Ethan at 20 Months Old

It has been a true joy to stay home and spend time with Ethan these past couple of weeks. Ethan is now 20-months-old and I wanted to share what he has learned in the last two months.

New words he can say:

"pee pee" = pee pee

"boo boo" = poo poo

"choo choo" = train

"too too too do!" = "one, two, three, go!"

"moo" = cow

"baa" = sheep

"roar" = lion

"sssss' = snake

"buzz" = Buzz LightYear

"ah ah" = monkey

"bubbles" = bubbles

"juice" = juice

"want" = want, usually he'll say "want this"

"ish" = fish

"eggs" = eggs

"eyes" = eyes

"baby" = baby
"shoes" = shoes

Things he likes to do:

1. These days, he likes to line up his cars in a row, as if they are about to race or he'll line them up in a row, as if they make a train.

2. He really enjoys looking out the window. He'll run over there especially if he hears something outside like a delivery truck or garbage truck.

3. He's very clear about what he wants and what he doesn't want. We often give him choices, especially at mealtimes so that he can choose what fruit he wants to eat for dessert.

4. He can drink from a cup without spilling. He likes to eat cereal in a bowl now and drinks the milk right from the bowl when he's finished.

5. He loves doing puzzles. On Christmas, he got a couple of puzzles that were too difficult for him and whenever he wanted to do them, he'd ask for help. Now, he can pretty much complete them on his own! We've been so impressed by the way he has learned to match the picture on the puzzle board with the puzzle pieces, especially knowing where he was with them just three months ago!

6. He has learned to make associations between objects. For example, if he sees a fish in a book, he'll go find the fish on the alphabet block on his alphabet train. He often does this when working on the ToyStory3 puzzle. He'll see Buzz on a puzzle piece then, get up and point to his Buzz LightYear toy.

7. He can point to his body parts in English and in Korean! After learning the word "eyes," he often will point to the eyes on one toy and then, find a pair of eyes on another toy.

8. Now with Ellie at home, Ethan has become a big brother. There are times when he's very interested in her and will go to where she is and look at her. Other times, he'll go and bother her. When Ellie cries, he'll look up from whatever he is doing and point to where the crying is coming from. He's definitely adjusting to the change... but for the most part, we're able to still spend a lot of time with him since Ellie sleeps most of the day.

9. We have decided to start potty-training. The other day, Ethan grabbed a new diaper and said "boo boo." Sure enough, he had pooped in his diaper and needed to be changed. :)

10. Ethan talks in his own language often, but the funniest thing is when he realizes something and says "ohhhhhh!" Like the other day, he was showing me the talking button on his Thomas toy and I told him that it wasn't working because it didn't have any batteries and he said, "ohhhh" as if he really understood me!

Especially after bringing Ellie home from the hospital, we've noticed just how big Ethan is and how much he has grown over the past year. Now, we look forward to watching him grow together with Ellie.