First Steps

Matty has taken a few steps a couple of times, no more than 4 or 5 steps in between Andrew and me. We were at the park today and he was practicing his new skill...

Photo booth

Matty loves the new lap top...and loves taking pictures with the built in camera!

Mother's Day and Polly's Pancake Parlor

I celebrated my 2nd Mother's Day by waking up at 4:45 am to a sick baby and getting vomited on 5 minutes before I had to leave for work an hour later...poor little guy had been fighting some sort of stomach virus for a couple of days. Over those few days he ran a temp of 101.9, threw up several times and had just been overall really really cranky. He's doing better now, no temp and no more throwing up but he is still pretty cranky, needy and clingy...whenever he has gotten like this in the past we always say "maybe he's teething" and of course, after 13 months (Yes, he turns 13 months tomorrow!) he still has no teeth. However, we are thinking (I know, we've said this before) that maybe, maybe there are some teeth coming! His top gums have white bumps and looks like possibly the 2 "fangs" are ready to come through...that would be a pretty funny sight! We'll have to see!
Despite the "fun" morning and having to work, the rest of the day was great. Matty was feeling better after a long nap and some motrin, so I got out of work at noon and we headed up north to Polly's Pancake Parlor for our first pancake experience of the year. It was pretty cold and actually snowed a bit but still fun. The pancakes were just as good as ever and Matty enjoyed his banana pancake...he actually ate more than he as in a few days. Matty and I both napped on the way home which is always nice to do! I'm sure we will be heading to Polly's a few more times this summer!

NY Trip part 2...Pictures!

Grammy and Matty hanging before the show

Matty looking sly...

The Sheep Meadow!

Two seconds later and the hat came off!

Mmmmm....someone loves ice cream sandwiches on a hot day!

The infamous Donut Plant...it took us 45 minutes to get there, but it was worth it! Mmm..coconut creme and carrot cake donuts...

Sweet Cousin Daniel and Andrew on the rooftop in Harlem...no, they didn't plan matching outfits, it just happened...

Matty loving the swing on the roof!

Weekend in NY

Andrew, Matty and I are currently in NYC, blogging on the lap top! We arrived yesterday and immediately went to Steppingstone park in Great Neck. It was a beautiful day and after 5 hours in the car, we needed some fresh air and Matty needed to crawl around. He also had the opportunity to try out his two new hats, both of which stayed on for a total of 2 minutes before he ripped them off and almost threw them into the Long Island sound!


After a nice time at the park, we went to dinner at Shish Kebab and had yummy gyro salads, always a favorite when we make it to the island. Then we hit up Ralph's Italian ices for the best Italian ices I've ever had! Who has ever had chocolate chip cookie dough Italian ice? Seriously, the best. We then had a nice night back at 225 Shoreward where Matty decided to sleep ALL NIGHT, without waking up once! This is a rare occurrence and would be nice if I could actually enjoy it but I tend to wake up every hour or so and worry about him...I'm sure Ill get over that sometime soon!

Today we headed into the city to meet up with my parents who had tickets to see South Pacific (a Christmas gift from us!). It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm and a nice breeze. We enjoyed walking around the city but someone didn't like the subway very much...Matty had a bit of a melt down, poor little guy. While my parents were at the show, we went to Central Park, to the "sheep meadow"...the big field outside Tavern on The Green where I just found out today there used to be a sheep farm. Of course, all day long I kept hearing Andrew say "sheet metal"...I knew we were going to Central Park but I had no idea where he was taking us! The "sheep meadow" was packed! It was pretty fun people watching (and celebrity scouting...I saw none) and Matty's aunts, uncle and cousins came to meet us for some fun and ice cream. Matty had his first ice cream sandwich...he loved it!

We then met up with my parents again (they loved the show!) and headed to dinner at Citrus and then to PINKBERRY! Yes, we were in the city for more than 24 hours before out first Pinkberry experience! We shopped a bit at Fairway and then headed back on the subway (fun again for Matty!). My parents hit the road and we are now settled in at Andrew's sister's apartment. tomorrow looks to be more fun and yummy eats as we are going to attempt to head out early in the morning to see the Donut Plant, a donut joint our friends Ingrid and Josh rave about. Let's hope the 5 borough bike race through the city tomorrow doesn't stop us!

***More pictures from the trip to be added soon!