18 Months

Our baby boy is more and more like a toddler each day! I am in denial, awe, and in love with this stage of Ethan's life! I tell myself everyday how blessed we are to have such a great boy! I remember people saying, "just wait for this or that stage, it gets better and better", man are they right on!
I am so happy to have a career where I have my summers to be home with Ethan! We have had so much fun this summer already!
Ethan got his 18 Month photos taken for a fundraiser for Susan G. Komen that a co-worker was putting on. It was neat, just signed up for a time at the park and she took our pictures, gave us a CD of them when they were edited. Here are some of my favorites with some commentary.

 The senior picture pose.

 Ethan's classic point and get excited about ANYTHING!

 A sweet smile, but uncomfortable rock.

The Finger touch.

 "Hum, I pulled off this flower, now what."

 "I will Sweetly rip the it apart"

 The "I'm more interested in this flower than smiling pose"

 The "snoopy/what's going on guys" look.

 "Wow, I am up high in this tree."

All done claps!

Some fun words that Ethan says. 

The Ethan way then the translation:

mama: mom

dada: dad

bubba: bubbles

ba: book

nana: banana

duck: duck :)

tra: truck

ball: ball :)

tra-tow: tractor

bubaba: blueberry (his favorite food right now)

bra-ber: Brown Bear (multiple meaning word right now, either the book Brown Bear or Teddy Grahams) 

cha: cheese

ma: milk

nigh-nigh: night night

I am sure there are others I am forgetting as he is just a motor mouth right now (well in his own language) It seems he is surprising us all the time with a new one. Again, I just love this stage!

He also tries to do the actions to The Wheels on the Bus, Where is Thumbkin, Do Your Ears Hang Low, If Your Happy and You Know It. 

We are working on pointing to our body parts and naming animals. So far we got:

Head, hair,  ear, nose (only points to someone else's nose), belly button. He is good at imitating a lion, kitty, dog that's about it. 

I am currently working on a Ethan Top 10 Favorite Things. I will post when/if I finish it. But for now, just want to share how much we love our little guy and cannot imagine our lives without him. He brings us more joy and love than we could ever describe in words!