Big Boy

Ezra is growing up. This picture is from the fall. He has had several haircuts since then but I am having trouble with my camera so this picture will have to do for now. He is so awesome. Fun loving. Happy go lucky. Very active. Fascinated with cars, tractors, motorcycles and machines of any sort. He likes to run and pound on things. I am sure he is a typical boy-- climbs all over everything, has no fear. But since I don't know any other little boys that well...it's all new and fascinating to me. He is still a good sleeper though he is starting to protest bedtime a little more now and then. He sings and hums all the time, which I love. He can say Mom, mommy, mama, adam, dog, uh-oh, and he chimes in on the two if you count One, two, three for him. Loves to wrestle and play rough...all that stuff.

He gives very brief but sweet hugs and will let you kiss him but doesn't kiss you. Gives high five and knuckles. Loves dogs. Loves his blue blanket. Won't sleep with out it. Also he is a voracious milk drinker-- which he did not get from my side of the family.

Love you Ez.

xoxo

I love this kid

He is walking now. And today when I dropped him off at daycare he walked over to the garden at the daycare and was busy picking cherry tomatoes with the other kids. I said "Bye Ezra" and he turned and looked right at me, smiled and said "bye."
He also hugs me when he wakes up in the morning now. Very sweet.

One

Dear Ezra

Dear Ezra Jubal,
Thank you for making my life 110% better. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey...you'll never know dear how much I love you...
and your rosy little cheeks (all 4 of them), and your light this whole town smile, and your curious face, and your serious face...
Love you forever,
Mom

Little Shrimp

That is some serious arch

I even love you enough to go outside and play in the COLD with you!
(you can thank me later for these next shots! yes I am sure they will be used as blackmail)

Happy Half Birthday Buddy!

Winter Solstice came and Ezra started eating food and turned 6 months old this week! He eats homemade oat cereal. I blend up 1/4 c. organic whole oat groats, steel cut oats or regular oats in the blender, then cook in 1 c. boiling water for 5 minutes constantly stirring with a wisk. Then add water, breast milk or formula to desired consistency. Once he got used to the oats we started adding (no sugar added) applesauce. He loves it--almost as much as he loves listening to his voice! We will see what he thinks about sweet potatoe next week. I love watching him try food out and learn to eat. He is so funny! Soon we will be trying Millet and then Quinoa...But the change in diaper contents-- I'm not gonna lie...it's not zesty.

Now and then

He likes to work out with me. He's really good at push ups and leg ups!He looks so cute in stripes too :)Remeber him this summer (Late August 2008)?And look at him now! (Late November 2008 )--Still cute in that hat but a A LOT bigger, filling up the carseat now, LOVING his fingers, and still making funny expressions all the time!And back in July 2008 when we first came to IdahoCompared to this thanksgiving (November 2008)-- Look how much these kids have all grown since July! Amelia and Cash both love to "hold" Ezra and give him love!

Winter is already here! Thanks for the fuzzy warm suit so I can go outside aunt Heather!

This is just a short clip but you can see how determined this kid is to get where he wants to go!

It's Fall! and he's 5 months old!

Ezra is now five months old. He rolls both ways and can army crawl and get anywhere he wants to go. He constantly wiggles and moves and kicks his feet as hard as he can and makes it really hard to change his diaper. The kid has gone mobile on me... I am so scared :) He smiles all the time and still sleeps really well. This fall he got to play with his mini BFF's, take trips to Washington, Utah and Texas, and enjoy fall festivities like Halloween. He is a such a trooper. He loves to be out and about and to be around people, and other little kids...He makes me smile and laugh at least 10 times a day. He will be eating food before I know it...he is always watching me put stuff in my mouth and grabbing for it.For our Washington adventure my mom took us to Seattle and the San Juan Islands as a combined birthday and Christmas gift. It was absolutley heavenly. I loved walking around Pike's Market with Ez showing him all the beautiful fruits and veggies and arts and crafts and the fish market. He was fascinated. He loved riding the ferry and got to meet my good friend Jeanne Belanger and Nana got him some really great books at my favorite book store on Lopez Island. I hope I will be able to return to the islands with Ezra again and again! Maybe someday we will even be able to live there. That would be a dream...

Little Rascal ( I love his expressions)

In Utah Ezra got to meet my cousin Jared Miller (they kind of look alike) and lots of other friends and family... I remembered to take a few pictures...

Jamie and Baugh (my roomate/friends when I was at Utah State) My old BYU roommate and good friend Jenny watched Ezra for me while I was doing a retreat and she also crocheted this adorable little bear for Ezra-- her first crochet project just for Ez!
Halloween was a blast with aunt Mary, Heather, Uncle Ryan, Hadley, Cash and Marley. Ezra was a cute lil punkin!