Ethan!

I mean, can you really ever get enough pictures of a cute baby?

Last week, while Russell was napping, we enjoyed some nice
weather and a wagon ride.

This pic reminds me so much of when Mae & Russell were buddies.
[Not so much these days, she usually wants to throw Russell in the garbage.]

Ethan has graduated from the Bumpo to the kitchen. He likes it!
Etta in the kitchen.
Mae at the big table.
Russell at the big table.

Russell is such a big boy helper. He wants to help all. the. time.
Good thing they get along so well.

These jammies were given to us by some band parents when Etta was born.
Each of the children have worn them but I seem to only have Internet proof of Etta.
They are very special to us and I was quite broken up when he officially moved
up into his next size of clothes. I actually squished him in for one more
night to get the pic and enjoy the moment. (And when I say squished, I
mean squished!) Thank you Peggy & Ralph!

7th Month Annibirthery

My oh my how fast seven months have flown by!

Yesterday was Ethan's 7 month annibirthery. And today is 2 months since his finalization!

As of 7 months Ethan weighs approximately 18 pounds I would think. Two weeks ago before his surgery he weighed about 17.5 pounds. Much chunkier than his siblings at this point. He has two lower teeth poking through and with the way he gnaws on his hand (and anything else he can reach) I am always surprised when I don't find more teeth when I look.

After we got back from our medical trip to Spokane I decided to start him on solid food. Like the other kids I bought a big jug of single grain rice cereal to ease him in to food. He did not like it at all. Not only did he clamp his mouth closed, even when he was crying from dismay, he discovered if he sucked his lower lip in, the spoon would definitely could not enter.

Not impressed. "You want me to eat what?!"

I then tried green beans. The other three detested green beans and would not allow them, or anything green, to pass their lips for quite some time. This guy? He lapped them right up. Followed by green peas, squash and carrots. I bought some oatmeal and we will see how that goes over at breakfast tomorrow.

Overheard by Mae this morning, "RU-ssell! Ethan's not just YOUR baby, he's everybody's baby!!" That about sums it up around here. 

He still is not rolling. Or sitting. Not too much of a reason to when everyone brings toys to you and pays scads of attention to every peep that you make. He does sckootch around on his back, turning this way and that to see what is going on around him. Today I laid him on his tummy in front of the Little People Sesame Street house and he was quite unhappy. I gave him some Little People to play with and went into the kitchen to make a phone call. A bit later Mae came screaming in, "He rolled over mommy! All by himself! When no one was watching!" So yes, he does roll. 

If you compare pics, Ethan and Russell seem to be about the same length at seven months. It will be fun to watch them grow together.

Hi mom! I see you!!

There's that eyebrow! He has one of the most expressive faces that I have ever seen.

Etta at seven months.

Mae at seven months.

Russell at seven months.

[Are they not all just the fattest babies?! Even though Ethan weighs more they are look a lot plumper. I guess his pounds are in his thighs where as theirs was in their cheeks!]

On a side note (end note?) today is the first day of Lent. Here's to getting a picture, and posting it, every day until Easter.

Proud Big Sister

Etta is such a good big sister.

It is so easy to see the change in babies. Not so much with bigger kids on a day to day basis. But when I go back to old blog posts I am always blown away by how much they have changed!

Feedings of Russell. So hard for me to believe this was just a year and a half ago.

I thought I had a blog post with a pic of Etta feeding Mae but apparently I didn't get one. But this one of Etta feeding a baby doll when Mae was a baby really shows how far we've come in 4 years.