that little ezra

I haven't written in a while but that is because I have been visiting my sister in Orlando so that I could spend some time with my little baby nephew, Ezra!  He is so precious and so cute.  He is such a good and easy baby, too.  I loved getting to snuggle with him because he is a little snuggle bunny for sure.  My sister took some great pictures of Tobey and Ezra together so as soon as she sends them to me, I'll post them.

Tobey did pretty good while we were down there visiting, but what was interesting was that I could really see how much he has grown up by comparing him to two month old Ezra.  I never realized how well I can communicate with Tobey.  I really do understand what he is trying to tell me most of the time between his words and his sign language.  Here is a list of things that Tobey did while we were in Orlando:

• Tobey started to use a lot more words, maybe even double the number of words he said before we left for Orlando.  He can say blue, green, pink (which comes out "kink"), and purple ("purp").  He can even say Ezra.  I think what really helped spur on much of this word explosion was that he was trying to imitate much of what we were saying.
• Tobey wanted to take a bath the entire time we were in Orlando.  He kept doing the sign for bath and kept trying to get in the tub.
• I saw Tobey crotching down to do him bowl movement so I rushed to him and pulled off his diaper so he could use the toilet.  But I was a little late because he had gone in his diaper and some on the floor as I moved him to the toilet.  I made sure to clean it up before his Uncle David got home. After that episode, he kept wanting to be put on the toilet to attempt to go, but he never did.
• One afternoon, Tobey was playing in Jessica and David's room and so I went to check on him. When I got into their room, I heard splashing from the bathroom, and sure enough, Tobey was playing in the toilet.
• Jessica and I wanted to take pictures of Tobey and Ezra side by side so we could always remember the size difference. But that is not what Tobey wanted, and he ended up throwing a car at Ezra, and it hit Ezra in the armpit.  Poor little guy took quite a long time to calm down.  It was by far the most upset I've seen him.  The next day, Tobey hit Ezra in the head with a bottle, but luckily, Ezra was in a dream-like state and was unphased.

Okay, I can't think of what else happened.  We basically chilled the entire time.  We did get to see my friend Lindzee and her adorable little guy, Grant, who is 9 months and has the best baby laugh ever.  He was such a happy little fella.  Tobey is awake from his nap so I got to go...  Pictures soon!