It's Been a While

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Ethan has learned to do so much in the last month. I think the biggest change is we are officially walking now!!!! He took his first steps on August 5th and things haven't been the same since :) Ethan has also had his first real sickness :( We had about 4 days of a fever then all of a sudden the fever was gone and he had a rash. Good thing I was warned about the rash or I probably would have been really worried. Just good ole Roseola that most kids get and it completely harmless. He was a trooper though and dealt with the sickness really well. We are now up to 5 teeth (the 6th is almost through too) and are no longer eating baby food! It is a lot of fun that he eats table food but makes my meal time cooking decisions much harder as I have to make something that he can eat too! Ethan has been spending a lot of time with some of his friends and is loving every minute of it! We went to visit cousin Bryson and Nolan and Ethan just loved to follow Nolan everywhere! He gave him lots and lots of hugs too! We have also had some friends staying with us off and on as they are preparing to move to Peoria. They have a little girl one month younger than Ethan and they get along so well! Ethan is quite the chatter box these days but still no mama :( I guess it will come soon enough then I will wish he didn't know how to say it :) For now I will just enjoy all that he can say and do as he is growing up way too fast! Below are just a few of the pictures I have taken lately! Enjoy!

Ethan and his girlfriend Olivia! All ready for some Bears football!

Ethan and mommy. Sad that he is more tan than me :)

Ethan and daddy sporting the Bears attire!

My sweet baby boy!

9 MONTHS!

My baby boy is 9 months old today! He is so full of energy and is so much fun to play with. He will now willingly hand over his pacie (pacifier) if you ask him as well as anything else he has in his hands. I will enjoy this while it lasts :) He is such a smiley little guy and knows exactly what the camera is now! We took him to the Prairie Air Show on Saturday and he really seemed to like it. It was a little loud but would watch all the planes in the air. He now has two bottom and one top tooth with another on top on its way. I think that is about it for now. Here are some pictures from the last few days!

My sweet boy!

Mommy was soooo funny!

Ethan and mommy sporting the hats after going for a walk

I'm gonna get that camera mommy!

This is the plane Ethan got to fly! Notice: Pacifier's required to fly this plane ;)

My busy little boy

Ethan is one busy little guy these days. We have a few things "blocked" in our house such as our fireplace and our TV stand. He is learning how to get around our barricades and get to these things with much ease! Just the other day I was cleaning in the kitchen and he was playing on the tile (which he loves to do for some reason). It was suddenly very quite so I looked over and he was playing with a live spider on the floor. He would poke at it and watch it move then poke some more. I couldn't help but laugh but it was still YUCKY!!! We also have our pack-n-play set up in our living room and he thinks he can crawl under it. He gets his head under but then gets stuck. He has also learned that he can crawl over his car seat and does this with much ease now too. Little stinker! He is so much fun just to watch as he tries to figure new things out!

He is a master crawler now and is "cruising" along anything he can pull up to. He likes to walk with his walker too and will now stand unassisted. I think walking is just a few weeks away! Ethan is also a big talker. He loves to talk to his food as he eats. He will hold a piece of food out in his hand and just jabber jabber jabber. It is too cute! He has mastered Dada and Baba and if you ask him where his ball is he will crawl over to it and say Ba Ba Ba! He is just growing up too fast for us but we are loving to watch him learn all kinds of new things!

Vacation!

We had a great time in Myrtle Beach, SC last week! It was a long drive but Ethan did well. Thank goodness for Barney! I can now recite every word in 3 different Barney episodes LOL! It was well worth the drive though. It was a wonderful relaxing week with the family. Not only was it Bipin, Ethan and I, but my mom, dad, brother and the Houdasheldts went also. Ethan loved loved loved the sand and ocean! He only ate a couple handfuls of sand too! He wasn't to fond of the big waves crashing up on him at first but after a while he enjoyed it! Overall it was a great first vacation for the Bhosale family!

One of my favorite pics of Ethan (not my back though LOL)

Such a big boy standing in the sand and water

He loved to chew on his shovel!

Out on the pier that was right next to our condo.

Me, mom and Ethan on the pier

Grandma and Grandpa with Ethan on the pier

I love love love this picture of Ethan and Grandpa

The Bhosales on the beach

And in black and white

Ethan and Daddy on the beach

The whole family out on the beach

And he is out! Pictures took it all out of him

Drinking ocean water and sand from his shovel

This look is just priceless

Hmmmm what is in the bag?

Busy Busy Boy!

Ethan is such a busy little boy now! He can't just sit still and play with his toys. He has to constantly be on the move exploring new things. He is a master crawler now and pulls up to everything! Just the other day he pulled one of our kitchen chairs over on top of him on our tile floor. OUCH! I think it just scared him more than anything. We all know it really scared me! He is such a little character too. He knows when he is doing something he shouldn't if he just smiles at me I can't be mad. I'm really going to have to work on that as he gets older :) He is just so happy and a real joy to be with. I just love spending my days playing with him and seeing all the new things he is learning each day! Currently we are working on waving "bye bye" and saying "ma ma". He loves to play on the computer and talk to "G G" (Grandma) as he says when the computer is open. That is about it for now! We are headed on vacation soon so I will be sure to put up some new pictures when we return!

Some New Pictures

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks! Enjoy!

Ethan and Mommy at the zoo!

Hmm I don't think I know this animal. :)

Ethan and Daddy checking out the animals

Ethan and his girlfriend Olivia! (She is one month younger than Ethan)

Look what I found mommy, another pacifier!

Ethan and mommy at the park!

My first ride on the swings! I loved it!

Such a babe posing for mommy in the chair!

On the move

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. Many things have happened in the last month but I think the biggest is that my little guy is no longer stationary. He has mastered the army crawl and is starting to take a few "steps" on all fours. He can also sit up on his own now as most mornings I wake up to him sitting in his crib talking to himself. He is also learning how to pull up on things. I am really not ready for all of this but he sure is. He is going to be walking before I know it and I am really, really not ready for that. It seems like all of a sudden he is doing so much and it is so much fun to play with him and interact with him. He loves to sit and play with his toys now and will climb all over you if you are anywhere near him. He has never been one to sit still ever since he was born and that is even more true now. We used to read books in the mornings but now he won't sit still long enough to even get through a couple pages. He wants to be all over the place and can't miss one minute of the action. He loves to give kisses but as my niece says he only gives "french kisses". You can't have a tender head to recieve his kisses as along with those wet sloppy kisses you get a nice hard tug on your hair. Even Bipin gets his hair pulled on a daily basis. I could go on and on about what he is doing now but will leave it at that for now. I will try to get some new pictures posted soon.