Sleepy time pictures and other updates!

Ethan playing at the little play ground by our place.  He loves to go there and practice climbing the stairs!  He also enjoys going down the slides! 

I forgot to add a few bits of information in my last post, like Ethan's 9 months statistics!  A couple of weeks ago, we took Ethan in for his 9 month appointment and here are the results:

Height: 30 inches

Weight: 27.3 pounds 

(I think he actually strained a muscle in my shoulder last week! I woke up in the middle of the night and it was just killing, and it lasted for a few days! The problem is while you are carrying him, he's not content just to be held, he likes to lunge for things and when you're walking up the stairs, carrying him in one arm, then groceries and his diaper bag in the other, it isn't an easy feat! I used to wonder how "Mom's" did it!)

Here's a list of things that he's into and can do now:

1)   Crawl with bum off the floor, he's finally able to go up from the army crawl.

2)   Pull himself up holding onto pretty much anything, the wall, the couch, my pant leg.

3)   Stand by himself for several seconds without holding onto anything.

4)   Cruise around the house walking as long as he can hold on to something.  I think he'll be taking some real steps on his own any day now.

5)  Takes two naps a day for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours each.  Then is sleeping much better through the night, but with his teeth coming in, he does get a little sad from time to time and wants his Mommy and Daddy.  He goes to bed around 8-9pm and usually sleeps till 4-5am and then has a little bottle, then goes back to sleep till about 7:30am. We're getting more sleep then we have in 9 months!

6)   Clothing Size: 18-24 months!

7)   Teeth: 2 bottoms came in July, 2 top ones are working their way down as I type.  They look big compared to his bottom ones.

8)   First words?? Well not really, he babbles a lot making all kinds of sounds and we think he knows that Brandon is "Dadda," and will say it to him, but we're not totally convinced.  He's fluent in duck and walkie-talkie static sounds.

9)  Clap hands and is starting to wave bye-bye.  He can also do the sign for "milk" and requests me to sing one of his favorite french songs that has hand signs, so he'll do the hand sign that's in the song and gets really happy when I sing it to him. 

I think that's it, it's amazing how much this kid is learning and how fast he is growing! 

I let him take his new ghost spinning light toy to bed with him.  He can push the button on his own and thinks it's pretty cool.  

This is him with the lights still on, so you can see what it looks like.

This kid doesn't just stay laying down when you put him in bed.  It's a battle that I choose not to fight anymore.  Usually I lay him down and no matter how tired he is, he'll immediately get up and start jumping on his bed.  So I just give him a kiss, and walk out of the room.  Within a few minutes he lays down in whatever position he wants, usually on his tummy with his bum in the air, and totally uncovered.  I try to sneak back in and cover him up, but that kid is a light sleeper and he catches me doing that and wakes up and the jumping starts all over again.  So I either have to wait awhile, till he's really out, or just accept that his baby fat will keep him warm!