Ethan Lukas- 3 & Lillian Dawn 1

Ethan Lukas

December 28, 2008

Ethan just hours old.

Loves to pretend and acts out every movie he watches.

Trains

Loves going to school.

Knows and can identify the alphabet.

Can trace around letters.

Can count to 15 and *almost* 20

Repeats everything we say and is starting to use 3 and 4 word sentences on his own (yea!!)

Loves playing outside. I see him out there telling stories to the yard and the birds and squirrels.

1 Year Old

Movies we are Watching:
Willy Wonka the original 

The Santa Clause

The Polar Express

Peanuts Charlie Brown Christmas

The Grinch
All Veggie Tales' Christmas
(We're really into Christmas movies!)
The Lion King
Cat in the Hat
Geo Track 

2 Years Old

Says "Merry Chris"!
Says "please", "thank you" and "bless you"

Will open the fridge or cabinet to get out something to eat. 

Loves all fruit and will eat a little of most veggies. 

Yogurt and cheese is a daily snack.

Is still not potty trained :( But is showing signs of readiness. 

Puts his socks in the dirty clothes basket 

(His future wife can thank me for that one.)

Likes to pick out his own clothes; matching is not required.

He will not wear pjs to sleep in.
Is wearing 3T.

Ht-36 1/2, 28%
Wt- 31 1/2, 50%

3 Years Old

Ethan's Birth Story

Lillian Dawn

January 11, 2011

Birth Day

Took her first steps at 10 1/2 Months

Waves and says Bye Bye to Daddy

Loves to play with Big Brother
Loves watching Brother play outside. She (and I) can't wait till she can go out there with him.

Tells "stories"- non stop babbling
Words I've heard her say:
Shoes
Fish
Bye Bye
Hi
Mama
Dada
Oh, Oh 

Points at things 

Loves to pull fabric/clothing out/off of anything:

boxes, hampers, drawers closets, 

Especially as Mom is folding laundry.
Love getting into exploring everything.
Like the Trash and Recycling cans.

Loves Shoes! 

Everywhere we go she is watching people's shoes as they walk by.

Loves to Eat and mostly enjoys self feeding

Loves all veggies especially Cauliflower
Loves tomatoes just like her big brother.

Eats Cheese and Crackers as an afternoon snack
In fact, she loves to eat so much that she puts everything in her mouth.
Everything.
Her favorite thing to eat:
my shoes.
(I feel like I'm describing a puppy dog. A very cute puppy dog :)

Knows her shoes and socks go on her feet. It is too cute to watch her try to get them on.

Stills sucks her thumb when she is tired or over stimulated.
Breastfeeding is still going strong. We nurse to sleep for naps and bedtime and sometimes when we just need a cuddle.

She has blond hair and Green Eyes.

1st Birthday!

Wt: 21lbs 1oz 50%
Ht: 28 1/2 in 29%
Head: 46cm 76%

Lillian's Birth Story

Ethan's 3rd Birthday at MDO

Ethan had his Birthday party at MDO yesterday. I sent cookies and my camera so the teacher could capture the moment. Last year they got to wear a crown. I guess they are too old for the crown this year :(.

Do you see how my son's plate is empty except for a cookie and a celery stick? I'm a good Mom and send him all his favorites to school. That and he won't eat much before going to school so I'm sure he is starving by the time 12 rolls around. 

My boy is growing up!