Knock on Wood

So last night as I was going to bed, I was telling Eric how grateful I was that Matthew was sleeping through the night and that our stint in the Bahamas hadn't really messed up his schedule. Eric said "knock on wood". Well I did, but apparently Matthew heard this discussion somewhere in his dreams and thought hey let's wake up tonight just so mom knows that I hear everything she says. Well okay I am not sure he necessarily thought that but at 1:53 my wonderful sleep was interrupted with a big cry from the upstairs bedroom. I jumped out of bed and didn't get back in bed until about 3:30 - Yikes. I guess I can't ever say I am grateful for Matthew sleeping through the night because it ruins it :)

Surprise!

Well, I think Eric has officially pulled off the best kept secret and surprise trip for me. For our anniversary he started giving me random "12 days of our Anniversary" gifts. I wasn't quite sure what to think of them and he said everything was a clue to a big surprise. The first was a word puzzle which of course I had no idea what it was. He was banking on this and laughed when it drove me crazy. He proceeded to give me slips of colored paper, a can of pineapple, travel size stuff, a tanning pass, a Barnes and Noble gift card and a few other random things. I was thoroughly confused until the last day he gave me a packing list. a picture of an apple and a list of things to do on Saturday because we were leaving early Sunday morning. Any guesses? Well, I knew that Jetblue went to the "big Apple" so I figured we were at least going there and then probably on to somewhere else. On sunday morning, we packed up and drove to the airport at 4:30 am- yikes!! We were off andlater that day I found out we were headed for the BAHAMAS!

What a fun trip we had. The first couple of days it was alittle overcast due to the Tropical Storm Faye, but amazingly the water was still warm and fun to play in. On Wednesday the beloved sun came out and like all the other crazy people we went outside with sunscreen and came back in that night with a little too much sun! Yes, despite our efforts, we were pretty red. Yikes. The next day we went on a speedboat trip out to some of the outer islands of the Bahamas where we and 40 other people had our own private beach, an area to feed sharks an islandwhere when we pulled up and honked the horn of the boat, Iguana's came out to be fed. It was amazing how they just appeared. We looked pretty silly with our long pants and t-shirts to cover our already sunburned bodies. The next day we had another excursion on a catamaran. This was the most bahamian - laid back and chill. We were still covered up and gotsome pretty funny looks from people but all in all we saved ourselves from a little more sun. We did some amazing snorkeling and even saw a shark while we were in the water. Yikes! good thing is was on the bottom of the ocean floor and "sleeping" while we were checking out the reef.

It was such a great trip to celebrate our 6 years of marriage. I can't believe we have been married that long. In some ways it seems like just yesterday! I am so grateful to Eric for the wonderful husband that he is and what a great father he is to Matthew. We have had lots of great times over our six years together and I am looking forward to many more.

What's for dinner?

So lately, our little munchkin has become quite the scavenger. He eats everything and anything that happens to be on the floor - including his recent bug incident(yes, it was a cockroach and thankfully Eric was here to fish it out while I was trying not to lose my stomach). I am constantly checking his mouth for things. He has also discovered how to "fake" chew. I am not sure how else to put it but he mimicks chewing and making sounds like he is eating. It is pretty cute. Matthew isn't as fond of eating the food he he is supposed to eat unless, it is off of our plates. So just as I was getting the baby foods down, I am now in search of things a 10 month old would like that he can eat. Any ideas would be welcome.

Other adventures: Matthew is getting quite good at is crawling with things in his mouth and moving up to a "big kid" carseat. I just can't believe how big he is getting.

To Grandma's house we go!

Matthew and I just got back from a fun filled trip to Utah and Idaho. We were able to go to a family reunion and Matthew had lots of fun watching his cousins play, "swimming" in the pool, okay well maybe just splashing, going on his first boat and tube ride and last but not least a four wheel ride with his cousin Boston. I know you are all thinking it doesn't look like Matthew had that much fun on the tube ride, but he really did enjoy it and started jumping up and down in it once the boat started going.