Harpo Marx reincarnated.

I am beginning to think that Ethan might be the reincarnated Harpo Marx! Lol~

Why?

Ethan still is not big on talking. He has said "Mama" and "No" on separate occasions, but then he doesn't repeat himself.

But this little guy loves to whistle and he is REALLY good at it. Better than some adults I know, even! He likes to whistle if there is a show theme song that is on the TV that he likes and he also just walks around the house whistling.

He does remind me of when Harpo Marx would whistle and gesture to get his point across. You always knew what Harpo was talking about without him having to say a word. Ethan has used similar training methods on his family to great sucess. =)

The other day, he reminded me of a dwarf (Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs) as he was carrying these containers out of his bedroom to stick on the sofa in the front room and he was whistling while he was working.

<3

The One Who Shall Remain Nameless

Poor Grandma....

Mommy made the mistake of mentioning the 'Forbidden Name' before leaving for a doctor's appointment this afternoon while Grandma was going to be watching Mr. Ethan.

This 'Forbidden Name' causes Ethan to go into such a tizzy lately!

What is this 'Forbidden Name,' you might ask? Simple. Kai-Lan.



Ethan has one Nihao Kai-Lan book. He also LOVES watching Nihao Kai-Lan on nickjr. This weird obsession of his has started over the past week or so. You cannot say 'Kai-Lan' without seeing Ethan do a happy dance and point to the TV.

Evidently, he believes that every time you utter her name, you summon her to your television.

He will not give up on pointing and grunting to the TV until she is put on.

I am not sure if he adores Kai-Lan, or Rintoo. Who knows? All I know is this baby is nuts for the show.

The other day, he actually tried to speak Chinese at her request. She asked us to say 'dig' in Chinese, so naturally Mommy said it. Ethan got excited and did his best to say it as well... Well, as close as he could get. It was cute and he was so proud of himself.

I love him, but am slightly saddened that there is already another special lady in his life besides me. Boo-hoo!!!

What a big boy!

Yesterday was a great day to be Ethan.

Grandma brought over a "booster" style chair for Ethan so he could sit at the grown-up's table instead of in his high chair. He loved it.



Of course, this move to a big boy booster seat MUST have gotten him thinking... What else can he do now that he is a 'big boy?'

At dinnertime, he wanted Mommy's grown-up bowl and fork. He also wanted to drink from Mommy's glass, which he did successfully. The first time. He drank all the water I put in it initially. Then, I refilled. He took a few sips, then reverted back from a big boy to a toddler and decided it would be a hoot to dump it out on the carpet.

At bathtime, he wanted to rinse himself off. Who needs Mommy anymore?

My son is a lolcat...

Ethan as a "lolcat:"






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March 9, 2010 Update

(hmm... don't you think I could be a little more creative with these blog titles? Honestly, by the time I get around to actually typing these, my brain is mostly shot and I cannot spend time trying to come up with something clever...)

Ethan cut his 8th tooth yesterday! Hip hip hooray! It was his upper right lateral incisor. Gosh... I feel like such a dentist when I write things like that. Lol~ He has had a runny nose which I HOPE is just from his tooth coming in. We have been pretty lucky with colds... he is 14 months old and only has had 3 colds in his short lifetime. I thought I read somewhere that the average baby/child gets 8-10 colds a year. Ugh. Of course, since he isn't in daycare and doesn't regularly interact with other children to swap germs...

Right now he is having dinner and on the menu for tonight is pasta with butter & parmesan cheese, string cheese, and his current favorite, grapes. My little chef has decided that it would be a fantastic combination to add his grapes to his pasta. Mmm... looks... rustic. He is also using one of his cute little toddler forks, which he adores.

One Sunday at family breakfast, Ethan had a baby fork and was eating. Well, Ethan likes to "gimme five" (as there is a fist-bump boycott currently underway in our house because my husband does not like that...), so silly Grandpa held his hand out to Ethan, which everyone knows is the international symbol for "gimme five,"and Ethan proceeded to ATTEMPT to give Gramps five... with his fork. Thank goodness Grandpa moved his hand quickly or that would have made for an interesting story to tell the ER.

We have been taking advantage of this pre-Spring weather and going out for walks and playing outside as well. It is so nice to get out of the house without really going anywhere.

March 3rd, 2010 Update

Jeez... the last post was August 4th... What gives with the slacker Mommy?

Today was a trying day so far. It is only 12.30pm, mind you.

I have started keeping a bowl of clean de-stemmed red grapes in the fridge for Ethan. Anytime the fridge is open and he wants to grab some, he can and does. Well, this morning when I opened the door to get his milk, he tried to slide in and grab some grapes, but there weren't many left, and I wanted them to be available for his breakfast instead. So, I said "No."

Now, I guess in some strange way, I expected him to understand my reasoning. Save these last grapes for later. Who am I kidding? All I can say in my defense is it was early and it sounded reasonable to me.

To Ethan, not so. He hollered and cried big, fat tears. He threw himself onto the ground. Mega Tantrum-style. He babbled incoherently about the grand injustice of being denied his right to grapes.

I know it will get old at one point. I know I will get fed up with the tantrums. But it is still at the point where he is SO adorable... I can't help but smile and think I should run and grab the camcorder to preserve this for future generations. Or at least to show his future love interests for my amusement.

He did get over it, but decided he did not want to sit in my lap while drinking his milk. He did not want me to hold the bottle for him. He is a big boy now and can do it himself (while stabbing me in the heart, nonetheless).

Later, I decided to take him to our very first Lapsit at the public library for kids 3 and under. There were many kids there. He did not know what to think at first, but as we sang songs and had books read to us, things were going well.

Ever concerned about everyone, Ethan was handing out books to people who did not have them. That was cute, right? It was until he started getting very excited and throwing them. Then he did not want to sit in my lap.

The best part was the end... when the woman brought out the bubble machine. She was like the Baby Pied Piper... I am convinced those kids would have followed her ANYWHERE. Who needs candy to lure kids? Just buy a bottle of bubbles and you are set. You could see it in all the kids' eyes: "Mommy who?? I LOVE BUBBLES NOW!!!"

It was pretty adorable and it was great to see a bunch of zombie babies and toddlers trying to catch the bubbles.

One more mini-meltdown for Ethan after leaving and walking into the house (just who do I think I am anyway, trying to stop him from dragging a large bucket and snow brush into the house?!) and probably the MILLIONTH mini-meltdown for Mommy... and I was happy to see naptime come.

"Ahh....."

Ethan's busy Monday!

In this picture, he is protesting the speed with which Mommy was getting his milk. Ethan pulled himself up to a standing position in his pack-n-play, so I had to grab the camera. He was very into climbing and pulling himself up yesterday. He even practiced "cruising" on Mommy. I was laying on the floor in his room and he pulled himself up and held on to me while he walked towards my head, then proceeded to use my hair to help himself up on top of me. Lovely!


"What kitty, Mom?"
Yesterday, my Mom was over and we had chicken for lunch, so my Mom gave him a clean chicken leg bone to suck on.


This picture is of Ethan at one of my bookcases. I had asked him if he would like to read a book, so I went into his room to get one of his, but he crawled over to my books instead and tried to pull down my Psychology text book instead. What a smart boy!


Here is a random morning picture of Ethan in his bedroom. I thought that it looked funny... Like the giraffe is whispering things into Ethan's ear...



This is before bath time. I had made Red Velvet cupcakes and I grabbed one to eat. I had also grabbed Ethan at the same time after his dinner. On the way from our kitchen to our front room, Ethan grabbed the cupcake and ate 1/2 of the top of it (note the red on his face and shirt). He was a pretty happy boy about that. I have created a cupcake monster.

Ethan at the Zoo...

This was our second visit to the zoo and we had a lot of fun! Ethan and I rode on the carousel! Yay! Ethan rode on a clouded leopard cub that went up and down and as Ethan did not cry or otherwise freak out, it was a success in my book!


Here is Ethan taking in the sights from a new height.



Ethan was having a great day at the zoo. While we were in the Perching Bird and Reptile House, he started crying however, but then I heard what I thought was another baby crying as well, but it was really a Trumpeter Hornbill Bird that was communicating with Ethan! We were right by their enclosure and the bird had gotten as close to us as he could and was looking at Ethan.
Want to know what they sound like? Here is a link:
http://www.xeno-canto.org/africa/species.php?query=Bycanistes+bucinator
Go towards the bottom of the page. Ethan's friend sounded like this, but only more so like a baby crying.

Ethan really enjoyed seeing the birds and the camels.

"Dr. Doolittle" also made some more friends at the zoo.... Here is a little chipmunk peeking up to say "howdy!"

We also enjoyed lunch on the grass and Ethan's seagull friend wanted to dine with us, but he wasn't happy with our food selection, so he didn't hang around long.

Random Ethan

Ethan LOVES his peaches (white only, no yellow please!) that we feed him in his mesh feeder. Uncle Bill says that we should feed him more substantial food through his "washcloth," like sausage. Ethan said that he would love to try chocolate cake in the feeder!





Reach out and touch someone! Ethan's Mommy takes so many pictures of him that Ethan thinks cameras are the coolest things. Mommy has even helped Ethan take some pictures of his own composition. Very artsy stuff. Maybe one day Ethan will make a lot of money for his family.



Again with Mommy's cell phone! You might think that all Mommy does is gab gab gab on the phone all day, which is why Ethan likes to pretend he is doing that as well. BUT... the reality is Mommy also uses the camera function on her phone alot, so that explains Ethan's love of Mommy's cell. Oh look, he is trying to do a self-portrait with the camera phone!

Random Ethan Images and Update

Ethan is pictured here modeling his snazzy bath robe. Please to notice the lovely alligator. His Auntie bought him this and it was a pleasant surprise for Mommy, especially since it matches his alligator hooded towel. I like to think this is his bachelor "Smoking Jacket." Just needs a bubble pipe now and some fine "champag-nyah" a la the Continental (a role Christopher Walken played a few times on SNL). Go google it. I will wait. It is hilarious. Love me that Walken.



This is Ethan inserting his toy elephant into his mouth. Mmm... Elephant tastes like... chicken?



See? This picture above is proof positive that I am not the only one who loves Ethan's little piggies. He is quite taken with them as well. Quite.

~~~~~~~~~ (Insert general update now!) ~~~~~~~~~ =)

Goodness... has it really been THAT long since I last posted anything on this blog? Being a Mommy certainly is all-consuming! I don't know how some people manage, especially anyone with more than one child. What is your secret anyway?

Ethan is coming up to his 6-month birthday on June 30th. Time to schedule a round of pictures. He will also have to go to the pediatrician for his favorite activity... SHOTS! And guess what? Silly Mommy was not using the half of a brain she actually has left and scheduled shots for the day before the Fourth of July... He has been crabby and tired for a day or two following his previous shots. Ugh. Hopefully this time will somehow be magically different. I can hope, right?

He can sit unassisted for a few moments and loves... LOVES... to stand. He doesn't need much support, either. He has recently started getting on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. Oh my gosh... he could start crawling any day now. My little boy!!! Where does the time go? Didn't I just give birth to him???

He is also a charmer, too. He absolutely melts all the ladies with that winsome smile and huge eyes of his. Future Ladykiller... I just know it.