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.

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.