It's been a big week in Matthew's life. We have a crawler! It's not his preferred way of getting around yet but he did it. He has also started pulling up on things onto his knees and he's going from laying down to sitting up on his own. I've been uploading the video of him crawling all afternoon. Apparently the site I'm using has had some insane traffic tonight and it's literally taken about 5 hours to get it online. So, here are some pictures while I finish waiting for the video to upload.

My clean boy with one of his favorite toys



Matthew tried avocado for the first time and he wasn't a big fan of it. I will be giving it to him again in hopes that he'll take to it. Here's the picture



And here's the video of the avocado


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Here he is pulling up on his table





SO cute



So the Celtics and the Lakers in the finals means that the entire family gets Celtics jerseys. Here's a picture of the three of us in our jerseys. Matthew was trying to get down and move around. Don't mind my big hair. I'm trying to nurse it back to health since I know I won't be able to avoid curly hair in the humidity.



The Celtics won as I typed that.

Matthew and Gilbert were hard at work yesterday morning.



Auntie Val got Matthew this shirt when he was a month old and it finally fits. Our kid is so cute.



Here's a video of Gilbert making Matthew laugh.


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Aaaaaaaaaand here's the video of him crawling =)


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We're back! My brother is married. I have a new sister. The weirdest thing... we came to the realization that we're definitely Texans now. Being in California was strange. We were both ready to come home not long after we got there. We did enjoy seeing the family and friends we had time to see. Matthew didn't do well with the busy schedule at all. I don't think I've ever seen him so unhappy. Poor thing. He was tired all week, he only got a couple of good naps while we were there, and he didn't recognize anyone who tried to hold him. Hopefully Gilbert and I will handle all of that better when we go back in 3 weeks.

Morning with Grandpa



He LOVES playing with the laptop



Gilbert and I decided to get Matthew's hair cut while we were there. We kept it long, but we trimmed all of the super long hair in the back and evened out the top. It definitely looks neater. He did so good during the haircut, too.









Check out the cool car he got to sit in



Playing with Daddy in the morning



Ready to go to the bridesmaid luncheon with Mommy



All dressed up to impress the ladies



Me and my Mom



Getting kisses from an older woman. This was the flower girl (Elizabeth's neice)



He passed out in the stroller while Daddy was picking up his tux



Weddings are exhausting





Me and my brother on his wedding day



Now that the Celtics and the Lakers are in the finals, my dad decided to bring out the old jacket to give Gilbert a hard time



Me and my boy ready for the wedding



Matthew and Gretchen ready for the wedding



Matthew and Auntie Elizabeth. Isn't she gorgeous?



My handsome men



Matthew and Grammy



Happy boy on the way to take bridal party pictures





Playing with his twin in the mirror



I think he scared himself







With Grandpa Alfred



Well, we got home around 1:30PM our time and our friends, Bruce, Vicki, and Elijah picked us up from the airport. Bruce is so thoughtful that he took the time to make signs for his car to welcome us home. I wish I had thought to take a picture of them. The said, "Seat reserved for Lakers fans only". We laughed and then threw them away. Matthew and Elijah enjoyed the ride back to our house together.



This is how Gilbert and Matthew spent the rest of the afternoon

I think the anticipation of flying by myself with Matthew today has me up early. We have a stop in Phoenix. This should be interesting. I woke up at 4:30... which isn't so bad... but then I realize that that's 2:30 California time and I think I'm going to be paying for it later today. Hopefully Matthew will cooperate and nap on one of the flights.

Well, here's home. We don't have pictures of our bedroom, the empty bedroom upstairs, or the bathrooms (who wants to see bathrooms anyway?). I was packing when Gilbert was taking pictures so our room was a total mess. So... We are the Saldanas and welcome to our crib (sorry, I had to):

The boy scouts came and put a flag up for Memorial Day


Living Room



The new furniture




Matthew trying out Daddy's new oversized chair


Dining Room



Kitchen



Eating area in kitchen



Our bedroom is also downstairs, but as I said, it was a mess.

Backyard



On to the upstairs

Game Room



Guest Room



Matthew's room







Gilbert's "Office"





Well, that's home.

Now for some gratuitous pictures of Matthew =)