Growing, Growing

My little Ethan is one growing boy! Today we had his 2 month appointment and he is 13lb 4oz and 24 inches long (80th percentile for both) and has a head circumference of 40.5cm (50th percentile). He is still my chubby bubby and I just love it. He still has a head of dark hair and I hope he keeps this as I love it. His Dr thinks he will be more olive toned too, lucky boy!

Ethan has started to really talk and jabber and smiles all the time. He really is a happy little man and we are so blessed to have such a happy baby join our family. He has shown some signs of favoring me this weekend and I just loved that! Cory would be holding him and if he could see me he would want me... nice once in a while but the novelty will wear off quick if it continues I think!! He has started to suck his fist this week particularly and he follows you with his eyes when you walk past him and really enjoys cuddles. He is such a lovely little boy.

Cade is still wonderful to him and ever so helpful. He really is a good big brother to Ethan and you can tell he loves him. I can't say I have really seen jealousy in him, just a frustration with having to share attention and this is always directed at us not Ethan thankfully. He has dealt with the change really well considering and I am just so glad to have both my boys!

Here are some pics
I love, love this photo!!

Sucking his new found fist

Tried to catch some smiles...

New Stroller...

I finally decided on and ordered a new stroller on Friday and it arrived yesterday and can I just say I LOVE IT!!

When my mum was here I took her shopping with me to get a second opinion on what I was steering toward (because Cory has no opinion on it and couldn't care less, just that I don't choose an awful color, which would never happen right!?)

I wanted something that was a double stroller, easy to steer, and folded easy. I really have been spoilt with my Instep as it is nice to steer and pushed easily on all terrain but it was huge and bulky and hard to put in the car. I was leaning toward a Peg Perego but wasn't completely sold with the 60/40 and the reviews I read were not bad at all, just cosmetic stuff like the cup holders and under storage - which is not really an issue for me or what I was wanting my stroller for. I then looked at a few others that were somewhat out of my price range but wasn't sold on any of them either, so to make an even longer story short.... I decided on a 2009 Valco Latitude Twin and it is fantastic! I have only had it for 2 days but it sure fits the bill! It weighs more than I ideally wanted (30lb as opposed to 20lb) but it folds completely in half and it's wheels are no bigger than the stroller itself. It fits perfectly through doorways and when I was out shopping today there were displays of clearance items narrowing the walkway and it made it through that obsticle course no worries! I took the boys for a walk yesterday after it arrived and they loved it. Cade was "woohoo" ing the whole time and Ethan was perfectly quiet and content sleeping away. We are sold!! What is even more pleasing is this was my fav stroller but somewhat out of my price range, but I got a great deal on it, so I can't complain.
Here she is in all her beauty!!

6 Weeks.... and 2 1/2 years old

I seem to want to start every sentence about my growing baby with "Can you believe Ethan is this old?"...Wow time sure flys when you're having fun I tell ya!!

This little chunky monkey was 11lb 3oz at his month weigh in. He has put on a pound a week for the last 2 weeks and his little cheeks and thighs show the signs of a healthy boy. He is still such a placid and happy boy. This week however has seen him cry the most he has in his whole little life. He was really fussy for a couple of hours on Wednesday evening and would scare himself, freak out and choke, it was a little scary but we figured it was because he had pains in his little tummy and had that fearful falling feeling because as long as I had a hand on him he was fine. It was strange and totally out of character as he loves to kick about free of blankets etc. He ended up sleeping right through to his 4am feeding though so I am not complaining!! He seems to be doing better at longer stretches between feeds and I am loving even the extra hour of sleep between feeds. I don't find it hard to get up to him to nurse, just that last feeding at around 4ish kicks my butt.

Ethan really is a delight though and is a total daddy's boy... here I thought I had him a mummy's boy but not so. He will snuggle with Cory in the most awkward looking positions and just loves it, settles for daddy so easily and daddy is the King at getting him to sleep without even trying.

Ethan has found a new friend in the swing. He talks to it, complains when the music stops and just stares lovingly at the fish and whale that hang from it. I have found this swing to be my friend also as it frees me to get some much needed washing or cooking done and also allows for some mummy/Cade one-on-one time. As I type he is sound asleep in it. So cute!!

Cade is doing wonderfully with him. He always asks where he is if he is no longer in the last place he saw him, it is cute.

Cade, who is 2 and a half today!!...has pink eye (conjunctivitis for you Aussies) and has a cold with it too. He looks like he has been beaten in his left eye, poor little man. He is such a trooper though, I would be miserable with it if it was me but he plays happily all day and is in and out on the deck. Between wiping eyes and nose this little guy has been a delight this week. He is a new acquainted friend that I thought was long lost. He is minding and loving toward me again and it is a blessing to have this back. I think he just really needed some time to adjust to life... as we all did. I have done a few things a little differently too and because I am healed and feeling well, I am able to be more physical and fun with him which has helped. On Wednesday we had the funnest time dancing to music. I always did this with my nieces and nephews when I was living at home and it just brought back those memories too - it is by far the best work out in my opinion!!

Here are some photos of my ever growing little men!!