Funny Faces

Whenever Matthew sees the camera, he makes the craziest faces! Here are a few examples

Confirmation and other stuff

Today was Nick's confirmation at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church (you really need to say/read that name with a Scandinavian accent ie Lut-er-an) They had a nice ceremony and 13 kids were all confirmed together and are now considered adults in the church. Afterwards, we had David's family over for Belgian waffles, sausage and pumpkin pie. Here's a picture of Nick with Katie and Sue

Matthew is really going to town in his new Jumperoo. He will jump for a while and squeal at whatever catches his attention, then go back to jumping

Bugs are delicious!

Matthew tried to eat the face off of his Glow Bug - the Bug didn't mind, he just kept singing the whole time

And here is another picture of Matthew with his Mommy - just for Sophia!

Matthew wore out his Jumperoo!

After a month of jumping, the old Jumperoo had a serious lean to it. We picked out a new Jumperoo that spins and has lots of lights to keep a busy 6-month old occupied (and gives Mom a little break too!) Our favorite is when Matthew is jumping up to catch the red bird and he keeps closing his eyes because he comes so close!

You can tell how much fun he's having by how much drool is on his shirt!

Stay off the sidewalks - Nick has his driver's license!

After some last minute parallel parking practice, Nick passed his driver's exam and is now a licensed driver! Mom can't wait to start sending him out on errands!

Happy Birthday to Nick!

We had a fun time this weekend celebrating Nick's 16th birthday with David's family. Matthew liked jumping from one aunt or uncle to another :) Nick liked getting presents and eating ice cream cake.

Wooly Worms

To answer the questions about Wooly Worms, they predict the weather. The more brown they have, the milder the winter. The more black, the harsher the winter. If the Wooly Worm is all black, you might as well move to Florida until spring!

During our walk today, Matthew and Mama didn't see any Wooly Worms. I think they were confused by the thunder storm and 75 degree weather!

October in MN - bundle up!!!

Matthew and Mama had a nice walk today. It was windy but the sun was shining. We saw a lot of wooly worms that had medium sized brown stripes - guess that means that we'll have an average winter.

Hi Sophia!!!!

Thanks for the books Sophia! Matthew really likes the Baby Einstein book - we read it twice already today!

And because Sophia was wondering where Matthew's Mommy was, here is a picture of Nick, Matthew and Mom from the State Fair last month.

Big-time weekend fun

On Saturday, Mama and Matthew went to visit friends. Matthew played with his buddy Trevor all afternoon!

And then Sunday night, we were ready to cheer on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Matthew was yelling "Hey Big Ben, don't fall down so much this week" (this was a direct translation)

Shhh! sleepy boy in the house!

It's been an interesting week - Matthew has decided that he doesn't like his bottle, which means that he's been waking up hungry at night. Seems like real food tastes better but he's not big enough to switch over completely. Being up at nights, means that the little guy is taking longer naps during the day - he's a side sleeper!