Wonder if our little angel will be an Accountant???

Matthew loves to play with the calculator and concentrates so hard. It is quite funny!!!! He is a funny, funny little boy that is for sure!!! In 2 more days we are leaving for Orlando to visit with Mickey Mouse. We will see how Matt likes all the characters. We think he may be a bit afraid at first but will hopefully warm up quickly. We are also hoping to go to the Animal Kingdom as he is crazy about animals and we think he would really enjoy it. Also, maybe one day we may take a ride to the beach and introduce him to the sand and ocean!!! We are really looking forward to getting away and having a wonderful nice vacation with just the 3 of us!!! (unfortunately puppies can't come and have to go to Doggie Camp)

Matt's 1st Car Show

Daddy loves, loves, loves car shows!!! On saturday, we took Matt to his 1st show. It was sweltering hot but Matt loved running around and Daddy of course loved having his son at something that he absolutely loves!! Here are a few pictures.......

6 Months since "Gotcha Day"

It was 6 months ago today that we walked out of the Baby Home and never looked back!!! That day was full of such excitement for Mommy and Daddy but we definately had one very scared little boy!!! He was definately a "daddy's" boy that day and hung on tight knowing that Daddy would never let anything happen to him and would keep him safe!!! Matt was so afraid leaving the Baby Home and for the ride in the car BUT once we got into our room at the Vlad Inn....it was like "he knew" this is good....this is my Family and he turned into the happiest little boy!! Neither mommy or daddy slept a wink that night just up and down checking on him every minute on the minute!

How this child of our has changed in 6 months.....he is the happiest little boy in the world, is growing right before our eyes and is the love of our lives!!!! We are so thankful everyday for our sweet boy!!!

These are a few pictures from our "Gotcha Day".

Matt's New Tricks

Yesterday morning while we were sitting at the table eating breakfast, Matt decided that instead of eating his pancakes, he would rather built!! Needless to say, he wanted everything he could from the table. When he started trying to build, Daddy told him not even the best of us could get the cup to stay on top of the syrup, well of course that did not stop him and off he went....he was so proud of himself when he got it to stay! Then he decided to go to 3 stories and wala.....here is the outcome!!!! He was so excited.....he kept doing it over and over and yelling and clapping his hands for joy.....we were cracking up!!! What a great sunday morning breakfast!!! We think he will be an engineer and built bridges and big tall buildings!!!

What progress!

In just a few short weeks, we went from barely putting his toes in the baby pool to swimming all over the big pool!!! We cannot believe the progress that Matt has made so far this summer in the water. He is Mr Independent now and just wants to swim around by himself!!! He is also taking swim lesson and is the only student in the class that just wears the floatie on his back and swims around by himself. BUT he still will not sit down in the bathtub.....unbelievable!!! We think we will try putting the life jacket on him in the bathtub and see if that makes a difference. Definately has us baffled!!!

Matt had his 2 year visit with our pediatrician this week....he has gained almost 4 pds and has grown 4+ inches since we have been home. He is now in the 76% for height and the 25% for weight. Dr is very pleased with his progress.

Food Ideas/Suggestions

Matthew has become quite picky with his eating habits lately. He really would live on chicken nuggets if we let him. I am trying to see if anyone out there has any ideas for new foods to try. He really will not eat any type of meats other than chicken nuggets and will sometimes eat turkey meatballs. He will eat mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and sometimes pasta and while he used to like his vegetables, has become quite picky with those as well. He will sometimes also eat cheese quesadillas or grilled cheese. Thankfully he still loves fruit and yogurt so that is a good thing!! He used to love pancakes, waffles and the toddler rice cereal in the mornings and now mostly turns his nose up at those as well. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions for our picky little boy!

Just some spur of the moment pictures

Definately have to have the camera around at all times......he is such a photogenic little boy!!!!!