Mr. Congeniality

I cannot believe my little boy is almost 16 months old. Where does the time go?! Ethan has just been so much fun lately. Granted he throws tantrums now and he is far from perfect, he is our joy and we love him more and more each day. Ethan has quite the personality. He thinks he is the funniest person he knows. He cracks himself up and loves laughing and being silly. Some of his favorite things are blowing bubbles, throwing balls in the kitchen and on the dining table, reading books, and playing with his shape-o! It's so funny how kids pick their favorites... he has his favorite books he brings to me to read to him: Noah's Ark, Put me in the zoo, Trains, and an ABC book. He has picked his favorite shape that he loves to put in the shape-o last and that is the circle, which he calls "cle". We never will have to worry about him being dehydrated because he LOVES to drink. We had to cut back on the milk and give him juice water which is basically made up of 5% apple juice and water. He seriously will drink at least 4 sippy cups full of that throughout the day aside from his milk consumption. A little early to have a drinking problem (ha ha). Ethan just moved up to the next class at church. He is now hanging with the big boys! He wants so badly to play with older kids but just doesn't know how to interact yet. Although my son is a bucket of lead and a boy at heart, he is still my snuggle bug. He loves to just lay in your arms and will periodically throughout the day just come up to you and hug and lay in on you. We ALWAYS have snuggle time before I put him down to sleep and when he wakes up. I wish people could fully see the way he interacts here at home, because he's still kinda shy out in front of people.
I cannot wait to see the plans unfold that God has for him and I pray earnestly that Ethan will grow up knowing and believing that God loves him and has a plan for his life.
Here's a picture of my sweetie-pie.... he pulled his shirt up over his head and was running around the apartment. What a goober!