Matthew's New Eating Habits

Matthew has pretty much stopped eating all of his baby food that comes in jars. I have been feeding him food from my plate for a while now, so I guess now he wants that and only that. I discovered during Spring Break at lunch one day that he was done with his baby food, but didn't really think it was true until Monday night at supper. Last night, I had some ravioli leftover. There wasn't much there, but I thought it would be enough for the both of us since he was still going to eat his lasagna with meat sauce from the baby food jar. So I thought. I couldn't even trick him like I normally do by acting like I was scooping the food off of my plate. He's just too smart! So he finished off the ravioli and was still hungry. I had some spaghetti o's in the pantry that he finished for supper. He probably could have eaten all of those if I would have let him. This boy can eat! I think that he is going to be a good eater and hopefully not too picky! ;) We have also been trying to slowing stop the bottle. :( It is a pretty hard transition, but he is doing a good job. He still gets a bedtime bottle. It is just so soothing to him, and me! (I am having a pretty hard time with his 1st birthday being TOMORROW!!!)

I also must point out that I normally don't let him get messy during supper because I am just too tired to clean up, but here lately, I haven't cared. He is going to get messy and he will get cleaned up right after supper and once he goes to bed, I can clean up his mess. I just have to start letting go of some worry issues. Things do get messy...

These pictures are put on here backwards, but you get the idea. I still can't figure out this whole picture upload thing. I am so technology challenged!

All done, YAY!!!

Oh mommy, you're too funny!

I love him!!!

I see you looking at me. :)

Trying to pick up my food!

That is it for now. Hopefully I will get better at this blogging thing. I have lots of pictures and stories to blog about, so we will see.

Glad it is the Weekend!

This week went by so slow! I am so glad it is the weekend! We have so much planned for the weekend, I wanted to go ahead and begin laundry tonight after my little cupcake went to bed. I usually do laundry on Saturday because I can have the whole day to do it, but since we have plans, I decided to go ahead with laundry tonight...

Well, as I start a load in the washer, I go back and get the towels and then go back into the laundry room to see water flowing A-L-L O-V-E-R the place!!!!!!! I am so upset. Laundry piled up and water everywhere!!! Not how I planned a Friday evening. (My Friday evening souonded fun, didn't it? :) ) So it looks like tomorrow we will be either taking a trip to Lowe's or Sears to find a new washer. It was old anyway and other things were going wrong so I guess it was time.

Back to a busy weekend. In the morning, we are meeting some great friends for breakfast and then we had planned to take the babies to the rodeo parade, but it looks like tomorrow is going to be cold and windy. But breakfast still sounds yummy! Then my parents are coming and we are going to the rodeo. Micheal and I love this time of year and enjoy going, so we are excited we get to take Matthew to his first rodeo! He already has his Wranglers and boots ready to go! :) I can't wait to see Matthew's face with all the animals. I am also waiting to see if the rodeo elements bother his allergies as they do mine. I will probably spend the rest of Saturday and Sunday sneezing my head off, but it will be ok. Then on Sunday, we'll go to church, eat lunch, take naps, and grade papers...that is always a fun Sunday afternoon project. :(

So, I guess I won't be finishing my laundry for the night, so I think I will go work on scrapbooking. I normally don't stay up too late (10:30 is late for me), but I have the scrapbook fever back and I want to get this one finished!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Tagged, Yet Again

I was tagged on my Facebook, but I thought I would post it here also because I haven't posted in a while, so here it is.

1) Every time I look at Matthew, I say to myself, "he's so cute!"
2.) Nothing is better than a Mother's love for their child.
3.) I am so thankful to have Micheal as my husband.
4.) I enjoy my job, but I am completely exhausted by the end of the day.
5.) I love Skittles.
6.) I enjoy scrapbooking, although I haven't had time for it in a year.
7.) My organizational skills are NOT what they used to be a year ago.
8.) I am scared of snakes.
9.) I enjoy spending time with my family.
10.) I love looking at blogs, but promise I am not a stalker. :)
11.) I love going to the grocery store, but hate putting away the groceries.
12.) I don't mind starting the laundry, but hate putting them away.
13.) I cannot sleep past 7:00 even if Matthew allowed me too.
14.)I don't like reading...shhhhh don't tell my students.
15.) I bake banana bread every Christmas and only at Christmas.
16.) My favorite place to eat is Cheddar's.
17.) I miss my brother.
18.) I don't know what I would do without Micheal.
19.) I love anything that has caramel and chocolate in it.
20.) I worry WAY too much and stress over little things.
21.) I enjoy being goofy with my friends.
22.) I absolutely love watching Matthew sleep in my arms.
23.) I procrastinate too much.
24.) I like the color pink.
25.) I like surprises!


Hopefully I will post something soon! And maybe more pictures. :)

Tagged Again!

We were tagged again!!! This time your'e supposed to pick your 4th picture folder & display the 4th picture. So here is ours. Aww...This is of Matthew about 2 hours after he was born. I cannot believe that he will be 10 months tomorrow! Time really does fly by. He will be one before I know it. I am already starting to plan his birthday party! Anyway, it was nice to look back at these pictures.

Alright now we tag:

Briana

Micah

Cristin

I was Tagged!

Q. Five names you go by:
1. Ashley
2.Mommy
3. Mrs. Purcell
4. Marney (my mom and aunts call me this)
5. Momma Chick (Micheal calls me this)

Q. Three things you are wearing right now:
1. my pink robe
2. houseshoes
3. _______?

Q Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. A new purse
2. A vacation with my family

Q. Two things you did last night:
1. Played with Matthew
2. Went to eat with some friends (we had a sitter)

Q. Two things you ate today:
1. Scrambled eggs
2. Girlscout Shortbread cookies

Q. Two people you last talked to on the phone
1. My mom
2. Carolee

Q. Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to church
2. Play with Matthew

Q. Two longest car rides:
1. Florida with my family as a little girl
2. Mission, Texas so see my brother and sister in law

Q. Two of your favorite beverages:
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Sweet tea

Q. The people you’d like to tag:
Dawson Delights
Briana

Long Time no Post!

So sorry that I haven't posted in a long time. I have been so busy these past couple of weeks.

Nothing much has happened. Matthew is still growing, growing, growing. My parents came down last weekend and surprised us at church. I was walking down the hall and just looked over at the nursery and there were my parents and Matthew. Such a wonderful surprise! I had fixed lunch for after church and then my mom, Matthew and I took our friends daughter Caroline to the park. They had a pretty good time there. It was so nice last Sunday! I would post pictures, but they are on my mom's camera. Her camera takes much better pictures than ours. We really need to get a new one.

Matthew continues to amaze me everyday. He is such a happy little boy. One of the funniest things that he does is start crawling away from me and then want me to chase him. Well I chase him and he stops and looks at me and then takes off again laughing hysterically! It is too cute! I just love him. He had scrambled eggs this morning and he still isn't a big fan of them, he kept trying to share them with me. He even tried to hide some under his highchair seat cover...sneaky little thing.

Well, I better go so I can finish getting ready for the day before he wakes up from his nap. :)

A Few Updates

It has been a few days since I have posted anything here, so I will start with a few updates. I have been meaning to do a Christmas post, but I don't have all the pictures on my camera. So I will just fill you in on many things, because I know you want to know about my exciting life. :)

Matthew turned 9 months old on Christmas day. He had a wonderful Christmas! He loved everything he received, but he still loves the remote control, the phone, plastic water bottles, coasters, the end tables, and everything else that belong to mommy and daddy. Every once in a while his toys will spark an interest and they are greatly enjoyed.

Here are some pictures right before Christmas.

We did lots of traveling at Christmas which is normal for Micheal and I, it is just a little different when you are packing a baby along with you. You pretty much pack the entire house! The day after Christmas, we drove down to visit my brother and sister-in-law in Mission. We like to call it North Mexico. We had a nice visit with them and Matthew enjoyed visiting with them also. Since Matthew had an ear infection, the car ride down there was eventful. The medicine didn't settle too well with his tummy. :(

Micheal and I both went back to work after being off for 2 weeks. It was hard getting back into the swing of things, but it was nice to get back to a schedule. Matthew missed daycare and was glad to be back with all the girls at Mrs. Barbara's house. She really does love Matthew and he loves her and that is very important to Micheal and I.

Matthew had his 9 month check up on Tuesday and his stats are in -- 23 lbs. 2 oz. 29 inches long. What a healthy boy! :) His doctor said that he was "developmentally advanced" and doing wonderfully. Of course, I enjoyed hearing all the nice and good things he was saying about Matthew. We all want the best and hear the best about our children. Before his appointment we had to do some lab work at the hospital and he had to have his finger pricked and it didn't even bother him. I am so glad because I hate seeing him in any type of pain. He is such a strong boy!

Matthew is doing lots of fun and exciting things around the house. Micheal and I are running around like crazy keeping up with him. He pulls up on anything he can get his hands on to, cruising around the furniture, crawling on to and in to anything he can, dancing/bouncing, talking, reading his books, playing his instrument set LOUDLY and laughs at it, and he is very helpful with the laundry. He has been such a joy and blessing to us. It has been so much fun watching him discover new things and explore the world around him. I can't wait for what is to come.

Micheal and I were just talking tonight about what we did with all our time before Matthew was born, and we couldn't think of what we actually did. Of course we could go out to eat at 7:00 or 7:30 and not think it was late, but now...it's LATE!

So far, we have had an awesome New Year. I know that there is more wonderful things to come. God has a wonderful plan for us and we can't wait to see what it is.