Trip to the Nursery

Today, Matty visited a nursery for the first time. He had fun running up and down the rows, pointing at flowers, riding in the golf cart, and pushing the shopping cart around. He must have a green thumb because he tended to point to the brightest and prettiest flowers!

Matthew Times 2

Yesterday, we babysat for the next door neighbors. Their little boy is also named Matthew, and he will be 2 in early May. So, he is technically 4 months older than our Matthew, who wasn't due until September. The little guys had so much fun playing! They rode the giraffe & horse, played with Elmo & leggos, read books, and goofed around. They also ate dinner together. It was really interesting watching their interactions. Matty has played with his friend outside before, but this was the first time that they were together inside playing with toys. At first, Matty seemed protective of me, like he wanted his friend to know that I was HIS Mom. But then he eased up and had a great time. I asked Matty to give his friend a hug, which he did...the last picture is priceless!

Warm & Cold

Matty had a fun time playing outside on Friday afternoon. We went to the lake and saw geese and a turtle, he found some pinecones to carry around, and had a blast pushing around his stroller. Then, a spring snowstorm hit! We were stuck inside all weekend, but at least there were some good basketball games on tv. Matty was able to play with his Great Uncle Ronnie and his Nana on Saturday night. He had so much fun! Ronnie brought him a special MU Tigers basketball all the way from Columbia. He loves throwing the ball, and points to the tiger and says 'grrrrr'. Thanks Ronnie & Mary for the great gift!

Happy St. Pat's Day

Smile

Whenever we ask Matty to smile, he doesn't disappoint! He loves being cheesy.

Speedy Week

This week has really flown by! We were able to play outside earlier in the week when the weather was nicer. One of Matty's favorite activities is to walk beside the lake and wave to all of the geese. He loves birds! He has been busy practicing his colors, and he almost always gets them right. He also started a new walk, which we have coined the 'monkey walk'. He hunches his shoulders and leans over as he walks, so funny! Matty also likes to run around in circles, until he becomes so dizzy that he falls down. Yikes. He did have a little incident with his large Tonka truck yesterday. He tripped and fell into it and got a bruise underneath his right eye. Poor guy! He really keeps us busy all the time!

Outdoors Man

Matty has turned into quite the little outdoors man. He spent over 4 hours outside this weekend, walking to the lake, running around and walking over the bridge. He absolutely loves being outside and often cries when he has to come back in. After being cooped up inside for almost 4 months, I don't blame him! He was being very courageous, running up and down hills, trying to climb down our front porch...yikes. He went out to dinner with my family on Friday night to OTB and then we took him to the Sunset on Saturday, where he proceeded to wave at everyone. He even made friends with a lady from the next table. We are all so happy that spring is finally here!

Swingin' Around

The weather was a bit nicer today, so we took a trip over to one of the parks by our house. Matty loved the swing! Although it was a bit muddy so he wasn't able to try out the slide yet. He has also been busy with another pastime, vacuuming. Here he is with the 'big boy' version.