Let's Recap

I had big plans for Ethan's first birthday blog post, but his actual birthday was pretty busy what with work, our freezer quitting, and Mike having rehearsal for a vocal quintet he sang with at church on Sunday. I was hoping to spend some quality time going through all the pictures we've taken of Ethan and marvelling at how he has grown. Instead, a week later, I have now pulled a few of my favorite pictures of Ethan from each month of his life off this blog.

Let's recap how he got from here
to here:

Ethan was born at 10:04 am on 10/14/2008.

Here he is about an hour old:



Back in the hospital Friday-Monday with Jaundice-poor baby.
Ethan isn't a newborn here, but this is the doctor who did such a great job delivering him--he is also in our ward!
November:

December:



January:

Blessing day





February



March:



April:



First road road trip to Utah
Learning about the hose
May:
Strong Museum in Rochester, NY

First camping trip:
2nd airplane ride (his first was at 6 weeks old to Detroit)

June:


Church history site seeing out East:

Niagra Falls


July:

First Independence Day:


Swim lessons!
First trip to the zoo.
August:
Tearing celery leaves (notice the carnage on the floor)
Road trip to LA to visit Great-Grandpa Jack.



September

Another road trip to Utah:


1st full BYU season--his first BYU game was watching against TCU last year. He was 2 days old, and it did not go well at all (for the Cougars). Let's hope this year goes better!
1 Year!
1st birthday party:

First haircut:
It has been quite the journey to get to this point, and I wish I could turn back time and relive it all! We love this little guy SO much! He is such a happy, fun baby! He is practically running all over now. We have been teaching him sign language and he can say: hi, bye, more, drink (milk), all done, fan, and light. He can show us where his head is, but that's it for identifying body parts. He loves playing outside, playing with Sam and Dad, putting lids on containers, reading, and playing in water. We are so lucky to have such a great kid and look forward to many years of watching him grow (but slow down kiddo)!

I can't find the paper from the doctor's office, but if I remember correctly, these are his latest stats:
Height: 29.5 in 25th Percentile
Weight: 21 lbs 5 oz 25th-50th Percentile (this was on an empty stomach)
Head Circumference: 43 cm 90th Percentile

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