They beat me to it!

Check out the present Matthew made for us in "school" today. So cute!!

I've been meaning to do this with him, and haven't gotten off my hiney to get the plaster kit. I'll have to get one and do his foot - gotta capture for posterity how big his feet are already!

Thanks for your support!

We'd like to officially thank everyone who sponsored us in our March for Babies today. We raised $400, and Team Squeaks collectively raised $1,200 for this great cause. We couldn't help but be reminded of just how lucky we are to have had a full-term, healthy baby. It was amazing to see all the family teams wearing t-shirts proudly displaying their successes in facing tough challenges (one baby girl born at 29 weeks, another born weighing just 2 lbs 2 oz., etc.). Sounds cliché, but we are so incredibly blessed.

We had a great walk. It was in the mid-50s and cloudy, and the showers that had been forecast stayed away. I must say - downtown Hartford is quite nice on a Sunday morning. Then again, maybe that's the effect of the honey dipped donut from Dunker that I had before we set out on the walk....

Matthew did great. He was awake for half of the walk, enjoying the sights and the fresh air, and then took a nice snooze. We stopped off for a quick ride for Abby on the Carousel in Bushnell Park - so cute! Next year we'll have to get Matthew on there. We capped off the walk with a quick stop for beverages at the Starbucks we passed toward the end - a perfect ending in my book.

Here are a few pictures - thanks again for your support!!

2 and 2.....or maybe more like 2.2

For those of you around my age, when I say 2 and 2 you may think of this guy....

Didn't you just love Chuck Woolery on Love Connection? Especially how he'd cut to a commercial saying he'd be back in 2 and 2? You know, with that sly little wink and his oh-so-clever hand gesture? No? OK, maybe that was just me....

Anyway....

2 and 2, or rather 2.2, has a whole new meaning lately. Namely, it's the number of seconds it takes for Matthew to go from this....

or this....

or even this...

to this...

Now, when I say meltdown, I mean meltdown, complete with blood-curdling screams, stiffened back and flailing arms. It happens when he decides he's hungry, and it literally takes 2.2 seconds for him to go from his usual happy self to one unhappy little boy. The instant he begins eating, he calms down as if nothing ever happened. We're chalking this up to a growth spurt, or the fact that he was battling a cold earlier this week (awwww......poor boy!) and just wasn't feeling well. Whatever the reason, it is quite a sight to see him get so cranked up so quickly. I can't imagine where he got that temper from....

Getting some exercise

Here's a little video of Matthew playing with his activity center. He loves it, and gets his whole body into it! At least one of us is getting some exercise....

Just sharing....

Not much happening around here lately, so I thought I'd just share some cute pictures of Matthew hanging out with Daddy. Enjoy!