Geoff, You're Gonna Want To Skip This One...

Let me preface this by saying that while we have fed Matthew mostly organic foods and have given him mostly pureed foods that we have made at home, we do believe in giving him the really good things in life.  

The first two videos are from Portillos Hot Dogs:

And...Deerfield Bakery:

New Things, And One Old

A washing machine!

And look!  I have two teeth and twist my tongue all the time cause that's fun, ya know?

And I still like the song B-I-N-G-O!

They Let Us Be Parents. That's Funny.

This is Mike feeding Matthew his breakfast.  Nice.

Matthew LOVES Books

I brought this white chair home from my office in Milwaukee since I am closing my practice at the end of this month.  And...Matthew has claimed the chair as his own. :)  In the picture below he is reading one of his favorite books, the Eric Carle ABC book.

Last Thursday we went to the library for the very first time.  They have these cute little chairs for little ones and he decided to curl up to a good book!  I was so impressed with how many books they have, way more than any bookstore I have been to.  So, we'll be going back.

I should be clear that before any reading occurred at the library, we did check out the new toys.

You're supposed to be quiet at the library, right?!?!  Hoping people expect and thus tolerate a little more noise in the young children's section.  If not, we might not be allowed back.

And, this is a little older video, but you will see the type of excitement here that Matthew has for reading one of the book, Baby Nite Nite!

How Do You Like My New Hairdo?

Matthew was fascinated by Daddy doing his hair, so Matthew got his hair did too.  

The Olympic Gold Medalists Celebrate!

Mike and I LOVE the Olympics and have been watching them every day for the last few weeks.  And this is the result of that...

Maybe the best part of this video for me is that when Mike was at work one day last week I showed this video to Matthew and he again opened his mouth and shook his head.  Silly boys.

Yey Matthew!

High 5!

And He's Crawling!

It has been well established on this endless train of rambling thought that Matthew has brought overwhelming a healthy dose of loving concern to his parents by showing an uncanny level of contentment in his ability to sit, roll and/or not crawl.  It is with tremendous an appropriate level of relief that we announce that this is no longer the case.  Our lad is officially crawling.  And not any of that crap that parents might claim is crawling.  ("He did a half push-up and then face-planted.  After his head bounced off the floor and landed again, his jaw was a quarter-inch farther away then when he began.  Then he cried.  He should be walking soon.")  Matthew is crawling, fully and completely.  Bully for Matthew!

Below you will find videos that prove our claim.  You will also notice the motivator for his crawling was the promise of a delicious Veggie Straw, which is purportedly a vegetable-based snack.  In actuality, it is an asparagus or tomato colored Cheeto.  Please direct your horror and judgement to the closest brick wall.

  

Today's achievement was not exactly surprising--he has spent the last two weeks regularly getting into crawling position, rocking back and forth, and thoughtfully, albeit slowly, creeping forward before collapsing.  In fact, a few days ago while with Mommy and Uncle Paul, Matthew crawled three or four "steps".  Daddy couldn't be happier that the adult male who witnessed his first born son's first crawl was Uncle Paul and not him.  He is very proud that while that was happening, he was focused on what really matters; selling hot dogs that probably already sell themselves.