Officially Crawling!!

I haven't posted in 2 weeks, so hopefully I can do an overall wrap up of the new events in our life..

First and foremost...by the title...Ethan is officially crawling like a big boy! He's been army crawling/scooching for a long while now, but he finally got it on Friday! It's an all new world now!! He'll crawl for a while, but then he really likes you to walk him around. So, I wonder how far down the road walking is? All I know is, now is the time that I wish I were about 6-8 inches shorter so bending over to walk him around didn't hurt my back so much!!

And...he's off!

I promise not to cause TOO much trouble Mama!

Don't mind if I use you as a prop to help me stand up

Oh...did I mention he likes his diaper box?? :)
Other random things to mention:
*Ethan likes broccoli and he loves cheddar cheese chunks!
*He's getting a 5th tooth (upper left next to the middle tooth)
*He's starting to say "Sha" or "Sa" for Sasha and something that sounds like "Gigi" for Lauren's Daughter Gianna
*He really, really seems to want to talk. He's always "talking" and pointing his index finger at something as if he's telling you a story.
*He points out the tractor (and sometimes blabs what sounds like he's trying to mimic the word tractor) and the Bear in 2 of his favorite books
*I can't remember if I mentioned part of his bedtime routine is now turning off his bedroom light himself? He also gets to push the garage door button once we get back from our evening walk. The minute we get into the garage his little index finger is up in the air - then we wave "bye-bye" until the door shuts - a very exciting game!


Here are two pics from last week that I never had the chance to post. (Note he's wearing the same outfit - we thought his Bears outfit would bring good luck...we're starting to doubt that!

Helping Mama make some yummy applesauce & raisin muffins!