Friday, April 25, 2008

Ethan's Girlfriend Makes A Visit

Earlier in the week we stopped by my grandma's house to visit for awhile and sort through pictures.
He sure missed his Great-Grandma Schaffer!
No one could believe how big Ethan has gotten since his last visit.
He is trying to make a call on his cell phone...superior concentration.Look at that grin, I think he was calling his girlfriend Jayda...haha!He thought it was so funny that mommy kept attempting to get a picture of his teeth. There was minimal cooperation involved.There they are!! (The tooth on the right was the first to come in.) Since we are still actively nursing I always hear "ouch that must hurt." I would proceed to tell whom-ever that he's never really bit me. Well that HAS changed! I went home exhausted from my five night stretch and had one of the worst mornings ever. I was extremely full of milk, and Ethan was really hungry for his morning feeding. For some reason he was getting all worked up and we found ourselves in a viscous cycle of: 1)getting him latched on 2) he bites me 3) I scream 4) he cries 5) I calm him down and we start all over! This happened at least eight times, I almost had a breakdown. Thankfully we made it through that long and painful morning and haven't had any biting problems since, weird huh?!
Ethan's girlfriend Jayda came to visit him on Wednesday! He likes older women...Jayda was born in August '07.Jayda is definitely a cutie.
Ethan seems more entertained with watching her play. He eventually joined in and started playing too.
She doesn't need any silly boys trying to take her toy away!Jayda decided to roll over the top of Ethan. He didn't cry, or even budge for that matter. It was by far the funniest thing I've seen in a long time!Ethan eating pineapple for the first time. As I had promised earlier here are the pictures of him using the "baby safe feeder."Sometimes its just as good to chew on the handle.Yeeeah, he's pretty cool stuff!
For whatever reason have you, Ethan can't help but check out what's on TV...especially when daddy is playing his video games.He looks so sleepy in this one. What an adorable little face...bubbles and all!Can you believe it?!
He is so strong, and loves to stand!A slight case of bed head.
Sometimes the best part of the teething toy is the handle.
Adorable!!
So sweet and innocent!


Saturday, April 19, 2008

FOOD!!!


Ethan is so interested in food and eating. As you can see he gets super excited for every bite. I forgot to mention earlier that he has two extremely sharp teeth on the bottom...I'll have to get a picture of them soon before more teeth come in! We've been giving him apples, oranges, strawberries and crushed ice in a 'baby safe feeder'. Its this little netting device that holds food, and prevents him from biting off a piece too big and choking. He absolutely loves it.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Rocking & Rolling

Here is video of Ethan rolling around looking for just the right toy to play with!


Ethan is making good progress towards learning to crawl...here's video of him rocking his cute little tush!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Busy Busy Busy

Here are the boys hanging out, playing video games.Ethan is usually pretty content as long as he is where all of the action is.
Don't get confused...WE ARE TWINS FANS!! I just think this is such a cute little boy outfit, and it just so happened to be Logan's from when he was a little guy.
OH MY!! I could not believe the mess we came across on this particular day. He has NEVER had a diaper this messy before."What do you need mom, can't you see I'm busy chewing on this rattle!?" On March 30th my god-daughter Dionna was Baptised at St.Matthew's Church in Saint Paul. Ethan behaved himself quite well during the entire ceremony! I'm so proud, haha!
Afterwards we went to my cousin's house to hang out and have lunch. Dionna is such a sweet little girl...here she is about to give Ethan a kiss! MWWWAH!!
What a little princess!During one of my "raid Ethan's closet" sessions I decided that we could probably put the sled in the garage. But before doing so Ethan wanted to give it a test run around the house!
He looks pretty relaxed.
Definitely a different view of the hallway!I think he got a little bit bored with the pit stop we made to take pictures. And yes, he is wearing his "If you think I'm cute you should see my mom" shirt.Ethan rolls EVERYWHERE!!
He only has several hundred dollars worth of toys, which is exactly why he has to play with the cords coming from the tv.Can you believe how gown up he's getting?!!"Uh-oh mom caught me"
He is such a happy guy, and becoming a little flirt as well!!He was talking up a storm while playing in his exersaucer the other day.He always looks at me like I'm crazy when i get the camera out...haha, like "not again mom."
Not only has he mastered rolling, but he has been testing out his standing skills as well!!He is tough stuff!ADORABLE!!