Monday, February 26, 2007

So, I think that I have come pretty close to updating pictures on this site. I am going to try to do some video clips of Matthew crawling, and Emma doing her new favorite pastime...THE HOKEY POKEY.

We have been keeping busy around our house. Matthew is just about 8 months old, and he has grown by leaps and bounds. At 6 months, he weighed 17# 6 oz., and at 7 months he weighed 20# 6 oz.! Quite a gain in a month! He has been crawling and scooching around backwards, but yesterday finally figured out how to move forwards. Look out world...here comes Matthew!

Emma continues to be a great big sister and helper around the house. You can find her wherever I am, soing whatever I am doing. We love to bake together and sing songs and dance silly dances. Thanks to Dora the Explorer, she is running around the house shouting Spanish phrases at us. I work with her on French, though, and she really has good pronunciation!

Friends

Emma and Matthew had so much fun with their friends Henry (with Emma) and Elsie (with Matthew). All 4 had a great day of playing together at our house. Henry is Emma's "oldest" friend (they have known each other since birth, and Henry is just 11 days younger than Em).

My little ham


Matthew loves to ham it up for the camera. If only we could get his spit-up situation under control...






Bathtime 1/20/2007


What cute little buns!

Poor little boys 1/12/2007

These are pictures of Matthew and his friend Connor. Emma likes to dress the boys up in hats...and feather boas.

1/4/2007




December

Matthew was so excited to have his cousin Jackson come back to town for Christmas! Look at how big they are!

Emma got a Dora castle for Christmas, and she loves playing with this! She is a very imaginitve little girl!

December






November 2006

These are just a few of my favorite pictures from November. I LOVE the picture of Matthew and Emma together...they really are the best of friends.
This was Matthew's first adventure with big boy food, and he took to it like he had been eating it forever. This boy sure has a healthy appetite!

This is such a happy little boy!
Beautiful Emma.

Halloween

Emma wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, and she was awfully cute! Matthew had his 4 month appointment at the doctor that morning, so he was a little on the crabby side. For that reason, we didn't really dress him up much, but he was a "biker boy".


10/29/2006



Matthew at 4 months old. Also, the middle picture is of Matt with his friend Elsie, who is 1 month old here (her big brother is Emma's friend Henry).

10/28/2006 A Lazy Day


More from the Baptism...

Godmother Kirsten
One of the "Godfamilies"...Kirsten, David & Ellie
Another Godparent, Chad (his wife Sarah had to work that night)
One of a few pictures of Mommy, Daddy & Matthew
Great Aunt Priscilla is such a good sport, and surprisingly willing to hold my kids...they have both had pretty good spit-up sessions all over her!

Matthew's Baprtism 10/21/2006

We were blessed to have Papa baptize Matthew in October. We had lots of family around to celebrate with us.



10/12/2006 Fun in the Bathroom




Also from the birthday party...