Cheeks!

I was just going through Ethan pictures laughing about his cheeks. This is Ethan at 2 and 1/2 months.

Ethan Walking at Great Grandmas on Christmas

Ethan's Friends

Ethan goes to a great, small daycare a few hours a week and for Christmas Marie gave us a disk of photos of him playing with the other kids. I thought these were especially cute so I thought I'd post them. What's nice is we (the parents) all know eachother so we can laugh about our kids sticking their fingers in eachothers mouths.

Family Pictures

We had some family photos taken that can be viewed at www.heathergeorgephotography.com. Just go to clients and the password is Robinson. We were inspired by the pictures we saw of our cousins and their little Cameron on her website. Also, here's a little clip of me and Ethan having fun in the kitchen.

Wishing for Snow in Cache Valley

I've been organizing our photos and came across some of us skiing at Garden City a couple of years ago. The views are really beautiful so I thought I'd post them. From the top you get a beautiful view of a frozen Bear Lake.

I recently let Ethan eat an entire cup of yogurt by himself without helping. He did really well. Missed his mouth a few times, but the mess wasn't too bad. He's eating really well now and trying a lot more foods now that his molars are in. He really loves the Mama Coco's pasta sauce (it's high in the garlic and olive oil) that we get at Sweet Peas natural foods market. I often puree veges he won't eat and mix them in the sauce and he'll gobble them. Right now he loves to use the word "no." He always tells me no when food is offered, though he still usually accepts it.

First ski of '08

Today we decided to head up the canyon for a ski. There's not much snow yet, but enough (about 6") to ski the Sink Hollow trail. It was beautiful (I was thinking of you Christina, wish you were here this winter). We went for about an hour and then had to turn around because Ethan was getting tired of it. Last year Ethan was still eating every couple of hours so we just had to work around that and he would usually sleep the whole time. This year he is old enough to have an opinion about how long he wants to sit in the chariot. Luckily, with snacks and a toy he's usually pretty happy to get out and go for a ride.

Signing "Tree"

Ethan likes to use both hands when signing. His most recent sign is "tree."

Ballard Christmas Dinner

Last night we had a Christmas dinner with my cousins, aunts and uncles. I really enjoy them all and wish I could see them more. Ethan and his cousin Elijah played together all evening. He loved being around all of his little cousins. He wanted to sit at the kids table with them to eat.

This morning he found Grandmas 3-fold, full length mirror and has been having so much fun making his funny face in the mirror ("so that's why everyone laughs when I make that face.").

Ethan isn't walking yet but he has found the perfect walker. Quoia's 5 gallon dog food bucket. He can walk that thing all over the kitchen and wood floors. When he hits the rug, he just turns it around. Last night he tried walking with dad's shoe.

By the way, notice his hair cut? I wanted to keep his beautiful long hair in the back but the side wings had to go. They were covering his beautiful face. I tried for a sort of bowl cut, but after gving him a mullet I decided to trim the back too.

IT SNOWED!

I love winter and snow is one of my favorite things. I'm so excited we finally got some.

Dancing

Ethan loves to dance (almost as much as his cousin Hayden). When we walk into a place with music, he'll start bouncing around in my arms. We've been collecting the Putumayo Playground CDs. They're really fun. Our favorites are the latin playground and the Folk. The songs can be sampled on Putumayo.com. Maybe I'll get around to posting one. Oh, and I haven't taken the time to figure out how to rotate the videos. They'll just have to be sideways for now. Notice Quoia waiting for handouts. Ethan makes sure she's well taken care of.

Fun in the Tub

Ethan is always figuring out new things, of course. He figured out, himself, that he can suction a rubbery cup onto his knee and it will stay there.

Watermelon

Justin and I have been trying to buy as much locally produced food as we can and anything we can't get locally we try to get from the smaller market in town. The two things I usually have to go to the grocery store for are bananas and watermelon. They are two of Ethans favorite foods (and he's a picky eater) and we ate the last local watermelon weeks ago. Next summer we are joining a farm share on a local farm. If anyone is interested in supporting local farmers and community supported agriculture, check out http://www.slowfoodutah.org/.

Handsome Little Man

"button"

Ethan has been suprising me with all of the signing he's doing. The other day when it was time to leave the park he signed "outside" and pointed to the playground. As far as talking goes, Ethan can say banana, turtle, bubble, ball, cheese, moo, meow, no, mama and dada. He used to wrinkle his nose and call me "mem." I could hear him from his crib, "mem....mem." You'll hear he's been learning the word "button" but he stops short at "butt." Now he says "butt" for a few things like booties and bellybutton.