Howdy

Matt's orange overalls kept reminding me of a farmer all day long, so I broke out a cowboy hat from a past Halloween and plopped it on his head! He is at the point where he can repeat pretty much anything, so I taught him to say "howdy." It was quite adorable!

Dance Dance Dance

Matthew just might not take after his mom and dad, neither of whom can dance:

I love movies about trucks!

The best purchase of 2009 so far is our new truck movie! We discovered a clip of this movie online at YouTube.com while searching for videos about trucks. It is simply footage of real working construction trucks with a silly songs about each one. And it makes Matthew sit still, for a half hour, which is truly an amazing feat! This was one of the first times he watched it, and as you can see in the video, he was completely enraptured!

New Hat

While shopping last week, Matthew picked out something for himself for the very first time. He grabbed it off the shelf and ran over and held it up to me. I put it on his head and there it stayed for the next three hours! It was a blue baseball cap, it fit perfectly, and he absolutely loves it! We don't, though it is adorable, simply because he just looks so grown up in it! He is turning into a little boy too fast...where did our baby go?

Lunch Time

Just an adorable video of Matthew eating lunch...and being cute!

Is it spring time yet?

Matthew has been such a good boy so far this winter when it comes to bundling up to go outside. He knows that after a few minutes in the car, mom will let him take off his mittens so he toughs it out until then. He has even learned to carry his truck or suck his lollipop with mittens on! Occasionally he'll try to pull of his hat but he's usually pretty good about leaving that on too. But man, it sure is a pain and we both can't wait until we don't need to put on anything to go out that door!

Matthew has been saying new words everyday. His list of words includes: kitty, hot, baby, hat, hi, bye, nanny, daddy, ball, out, down, mouth, and his very most favorite, no! :-) He says no to everything, all day long. If you ask, "Do you want to go outside" he'll say, "No." And then you ask, "So you want to stay inside" and he'll say, "No." It's actually quite cute!