Matt and I at a Valentine's Day cookie decorating party last week
Matt waiting to go to our moms' club Valentine's Day party on Thursday
Matt on a snowy Valentine's Day
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Happy Valentine's Day!
We hope you had a happy Valentine's Day. We spent the day at home, waiting to get snowed in yet again. Before the blizzard really gets going, I'll share a few photos.
Matt and I at a Valentine's Day cookie decorating party last week
Matt waiting to go to our moms' club Valentine's Day party on Thursday
Matt on a snowy Valentine's Day
Matt and I at a Valentine's Day cookie decorating party last week
Matt waiting to go to our moms' club Valentine's Day party on Thursday
Matt on a snowy Valentine's Day
Saturday, February 7, 2015
January Recap
At last I've managed to finish getting this post together!
Until the snow hit, our weeks in January went something like this:
Mondays we went to an indoor play space or a library program.
Riding a duck at the open gym
He shoots, he scores! Two points for Matt
Riding the roller coaster
Being a goalie
Riding the zebra
Amusing himself with a small speck of something
Tuesdays we went to several different music or story-based library programs. Wednesdays we went to music class at the children's museum and/or library story time. We're close to earning back the cost of our children's museum membership!
Manning the switches on the lunar module
Choo choo!
Trying his hand at the craft
Hanging out in the dinosaur room
Thursdays and Fridays we met up with friends at the children's museum, playground, or indoor play space; ran errands; or just stayed home.
Trying out the brand new toddler-friendly playground in town
Checking out the new indoor play space in the next town over
Checking out the woodlands mural in the little kids' area
Warily eyeing the butterfly in the butterfly garden
Checking out a display of his favorite kind of bird
So that was most of our exciting adventures this past month. Onto photos of our time at home...
Matt continues to pursue the cat's affections with enthusiasm. As you can see, that enthusiasm remains one-sided.
Cats don't like to share!
Someone's excited about petting and playing with the cat - and it's not the cat!
Matt continues to explore coloring
Why wear one hat when you can wear two?
A happy, silly little guy!
Ducks swimming
Our sous chef
Toddling through the backyard (before it was buried in snow)
Not really sure about play doh (which I made for him)
Checking out the snow outside
Yes?
Playing with his wooden pull-toy ducks Jon made for him
Yum, a cupcake!
Playing with his trucks
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Happy 15-Month Birthday, Matt!
Yesterday Matt turned 15 months old. He was feeling a little off because his upper two canines were trying to finish breaking through, so forgive the rosy cheeks, runny nose, and drool.
The 15 month old playing with dinosaurs before library story time
Today we went to the doctor for Matt's 15-month appointment. He weighed 25 lbs. 8.5 oz, which is closer to the 85th percentile, and measured 32 1/4", which is around the 90th percentile. I'm not sure the height is correct, since he was extra squirmy; I think the nurse missed at least 1/4 of an inch there. He had to have grown more than 1/4" in the past three months because he grew a full clothes size this past month alone. (He went on a 2-week growth spurt in mid-January and moved from size 18-month to 24-month pants, started outgrowing his 24-month shirts from brands like Osh Kosh and Circo that run smaller, and wears 2T/3T socks.) Anyway, Matt checks out as healthy - no surprise there!
Matt has 16 of his 20 baby teeth now. He's just missing his 2-year molars. We are all very ready for a break from teething...
At 15 months Matt is still a very active toddler. He is frequently on the go and just as frequently into something. Even with all of his toys Matt will occupy himself with just about anything: the contents of the pantry, the recycle bin, closet, drawers, cabinets... Matt continues to pick up speed as he moves, but he's also content to walk more slowly and deliberately as he checks out what's around him. The other weekend we went for a family outing, and Matt held Jon's hand as we walked down the sidewalk. It was very cute. And Matt is still somewhat cautious when it comes to climbing on and off things, but he's getting bolder.
Matt is quite communicative, although he hasn't added many more words to his vocabulary this past month. He seems to be working on some more animals, like "cow" and "pig," but he still prefers to refer to all birds as "duck" (we've had some long discussions about geese vs. ducks, chickens vs. ducks, penguins vs. ducks, etc.). With his pointing he's doing a decent enough job of getting his message across, although it'll be nice when he has more words to be more specific! He understands us very well; within the past month or so his comprehension of our conversations and commands has dramatically increased. He has always been fairly quick to pick up on things, and now that he understands verbal communication better he's even quicker.
In the past couple of weeks Matt discovered his belly button. He proudly shows it off, especially if you also show him yours. He can also identify noses (he prefers poking other people's to pointing out his own), knees, and now ears.
These days Matt still loves animals and dinosaurs, and he's showing a little more interest in cars and trucks, too. He loves reading, and sometimes he'll flip through books on his own, too. He still insists on helping out with cooking, especially mixing and dumping things into the pot, as well as a few other chores, namely laundry and sweeping, and pushing of buttons. He is still enjoying his easel, although some days instead of exploring vertical lines (his predominant artistic expression at the moment) he has more fun taking the chalk and crayons in and out of the trays and dumping them onto the floor or stuffing them into a bottle from the recycling.
I hope to post our January events and photos within a day or two.
The 15 month old playing with dinosaurs before library story time
Today we went to the doctor for Matt's 15-month appointment. He weighed 25 lbs. 8.5 oz, which is closer to the 85th percentile, and measured 32 1/4", which is around the 90th percentile. I'm not sure the height is correct, since he was extra squirmy; I think the nurse missed at least 1/4 of an inch there. He had to have grown more than 1/4" in the past three months because he grew a full clothes size this past month alone. (He went on a 2-week growth spurt in mid-January and moved from size 18-month to 24-month pants, started outgrowing his 24-month shirts from brands like Osh Kosh and Circo that run smaller, and wears 2T/3T socks.) Anyway, Matt checks out as healthy - no surprise there!
Matt has 16 of his 20 baby teeth now. He's just missing his 2-year molars. We are all very ready for a break from teething...
At 15 months Matt is still a very active toddler. He is frequently on the go and just as frequently into something. Even with all of his toys Matt will occupy himself with just about anything: the contents of the pantry, the recycle bin, closet, drawers, cabinets... Matt continues to pick up speed as he moves, but he's also content to walk more slowly and deliberately as he checks out what's around him. The other weekend we went for a family outing, and Matt held Jon's hand as we walked down the sidewalk. It was very cute. And Matt is still somewhat cautious when it comes to climbing on and off things, but he's getting bolder.
Matt is quite communicative, although he hasn't added many more words to his vocabulary this past month. He seems to be working on some more animals, like "cow" and "pig," but he still prefers to refer to all birds as "duck" (we've had some long discussions about geese vs. ducks, chickens vs. ducks, penguins vs. ducks, etc.). With his pointing he's doing a decent enough job of getting his message across, although it'll be nice when he has more words to be more specific! He understands us very well; within the past month or so his comprehension of our conversations and commands has dramatically increased. He has always been fairly quick to pick up on things, and now that he understands verbal communication better he's even quicker.
In the past couple of weeks Matt discovered his belly button. He proudly shows it off, especially if you also show him yours. He can also identify noses (he prefers poking other people's to pointing out his own), knees, and now ears.
These days Matt still loves animals and dinosaurs, and he's showing a little more interest in cars and trucks, too. He loves reading, and sometimes he'll flip through books on his own, too. He still insists on helping out with cooking, especially mixing and dumping things into the pot, as well as a few other chores, namely laundry and sweeping, and pushing of buttons. He is still enjoying his easel, although some days instead of exploring vertical lines (his predominant artistic expression at the moment) he has more fun taking the chalk and crayons in and out of the trays and dumping them onto the floor or stuffing them into a bottle from the recycling.
I hope to post our January events and photos within a day or two.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Super Bowl
Yes, I know I'm posting about the Super Bowl a couple of days late, but we've been busy here dealing with yet another winter storm. I just want to share a few photos, and I promise I'll be back by the end of the week for our January recap and an update on Matt at 15 months old.
But back to Sunday night's game...
Matt only made it until halftime, and then it was his bedtime. In other words, he missed all of the action of the second half - not that he watched much of the first half. He was more interested in dipping (but not eating) chips in homemade guacamole and sampling the chicken wings Jon also made.
We finally got Matt to do the touchdown arm signal after a big touchdown.
For the record, we know nothing here about deflating footballs...
But back to Sunday night's game...
Matt only made it until halftime, and then it was his bedtime. In other words, he missed all of the action of the second half - not that he watched much of the first half. He was more interested in dipping (but not eating) chips in homemade guacamole and sampling the chicken wings Jon also made.
We finally got Matt to do the touchdown arm signal after a big touchdown.
For the record, we know nothing here about deflating footballs...
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