Pulse Family Journal: July 2011

This has been a crazy month for Ethan and it's only half over. The month started with a week long trip to Green Lake to celebrate the 4th of July. Ethan spent the weekend in a very crowded house with mommy, daddy, Lucy, bushia, papa, aunt Michelle, uncle Teddy, Carly, Kevin, and Elaine! AND uncle Mike, aunt Angela, and Lorraine were across the street. YIKES! Mommy was worried that the chaos would make for some difficult naps and night.....but man was she wrong. Ethan slept the entire trip in his pack and play...in the closet! YES, I said it Ethan slept in a closet and it was some of the best sleep that boy has had! The trip was so much fun and all of the babies were amazing. We went on the boat and swimming in the lake, we went to the beach, swimming in a friends pool, and of course took a trip the Princeton flea market....and that was all just the first weekend. After the weekend the house emptied out and we were left to have some quiet family time and we got to spent some time with Lorraine and her mommy and daddy. It was a big week for Ethan not only because of the trip, but also because this week Ethan decided that he was going to start doing everything on his own. He wants to feed himself with the silverware and walk like a big boy down the stairs....the boys knows what he wants and gets frustrated when we don't figure it out fast enough. He is also understanding so much, its amazing on what he picks up on. Every day he is starting to make more sounds and try more words. So far some of the words we can understand (even though not all are totally clear) are mommy, dada, papa, baba for bushia, good girl, ball, water, that, Bella (the dog at daycare and Ethan calls every dog this, including Lucy), and up. Oh, I should mention the kid is super tan. I was following him around the entire trip with SPF 50 but somehow he still got a farmers tan!

Once we got home from Green Lake it was time for Ethan's 15-month doctor's appointment. He was 25 pounds and 6 ounces (50%-75%) and he was 31 and 1/2 inches (75%-95%), the doctor said that he was doing amazing and right on track with his development. We talked about his eating habits and behavior and she said that we should keep doing what he are doing because he is just perfect! She also kept telling us how cute he is and mentioned that not all 15-month check ups go as smoothly as Ethan's. The kid is super funny and a total character so he wins people over once he warms up to them.

GREEN LAKE