Ezra turned 19 months about a half a month ago...maybe I should just wait until he's 20 months to do this post. He is such a boy. This is not chocolate around his mouth...it's dirt. And snot.
Peeking through a hole in the fence with daddy on the other side
In his Mavs shirt and cowboy boots (used to be Chad's when he was little)
With his newest obsession, Elmo, and his oldest obsession, "pass"
Good oral hygiene is important.
He loves his cowboy hat.
And Elmo. And Trevyn.
Sucking down a smoothie.
Month 19 was the month of the musical instruments. Ezra is a regular performer on the piano, the electric drumset, and the harmonica. Video of him playing the harmonica coming soon.
I found these cars on the floor lined up just so. It's a good example of how detailed Ezra is in many ways. He also lines up all his toys on the edge of the bathtub while he's taking a bath.
Not a great picture, but Ezra and Trevyn were holding hands one day while we were running an errand. It was so cute.
I can see that in the next few months it will be hard to keep up with all the ways Ezra has changed. He is just not a baby anymore. He talks all the time--not just jibberish but real words and phrases. He identifies so many things and has memorized parts of songs and books. He walks around the house with his hands up above his shoulders, palms up, asking questions. He puts on his cowboy hat, climbs on his rocking horse, and says "yeeee-haw!" He gives us lots of hugs and kisses and says "love you" when we tell him we love him. He is goofy and silly and hilarious. He is completely obsessed and addicted to his "pass" (pacifier). He also loves the word "no" and shaking his head vehemently when he doesn't want or like something. Month 19 has been the month of the characters--he now knows Buzz, Woody, Nemo, Elmo, etc. Now, he hasn't actually watched those movies, he just has the toy characters and knows their names. He really has no attention span for tv or movies at all. Chad and I are just constantly saying how fun he is. His appetite has gotten better and he is eating more things. In the mornings he wakes up and says "pancake?" The rest of the day when he wants a snack he says "Cracker?" When we get near the vicinity of the backdoor, he says "side?" as in outside. He loves being outside and does not love coming back inside. At night our routine is read a few books, sing a couple songs, and then say a prayer. As we start to end our prayer, he says "a-MEN" very loudly. During our prayer at dinner he says "a-MEN" through the entire thing. He is just so happy, and fun, and silly, and joyful, and we are so blessed to be his parents. We love our sweet little boy. Videos to come.
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.
