Fun at the Beach!

We spent a weekend in Galveston with our friends, the Meyers. Matthew had a blast playing in the sand, swimming, and hanging out with Avery!

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!!