Observations

Whenever I take Tanner to a store I have so many people stop us. I really should count how many people stop to interact with Tanner because it's pretty comical. We can honestly barely move through the store, (especially Trader Joe's) without someone playing peek-a-boo, trying to hold him, touching him or talking to him for a few minutes. No joke! Who asks some random person in the middle of the fruit aisle if they can hold their baby? This was the second time someone at the grocery store has asked to hold him. I know this is a common occurrence when you have a baby and I got comments and smiles all the time with Ethan but it's to a much greater degree with Tanner.  A lot of it has to do with the fact that he is beaming at the people from across the aisle as he is kicking with joy when they give him attention. Everyone always comments on how happy Tanner is. Tanner truly is such a happy baby and a joy in our lives. I love watching him grow and discover the world around him. He has a double ear infection right now so yesterday when I put him down he would crawl after me saying, "mama mama." It was really sad, so today I took him to the doctor and he is on antibiotics. He still is such a happy baby that is still sleeping through it all. What a blessing! As an update Tanner weighs 18 pounds and is almost hitting the 25th percentile now for weight. He has seven teeth and is working on a few more.

Ethan continues to grow and mature. He is starting to help get on and off his clothes, go to the bathroom by himself without telling me or needing help with his clothes (he has been potty trained for over a year but up until recently would tell me every time he would need to go and/or want help with clothes), he can spell and write his name, his ability to write letters is improving all the time, he loves to do work books such as letter writing or dot-to-dot books. His appetite still has not improved much - not a big eater! As we went around our block yesterday I was reminded how much Ethan is like me when I was a litle girl. I could be a very outgoing girl that would talk to anyone but then also could be reserved and shy. Ethan is very much this way. As he rode his bike he waved to everyone he saw, stopping the UPS man and asking him if he was coming to our house. Where was he going next and why wasn't he coming to our house? As we went a little further we ran into a few more people and he waved and observed them. As we turned the corner onto our street again there were two men outside smoking with big baggy clothes, someone that could be very nice but not someone we really want to stop to talk to. Well, as expected Ethan stopped to give them a wave and I was grateful he didn't stop to talk this time to see what they were doing. They gave him a wave back and off we went. He is a people person and people love talking to him. He is always so curious and wanting to learn more and more. We love our boys!