Watercooler for Sale....

Anyone need a watercooler? We might have one for sale very shortly!
Today, Matthew discovered that the little black and white handles that he's stared at before.... have water coming out of them if you hold them down!!!! This discovery was met with a huge grin and about a minute of water streaming into the catch bucket before Mommy said "enough"!!!

Suprisingly, he did not go back to it after that.... do you think my "ta ta"'s actually worked??? he he, I'm doubtful.

Today, the weather was still nice. We're expecting a storm tomorrow. We went for an hour walk this afternoon. All that fresh air must have pooped him right out because he had his supper and decided he needed a nap. I was thinking 20 min or so... but he decided he was going to bed for the night! It's 8pm now and we haven't heard a peep out of him yet.... good thing I got him into his sleep sack, although he is still in his t-shirt.

Darren tells me guys fall asleep in their clothes all the time, so it's ok. ?!?!

I missed it...

**Sigh**..... I don't know how it happened, but I missed it.

Somewhere in the last month, my baby went from being a baby to being a little person.
I realized it when I was flipping through some of the videos we had taken of him. He's no longer a little baby! He's not doing little baby things anymore! He's doing big baby things now... How did I miss it?

This is how I found him when I went in to get him from his nap... quiet as a mouse... for all I know, he was this way the entire time I thought he was napping!



So, he's now figured out how to stand in the crib... and he's figured that he can get my attention by banging his mobile loudly against the side of the crib until I come into the room.... oh nap time as I know it is over!



Today we went to the zoo to take advantage of the beautiful weather with Matthew's friends Matt and Taygan and their mommies! We had lots of fun... We might even go back tomorrow!

We went to see Matthew's favourite, the giraffes, first thing. Except, this time, he was a little freaked out by the whole building and started to make strange a bit. It was such a great day to be there because there was hardly any one in the building and we were there just as all of the animals were having their lunch, so they were all out for us to see! We even got to see the hippo swim right in front of us in the big tank.



Then, we went to have lunch! That was lots of fun with 3 babies! Here's Mr. Matthew enjoying a mum-mum...



And one more mum-mum for the ride home....



Lunch took us pretty much 1 1/2 hours and by then all the mommies and babies were pooped! So, maybe, just maybe, we'll take another trip back tomorrow :O)

They'll always be little boys

So tonight Uncle Clint came over for a visit.
Matthew had decided to fall asleep early, or as so Daddy claims anyhow. I was downstairs making supper and at 6:45 went to see what was going on upstairs and Matthew was already sleeping! "He fell asleep before I could even put him in his sleep bag".... hmm.... funny how that always happens when I come to inquire!

Anyhow... I knew that wasn't sleeping for the night. So, he woke up just as Uncle Clint was arriving and Daddy brought him downstairs. Geepers Creepers! The child has never screamed as loud as he did then! I'm not sure if it was because he just got up, or he remembered that it was Uncle Clint that Mommy and Daddy had abandoned him on in Banff... or because Uncle Clint has a gotee?? I don't know, but it took a good 5 minutes before he would calm down. (Then only one or two tickles from Uncle Clint and suddenly Matthew as his best friend).

Later on, the Men, er... boys, were upstairs playing video games and so you can imagine that Mr. Matthew did not want to go to bed. Here he is... right in the middle of all the action!



p.s. Matthew has now figured out how to pull himself up on to everything and anybody who will let him... His new trick is to hold his hand out and get you to help him "walk" over to something else that he wants to see.... oh boy.. it won't be long now....