The Slide

Last night we bought Ezra a slide/swing. I’d been wanting one for him, and we found one on Craig’s list. By the time Jesse got it home and we cleaned it off, Ezra was already asleep for the night. Too excited to let his baby sleep, Jesse woke up Ezra to make him play on his new swing set. As expected, Ezra was not thrilled to be rudely awakened and brought into our bright family room. But, one bottle later, Ezra was having a blast climbing and sliding.

Genetics?

Look who loves the vacuum

Everytime I try to vacuum, Ezra follows me around and tries to "get" it. He used to get a little nervous around it, but he has conquered his fear and now loves the vacuum.

Ezra Update

Tonight a woman from our ward commented that Ezra has so much love in his eyes. I thought it was a perfect way to describe Ezra. He is always so sweet and loving - and not just with his family. When he meets new people, he always seems like he takes a minute to size them up, and, then seeing the goodness in them, showers them with smiles and love. He also has so much love for the Savior. he gets so excited when he sees a picture of the Savior. He can always point out who the Savior is in a picture and he always tries to kiss the picture. He started doing that right after his last surgery.

Ezra is way too much fun. He loves to play "How Big is Ezra?." He doesn't love to play the whole game of "patty cake," but he will humor me if I really want him too. Most the time he just wants to clap the first line and them be done, but he can "roll" and "toss". I've yet to get a good picture of him doing either.

Today he kept making the funniest movements with his hands. It turns out that Jesse let him watch part of Fantastic Four with him at lunch (which is alright because we don't really ever let him watch TV). When a helicopter came on the movie, Jesse made a propeller movement with his hands and I'm pretty sure that Ezra has been trying to sign helicopter all day. Way too cute.

Ezra Plumb has Turned One!

We had a great time on Ezra's birthday. I made Ezra a special birthday breakfast (which most one year olds wouldn't care about, but most one year olds aren't Plumbs) which included pancakes with syrup. As you can see Ezra enjoyed the special addition of syrup. We had a big family party at Mom and Dan's house which was a lot of fun. I was worried Ezra would get a little overwhelmed, but he did great and smiled at everyone and played with all of his new toys. I obviously haven't given him enough treats because he didn't know what to do with his birthday cake. He thought he was supposed to pat it and play with it. We topped off the day with Ezra's first hair cut. He is now sporting an ultra cool scissor cut – It was a miracle he survived with both ears intact. Actually Jesse did a great job with the cut and Ezra stayed amazingly still for a one year old. Overall, the first birthday was a success.