Lots of change!

I know it has been awhile since I have posted a blog but a lot has changed since my last post.  I found a job!! With that came with a ton of change for the Wigmore family.  So long were the days of the calendar being empty we now all are juggling our new adventure.  For me it was going back to work full time, Matt it was his first semester taking a full load and for little boop it was starting daycare. There is still a lot to figure out, but I am happy to say we survived our first month something that seemed impossible those first few weeks.

Our first day

We have been keeping up on documenting Ethan as he grows even though I haven't posted in awhile.  Here is a quick highlight of what we have been up to:

My family from Dallas and Seattle came to visit one weekend.  Karen & Melissa live in Dallas and Sherri lives in Seattle.  Sherri was visiting and also brought her and Karen's mother Dolores.  It was so much fun to see them.  In fact we always have so much fun that my mom and grandma Ray came as well. Since it was a girls weekend Matt kept to himself ( I don't really blame him since we mostly did a lot of chatting, which I enjoyed since I live in a house with all boys)!  I think the highlight of the trip was taking them to the Oasis.  Melissa brought her baby Abby and we got the cutest pictures of Ethan and her.  She was a doll she kept posing with all the statues and entertaining everyone as they walked up.  It was a really nice night to be out too, it was one of the few nights it was tolerable to even be outdoors.  The evening was topped off with frozen yogurt which Ethan ate most of, and believe me when I say he got the Wigmore gene for love of ice cream although I can think of a particular Great-grandfather on my side that loves ice cream too...

The gang at the Oasis 

Cute little babies!

The first weekend in October we grabbed Gerry and met Joel, Jenny, Larkin and Willa out at the pumpkin patch.  It was the same place we went to pick strawberries when we first moved here.  Jenny had told me about how great it was at Halloween time because of all the activities they provide.  It was a first for me to be picking pumpkins in 100 degree weather, it made it so it was a very quick decision.  But while we were there the girls picked flowers out of the flower field , and we went for a hayride.  Ethan was terrified, poor little guy clung to Matt, which we probably should have expected since he is afraid of the sound of the vacuum and a tractor is twenty times louder.  Along the path of the ride they had setup little scenes made of scarecrow people.  Willa was so excited she kept tapping me and would say "look at that one"  or "wave Auntie Laura you have to say hello."  After being in the sun for so long the kids all got some homemade pumpkin ice cream which they devoured not even sharing with any adults (Ethan included).

Those are Ice cream smiles

Flower field 

Which one should we pick?

Ethan has really taken off lately.  He is a chatter box now even though you can't make out half the words that come out of his mouth.  But the few he does say are very clear.  His communication skills are growing by leaps and bounds as well as his appetite!  The other day I was doing the dishes and  he was eating in his highchair and my back was to him and he yelled MOM and I turned around he just grinned at me and pointed at his empty tray, obviously telling me he wanted more.  Tucker and him have become closer and closer.  I was worried for a while that they would never have the Lassie and Timmy relationship I had dreamed about.  But little by little (Tuckers tummy isn't getting little more like bigger from all the food Ethan feeds him) they are really starting to get a long and actually play.  Matt said that Tuck will even play tug a war with his baby with Ethan and when he looks like he is about to fall over backwards he lets go.  Ethan even snuggles up and puts his head on Tuck and Tucker doesn't immediately bolts up.  The real change was the other day when Ethan woke up and started to cry I walked down the hall and Tuck was anxiously waiting in front of Ethan's door with a worried look telling me "Hurry up he's crying".

Snuggle up 

A few new things about Ethan:

He has: four top teeth and one bottom tooth

His favorite thing to carry around : drum sticks he got with a drum he got for his birthday

He still : Is not walking (he can but just doesn't trust himself)

His new funny thing:  pretending to sneeze so he can hear you say "bless you"

New love: Dancing! He hears music and just goes crazy moving and grooving and clapping

This is one of the many videos we got lately of Ethan dancing!