Memorial Day at the Ranch

We took Matthew to the ranch for Memorial Day weekend and we all had a great time!  Matthew loved watching the cows on the farm, "driving" the farm truck, sitting on the tractor (as long as it wasn't turned on), fishing, digging in the dirt, and exploring everything!  We were outside practically all weekend long and he loved every minute of it.  Here are some pictures from our weekend :)

21 months

Matthew is 21 months old!  He is such a joy to be around right now.  He is very talkative and we love listening to him and trying to figure out everything he says. Matthew is still very active and one of his favorite words at the moment is "Run!" because that is his preferred way to get around these days :) 

Weight: 25 lbs

Teeth: His mouth is pretty full now...guessing those two year molars are coming soon! :) 

He says too many words to list here but some of our favorites are: 

All done! 

More dirt! (He loves construction and trucks)

Peez = please

Sank Sou = thank you

So silly! 

Mama sit 

Dada sit 

Gun-guh (Bailey) sit

Nope

Tootie = cookie 

Tuttle = tunnel

Farm 

Mi-Mouk = Mickey Mouse 

Mummy = money 

Favorite Foods: 

Fruit (pears, apples, berries, melon) 

Apple sauce

Ham 

Pasta

French fries and ketchup

Hot dogs 

Couscous

Carrots 

Dip - he loves to dip everything in any kind of dip he sees (ketchup, ranch, and queso are his favorites!) 

Favorite Things To Do: 

He still loves cooking in his kitchen or watching us cook

He loves to help with everything right now...cooking, cleaning, feeding Bailey, etc. 

Play outside 

Go to the park

Ride on the carousel at the zoo 

Swim 

Read books 

Do puzzles 

Dump out everything - especially all of his Legos 

Play with his trucks (dump truck, garbage truck, and excavator are his favorites) 

Play with his "mummy" and cash register 

Hiding

Playing chase 

Favorite books: 

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site 

Roadwork 

Green Eggs and Ham 

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 

One, Two Buckle My Shoe

Dinosaurs 

Nursery Rhymes 

We are lucky to have this little boy in our lives. He is learning so much and makes us laugh every day. He is definitely stubborn and testing his boundaries now as all toddlers do...thank goodness he is so cute :) 

Enjoying his chips and queso 

Silly smile

Peek-a-boo! 

Sweet boy 

Loves playing in the yard 

Big boy! 

Sliding with his friend Avery 

Zoo carousel 

Family Photos

We had family photos taken in March and then we took some of Matthew in the bluebonnets.  It is not easy to take photos of a little one who is always moving (and does not like photos) but we managed to get some good ones. Here are some of our favorites!

Easter

We spent Easter here in Houston. Matthew liked hunting for eggs but didn't want to be anywhere near the Easter Bunny!! 

19 months!

I am clearly behind on the blog and am just now getting around to writing about Matthew at 18 months...and now he is already 19 months!  Time is flying so this will be a 19 month post instead! 

Weight: 24 pounds
Height: 33 inches (85%!!) 

Matthew is 19 months old and basically never stops moving!  He is very active and into everything! He is learning so much and trying very hard to talk. He has learned tons of new words the last 2 months and tries to repeat almost everything we say. We love watching him learn and listening to him try to say new words :) 

Matthew's "words"...no idea where he got some of these words but we understand him! 
Gun-guh (dog)DadaNana (banana)
No no 
Mama
Milk 
Juice
Na - na (snack) 
Didos (dinosaurs) 
Chair
Ne-nin (melon) 
Ball 
Cha (coffee) 
Sha (pacifier)
Ca-ca (fish) 
Hi
Bye-bye
Du-du (truck) 
Duddles (bubbles) 
Mama (Grandma) 
Mum (Grandmother) 
Bapa
Nona
Ben
Zach
Harrison (sort of...we are still practicing!) 

He loves animals and knows lots of animal sounds.  Dinosaurs and dogs are his favorite right now. He watches Dinosaur Train and roars when the dinosaurs roar. He points out dinosaurs, dogs, and fish everywhere he sees them. There is a fountain at his school with fish the we say hi and bye to daily. 

Favorite Foods: 
Fruit - he loves melon, strawberries and apples
Yogurt - only if the fruit is mixed in (major melt down if the fruit is not mixed in!) 
Hot Dogs
Ketchup
Chips and queso 
Snacks 
Ham 
Carrots 
Green beans 

Favorite things to do:
He still loves to cook in the kitchen - the real kitchen and his play kitchen! 
Play with his dinosaurs
Play with his cars and airplanes
Color 
Listen to music 
Play with his farm and farm animals 
Play with just about anything outside...the weather is getting nice and we spend LOTS of time outside!  He loves to play at the park.  
Read books
Play tug-of-war with Bailey

Favorite Books: 
Roadwork
Toot the Train
Hello Dinosaur
Valentine's Day is Here
My First Colors
My First Words
Daddy and Me 

Pictures of our sweet 19 month old! 

 Big boy does not like to sit in his high chair anymore

Building towers with Daddy

Fun visit from Mum and Grandad

Nana came to visit us! 

Playing with Bapa in Austin

 Loves his cousins! 

Loves playing in our backyard

Bubbles!