Firsts for Ethan

Today was such a day! Ethan woke up this morning with his mind set that he was going to be more independent...which about makes me cry! As he was eating his oatmeal, he reached for his spoon and took it in his left hand by the handle and put the spoon straight in his mouth...my mouth dropped! I put a little oatmeal on the spoon and again, he put it in his mouth and ate his breakfast! He thought it was so funny and just kept giggling! What a morning...but that wasn't all! Later this afternoon, I decided to try sitting him on the floor without the boppy pillow...thought we'd just go for it! And sure enough, he sat up all on his own...his balance is awesome...he fell backwards once...but never cried! I just sat him back up and he continued to play with his toys. Then Patch (one of our dogs) came over with a toy in his mouth...placed the toy infront of Ethan and then laid down (that's what he does when he wants to play). Ethan just looked at him and then Patch nudged the toy even closer to Ethan. Ethan reached out and grabbed the toy. It was so cute!