Matthew Clapping on Command

Matthew@13 Months Slide Show

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Ethan counting in Spanish

Wow! We are not sure where he learned it, but our 2 year old son Ethan started counting in Spanish this week. ¡Que Bueno!

Halloween 2008

What a GREAT Halloween weekend we had! Cousin Henry, Aunt April and Uncle Brad came to visit us, along with Grandad! The kids went to a harvest festival at our church and had a lot of fun! The best part of the evening was getting to sit inside a school bus. Henry and Ethan really loved pretending to drive! Afterwards, we all went to Babes Chicken! What a great night!

Costumes - Ethan as a Giraffe, Henry as a Turtle and Matthew as a "Pea in a Pod"

Ethan Got His Hands Dirty

Yesterday Grandad, Ethan, Matthew and Mommy went to the Owen's Farm Pumpkin Patch! Ethan really enjoyed seeing the goats, sheep, cows, donkeys, horses and chickens! We also got to ride on the hay ride TWICE being pulled by a big tractor (trato). Ethan had a great time and Matthew was very content being held by Mommy the entire way. Ethan was scared to feed the animals and didn't want to touch the hay on the ride... I think he didn't want to get his hands dirty.

Speaking of getting his hands dirty...Ethan DID want to touch a rock that he found in the parking lot. In fact, Ethan was holding on to a rock in each hand most of the time on the farm. After we had picked our pumpkins, Ethan found a little girl (a little younger than him) sitting on the ground. He looked at her, smiled, and sat down in front of her. She was playing with a plastic top from a coke bottle. Ethan just smiled, and smiled at her and saw she was playing with this top. I looked away for a second and Ethan had taken the top from the girl. I grabbed his hand and told him that we don't take things from other people. In the frustration of being told NO, he threw that favored rock he had in his hand at the little girl and hit her in the head. Mommy was SOOOOO embarrassed! I apologized to the little girl and her mother profusely. The little girl began to cry and I felt even more terrible!

Matthew's 1st Trip to OK

Last weekend, we went to go see all the family in OK for Mom's 60th Birthday! Mandy planned a big surprise party for her on Sunday with many friends from church and work. It was so nice for everyone to get together and celebrate!

Ethan and Henry really got to know each other while we were there. Sharing the toys was difficult at times for Ethan, but he and his cousin became fast friends! They played with cars and really liked mimicking each other.

Matthew did so well during the trip. He got so much attention, he was fussy when we got home because everyone was not around to hold him all day. Poor little guy.

Sleeping Through the Night!

What an over achiever Matthew is! Sleeping through the night at 7 weeks old! He has been such a good baby! It seems like he is even more laid back than Ethan was. Matthew is awake much more during the day now, and Ethan not only has been the BEST Big Brother, but also provides lots of entertainment for Matthew to watch.