9 Whoppin Months Old!

Wow- can't believe it but the little cub is 9 months old as of yesterday! WHAT?! And it appears that even though he looks like a spitting image of his Pa, he seems to be just starting to get the first influx of Momma's side of the family genes in the size area. But he still has a big head...

19 lbs. 15 oz.  - 41st  percentile

27.5 in. long  - 25th  percentile

18 in. H.C.   - 63rd  percentile

Just glad he's healthy and happy and we love this boy so stinking much it's ridiculous! He's got so much personality and I am loving seeing his toothy grin as he smiles at me, then rears his head down in a speed crawl in my direction- so sweet!

Some of the most recent adventures...you may have seen these on facebook, but if not, well they are my absolute favorite...

Now you must click on this picture to see his face close up- hysterical!

His model look

just sweet

Grandma and Grandpa came for a quick visit and Ethan got his first chance behind the wheel- he may have found his true calling in life- yes indeed he is fast and furious

We also went on a beautiful Sunday afternoon stroll along the Greenbelt, and the Nature Observatory Park...then played at the playground...

Here, smell this...yeah right

We decided to crawl around in the red tube- hence the red faces

He quite enjoyed himself inside there

LOVED the slide

Every stage is so much fun- he is into so much TROUBLE all the time but so cute when he does it...everywhere he goes there is a trail of destruction

And he's already figured out how to remove the outlet covers I put in place- grrrrrrr....now I'll have to upgrade to another style- hopefully that'll take more than two weeks to figure out!

But I'm just glad he's active and healthy- couldn't have asked for a better little boy- he's exactly the one I wanted and he blesses my life every single day!

Tag You're It!

Just a little game of tag...

I'm gonna get you mom...

here I  come

getting closer

Reverse into bathroom for minor 'dangling curling iron cord' detour

back on track and ever so close...

ATTACK!!

P.S. What a stud with his gelled hair! It's so long now that it finally lays down with a bit of effort!

The ants go marching...

Well spring is in the air, a song is in my heart, a fever in my son, and a whole army of ants in my shower! What more could I ask for?! Oh wait, did I forget to mention that DAVID JUST GOT HIS FIRST 'REAL' JOB WITH HIS DEGREE!!!! Oh yeah we are feeling pretty blessed! Not sure where we're moving yet, but we know that we aren't going to starve and that's good! I'm just so proud of him because he has worked so hard this last little while- so come end of the summer he'll have his Masters Degree and a JOB! I just thought I would interject that little note before I whined about my ant infestation and Ethan running a fever the whole time the weather has finally decided to be beautiful!
So now on to the ants- these aren't your typical 'I want your food' ants, you know the kind that invade your kitchen and garbage cans scrounging around for dropped, leftover, tablescrap food, - I mean they'd find plety of that around with my now crawling baby. no no these are a whole new kind of heebie jeebie- these are creepy peeper ants- yeah- you heard right- they are only in my shower! What kind of ant likes to hang out in a shower- well apparently this whole hill has decided to try something new, and guess what I DON'T LIKE IT. We have tried caulking every part of the shower we can think of- and somehow they still keep coming. Well I guess it's their loss, I mean if they would like to join two very out of shape mid 20-year-olds in the shower- FINE- but don't expect that there won't be a mass ant genocide when I come in!
Now about the fever- who knows why- maybe he just likes to be cranky and hot- but Easter day and ever since he has been toasty! Fever+crankiness=extreme clinginess=exhausted mama! But you do a lot for love! I still can't help snapping pictures and obsessing over my roly poly little chunk. Which by the way is slowly tapering off in the growth charts- just had him weighed and he is now just shy of the 50th percentile. That's just crazy to me since he stayed in the 70th pretty much since he was born! Anyway enough jibber jabber from me, here's what we've been up to the last week...

Big boy carseat- so far a big hit!

A walk in the park

Give me the goose!

Yes we just downsized to a little umbrella stroller- ah the joy of hauling 3.5 pounds of stroller instead of like 15!

Also found this at the park- look closely...

                                                  
Visited the cousins on Easter sunday

And now- my biggest laughs over the last week, I was starting to think Ethan wouldn't figure out how to crawl forward because all week he was crawling backward! This is what happens when you can only crawl backward...

                                            

Wait can we see that again... ok here you go

Ah the joys of being a baby- I hope it isn't cruel to laugh at him when this happens! It's just that it's funny to see him get backed up to a corner!

And finally, Ethan finally decided that grass is maybe ok...

Yes indeed spring IS in the air and we are excited to get out into it- we're thinking the zoo is next on the list...

No Moms Allowed Club...and some other stuff

Any other moms out there ever felt like there is some secret conspiracy of sorts going on around you, or that there's a party in your house you weren't ever invited to, or maybe even that everyone else is just having more fun without you...oh yeah I'm there. It seems like any time I leave the boys alone I come back and find things like this...

I mean what are they even looking at

I guess that I'm just a little jealous, because from the second David walks in the door it becomes the story of, well mom you're good for feeding me, changing my diaper, and an occasional biting, but Dad is way more fun for everything else...

Even when he can't have his father he still wants to be as close to him as possible...

And I still love them, even though I can't be a part of the exclusive club - just look how cute they are, my two favorite boys!

On another note we were able to go to the swings since it finally got into the sixties

feeling like a cool little dude

as always can't just enjoy one thing at a time- I mean there are leaves on the ground!

And since I am still a paranoid mother I leave the baby monitor on all night, well the other night we woke up to the sound of someone in our baby's room- completely horrifying for parents, so we both go running into his room to find this...

Thank you for the heart attack son

In his defense, he was tired too, the room was dark, and what else is he supposed to do with a glowing green light?
This boy is just curious, I have no idea how long he was awake before he discovered this was within his reach, but I have moved it since because this happened two nights in a row, aw the joys of parenthood!

He is testing his limits in so many ways, fingers toward the outlets, sucking on electrical cords, waking up every night, spitting his food on my face, and among other things my favorite, biting... I hope that is no sign of things to come in the teen years, I am already aware that I am the mother of 'that' child in nursery, you know the ones that they have to come out and bring your child to you because he's biting the other children, I'm already prepared for that. But even after all these things I can never be upset for long because of his face...that face that absolutely melts my heart...

So go ahead you little puppy, chew your books up...

And your mothers new ottoman...

Just remember, that I will have the last laugh...I am Mom, hear me roar- (ok and somehow it is still just irresistibly cute to catch your son with a guilty look on his face and a mouth and faceful of black leather chunks)...truly never a dull moment

And the last item for this extremely long blog- happy 26th birthday to my one true love! I love you more than is possible to express... Sadly it took me two days to find the time to get his cake made...but here it is in all it's glory, the Bronty cake

(He had a toy brontosaurus as a child)

Not too bad for a non-artist like myself right?
For his birthday we were able to enjoy a night out at the movies thanks to my almost sister-in-law Elise- you are amazing! We had a great time and got to come home to a happy baby, what more can you ask for!?