What a crazy month it has been so far. Matthew and I took a trip
to visit Grandma and Grandpa all by ourselves. I was a little nervous
about flying by myself, but Matthew did so well on the plane. The lady
sitting next to me gave me the "oh no a baby" look when I sat down, but
he mostly slept, which was an answer to my prayers and I am sure hers
too:) Anyway, on that trip, Matthew forgot how to sleep- oh man was he
"grounded". He decided that being up for 3 hours in the middle of the
night was fun so that is what we did. I really couldn't figure out what
got in to him other than there was just more commotion during the day.
We are home and he is slowly getting back to his normal sleeping
habits, and on the happy mom side I am too! It was a good trip and his
cousins just really love having him around. Matthew's 2 yr old
cousin Boston kept saying "I want Matthew"
except it sounds like machu. In fact my brother has nick named him
Machu Pichu. Which is probably why Boston calls him "Machu". Or was it
the other way around. :) Anyway, it was a good trip.
Other fun moments this month have been that Matthew discovered his
toes. I was so excited, I just love when babies grab their toes. He
loves to grab them and kind of roll onto his left side up until
yesterday when he discovered how to roll from his back to his stomach
which is all he wants to do now. I think I scared him a little when I
cheered for him. It was pretty funny. Anyway, it is pretty cute. He is getting used to being on his tummy, but
gets a little mad about it when he is on too long. I am guessing he
will figure out how to roll back off his tummy here pretty quickly too.
When we were visiting our family this month, we tried a little rice
cereal for Matthew and he absolutely loved it. I have heard they
usually spit it out, but he just moved it around his mouth and opened
for more. He wanted to "feed" himself and grabbed for the spoon. oh
and speaking of feeding himself, he started holding his bottle on his
own too. It looks awkward and he gets tired, but he is doing pretty
good at it. It is fun to watch him grasp for things and of course put
it into his mouth because that is where everything goes. Matthew has
gotten pretty good at grasping a toy or even his pacifier with both
hands and putting it into his mouth. Sometimes he misses and they get
stuck on his face and he hasn't quite figured out how to take them off.
It is kind of funny because he just starts to move his whole body and
kind wiggle around until it falls off. I sometimes just laugh at him as
he
tries to figure it out and then usually take the toy off of his face
and hand it to him.
