Ribbit

I used to think that acting like a frog would make Matthew laugh. Well, the other day, we learned that I don't have to do the froggy hop. For some reason, Matthew just thinks the word "Ribbit" is hilarious. Who would have guessed?

A week at Christine's

Earlier this month, my aunt and uncle took a 10 day vacation to Hawaii. So Mark and I moved into their very nice house for a week, with just one catch: the house came with 3 girls and a dog. It was a very different experience. We realized their master suite is as big as our whole apartment. It was fun having a large kitchen, even though I couldn't find anything, and oh how I miss carpet. Matthew seemed to enjoy our time there. The girls loved him, and spoiled him just a bit. He even took advantage of the carpet and learned to getting on all fours and rock back and forth. Crawling is coming soon. Unfortunately for him, our hardwood floors are too slick for him to get up on his knees.

Matthew helping with the laundry.

  Jacob was in town for a wedding, so we had a party. Both Benjamin and Aaron came up, too.

Makenna always wanted to play the card game Spoons. Matthew just wanted to play with the spoons. Once, we were playing and Makenna grabbed a spoon. Lexi and I went to grab the remaining spoon, however, Matthew had managed to flip onto his stomach and had the spoon under him. I reacted first, but accidentally grabbed his toy keys; Lexi got the spoon. Poor Matthew just started wailing because we had taken everything away from him.

Lexi being silly.

Mark tried to take pictures of the girls one evening while they tried to hide. This shot of Makenna was the only one he managed to get with one of the girls in it.

Kaelyn had her first school dance.

Her dress was super cute, and about the puffiest thing you've ever seen.

Makenna liked to hold Matthew, but it always scared me a bit because he's half her size. She was amazing at getting him to stop crying. She would just jump out from behind furniture to entertain him whenever he got fussy.

Matthew playing with his new tractor, a toy I salvaged from one of the bags they were planning to donate.

Lexi was super helpful as well. She would carry him around for me when I needed my hands free, and would even feed him for me.

I know it's dark, but here is Matthew trying to figure out how to crawl.

A Very Merry Half Birthday

Yesterday was Matthew's half birthday! 6 months old already. We had a little half birthday party with half a cake here at my aunt's house (where we are babysitting for the week). Unfortunately, the cake was a disaster. The cake didn't rise and the homemade frosting recipe I used was terrible. Oh well, at least the pictures look good.

Baby's First Snow

It's snowing outside! Actually, it was snowing outside 10 minutes ago, but now I think it is raining. Nevertheless, Matthew got his first glimpse of snow. He seemed rather indifferent, but I was very excited. Mark says that the snow means it's now Christmas Time. A much better holiday than Halloween.

 See the bit of water on his head? It was snow.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

Tonight, we went with my brother's family to Farnsworth Farms and Cider Mill to get ourselves a pumpkin. Actually, we really went so we could take pictures at the pumpkin patch. Good thing we didn't go for the cider because they sold out of the whole 1500 gallons in a week. That must have been some good cider. We had a lot of fun trying to arrange the pumpkins as a good backdrop. I thought that Matthew's ability to sit up would make pictures easier, except he refused to look up. The grass was just too interesting. We also had a hard time getting him to smile, but here are the highlights.

Random Pictures

I was saving these for my 5 month post, but I never did get Matthew weighed and measured. And now that's he's 5 1/2 months, it's a little late. But here are some cute pictures.

Uncle Benjamin

Eeyore and I like to watch the cars.

I can sit up and eat my stroller.

My eyes are turning brown.

I like to read with Mommy.

I love being outside.

I like to play with my bottle.

I can put my toes in my mouth.