15 Months

Today was Ezekiel's 15 month appointment. It was a good appointment - he is a tall, muscular, healthy, intelligent 15 month old who has fabulous hair. A checkup isn't just about fun and looking into lights - it is also about shots :( Not sure who it is rougher on - him, me, or Marty. Today, Marty had to sit on the examination table and hold E. down. That's rough because E. looks at us like we have just participated in something terrible. He was supposed to have 3 shots, but at the last minute, Marty decided to refuse the flu shot. We had talked to E's dr about mercury in shots (we thought it had been removed from ALL shots) but it is still in the flu vaccine! As Marty said "we can get the shot at any time, but as soon as it is given, we can never take it back. I just won't have my child injected with poison." I was glad he refused; I was on the fence, leaning towards no, but it is so easy to get caught up in listening to what is "right" and what is "not right" from a pediatricitian's perspective.

Anyway, after the doctor's visit, Ezekiel was feeling the shots in a bad way, so I decided to bring him to my Grammy Bea's. Man, was he a ham. I think he thinks that he is the 'one-man-talent-show' that has to amuse everyone in the place. He had my Grammy laughing so hard - harder than I have ever seen her laugh in my life. It was SO nice. Then, Lena, Frank and the girls came home and that was just like an additional audience for him. He would make them laugh and then he would watch himself in the t.v. screen and laugh too.

Gram has two little poodles - Lily and Princess - and Ezekiel thought they were his best friends. He stole Jazmin's snack crackers and he would take them, put them on the floor and share them with the dogs....by eating them off the floor like he was a puppy too. He LOVES eating like a dog/cat. It is one of his absolute favorite things. He also loves to be destructive. Lena has a glass case with wood frames on it - Ezekiel went over to it and ripped the wood out and broke it in half. He is like a little muscle-man.

Well, I'm off to bed - I could sit here and tell Ezekiel stories all night (not all of them are sweet..he's a boy that knows what he wants and he is willing to throw himself and anything else in his reach to the floor to make his point).

Another one of his favorite things to be? Bucket-Boy Matthews.





Bed is SO overdue.

Uncle's 85th

We had my "Uncle Shorty's" 85th birthday party today. When we got there, we all hurried in in a line - me first, my sister Beckie, her kids, then Marty carrying Ezekiel. Uncle met us at the door with hugs. Of course, I get the first hug - he says "HI SHANA!", then he says "HI BECKIE!", then "HI Beckie's kids!" then he sees Ezekiel and you can tell that he sort of pauses and becomes VERY confused (age is catching up with him). He says "HI Shana!" to Ezekiel! He must have been thrown back into time thinking that I was still a little kid (even though he had just said 'hi' to adult me). It was sort of funny, but it made you understand how fast life really does go by.

Here's Marty and Ezekiel getting home after the birthday. You can tell Ezekiel had a good time by how tired he looks.


Here he is "sneaking" up on the camera with Daddy's help.


This pic is from last weekend's birthday party, but I thought it was sweet. Here is Ezekiel and Papa..doing what they both like to do best - harassing the kitty.

Ezekiel's First Pear

Tonight, Ezekiel got his first taste of a real pear (he has had pears from a can and pear juice, but not a fresh pear). He is doing some fearsome teething right now, so the taste of the pear in combination with the texture really pleased him. Marty took a video of it because he was simply so cute

(ok, if you watch this video, you have to excuse the mess in the apartment - I'm cleaning out his room right now and everything is going to our storage unit..but in the meantime, it is all through our livingroom)

Just a couple of new ones

The other day, my mom and I decided to go shopping in Portland. We hadn't really planned ahead, so I figured I'd give Ezekiel a little cookie to "tide him over" until lunch. I was driving so I handed the cookie back, drove about a mile and went to Dunkin Donuts. While in the drive-through my mom started laughing and grabbed for her camera... Ezekiel was in the back seat proving how much he loves chocolate.



Last weekend, we have Kevin's 5th birthday party. Ezekiel decided to dress up :) (that is one of the twins behind him. they are both home from the hospital now!)

Ziti Lunch

Ezekiel had ziti for lunch today. He loves ziti. These pictures are not staged. He just really likes ziti.

Another Reason to Hate Maine and Love Ezekiel

Today we had to take a trip to Augusta. Our whole day was planned with little time to dilly-dally. We got to Augusta, took care of business, and then headed back towards home. While on Western Ave, we hit this massive pot hole (thanks to this insane weather). We lost our hubcap, so Marty pulled into one of the dealerships and ran down the road (yes the road - ten foot snow bankings make it hard to find the sidewalk) to get it. He put it on the car and hollared for me to come out and look at the tire. There was a HUGE bubble on the front passenger tire. So I called my stepdad and asked him if it was ok to drive on. He said NO, get it changed or it can blow out at any time. So, we turned around (and promptly lost the hubcap again when we hit a different hole) and took the car to Sears. We had to have the tire replaced and it took FOREVER. While there, Ezekiel was being fiesty so I pulled out my cam and took a video. Our tire is now fixed, our day is now shot, and our hupcap is somewhere in front of Margarita's Restuarant. (if you find it, let us know).

First Undies!!

Ezekiel got his first undies tonight! He loves them... (he had just finished eating a cookie - hence the choco-chip face)