Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
November so far
November hasn't been quite as eventful as October was, but Ezra has been up to a lot. First, he has started learning to feed himself. It's messy, but he has to learn sometime. He prefers dipping the wrong end of his spoon into his food and eating it that way. Hey, whatever works. 
Sweet boy.
Sometimes, you just have to get the food in your mouth FAST.
In the front of our house is Ezra's play room. Most of his toys are in there, and his chair and a small TV with a built-in DVD player. When Ezra wants to watch a DVD, he walks in the blue room and sits in his chair. He is mesmerized by Praise Baby and Baby Einstein, so I really have to be conscious about limiting his watching. But, it is GREAT for when I need to clean up in the kitchen or do any housework really, or if I need to make a phone call. He is silent.
Ezra seems to be doing new things and saying new words every day. At 14 months, he learned to walk, but it took another month or so for him to be really steady, and to be able to stand up again from a sitting down position without crawling over to pull up on something. He says lots of words, mostly repeating what we say, but some of it is identifying objects and people. "Hi" and "Bye" have become favorites, along with the waving. If he wants us to play with him (chase him) sometimes he'll say "Getchyoooo" or "BOOOO!" His comprehension is really good. I can tell because anytime I say anything about changing his diaper or brushing his teeth, interrupting whatever fun thing he is doing, he runs away from me.
As far as the other two people in our house, Chad is super busy with his job and school. He is taking 3 master's classes right now, which he has never done before, so his workload is pretty heavy. The good news is that he just registered for his last two classes in the spring, and then in the fall he will do his "capstone experience," whatever that means. I am finding myself pretty busy these days too, hence the lack of blogging. There is always something else that needs to be done. I like the writing part of blogging, but the picture uploading takes forever and it's not one of my favorite things at all. Anyway, we are doing well. I am excited about the holidays and started decorating for Christmas tonight, although I will wait until I have more help to put up the tree. I guess I'll just put the ornaments on the top half so Ezra can't reach them.
That's it for now.
Sweet boy.
Sometimes, you just have to get the food in your mouth FAST.
In the front of our house is Ezra's play room. Most of his toys are in there, and his chair and a small TV with a built-in DVD player. When Ezra wants to watch a DVD, he walks in the blue room and sits in his chair. He is mesmerized by Praise Baby and Baby Einstein, so I really have to be conscious about limiting his watching. But, it is GREAT for when I need to clean up in the kitchen or do any housework really, or if I need to make a phone call. He is silent.
Ezra seems to be doing new things and saying new words every day. At 14 months, he learned to walk, but it took another month or so for him to be really steady, and to be able to stand up again from a sitting down position without crawling over to pull up on something. He says lots of words, mostly repeating what we say, but some of it is identifying objects and people. "Hi" and "Bye" have become favorites, along with the waving. If he wants us to play with him (chase him) sometimes he'll say "Getchyoooo" or "BOOOO!" His comprehension is really good. I can tell because anytime I say anything about changing his diaper or brushing his teeth, interrupting whatever fun thing he is doing, he runs away from me.BYE from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
Ezra can read! from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
Using a spoon from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
As far as the other two people in our house, Chad is super busy with his job and school. He is taking 3 master's classes right now, which he has never done before, so his workload is pretty heavy. The good news is that he just registered for his last two classes in the spring, and then in the fall he will do his "capstone experience," whatever that means. I am finding myself pretty busy these days too, hence the lack of blogging. There is always something else that needs to be done. I like the writing part of blogging, but the picture uploading takes forever and it's not one of my favorite things at all. Anyway, we are doing well. I am excited about the holidays and started decorating for Christmas tonight, although I will wait until I have more help to put up the tree. I guess I'll just put the ornaments on the top half so Ezra can't reach them.
That's it for now.
Trip to Tyler
We went to Tyler last weekend to spend time with Chad's parents since we won't be making it there for the holidays. Thursday night Chad got canceled at work, so we decided to leave in the evening, hoping that Ezra would just sleep the whole way. Well, he fell right asleep when we got on the road, slept for about 4 hours, and then was awake for the last 3. We got to Tyler at 2 AM and Ezra did NOT want to go to sleep. So Chad was up with him for most of the night, and I took over around 5:30. Then Ezra was up for good at 6:30. Lovely. Friday was my birthday so Chad and I got to go out to dinner while Gramme babysat. The rest of the weekend was spent with family and friends, and in between, Ezra fell and busted his face (Friday) and then had 102 fever (Saturday). After the poor kid had a couple days to return to normal, we jumped right back in the car and drove home. This was the 4th weekend in the past month and a half that we have been on the road, so we are VERY glad that we are staying home for Thanksgiving and not going out of town again until Christmas. Other than the rough start Ezra had, we had a great visit in Tyler and as always we wish we could have spent more time with everyone.
Ezra after his face plant :( (sorry, I forgot my "real" camera so these pictures are from my phone)
The dump truck was a hit...anything that Ezra can put something in, and then dump it out, he likes.
We went to Mercado's for my birthday. This little boy never met an ice cream he didn't like.
A couple videos...
Chad's mom has a little chihuahua named Max that Ezra really likes. He is actually pretty good with Max, probably because the dog can outrun him, but even when Ezra gets close enough, he doesn't pull his tail or anything like that. Max is very sweet with all the grandchildren and puts up with a lot from them.
Ezra after his face plant :( (sorry, I forgot my "real" camera so these pictures are from my phone)
The dump truck was a hit...anything that Ezra can put something in, and then dump it out, he likes.
We went to Mercado's for my birthday. This little boy never met an ice cream he didn't like.
A couple videos...
Ezra tries to play the pitch pipe from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
Chad's mom has a little chihuahua named Max that Ezra really likes. He is actually pretty good with Max, probably because the dog can outrun him, but even when Ezra gets close enough, he doesn't pull his tail or anything like that. Max is very sweet with all the grandchildren and puts up with a lot from them.
Chasing Max from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The rest of October
I've been out of town every other weekend for the past month and a half so there is quite a bit to catch up on.
Ezra's spot...we make the papasan chair into a big bowl and he sits there with toys and books. He can spend a lot of time there, and now if we put an ottoman on one side and slide the chair up next to the couch, he can climb down himself too.
On Halloween we went to Trunk or Treat at church. Ezra's costume was a hamburger. He did a lot better in it than he did in the dress rehearsal the other day (see a previous post). He walked around saying "hi" to everyone and taking candy from whoever would give it to him.
A lollipop for each hand...a boy after my own heart.
Ezra with his best bud Aiden aka Yoda (I think Aiden is a little jealous of Ezra's dumdum)
The last weekend in October I went to Arkansas for my cousin's wedding and the boys were on their own. Chad decided to take Ezra hiking at Palo Duro. Though I know it wasn't his first choice, he documented very well. Thanks honey.
This video is sideways but I thought it was cute.
Ezra's spot...we make the papasan chair into a big bowl and he sits there with toys and books. He can spend a lot of time there, and now if we put an ottoman on one side and slide the chair up next to the couch, he can climb down himself too.
On Halloween we went to Trunk or Treat at church. Ezra's costume was a hamburger. He did a lot better in it than he did in the dress rehearsal the other day (see a previous post). He walked around saying "hi" to everyone and taking candy from whoever would give it to him.
A lollipop for each hand...a boy after my own heart.
Ezra with his best bud Aiden aka Yoda (I think Aiden is a little jealous of Ezra's dumdum)
The last weekend in October I went to Arkansas for my cousin's wedding and the boys were on their own. Chad decided to take Ezra hiking at Palo Duro. Though I know it wasn't his first choice, he documented very well. Thanks honey.
This video is sideways but I thought it was cute.
Solo hike from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.
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