Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Matty Face...

Matthew Josiah is getting closer and closer to being a one year old...in every way. Here are a few things that happen daily...several times a day at our house:

1. Matthew prefers running to walking or crawling now. He still takes some hard spills..grunts, gets back up and he's off again.

2. Every cabinet in our bathroom has been opened along with every drawer. Every thing has been pulled out and put in his mouth...yes, I know, dangerous, I try to stay as close as possible.

3. Forget taking a shower with him on the bathroom floor surrounded by toys and a bottle anymore. I think today was the last time for that. I was in the shower, watching him play. I closed my eyes to rinse my hair and I open them...MAYBE 15 seconds later and Matthew has opened the top drawer and has a razor in his mouth. Thank goodness it still had the cover on it!

4. Forget cooking anything while he is awake. Every drawer, every cabinet...pulled open and every content pulled out. Tonight, we went to bed with a puffy foot because Matty pulled the Goerge Forman grill out and it plunked on his foot. Not one tear. A grunt and he was off!

5. We love brushing our teeth! Try taking the toothbrush away....just try it. We dont try it anymore. We wait for him to be distracted and grab it as fast as possible.

6. As I have said from day one...my baby boy is passionate. That being said, we have found a bit of a temper...I have teeth marks on my back and on my hand...from today. Thats right - one day! Can you put a 10 and a half month old on time out? I did today - twice! Oh, I thought I knew sooo much about kids...ha! I hope I am doing all of this right!

7. Our toys are boring now. We want to do a toy trade! Hey Ryan Tootle...are you up for a little toy swap?

8. Matthew has found a fake smile (closes eyes really tight and shows all his teeth) and a fake laugh (same as above except you hear a little squeal)

9. This might be my favorite age yet. His personality comes out in BIG ways everyday. And, I am moving so much, I am bound to lose weight! :)

10. Oh yeah, forget eating out. Ridiculousness is all I can say. Its more of a wrestling match than a nice meal time. I need more recipe's Stace...we are home bound for meal time for a while!

11. Oh how we LOVE the dishwasher...climbing in it, sitting on the door, pulling things out, etc...despite Mom's best "teaching moments", when the door closes, the tears come!


Enjoy the pics...

Here is Matthew taking his very first nap with Daddy at just a few days old...



Here is Matty this past weekend napping with Daddy at 10 months old! This is a rare site and Brian caught it on his camera phone! So thankful for technology!



Matty in his car seat at one month old!



Not much has changed...just 12 pounds more, more hair, and a big boy car seat! Again, a rare site. Matthew is not a big fan of the new ride...



We have been hesitant to introduce our new baby as we did not know if she was going to stay...but, here she is. Bailey. She is as beautiful and sweet as she is wild and out of control. She is the sister of Jenny Rudd's dog Lola.

10 comments:

Pam said...

O what fun. can't believe it's almost been a year. Wow. I didn't know you kept Bailey. How fun, have the girls had a play day yet? Love the pictures of darling Matty.

Tootle Family said...

yes, good idea we are in

Anonymous said...

I love the new look! Especially "the fam" pic! Come by the loft this week if you can.

The Grays said...

love the layout - very cute. sweet little sleeping angel is cute, too!

wait, so now you have 3 dog? wow - you have your hands FULL!!

Martha said...

Excited to see your new post. Loved the "then and now" pictures. Fun seeing Mattie in action at T Bar M. He's a Young Life kid for sure!!

Anonymous said...

:-) Good to read the news from Matty. Here is a little update from Eszti. She got a kiss yesterday. We met with her little Hungarian friend (Ali), who is same age as Eszti, and he kept kissing and hugging her and then one kiss ended to be a lip kiss. So what do you think, is this too early or what? :-)

boo and stacy said...

Great facelift! Loved seeing the before and now pics! he is just so precious! i loved seeing him at the oscar party pics! so handsome!!

Nicole Svendsen said...

You are so good at writing down all of his new milestones on your blog...it really is the new baby book. Did you ever get it printed out on Blurb??? He is adorable in his tux!!!!

Ryan Miller said...

litte buddy!

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