HAPPY EASTER!

I need to catch up and upload lots of pictures and do some blogging, but this will have to do for right now (I'm going to take advantage of Ethan going to bed super early, and get to bed before midnight myself).

So Funny

Tonight, Ethan came home and came to find me in the bedroom. He ran in with his usual, "Hi Mommy! It's Me!" Then, he climbed up on the bed and started looking at me funny, I realized that he was noticing that I had my hair pulled back, which I don't usually. He looked all around my head, really inspecting the clip in the back and then he said:

"You're a new Mommy."

If only we could always feel brand new with a different hairdo!

PS--He then took the clip out of my hair and tossed it across the room. :-)

Making Progress

Upon arriving home from the TCU basketball game with Daddy:

E: "Mommy! I went tee tee in the Coliseum!"

Don't worry, he means in the potty, not just, "in the Coliseum."

Adding to the family

Well, most of you who read this blog probably already know this, but we're adding to our family! A baby is on the way in September (Sept. 25th is the due date). I haven't been feeling too hot, which has kept me from blogging about this, and other little happenings around here. I'm 9.5 weeks along as of right now, and things are going as they should. We had a sonogram at 8 weeks, and here's the picture of the little peanut:

We also recorded a video of Ethan sharing the news to send out to family and friends. We might have a little newscaster on our hands!



Obviously, this means I will need to change the title of this blog as well as my posting name. I'm open to suggestions!

Gender Recognition

In the car on the way home from church today:

E: "Mommy, you're a girl."
M: "Yes, I'm a girl."
E: "And Daddy is a boy."
M: "Yes, Daddy is a boy."
D: "What are you, Ethan?"
E: "I'm a boy." "And girls are ladies."
M&D: "Yes, that's right. Girls are ladies." (giggling)

Mr. Social

Today in church, our Sunday School class (a class for parents of Toddlers/Pre-schoolers) was getting a special blessing, so most of us were there, with kids in tow, when a lot of them usually go to the nursery. This made for a pretty active back quarter. Ethan was happy to see all his little friends around, but he's one of the older ones, so is a little more used to sitting through church than some of the others. At one point, Connor, a little boy who was sitting down the row from us, was eager to show Ethan his train, but wouldn't get quite close enough for Ethan to reach it. Ethan wasn't interested in the train though. Instead, he just wanted to introduce himself and kept saying:

"Hi, I'm Ethan Waters." over and over and over again.

Oh Goodie, Guns

Well, Ethan proved to me tonight that what people say is true, it doesn't matter if you give a boy a toy gun to play with, he'll make one out of something else eventually.

Tonight it happened. While watching "The Clone Wars" cartoon, which Rick records and Ethan knows as "the spaceship show," Ethan started making shooting noises. Next thing I know, he has grabbed a beaded necklace from one of his play bins and is aiming the end of the cord at me. Leave it to a boy to turn jewelry into a weapon.

Making an Effort

Ethan has started to use the potty with some success at daycare, so we're amping up our efforts at home too. I made him this Potty Progress Chart to help give him some incentive. Each time he uses the potty (at home or at school) he gets to put a gold star on the chart. When he does it 5 times (and later 10 times) he'll get a little treat--a candy cane was his first treat. So far it seems to be helping, he loves getting to come home and put a star on his chart, but he's still reluctant to use the potty at home. But he's making a good effort!

Computer Games

Ethan got a computer-type toy that hooks up to the tv for Christmas. The first time or two, he was really shaky with the mouse and got frustrated with it quickly, but in no time he became an expert. He only needs us to turn it on (because it is too high for him to reach) and he can sign in and play the games all by himself. He really likes the game where you make matches to open the gate, and he loves to use the arrows to move Dora around (getting an extra loud chuckle when he makes her fall in the water, over and over again).

Parrot

There's no telling what these little guys are paying attention to. Case in point, New Year's Eve, we're on our way to a party, miss the street and have to turn around.

E: "Should we double back?"