Well, the boy just keeps getting bigger and bigger. In the last week Matthew has started sitting up on his own for 5-10 minutes at a time, had his first bottle, got a "big boy" car seat, tried sweet potatoes, had playtime with his buddy, Elijah, and watched his first Dodgers game with Dad.



Here he is getting his first bottle. I only gave him 1.5oz the first time around in case he didn't want the bottle. I think this boy could care less where his food comes from as long as it ends up in his tummy. He has had 2 more bottles since and he already holds it by himself.





Matthew is such a ham. He's figured out that he's supposed to look at the camera when the orange light turns on and he has even started smiling or making a silly face most of the time.



Matthew and Elijah have stared at each other before but they've never actually interacted with each other. We decided to put them on the floor together and see how it went. Within a couple of minutes they were reaching for each other and trying to play with each other. It was hilarious.









Matthew has just about reached the weight limit on his infant carrier so we went and bought him his "big boy" car seat. It's so funny to see him go from looking huge in his car seat to looking tiny. We joke that it's his throne because it's so well padded and so big. He's still faces the rear of the car and he will until he's a year old. They can face forward once they reach 20lbs AND 1 year. I think he's content in the mean time because he sees himself in his little mirror.



Sweet potato! It was a hit. I would definitely say he liked it better than the green beans. Check out the sweet potato face









Here's another example of Matthew hamming it up for the camera. Gilbert has started calling him "honeybaked" because of the faces he makes for the camera. I set him in his jumperoo and he made all kinds of fun faces.











Yesterday was opening day at Dodger stadium. We have signed up for the MLB package so that we don't have to wait for the Dodgers to play the Astros in order to see a game. Matthew got to watch the game with his daddy and he even wore his Dodgers hat. His onesie says "Little Rookie". I wish I had planned it but I didn't realize he was wearing a baseball onesie until I started taking pictures of him.

Well, the stinker has moved on from peas and has now tried green beans. He definitely was not a fan of green beans the first time around. I think now he's starting to get used to them. I call him a stinker, not only because of dirty diapers but also because he kept making the funniest faces and trying to spit out the green beans... until I turned on the camera. He ate whatever I gave him when the camera was pointed at him but as soon as I turned it off he clamped his mouth shut. He's such a ham. Here's a little video of his first taste of green beans:



AS I said before, he was definitely more open to the green beans today. He ate his entire serving and when I went to take a picture of him, this is what he gave me:





This next one was taken yesterday while he was playing in his high chair:



I think this one is just cute because he's playing with one of his "new" toys. He actually got it for Christmas but I waited to open it until recently.

Matthew is 6 months old! My mom came out to be with him on his 1/2 birthday and we had a busy weekend. We spent Friday shopping for Matthew, Saturday was spent passing out door hangers for our church, and Sunday was our church's official launch. It was a busy weekend and poor Matthew was worn out. I also managed to get sick somewhere along the way. Thank goodness my mom is still here and she's helping me with Matthew.

Here are some new pictures:





Matthew was introduced to Daddy's drums last week and he seemed to like them:







Matthew on St. Patrick's Day:



Matthew's Grammy (Gilbert's mom) sent this costume for Matthew. He wore it a couple of times but he wasn't too fond of it so it didn't make it to Easter:



Matthew and Grandma:



Matthew got his first solids this weekend. He got peas. Soon he'll get some green beans. He wasn't thrilled of being strapped into his high chair at first and wasn't quite sure what to think of the peas. He started to enjoy them fairly quickly though.















Here's Matthew opening his Easter basket from Grammy:

Our boy weighs about 20 lbs!!! Which means we have to buy him a new car seat in the next couple of weeks. The weight limit on his infant car seat is 22lbs... He's definitely not the same skinny baby I brought home from the hospital.

He is rolling over!!! I think I may have mentioned it last week but I finally got it on video.





Still no teeth even though he's biting down on everything. He'll have his first taste of solids this week. My mom is coming out from California for Matthew's 6 month birthday and Gilbert has the day off because it's Good Friday. It'll be a fun day.

Other than that, we're pretty much settled into our house but we're still putting up finishing touches and cleaning up. We'll post pictures soon!

Well, it's been a while. We're finally in our house and I can finally post pictures again! That means that those of you who got the email with the pictures last week won't have much new to see this week. Sorry about that.

Matthew is rolling over now!!! I had him playing on the living room floor yesterday and I went into the kitchen to make myself a sandwich. I could hear him making noises and then all of a sudden he started crying. I went back into the living room to check on him and found him on his stomach. I got him to roll over in front of me about 3 times later on in the day. He even rolled over for his daddy. Matthew has decided he likes to be naked. Well, not entirely naked as he can't be trusted without a diaper. He likes to spray when he's exposed. As soon as I undress him he's an entirely different baby. He's still working on balancing to sit on his own but he's getting there. We're also working on his daytime naps. He sleeps at night with no problems but naps are a bit of a struggle. We're getting there, though.

Matthew will be 6 months old 2 weeks from tomorrow =)

































And finally... HOME: