Happy Mother's Day

Today is mother's day and Matthew was fortunate to spend it with "Nanna" Grandma Snider, and "Nawnaw" Great Grandma Harrod. Matthew was a trouper all weekend because his naps and bedtime routine were not on schedule.

On Friday, we had our first parent-teacher conference at the daycare. Ms Jessica told us that Matthew's favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. She told us that he is making progress on eating real food (he reverted back to baby food for a stint but just this week he is eating more real food). He still takes a bottle and so we are working on that area. Ms. Jessica told us that Matthew takes the toys and puts them away vs crying like the other kids - we were very proud of this one. She also mentioned that he took his first baby steps on Friday while trying to give Preston a high five. The steps were tiny but it was a big accomplishment and proved he was mentally prepared to walk.

After the parent-teacher conference, we picked up Nawnaw fromt he airport and Nanna and Grandpa Snider and Uncle Mike drove into town about the same time. Matthew was tired and took a little nap and then woke up to all the family. We went to Fernandos for tex-mex and Matthew stayed up past his bedtime. He ate chips, chicken enchiladas, rice, beans, and corn tortillas.

On Saturday, the girls went to the mall with Matthew while the guys played golf. It was a nice treat for me to shop while Nanna and Nawnaw watched Matthew. There was an area with a couch in the middle of the mall and Matthew was down on the rug playing with other kids and enjoying being out of the stroller for a while. We took some pictures with Matthew and then while we were reviewing them, he took a couple of tiny baby steps. We were thrilled with excitement. He stopped after we made some noise.

Once we got home, Grandpa held his arms out for Matthew to come to him and then moved back and Matthew took his first steps (3-4 big steps in a row). He did it several times before he decided that he didn't want to do that anymore. We went to Pappadeaux's for dinner and stayed out way past Matthew's bedtime. He ate crawfish, shrimp, potatoes, corn, and dirty rice.

On Sunday, we went to Babe's chicken. We certainly ate well this weekend. Matthew's nap was interrupted but he did pretty good. He was dancing to the hookey pookey song and eating chicken, potatoes, corn, and green beans.

Matthew gave me a nice Mother's Day card with his signature and drawing. It contained a couple of gift cards to Chili's in there, too. I had to post it because it was so sweet.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and a special wish to Grandma Durkin and Grandma Bruce.