22 months and videos

This will most likely be my last post for a while. Things are busy with getting ready for camp, and once we are at camp our internet access and spare time are both very limited. In just two short months we will have a two-year-old. What an amazing thing it is to watch your child grow and learn things and pick up on things that you didn't think they noticed. He is such a mimic--his favorite thing to say is "Oh, man" which I say quite often...video is below. Ezra is such a good boy. He plays well both with friends (most of the time) and by himself. He loves to read books and has many books memorized where if I leave a word out he can fill it in. He loves shoes these days, and wants to put them on himself. He's getting pretty good at it, but gets very frustrated if he doesn't get it right or if we have to help him. Once the shoes are on, all we hear is "go? go?" Today we spent the whole day in the house because Chad was sleeping after work and I was not feeling well, and I lost count of how many times he asked to leave the house. Phrases that he says that I love are "I see you" and "I love you too" (the middle part is garbled but I get what he is saying). I am so excited for him to experience blue haven this summer. He has become quite shy when he first encounters people he doesn't know, but warms up very quickly, especially to anyone who shows an interest in playing with him. I think that's about it. Here are some recent videos.

I love you too from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Aw, man! from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Eye love you too from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Laughing at himself from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Drinking green bean juice from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Ezra and the shopping cart from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Pictures from the week

There's nothing better than licking the spatula (no, mom, there was not raw eggs in this)

The other day before church Chad took a couple pictures of Ezra and me. This is the face he made.Seriously, child, is life that bad?Here's a better one:The next two pictures are funny because Ezra's buddy was swinging the hat around and saying "yee haw" on the rocking horse. The funny part is that while Chad was taking this picture...Ezra's on the other side of the room saying "cheese" over and over again. Poor baby never gets any attention.
We're in the midst of working on staff notebooks for camp. To keep Ezra occupied, we emptied out the three hole punch and his job was to throw away each little circle. Such a helper.

5.4.11

Ezra was wearing his new CBH jacket the other day when I got this shot...
And then tonight when I was posting that one, I remembered this one from a year ago...what a difference a year makes. On to more important things, like music. This kid loves musical instruments, so Chad splurged and spent a whole dollar on a recorder for him. The glasses are another long thought-out purchase that I think Chad bought to wear at the CBH talent shows or something. Very cool.
If this doesn't make you laugh, I don't know what will.
A more serious picture of Ezra, me, and "bee-ball."
I'm trying this new thing called "blog more often so it doesn't seem like such a chore because I have way too many pictures to blog." Of course after the next few weeks I will be gone for the summer but I'll pick it back up in August.

A couple of things Ezra is doing/saying lately...he has a book called "Peek-a-who?" and lately he's been reciting it at random times, like in the car. "Peek-a-who? Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-choo choo!" and hiding his eyes behind his hands. At night when we tell him "I love you" he has started saying something like "Ah yah you too." He repeats every word we say. When we ask him if he wants to do something, if he doesn't want to do it, he says, "No?" in question form.

So here are a couple videos...one day Ezra decided that he wanted to try his hand at multitasking, so he started popping a goldfish in his mouth, closing his eyes and walking around while eating with his eyes closed. Weird, but funny. The other one is of him playing his new recorder. I think Chad showed him how to march like he's in a marching band...who knows with just those two around. Chad took the video.

Look ma no eyes from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Recorder from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.

Another video

Here's another video that I wanted to post with the other ones but couldn't last week because of upload limits:

Dizzy from Lesley Montandon on Vimeo.