Visit with Friends

Today, we drove to Smithville, MO to visit our good friends. Matty enjoyed playing toys with Roman & Marshall, his best buddies. We had so much fun watching the little boys interact with each other! It appeared that they were trying very hard to communicate with each other. It is so wonderful to see how much progress they have made!

Matthew's First Christmas

Matthew enjoyed his first Christmas! Some of his favorite gifts included an Elmo Live doll, a tool bench, a mini basketball hoop, a bumbo seat, a giant monkey stuffed animal, some nice new clothes...he even received a pair of Cole Hahn shoes!

First Gingerbread House

First Piano Lesson

Matthew enjoyed playing Christmas carols!

New Friend

Matthew showed his new stuffed dog how to wag his tongue!

Snowed In

We are officially snowed in today! Matthew enjoys looking outside at the white flakes.

Lots of Fun

Matty was interested in our pink shirts and also enjoyed the giant exercise ball!

Excited for Christmas

Matthew loves his Grandparents

Grandpa Larry & Grandma Sharon

Grandpa Dave & Grandma Kathy

The bib says it all...

Busy Week

Matthew has had had quite a busy week! He had his 6-month checkup at the pediatrician on Monday and had to get 3 shots. He had a NICU followup clinic on Wednesday and did a great job for Dr. H...he held his head up high during tummy time and showed off his strong neck muscles. Today, he had a parents as teachers visit with Amy, and had fun playing on his blanket. Now, if we could only teach him to take naps in the day time!

NICU Friends

Today, Matthew's NICU friends visited our house. Roman (left), Marshall (center), and Matthew (right) enjoyed kicking their feet and playing toys together. The twins were Matthew's neighbors in the NICU and we became great friends with their parents, Mike and Danica. The little guys sure have come a long way since they were born!

Border War

I attended the infamous MU/KU game today with my family in the rain and sleet. We had about 14 people at our tailgate and then were all able to sit together in Arrowhead...the seats were great, only 4 rows from the field! Too bad that our Tigers couldn't pull off a win, but we still had a great season and are going on to the Big 12 championship game next week. The weather was cold but we still had a fun time.

Jeremy stayed at home with the little guy. I'm so glad that they were able to spend some quality "guy time" together!

Thanksgiving

Matthew enjoyed his first Thanksgiving. We went to Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Larry's house and had an excellent dinner with our wonderful family! We are so very thankful for everyone.

Happy Boy

Matthew's first dinner party

Matthew attended his first dinner party on Sat night at his Aunt Ashlei and Uncle Charles' downtown loft condo. He enjoyed all of the extra attention! The city views were beautiful and Ashlei's cooking was outstanding. Thanks for having us!

Excited

Matthew is very happy & content today. He is getting better at entertaining himself.

Busy Boy

Matthew hit 10 pounds this week! He was officially 10 lbs 1 oz on Monday!

He also met his Great Grandpa & Grandma Sisel on Wednesday.

Great Grandpa Frank

Great Grandma Rose

Family visit

Matthew had fun with his play yard today!

He also had some visitors! His Great Aunt Vicki, Great Uncle David, cousins Lauren and Claude stopped by to spend some time with the little man. He loved all of the extra attention!

Go Mizzou

Rolling over

Matthew officially rolled over from his back to his tummy yesterday! Yeah!

Poor Stan

Stan is very concerned whenever Matthew cries...he was a nervous dog to begin with, but now he is really over the top!!

Matthew loves his play yard

Matthew's first election day

Happy Halloween

Matthew with his puppy Stan!

Matthew the pumpkin!

Alison's birthday

Here we are celebrating my birthday!

Hello! We are creating our family blog today! More to come soon!