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Thursday
Sep022010

Momma's Boy

I've been trying for weeks now to have Matthew let me put him to sleep at night, but all he wants it Mommy!  Tonight he did his little fake cry, saying he wanted to hug Mommy.  I told him to call her, but he said for me to call her instead.  When she came in, Mommy said "what do you want buddy?" "to go in your bed" he answered very casually. Of course, she said no, and took him to read him stories and rock him.  I went back in see them after a few minutes, and he was lying against mommy, saying "Mommy, you give the best kisses.  You're the best Mommy in the whole world!"

Tuesday
Aug312010

Just Like Daddy

On Saturday I was giving Matthew a bath before we went out to a wedding (a bath that he didn't even cry or wimper once when I washed his hair, I might add!) and he was trying to put his frog under the shower curtain (the water was high enough so that the curtain touched the edge of the water and would hold the frog in place).  He said the frog was cold and that's why he was putting him there.  I took the facecloth we use to wash his eyes and ears and gave it to him to put on the froggy as a blanket.  During this whole ordeal, he turned to me at one point and said "Daddy, when I grow up, I want to be just like you."  That gave me such an amazing feeling, it's just indescribably.  Now all I have to do is get it on tape so I can show him when he's 18 and says he hates my guts and wants to be nothing like me!

Wednesday
Aug112010

Wow!

Today we had our 4 month appointment with the OB.  The nurse came in and used the doppler on my stomach to find the baby's heartbeat.  When the nurse had the doppler on my belly Matthew was concerned asking me if it hurt.  I told him that it didn't hurt.  When the nurse left he asked me if I was ok and then asked where the doctor was.  Matthew then told us that my stomach was going to open like an oven and the baby is going to come out.  His thoughts always amaze us especially when we have never talked about the baby coming out or anything like that.  Wow!

Friday
Aug062010

All By Himself!

For a few weeks now Matthew's been able to open the mini bar fridge we have and get himself an apple juice box.  He would usually get two, one for himself and one for me or Mommy.  A few days ago, he separated the straw package from the box himself before giving it to me, and was so happy with himself that he was able to do it.  Last night, he got one for himself, but this time didn't want Mommy to help him open it, so he stood at the couch in the family room and meticulously opened the plastic wrapper on the straw and tried putting it in.  At first, he had some difficulty, and tried other sides of the box, but Mommy told him "you have to put it in the little hole" and he said "But it won't fit."  She told him to try again, and he succeeded.  "I did it!" he said, excited.  When I congratulated him, he asked "You want one tooooo?"

Friday
Aug062010

Feeling Good

Last night Matthew was dying to go into the basement...or, as he calls it sometimes, the spacement.  While down there, I pulled out my guitar and started playing I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas (something Andre had shown me on the weekend at the cottage).  At first, Matthew ran all over the basement as I played and sang, and then he found the Rockband microphone, and in traditional punk-rock fashion, with both fists clenched around it, he pressed it to his mouth and started happily chanting "feeling good!  Feeling good! Feeling good!"