Since I last blogged...

We learned how to climb the stairs...

We've been cute...

We've tried to eat our toes...

 We've explored (I have since cleaned out this closet)...

We got called a girl even when we were wearing a very boyish outfit...

 We've continued to be cute...

And cuter (he lifts up both arms when you say "So Big!")...

We explored some tires...

 We napped with Daddy...(and Andy)

Halloween

Halloween was fun this year, although celebrating it is still more fun for me and Connor than for Matthew.  He'll be more excited about it next year.

Several weeks ago we went and picked out our pumpkins.

We opted for painting them again this year.  Carving is just so messy, and I'm not very good at it anyway.  Here's how our pumpkins turned out.

The weekend before Halloween we had our ward party.  Matthew dressed up in his costume.  I mistakenly called him a lion, but he was in fact a tiger.  A very cute one.  Although he wasn't such a big fan of the hat.

We got him to wear it briefly.

On Halloween we got ready and took some cute pictures.  Aunt Casey stopped by to see his cuteness.

Connor worked until 6, but he was able to come home a little early.  Once he did we were off.  Matthew only took 1 nap on Halloween, and it was an early one so I knew he was going to be very tired and our time was limited.  We went around our block, and then we went to Connor's parents and visited with them and a couple of neighbors.

Matthew loooved his candy.  Suckers.  Chocolate.  Smarties.  Everything.  And for being only 13 months old he got quite the stash!

Trick or Treating w/ daddy

So, by the end of the night, he was just plain done. We got home and gave him a quick bath because he was so sticky from a sucker, and then it was straight to bed.

It was a very successful Halloween!  Next year will be fun because he will be more excited about it.

Thirteen Months

We are so lucky to have this little ray of sunshine in our lives.

Picture Overload

Here are some cute random pictures from the last month or so...

He stole my popsicle.

One day we went to the mall and stopped in the little play area for a bit.  He had fun and even made a friend.

Just cute.

Cute and Messy

And Happy

Giving Andy loves

I can almost reach!

Waiting for daddy to come home

He's home!

One Year Pics

My wonderful friend Ami was kind enough to take these super cute pictures of Matthew for his first birthday.  I love them!

I know...major picture overload.  But they're all so cute that it was hard to choose!

One Year Visit Stats

On Wednesday the 2nd we took Matthew for his 1 year checkup.  Connor was off that day, so he was able to come along, which was great because they were so slow.  We switched pediatricians, and while I really like her, the visit was incredibly slow.  Our 8:45 appointment was finally over at 10am.

Matthew was pretty good for his check-up.  He did not like it when he had to lay down to get measured.  They had to prick his finger to check his iron levels (I guess that's normal for the 1 year appointment), and he did better with the finger prick than he did lying down to get measured.  Silly kid.

Here are his stats:

Length: 29.72" 47th Percentile
Weight 22 lbs 1 oz  36th Percentile
Head Circ. 44.8 cm  10th Percentile


He's no longer off the charts for his height, but he still seems really tall to me.  Also, a lot of people comment about how tall he is.  But I guess he's about average now.

Like I said, the new pediatrician was really nice and Matthew did really well except when she wanted to see in his mouth.  He does not like people messing with his mouth.  (By the way, he has 2 new teeth but he's still working on the other 2 on top.)  After she was done we had to wait what felt like forever for a nurse to come back with his shots.  He had 4.

At Wee Care (where I used to take him), they would team up with another nurse and have one do the shots in one leg and the other do the shots in the other so that it would be quicker.  They didn't do that, and Matthew was really angry.  It took him a little while to calm down, and then he was fine for the rest of the day.  It seemed like he was a little warm, and then he'd be fine.  I didn't even give him any tylenol or motrin (although I did give him some peppermint and lavender essential oils).

Oh, and they gave him a little book, which he loves.  Have I mentioned how he loves books?  He will give you the same one to read over and over again and if you stop reading it or try to read a different book he will cry and cry until you go back to the one that he wants.  It's hilarious and adorable.  That's one of his tells that he is tired and ready to go to sleep, usually.