- The belly is getting big. As of March 8 we can watch the baby move. It is pretty amazing. The little guy is EXTREMELY active. At our last ob appointment she had a hard time finding the heartbeat for more than two seconds. I told her he was active, her comment, "You aren't kidding." She finally gave up and guessed the heartbeat between 140 and 150. We are currently at 24 weeks 2 days (but who's counting) and are measuring at 25 weeks.
- Ethan has discovered that his Mommy and Daddy have names other than Mommy and Daddy. When he can't get our attention fast enough you hear, "Mommy... Mommy... Mommy... BETH!" or "Daddy...Daddy...Daddy...PAT!" We are working on this issue. Although it is concerning it is quite hard not to laugh.
- Thomas the Train has invaded our home. Yes we have officially been sucked into the Thomas empire. That train must have a golden grille and wheels for the scam he is running on all of us suckers who buy these overpriced pieces of wood. Yes, I am jealous I can't create such a genius scam. By the way, if anyone knows anyone getting rid of this stuff please let me know. I scour ebay and craig's list on a regular basis.
- Ethan continues to progress physically and intellectually. He is singing the ABC's, knows his opposites, colors, and continues to count to twenty, although he finds himself hilarious by mixing up the numbers. His favorite combo, "One, Two,...Five" followed by uncontrolled laughter. He is catching the football and pitching very well. He still kicks his leg up for dramatic effect at the end of the pitch. He loves to pretend, play "I spy", and is doing a great job with associations. One of his train books has a car carrying grain. He stopped the story one day and started repeating "Grain". He got out of bed and got his John Deere tractor book and turned to the page with a combine and grain and said "Grain". I explained how the combine harvests the grain, puts it in the bin, the tractor takes it to the train (yes I skipped the truck and processing part), the train takes it to the factory and the factory makes cereal. He will now tell you the story of what happens to grain. It is truly amazing though how he associates and connects things. He also has most of his books memorized so he will "read" them to you or if you stop on any word in the book he will say the next word or words.
- Ethan had his first visit to the ER for injury on March 1. He fell into the edge of the coffee table in the living room. The gash in his lip went horizontally across the inside, down the front of the lip and horizontally back across the front of the lip creating a nice little flap that gushed blood. After bleeding for over an hour despite ice and pressure and an ER consult it was determined that he would not need stitches. He was hilarious in the ER and won the accolade of best patient of the night. The doctor and nurse were impressed how Ethan explained the monitor and his heartbeat and identified the giraffe reflex hammer. Of course it took stickers to get him to give it up. He never cried once and the total ER time was one hour. I will never go to another ER as long as we live here. By the way, this is our delivering hospital with the lobster dinner.
Other than that, here are some pics from the last few weeks. Enjoy.
Family shot in Central Park
Ethan and Daddy
Ethan loves to run on Bow Bridge. It makes a great noise. (This is one of my favorite pictures)
Tickets please!
Fun in the park.
