Happy Happy Boy

Im not sure what happened, but I wrote this blog weeks ago...oops



Well, it's been a week and Matty couldn't be happier to be "cast free"! It came off last Monday and ever since then, I feel like he's happier now (and better behaved) as he ever has been! I think he is so relieved to not have that heavy plaster cast holding him back! That thing was heavy and yes, we kept it...and we did find a Cheerio inside it when it came off! His walking is getting better ever day but he does still have a bit of a limp and turns his foot out when he walks. The doctor said that's pretty normal and his limp should go away soon. It's funny, he walks like the cast is still on! We took advantage of his good mood this weekend and decided to attempt going out to dinner again. The last time we tried, we jumped ship before our food even got served and instead had everything packed up and ate at home. He just wouldn't sit still in a restaurant high chair and wanted to get down and move around. We were hoping that was just a phase caused by the cast and luckily for us, it was! This past Saturday night we went to PF Changs in Boston for a nice dinner....we decided to go to Boston because a new PINKBERRY just opened on Newbury Street, so we had to go!!! We had a blast walking through the park before dinner and came across a huge pile of leaves that Matty had so much fun playing in for about a half an hour. Both Andrew and I were taking a million pictures of him and of course, got maybe 2 or 3 good ones! Dinner was good and we discovered Matty loves Hot and Sour soup! He ate almost an entire bowl of hit (feeding himself and ruining a white undershirt in the process!). Sunday we went to the playground for a while and ended up again playing in the leaves for a long time...this time getting a couple of nice pictures and a semi-family portrait!

We are looking forward to more fun times without he happy little guy and love to watch him play and be so happy!

Halloween Fun

Matty enjoyed his second Halloween and despite the cold and the cast, didn't let anything stop him from enjoying trick or treating early in the day when we went around a neighborhood close to home.


Later on we headed to a nearby town to go with our friends "The Renos" and their 2 girls (one was a shark and one was dressed as sushi! Very creative and I wish I had some pictures of them!) We went with the Renos last year and thought it would be fun to do it again...Matty had a different thought...Unfortunately he got pretty frustrated and wanted to walk up to the door and choose his candy like the other kids and due to stairs, long driveways and walkways and lots and lots of kids, he just couldn't do it comfortably...he didn't want to be held and didn't' want to go in the wagon (which we thought would be a great vehicle for him!) and ultimately ended up melting down. We had to abandon the tricks and treats and carried the screaming little monkey back to the Renos, packed up and headed home. Once we got home, Matty was pretty calm and enjoyed looking through his "loot" and tried a root beer dum dum lolipop. He didn't' eat much of it, taking after his parents who both hate root beer flavored candy.




After checking it all out, he ate some dinner and went to bed with no trouble, until he woke up at 3am and NEVER went back to sleep...and neither did we! We are thinking he is just sick and tired of the cast and is just ready to have it off! We are looking forward to that too.

Monday afternoon can't come soon enough for us and we are hoping the monkey will be as good as new!