August 13th was Ezra’s 1st birthday. So far he’s spent half of his life in Asia and half in the States. The day after his birthday we flew back to Cambodia (it was a very expensive birthday present!).
Ezra continues to be a sweet, pleasant boy. He always got a glowing report from the nursery workers in the churches we visited and many people wanted to keep him. He’s such a joy.
At the end of June, Ezra started crawling. He quickly became a speedy crawler and we’re so thankful he waited until we were near the end of all our visiting. He also learned to pull up on his pack-n-play, which made him less content to be put down for naps or in the night.
Ezra loves eating. He has three teeth – two on the bottom, one on the top. He loves watermelon and all kinds of fruit. He loves drinking. He loves swimming, as long as the water is warm. He loves bubbles. He loves his rabbit – Malone, and loves to suck his pointer finger. Ezra says a few words: Mama – which refers to me or means more, bubbles, buhbuh – maybe this means Becca, Dada, and dtickadticka – which means tickle-tickle. The funniest thing is when he tickles himself. He loves to be tickled and often moves my hand to tickle him more. (The picture below shows him tickling himself.)
A lot of people think Ezra looks like Isaiah – here’s a 1-year picture for comparison. Isaiah had more teeth, more hair, and more weight!
The day before Ezra’s birthday we had a party for him. He loved eating his ice cream cake.
On Ezra’s actual birthday we drove to NJ. He got to see his Great Grandma Sutter, Great Uncle John, and Uncle Joey.
We’re looking forward to an exciting year with Ezra. I have the feeling he’s going to be into everything. He’s going to be a challenge during home schooling, but fun. He’s struggling with the time change, but I’m hoping he’ll be adjusted in another week. At least he’s really cute when he wants to play at 1am and 3 am. 🙂
Ezra has gotten into the habit of getting rocked to sleep. He’s still nursing every three hours at night – I’m hoping once we’re settled back in our own home we can break him of this habit. All and all he’s done a great job with six months of traveling, being in many different sleeping environments, and being with so many people, without a normal routine. We’re thankful for our boy and I can’t imagine life without him.
