17 Months Old

Ok, I am a couple of days late on the monthly update. This week has seemed so long. I think that it is the only full week of school that we have had the whole month of Feb.!! We are over our limit of snow days. The school hasn't decided where to put the make-up days yet....

Matthew is now 17 months old...he continues to talk and seems to understand more and more each day. His newest word is TWO. When you give him a (one) cookie or cracker, he keeps saying TWO until he has one for each hand. You say one, he says two.

He is also working on three new teeth. He has 4 on the top front and working on the 4th on the bottom. His top two molars have broken through and he is now getting the bottom two. He likes to point to his mouth and say teeth. I am thankful that they haven't seemed to bother him too much.

I am ready for SPRING!!! It is about that time! We have already started to have baby calves. I think that we are up to six. Matt loves to go and feed the cows (he calls them Moo Moos) with his daddy. He even got to pet a baby that was in the barn...priceless memories!!!

It was really warm here last weekend. Matt got to play outside. It was a taste of what is to come. He loved to play in the rocks and cried when it was time to come in. I am looking forward to the spring and all of the new experiences that Matt will have on the farm.

Sorry that there are no pictures...I will work on that.

Snow Days

Spaghetti is still one on Matthew's favorite meals.

I make sure to make it on bath night. :)

Hangin' out with Daddy in the snow.

Matt didn't take a nap on Super Bowl Sunday...he fell asleep eating his dinner.

He was OUT!!! We woke him up after an hour so that he would sleep during the night.

Matt likes to play in the snow.

He has had a cold, so we haven't been out in the snow too much.

A couple of videos...check out Matt's newest words :)

16 Months Old

Matt turned 16 months old on January 25th. He is growing up so fast. He is talking more and more each day. He now knows the sign language for please and thank you. He tries to repeat almost everything. His favorite cartoon is Blue Clues. I think that is why one of his newest words is blue :) Below Matt is just hanging out during our latest snow day. I had my own personal snow day when I couldn't get out of the driveway.

Enjoy the video...he is telling me that he is bouncing :) Keep watching til the end!

Matthew watching Daddy play baseball on the Wii :)

Christmas Break '09

A few odds and ends from Christmas Break.

Matthew didn't know what to think of Grandpa Jerry the first time he saw him as Santa.

Matthew was feeling a little under the weather...he had a little cold.

Matthew got a train for Christmas!
Thanks Grandpa Tom and Grandma Philly!

Hangin' out with Aunt Beth.

Pullin' down the shade clips...Mommy isn't sure why Matthew likes to do this so much?!

But, most important...celebrating the birth of Jesus! How precious!

Matthew's newest past time...stacking Oscar's food...he even claps for himself.

Like the new closet organizer!? Daddy did a GREAT job!

Merry Christmas to all!

15 Months Old - Happy New Year!

I have to apologize. I have been a terrible blogger. I got an external drive for Christmas and spent New Years Eve exporting all my pictures, so now the laptop is working quicker. It makes it easier for blogging :)

Today when Matthew woke from his nap he was in a great mood.

He shared a few of the things that he is doing these days...

Where are your teeth?
He currently has four on top, three on the bottom, and is working on the top two 1 year molars.

Where's your head?

Where is Mommy?

Can you say "Please"?
It is supposed to just be one hand, but he gets excited and uses two.
He is also saying his own version of please...just precious!
It makes it hard to say no to him.

Showin' off some of those teeth. I love that smile!

Words that Matthew uses: Mommy, Daddy, Me (himself), please, hot (I am not sure that he know the meaning, but when I am cooking he goes to the stove and says...hot hot hot.), pop pop (popcorn) and beep beep!

Other thinks that Matt can do at 15 months:

He drinks out of a straw and eats with a fork.

He is a climber... he loves to sit in Daddy's chair and he climbs from his chair onto the couch.

The newest thing is running around the house "screaming".
I don't know where that came from, but it is cute.

A trip to Huber's Orchard and Winery!

I was kind of disappointed that we only had a one day "fall break". I was even more disappointed that they were calling for rain. I wanted to take Matt to Huber's and this was on the only day that would work.

God is good. It was very windy, but the rain held off!

We were even in the pumpkin patch all by ourselves....just me and my little pumpkin!

Here is Matthew and the pumpkin that we picked.

On the ride back to the winery, the driver drove us right behind the place were Taylor and I were married. I have to admit...I teared up sharing with Matthew the place where his mommy and daddy were married. I think that the driver thought I was a little crazy. Who cries on a hay ride?

What a wonderful day!