Well, the Saldanas have made it to Texas. We arrived last Wednesday and it's been an interesting week and a half so far. Gilbert started work on Monday and that was interesting in and of itself. He says he's bored most of the day and there was a bit of miscommunication regarding his position. We also have not yet moved into our house and we're having all kinds of problems with that. We're hoping to be in our home sometime before next weekend, whether it's the one we've been trying to purchase or it's a lease.

We had been staying with some friends who have three kids of their own and it was complete chaos. We were initially supposed to stay with them one night but seeing as our housing situation wasn't completely figured out it turned into a week and a half. We decided that we needed to give them their home back so we left there yesterday. Lucky for us, another couple in the church is in Australia for a month visiting family and they offered up their place for us to stay in during the transition. We decided to take them up on it and while Matthew still didn't sleep through the night last night, it was the best sleep I've had in a week and a half.

Speaking of Matthew, he is huge. He probably weighs almost 18lbs now. When we packed up all of our belongings his jumperoo was on the first setting and his feet couldn't reach the ground. The family whose home we're staying in has a little boy a couple of months older than Matthew and he has the same jumperoo on the same setting. When we put Matthew in it today his feet touched the ground. He's getting big =). He is also cutting some teeth. I can see 3 teeth just under his gums and I can actually feel one poking through. Hopefully they'll come in soon so my little guy won't be in anymore pain.

Well, that's all for now. Hopefully next time I update we'll be in our home (wherever that is) and I'll be able to upload some new pictures!

No pictures today. Gilbert, Matthew, and I are staying at Gilbert's mom's house this week while we're in transition from California to Texas. All of our belongings are on their way to Texas right now. Gilbert drives out Tuesday morning with our friend, Sean. Matthew and I fly out Wednesday morning with my friend, Dani, and her son, Luke.

Matthew had his 4 month check up yesterday and he got his shots, too. He weighed in at 16lbs 9oz and he's 25in tall. He's in the 75th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height. My boy is short and fat =). The doctor said he looks perfect. He handled his shots fairly well. He was fussy for a little bit but he was back to himself by last night.

Tomorrow we head down to San Diego for my birthday and for a "last hoorah" with some of our friends. We're looking forward to it and hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post once we get settled in our new house! We'll be Texans in less than a week!!!

Well, Matthew made it through his first cold. He did well for the most part. He had just started sleeping through the night when he got sick so he was a little thrown off. He did sleep through the night last night, though, so hopefully we're getting back on track. He has been a bit fussier than normal the last few days. Some people have told me he must be teething but I'm not convinced. I'm just trying to keep my little man as content as possible. Here are some new pictures from the last week:







Seeing as Gilbert, Matthew and I will be moving to Texas soon, my parents decided it was time to take some family pictures. We took advantage of the opportunity and asked the photographer to take some picture of Matthew by himself. We're pretty happy with the shots he took. Here are a few of them:















More pictures next week! =)

Well... Matthew has his first cold. Luckily he's not feeling horrible but he's definitely congested. He's no fan of the nasal aspirator or saline drops but he's been in a good mood for the most part. He has his 4 month shots in a couple of weeks. Poor kid.



This was after everyone played with the "crackers" at Uncle Marks' house:


I couldn't bring myself to put pants on him the day that he wore this onesie. It cracked me up:


I've found a way to keep him entertained for a few minutes during tummy time. Such a vain boy:


I made myself a burrito

It's been a couple of weeks and I have lots of pictures to share. Matthew is now 3 months old. He weighs about 15 lbs and is about 25 inches long. He has slept through the night 3 nights in the last week. I'm hoping he starts sleeping through the night every night soon. He's cooing and smiling a lot. We're having fun with our boy and we're enjoying watching him grow. Here are some new everyday pictures:











Here are the pictures from Matthew's first Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents' house and Christmas Day at Gilbert's mom's house. Here are the pictures from Christmas Eve:









Christmas morning at home:











Christmas Day at Grandma's:









Here he is the day after Christmas trying out the jumperoo Mom and Dad gave him:

Matthew snores =). You'll have to turn the volume up a bit to hear it.


Turn the volume back down a little before watching this one. Matthew sneezing and smiling =)


Matthew "talking" to me

Well, Matthew slept almost 9 hours straight last night!!! He has his last feeding of the day at 9pm and he usually wakes up around 3am to eat but last night he slept through it. I woke up at 5:15 and realized he hadn't woken up at all. I checked on him and he was still sound asleep. He didn't wake up until 6:15! I usually feed him at 7am and we start our day so that wasn't too bad. I'm hoping this becomes a habit and he actually makes it all the way to 7am.



Matthew didn't want to wake up for his diaper change and last feeding. I set him down on his changing pad and he rolled onto his side and kept sleeping. Silly boy.


More of my happy little penguin =)




My little stinker