23 months

Well I just wrote a super long blog and as I was trying to attach the pictures/video. I closed out of the window deleting the whole thing. Anyway to recap, Ethan turned 23 months today. He is 25.0 lbs and 34 1/2 inches. We are taking him to Legoland for his birthday next month and I hope he will be tall enough. He seems to be growing about an inch a month. There are 5 rides he can ride at 34 inches but another 7 if he's 36 inches. He is still skinny (wearing some 6-12 month shorts today) but just tall. He is starting to put together phrases like "buh bye see you" and "thank you mommy" and if he wants something he says "mkay" mkay" because he got used to saying "mkay" to wes when wes would ask if he wanted to watch his movie (in the truck). We are starting to try to get away from that though because he had 2 meltdowns over his movie and we realized we needed to do away with the movies in the car if he was going to get that worked up over it! Oddly enough, he just sits there so quietly we thought he was asleep the last few times! He is still rear facing for safety reasons. He's also still nursing about 2-3 times a day. He still calls wes by his first name, but the cutest thing he does is say "oh mommy" or "oh daddy" or "oh wes!" I also love when he says "mama e daddy" i don't know if he's saying e like the spanish "y" cuz he learned it from Dora? I'm sure that's it. He also says "feefee" now for fishie. He will ride on the dogs and say Horsey! and every animal sound is "Bah!" except duck which is quack quack! The last two months had been really challenging for us, especially Wes as he's the one home all day ( I work 4 days a week about 5 hrs a day so not too bad). Ethan is just becoming more independent and testing his boundaries. He actually threw my phone into the bath tub a few weeks ago..pretty much just because I was frantically telling him not to do it. The last week or two he's been listening a lot better though. I just asked Wes and he agrees. I think we are both anxious/excited for me to be off work soon for the summer. I only have a week in a half left. This month Ethan browsed around the library for the first time. We have also been trying to slowly get him comfortable with the daycare/pre school at church. We have been hanging out with him in there because I don't want him to hate going to church. I want him to feel safe and comfortable. So hopefully next week he wont need us there. Mothers Day was yesterday so we went to church and then to get my rings sized/engraved at town square and ate at california pizza kitchen. On Friday, I went and used my birthday massage voucher from Kristen and while I was gone Wes and Ethan went out and picked up the pineapple upside down bundt cake he orderd me, and some flowers and a balloon (that Ethan picked out) and the card was so thoughtful it brought tears to my eyes. Anyway Ill also catch ethan counting when he doesn't think anyone's listening but when I ask him to count he'll say "no!" and I necver hear him go past four. But aside from that nothing new to report. He still eats EVERYTHING and puts everything in his mouth. I wish he would grow out of that stage soon! He's also super fast and has a frustrating habit of dodging and hiding under the kitchen table lately when i'm trying to change his diaper or get him dressed--but he thinks it's the funniest thing ever! We're working on that now, but otherwise he's such a sweet and loving boy. He gives everyone and everything kisses and will give hugs and blow kisses and say "love you!"