cool dude!

We were playing around with sunglasses...fun fun!!!

So long!

Hey folks!

Yes I am a slacker mom. I haven't updated in about a month. It has been hard with work and the holidays to sit and think about things, let alone update a blog. We still love you though!

Matthew is doing fantastic. We are learning new things everyday and each day is an adventure. Today it is snowing, so I have a moment to sit and write. I can't wait to take Matt out in the snow today. I know he is going to love it. Yes I will be taking pictures.


Here are a few from the christmas photo shoot...

Fall fun!

Today we were out raking leaves and Matt had a blast helping out. He also loved the blower and me chasing him with it :)
What a great day!!!

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This is our future!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great Halloween! Matty came to school with me. He had a ball watching all the kids and running up and down the hallways. AFter I got home from work, we went to my mom's house to pass out candy and play at a Halloween party! What a great night! Again, Matt had a blast watching the kids trick or treat and us passing out the candy! Maybe next year we will go trick or treating!

The Great Pumpkin

We have been very buys this fall. Every weekend finds us doing something. This weekend we did take it easy because we both have colds. It has given me some time to upload some pics. We went to two different pupmkin patches and an apple orchard this past October. We had a great time at all! Enjoy some pics!

After the haircut...

We went out for dinner. The waitress and service was terrible. Have you ever noticed that all kids menus are the same? You have choices of spaghetti, fried chicken, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, and sometimes pizza. Well I try to stay away from fried stuff so Matthew got spaghetti. He ate some of it, but when he was done, he had more fun playing with it then eating it :)

First Haircut!

Yep folks! Matthew went for his first haircut last week. He was very well behaved during the whole haircut. HE sat in the chair and was entertained by me and my mother. He only got a bit fussy at the end! I just gave him a phone to play with and he was fine.

Here are some pics:

Before:



Right Before


What is going on?







After..Even cuter :)

Fall!

Hey Folks!

The familiar chill is in the air with the smell of fall whisking past your nose from a crisp breeze. My favorite time of the year! Things here have been busy in NEPA. Two weekends ago, it was my 30th birthday. We spent it partying it up! This past weekend was mizzy, so we stayed in. This weekend, we have a weekend wedding extravaganza! Lots of stuff going on! October is getting booked up so quickly. I want to take Matthew to a pumpkin patch on Columbus Day weekend and get some pumpkins for the house. Plus we will go on a hayride!

As for right now, Matty is doing great. He is cutting about 4 more teeth, so we do have some rough nights, which equal to rough working days for me. He is saying his ABC's and counting to 10. Along with saying the ABC's, he can recognize a few letters too! It is amazing how much he picks up. Better watch what you say around him!

Alas, I have been slacking with taking pictures. IT is hard when all Matthew wants is the camera. Plus finding the time to upload them is impossible! I will have pics after this weekend I am sure, so I will be posting them ASAP.

For now enjoy this pic from last fall at our trip to Seneca. It is one of my favorites. Crazy how much he has grown in a year.

Random going ons...

Not much has been happening lately here in Kingston...we have settled down into a nice routine during the week. The weekends go by tooooooo fast though. I feel like I blink and it is Sunday night and I have to get up for work. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Matty and I both were suffering from a cold. YUCK! But we are both feeling well today :) We are contemplating our fall vacation. We are either going to go to Seneca or Cooperstown. Either way it is Upstate NY in the fall..which is beautiful! I love fall!!!

Here is a pic of Matthew at the park this summer!

Yeah you can tell..

That i am back at school! I haven't been able to get online much and I haven't taken a picture in a long time. Things here are good. Matthew is doing well and has adjusted to me going back to work. Although, he knows when I am home and waits at the door saying "HI". My principal said that teachers can bring their children to the halloween parade! YEY! Now we can go somewhere and show off!!

Enjoy this pic of a random dinner:)

And we love to take a bath...

Bath time is a favorite time here in the house. It is one of the B's in our routine..Bath, books, and Bed. Matthew has a blast in the tub and would sit there forever if he could! We love to splash each other and Matt likes to run away when he know it's shampoo time :)

Whoa-oh what I want to know...where does the time go!

Hey folks!

Sorry for the lack of updates! It is that time of year again... BACK TO SCHOOL! I have been SUPER busy getting ready to go back for what feels like almost all of August. It so sad to think that our vacation is over and it is back to 2 day weekends. Which means I am in busy mode. It so hard to fit in lesiure time, mother time, and house cleaning time all in 2 days. Le Sigh...Before we know it, it will be Christmas!

Here are some pics from the park yesterday!

I like to eat...

Matthew loves to eat, but only things he likes and he is very picky. I do try to make sure everything is balanced and for the most part natural/organic (unless it is pizza night!!) He is a self-made vegetarian. Matthew hates all meat. No matter how I try to give it to him,it usually ends up on the floor. He is a carb man, so any type of pasta is fine. He loves his fruits and veggies so as long as he is eating those, I am not worried!

Here are some pics of him eating his daily yogurt for breakfast :)

Our day

Matthew is becoming more and more active now that he is walking. He is a non-stop walking machine! That is all he wants to do when we are out or at home. It is crazy that I could not wait for him to walk. Our trips to the pool consist of me chasing him and Matthew walking around trying to talk to people. I have a chatterbox in my hands (I wonder where he gets that from..lol). We have been spending more time in our backyard since it is safe for him to wander. He loves it!

At the beach...

We had a great time. The weather was beautiful. I was surprised at how nice it was down there. I never been to a NJ beach before and the reputation is that it is dirty. The beach and the water was so clean. I could have spent hours in the ocean hopping waves. Matthew had a good time too! He loved the ocean. The first time he saw it he was amazed. We took him the evening we got there. The tide was coming in so it was a bit rough. He loved hopping waves and would have ran right in if I let him. The next two days were fun too! We went to the beach everyday that we were there. Here are some pics from the beach!

Don't mind that silly hat. We had to buy him a hat down there with a strap. He refused to wear his other one. He kept throwing it on the floor. It really pissed him off when I tied one on!





Too much beach...I need a nap!

Like Father Like Son

Bill is a huge Yankees fan. If you know Bill...you know that :) Before we had Matthew, Bill had already decided he wanted to coach little league. I can see that Bill will be taking Matthew to baseball games (local and NYC). Matthew has a head start already! What a little Yankee fan :)