Growing up so fast...

Muffin finally outgrew his baby bed/playpen, so i moved it into the nursery to be used as a play pen for him and Charlene. John built him a new bed yesterday, I think he likes it because there more space for him to crawl and get around before bed when he usually likes to play with books and play guitar with daddy. (he loves it when john plays the guitar for him or lets him strum along with him, nothing else makes him as happy as that, he'll start banging on it as john plays thinking hes drumming...hopefully this interest for musical instruments with stay with him as he gets older) Anyway, heres some pics of his new bed.

more photos

Sorry for the lack of posting, things have been CRAZY! But here are some photos of the last 2 weeks.

Finally......

....Starting to crawl!!!!!! -- Ethan turned 8 months 2 days ago (the 22nd) and on that day, he made his first attempt at trying to crawl! He got a couple bumps on his head from diving forward too fast onto the marble floor, but that didn't stop him at all...he sometimes gets really frustrated if its taking him too long to get to the toy i put a ways away for him to get too, but he is slowly learning patience and is doing really well. I'm so happy he is finally crawling because the last 3 month he has been more fussy and wired up because he couldnt move around, but didn't want to be held so now that he can do it on his own, its already made a big difference in his moods.



First move toward his preyAlmost there...

Score! I got it!!
Mom, a little sympathy please, I'm tired!
(More photos coming)

Pics from our vacation in Ixtapa

We got to take off to Ixtapa for 9 days to take a little vacation with Ethan, it was quite the experience....right before we left to ixapa Ethan started sleeping in till 8 am (reaaaaally good compared to his normal 6 or 6:30 am) so I was really happy that maybe his schedule was changing so we would let us catch up on some sleep during our vacation....Little did I know he was getting in his 5th and 6th tooths that I had no idea were even starting to come in as he just cut his 2 front teeth right before vacation (I didnt find this out till the day we were driving home, yesterday, and saw that they had both cut through) So my poor little muffin had a really rough time, never slept past 5:30 am, hardly took his naps so would be really tired and grumpy and for the most part didnt like being in the water (unless he was in a really good mood, then he loved it...also the last day we were there i think was the end of his teething pain cuz he slept in and loved swimming all day and didnt want to leave the water...they must have cut through that day). It was so hard for me because I wasn't used to dealing with a EXTREMELY high maintenance baby that only wanted to be held and nursed since normally it doesn't take much to keep him happy and entertained. Well we did our best to make it a fun time for him and hopefully next vacation it will be a little more layed back and relaxing. Here are some photos, we didnt take much because he wasnt so happy for the most part...but heres the times when he was doing ok.

He always has to hold his foot while he nurses
John playing with Eric
Being foolish
Ethan sleeping by the pool
giving kisses
tried to get a family photo...Ethan wouldn't cooperate
Me and muffin
again....
sleeping naked
On the way there
so tired
Eating pizza
John trying to get him to sit in the floaty
he liked it on the last day when he wasnt owee
My little beach boy
going to shop for beach jewlery
John looking at board shorts and stuff
I was top bargainer
Went out for diner
Mufin
Eric and Ethan
attempting at water basketball...
hehehe...
my angel.