One Year Stats!

My little one-year old!

Ethan had a great check up last week for his one year appointment! Minus the three shots and drawing of blood, he was one happy and smiling boy for the nurses and Dr. Newby! He weighed in at 18 lbs. 7 oz. (still 3rd percentile) and measured 29 3/4" (50th percentile). Dr. Newby is very happy with where he is physically and developmentally and we don't go back for our next check up until December!

We took a couple trips to the pool last week to enjoy the last days of summer which have been very hot! He is such a little fishy - every time I would sit him on the side of the pool he would grab my hands for me to pull him back in the water. He loves it!

Love this face!

Ethan is a crawling machine now. The first two weeks he wasn't really into it - it was like he mastered a new trick, but wasn't impressed. Now he crawls from room to room and it's hilarious. Sometimes we tell him "I'm gonna get you..." and he takes off down the hallway with a huge smile on his face. I've already made two trips to Target to get outlet covers...WHY must kids always go for outlets and cords?! Since when are your toys not cool to play with? He still loves standing more so than crawling. He's constantly grabbing our fingers so he can pull up to stand. Just within the last couple days he is starting to "pull up" on certain objects...he can pull up to his knees and that's it. When we face him outward and hold his hands above his head, he's now starting to actually take a step which is a huge improvement. He may not be crawling for long!

He's also in a stage where he loves to throw things. Toys, food, shoes, you name it. Most of the time it's pretty funny - he will grab every single toy out of his basket and throw it as far as possible. Of course it's not so funny when he's throwing food off the highchair tray, but oh well. He also is going through a "I hate my car seat and changing table" phase...*sigh*.

Reading the 1-year old 'tips' from the doc!

The look as the door opened for his shots!

We are headed to our first IU tailgate of the season this weekend! Can't wait to see little man sporting his IU jersey! It will be a far cry from his last tailgate when he was seven weeks old!

Go Hoosiers!