Happy Easter

Easter was a fun weekend for the Hendricks clan. Ethan got mom up at his usual 6:30AM wakeup time (he's such a good baby--goes to sleep at 7PM without a fight and wakes up happy at 6:30AM). Ethan was surprised to see that The Easter Bunny brought him a gigantic yellow chick and a new Thomas the Train book (with sounds). Later that day we went to church where he heard the choir singing during the service. He was a very good listener for the first 45 minutes. After that, he decided that he wanted to sing too and mom had to whisk him off to the parents/baby room in the back.

Now he is almost nine months old (can you believe it!) and rolling over multiple times in a row. He shifts directions and scoots a bit too. His crib used to be a safe place. I could lay him in it and know that he would be in the exact same position for awhile. Now it seems like a hazard zone. Here's a picture of him after 15 minutes of squirming before falling asleep. I swear that I laid him in the middle of his crib with the blanket tucked around his waist and the stuffed animal in the corner. Notice that he loves his blankets--hence the stuffing it in his mouth and falling asleep. This morning I caught him trying to untie the straps of his sheet protector. We rejoice in his activeness yet think longingly of the days when he was relatively immobile.