Ezra Luke Secrest

Ezra Really Walking

I Could Not Resist

So much is going on with Ezra these days that I can’t really keep up the website. However I thought I would give you some highlights and the most recent cuteness factor (pictures that is). About a week and half or 2 weeks ago Ezra said his first word - ‘cheese’. Why that was his first word and not mama or dada I don’t know but it was. So far the only other word that he has said is Papa. I am not sure he if he knows for sure what he is saying since he will crawl sometimes walk around the house calling lots of things papa but at least he is saying something. He is finally walking. He is getting more and more confident with each day. He will now walk across our living room with out falling down, most of the time anyway. He is understanding so much more now too. I will tell him things that I am sure he won’t understand but he then he does them. Like when he crawls under the dining chair to keep his head down, or when something is blocking the cabinet from closing I tell him to move it before he closes it.  It is amazing to watch! He is a smart little guy. I think that brings you all up to date for now. I could not resist on the pictures though they don’t have much to do with this, they are just so cute I wanted to share them with you. 

A Few New Firsts

The last month has been a little crazy for our family so I apologize for not keeping you all up to date. We went to CA for vacation with my family for about 9 days. While there we did a number of fun things. One of Ezra’s highlights was seeing the monkeys at the zoo. I am not sure what kind they are but they make a lot of noise in the morning (which was when we were there). He loved it and cried when we went to see then next animal. There were two things in CA that were firsts for him. One was getting to play at the park. I have not been able to take the boys to a park since our weather had not been great and just thinking of trying to keep up with both them is a little more than I want to do most days. This time thought I had lots of help. We went with my brother, sister-in-law, their two kids, my mom, my dad, and of course Dustin and I with our boys. So Ezra got to climb the stairs go down the slides, and explore. It was great fun. The other first was getting to play in the sand box. He was content to play for quite some time with our without other kids. It was very fun to watch him. He also enjoyed the sand at the beach. It was his first time there when he could actually interact. Since we have been back he has had a few other firsts, mostly with food. He has had his first peanut butter sandwich (see his comments on that), grilled cheese, potato salad, green bean, grapes, apple (that was not cooked first), and chicken alfredo. I am trying to get him off the purees. He is loving it. He is still not walking yet but he is making a little more effort. He is now trying more often when Dustin or I are not standing in front of him. I take this as a great sign and a bit of progress. In the mean time he is very content to crawl as he is really fast at that. The other first that has happened this week is playing in the swimming pool. We filled up our little one on the grass the other day and he had a blast. He thought it was great to have such a huge “bath tub”. I love summer and all the fun that comes with it. 

Walking-ish

Please forgive the shakiness of the camera.  It was tough trying to manage the camera and keeping Ez from falling on his face.

Finally Walking

I am a little behind on getting this updated, I do apologize for that. Ezra took his first step on April 29th. He was very proud of himself as were we. Then on Wednesday this last week he took 3 steps in a row. He is so funny about it. He gets just as excited as the rest of us. He very cautiously steps out and when I catch him as he is falling he starts laughing. He loves it. He is still not taking off by himself but I am sure he will be soon.  One of his favorite ways to stand up is to sit in Calebs little rocking chair (which he has figured out how to climb into by himself) scoot his toosh to the edge of the chair and stand up from there. He thinks he is hot stuff and is quite cute about it. He has taken a step or two from there but mostly he needs to have me or Dustin in front of him.  He is becoming quite a climber as well. The other day we had the ottoman pushed right to the couch to get out the way of something else. I looked over and Ezra had climbed on top of it and was crawling onto the couch, which he then proceeded to flop around so much that had I not been sitting next to him he would have landed on his head on the floor. He is also figuring out how to climb up Calebs slide. It is supposed to be an outside toy but since moving to Washington we have pretty much just had it in the house. We recently pulled it out of the garage and put it in Ezra’s room. He loves going down the slide and yesterday wanted to figure out how to get up to do it himself. He still needs help climbing up but he likes it when I help him up and Caleb waits at the bottom of the slide to catch him. They were so cute playing together. 

What Boys Can Get Into

So a couple days ago I was getting Caleb ready for bed. We were brushing his teeth in the bathroom. Ezra was playing with some toys in the bathroom with us and being very content. After a minute or two I looked over my shoulder to see what he was doing. He was standing next to the toilet and had successfully unrolled the toilet paper, about half a roll was on there. He looked at me with a very proud look on his face, as if to say “Look what I can do Mom”. He then proceeded to sit down and play in the pile of toilet paper that he had created. I figured well since it is already off the role there is not much I can do. Caleb even joined in the fun. It was all very cute and quite a mess to clean up at the end. Oh well it was pretty cute. 

Ezra Makes Us Laugh

A Good Picture

I finally was able to get a good pictures of Ezra standing up by himself. He is getting better every day. He almost stood up from the floor the other day, as opposed to pulling himself up on something and then letting go. He is quite proud of himself each time he does it. If no one is watching him when he does it he grunts at you until you look and notice what he is doing. What a funny boy! He has also become quite an eater. The last few days he has been a bottomless pit. Amazing since a few months ago he wanted nothing to do with solid food. He has found that Ritz crackers are the best thing in the world. He gets so excited at even the sight of them. Tonight he was playing the pantry and found the box of them. He pulled out a tube of unopened crackers, pushed the box and everything else to the side and quickly brought the crackers to me. He then did the sign for ‘more’ to let me know that he wanted one. What a cute boy! He keeps us smiling. 

On His Own Two Feet

Ezra has started to stand on his own this week. He has been pulling himself up on things for while now but has never been brave enough to let go. He finally decided that he was brave enough. He was very cute. He was standing with me (I was sitting next to him) holding onto my shoulder.  He very carefully let go with one hand, then got his balance and very slowly let go with the other hand. He was so excited that he only stood there for a few seconds. Since then he is getting better and better. We get him on his feet and he can stand there for 30-40 seconds. He holds his breath and gets so excited every time. He usually moves a lot when he is excited so I think he has to sit down to get out the excitement. It is really cute! In other news he had his first fever a week and half ago. He woke up with it on a Thursday and had it until Sunday sometime. We discovered on Sunday that he was cutting another tooth, a molar. It looked so painful and the poor little guy was so grumpy. That was probably what caused the runny nose and fever but I am not sure. What ever it was the fever was gone on Sunday and has not come back. The tooth is about half way through and has not seemed to bother him since about Tuesday. After going through this with Ezra I am left in amazement that Caleb went through teething without so much as a whimper. How did he do that?!? 

Birthday Boy!

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