeth much faster than the first 4, so I was surprised to see it peeking through this morning. He's looking so much more like a little boy and less like a baby.