Who Knew...

Wow...this week has probably been one of the busiest weeks that we have had in a while. To begin with, the kitchen and laundry room have been painted....YAY!!!! The laundry room is completely done but the kitchen still has a few things that I want to do before it will be done, mainly knick knacks and new dishes.

Wednesday evening, while I was cooking dinner, Ethan and Josh decided to go outside and toss the ball with our dog Rock-o.  I believe this was the first time that Ethan actually felt the grass with his bare feet.  He seemed to really enjoy being outside.   Of course, dad could have put him in some sort of clothing...LOL!!!!

Grocery shopping was at the top of our agenda thursday afternoon. That is always a tiring experience. Once we made it home and managed to get everything put in it's right place, Ethan and Josh decided to take a load off, which meant melting into dad's recliner. Ethan had slightly different plans then dad. He wanted to lounge and just read a nice magazine. And then try to devour it.

Laundry day was friday, which also meant doing the usual lounging at our house.  Ethan cruised around in his walker with his mum mum sticking out of his mouth.  Gotta love him!!!!

So Saturday we made it to Josh's parent's house and I almost cried because that evening my lil monkey decided he was going to start pulling himself up on Rah Rah's den steps. The first time he did, he almost managed to get up on his feet before toppeling over. He, of course, tried a few more times and I did manage to snag a couple videos of him in action. He is getting so big and everytime he decided it's time to try something new, I just want to cry because it feels like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. *tear!!!!

Shopping is always a fun thing for me.  Sunday we spent the day in Chattanooga with Rah Rah.  Ethan got a few pairs of, what else, lounge pants...LOL!!! And once we got back the house, he couldn't wait to get back to those steps and start practicing again. Oh how the time flies....

Ethan was officially 7 months old on the monday, the 17th. 

That was pretty much the just of our week.  Since getting back from Cleveland on Monday, we haven't really done much.  Today we had to take Ethan to get his second half of the flu shot.  He really doesn't do that bad when he gets his shots.  He cries for a couple of seconds then he is fine.  I'm so proud of my baby boy. 

For me, the past 2 days have been a littel frustrating because I have finally decided to start back to school and it seems like I have to jump through hoops in order to make that happen.  I finally decided to start a program for either medical transcripting or medical coding and billing because I want to be able to work and help out with our finances but at the same time I have NO desire in putting Ethan in a daycare or even having someone else watch him.  I want to be there to take care of him all the time and that is why I made the decision to go with one of these two programs because you can work from home.  However, I can't seem to get the right people on the phone to answer my questions about the money part of it.  It's really starting to irritate me because I want to be able to start this new adventure and I just keep getting sent in the wrong direction. Who knew it would be so hard to actually try to advance your education. Hopefully I can get this taken care of in the next couple days.  Wish me luck!!! 

Until next blog....

P.S....

Ethan decided to make a tunnel out of his hamper.

 Ethan's first bath in the actual bathtub, sitting up by himself...  *tear again...

We had to buy him a few new pair of sleeper pjs and these ones have monkeys on the feet also.  He spent about 10 mins going in circles trying to catch the monkeys on his feet.  It was the funniest thing ever....