Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving today! We went over to my parents' house and had a great time. Matty laughed with his Great Grandma Flo, visited with his Great Grandma & Grandpa Sisel, played horsey with his Great Uncle Richie, played with Great Aunt Claudia & my parents, and enjoyed a yummy turkey dinner at the dining room table with everyone!

Here is a pic of Matty from last Thanksgiving. He was in much better spirits this year!

Jeremy's B-Day Weekend

We had a nice weekend for Jeremy's birthday. On Friday night, we had some of my family members over for an appetizer party. Matty had a great time playing with everyone! Saturday, we had a nice afternoon watching football. Mizzou got another win...yeah! That evening, we went to our usual birthday restaurant, Garozzo's. This time, Matty was able to join us. He ate a bunch of bread and butter and was very well behaved. As an added bonus, we saw our favorite NICU doc there, Dr. S. What a great surprise! He helped Matty out so much early on, we will be forever grateful. Sunday, we went to the Chiefs/Steelers game with Ash & Charles. The seats were amazing, right on the 50 yard line, lower level. The game was close the entire time, but the Chiefs ended up winning in OT. Even though our loyalties were split, I just hoped that the game would be competitive, which it was! Here are some pics from the week...

One of my all-time favorite movies is 'A Christmas Story'. The famous scene where the mom dresses Randy in his snowsuit (where he's so bundled that he can't put his arms down) is hilarious! When I take Matty jogging with me, I always think of that scene!

Football Fun

We have had a busy weekend watching lots of football! Yesterday, MU beat up on KSU and Pitt beat Notre Dame. Then, we took Matty to a local BBQ restaurant for dinner, and he had so much fun. He even ate some of the meat from my sandwich and some little pieces of french fries. He is slowly but surely getting better at eating chunky food. Today, he wore his new Steelers suit, but unfortunately they didn't win. We are now watching the Chiefs battle it out with the Raiders. Thank goodness for football on cold rainy weekends such as this one!

Forward Facing

Matty has not enjoyed his rear facing infant car seat this past year, to say the least...the motion of going backwards has caused numerous carsick events. His weight is so close to 20 lbs that we bought him a new forward facing Britax carseat, which he loves! He enjoys watching me drive and there has not been one instance of reflux or carsickness. Our week was pretty quiet. Matty's PAT friend Amy visited on Monday, and he had a nice visit with her. He played out in the leaves with his next door neighbor friend Matthew. His buddy was born 2 weeks before him (at full term), so there is still quite a size difference between the guys. Hopefully they will grow up being good friends! The weather has been so great that we have been able to go on several runs and walks. Today is in the mid 70's! Crazy. Here are a couple of pics from the week...enjoy!