2 month check up!

Today was Matty's 2 month doctor appointment which meant...shots! 3 of them...poor little guy. He took them like a champ and only cried for about 5 minutes or so and then fell asleep for about 2 hours. They say the shots can either make them really sleepy or sometimes really cranky...guess which one showed up tonight? Mr Cranky Pants. He's finally asleep and calmed down, all swaddled up in his swing. I'm hoping he stays calm and sleeps well through the night, he definitely seems out of sorts.

On a positive note...he's up to 12 lbs! Dr Eric (Doogie Howser MD) said he is doing great and told us we were doing great as parents, which is always nice to hear! His weight is in the 53rd percentile and he is 23 inches long which is 47th percentile. Such a big boy!

Dr Eric was pretty impressed on how well he can hold his head up too...I told him Matty loves his "tummy time" and we do a lot of it every day. Here's a couple of pictures of him demonstrating his great head control in the bumbo seat*




*(okay...to be fair, the chair has a pretty high back and supports his head! He wouldn't be sitting up so well in any other chair!)

9 week picture...and Happy Birthday Andrew!

Today is Andrew's birthday! We celebrated with some yummy pasta and salad for dinner and an "icebox" cake for dessert. Tomorrow is the real celebration when we head to the Verizon Arena here in Manchester to see Fleetwood Mac...I got the tickets for Andrew for his birthday. He is a big fan, I am not but I'll go along for the ride! Matty won't be attending his first concert and instead our friend Meghan is coming over to babysit (thanks Meghan!!!). We have reservations for dinner at a new restaurant in Manchester, Mint Bistro as well. Looking forward to a fun night out!

Here's a few of Matty's 9 week pictures...along with his way of saying Happy Birthday to his daddy!

8 week picture

2 days late...and I missed the 7th week so I'll make up for it by posting 3 pictures of Matty in his chair!

Blog? What blog???

I know...we have been blogging slackers lately (especially Andrew...I think he forgot how to blog!). I can't really say that anything has been going on other than Matty, Matty and Matty! Yes, he consumes our lives and we just love it. Hard to believe he is 8 weeks old already! Here's just a couple of things he is up to lately...

Smiling, laughing and overall melting our hearts with his new facial expressions. Sometimes he does it on his own and sometimes we have to make faces or noises (he especially likes the "muhah" kissing noise)to get him to do it. Lucky for us we caught a few on camera.




Holding his head up...he's a pretty strong little guy and enjoys his tummy time. He is holding his head up longer and higher every day.


Showing us his naked tush...yes, I am posting naked pictures of my baby. I'm sorry, I can't help it...he is just too damn cute when he is naked.



Going out to eat with Sweet Cousins Daniel and Audrey...well he would have been happy through the whole experience except his dad made him wear this stupid hat


Big yawns....I can't believe the hearty yawns this little guys has. I always thought big hearty yawns are something learned, and often quite exaggerated but he was born with it!