I can't believe our Little Man has gone from this...
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| 1-year-old |
... to this, in just a year. This year's stats: Weight - 26 lbs, 2 oz (25%); Length - 35 in (75%). Click on the previous picture for last year's stats.
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| 2-year-old |
He barely batted an eye as the squeezed his finger and took his blood, but he still screamed bloody murder when we put him on the table with the crinkly paper. The horrible crinkly paper.
The next day we had to get loaded up to head to Savannah. Matthan had been begging me "go to beach!" since we had taken him for the first time a month ago. He would wake up in the morning or after a nap and the first words out of his mouth were "Go to beach?". I made the mistake of telling him "yes, we are going to the beach" because explaining to him that we were going in a month, or two weeks, or two days was so. so. futile. Every. day. for. a. month... "Go to beach?". Repeat 100 times a day.
Since we would be celebrating The Hubs' birthday in Savannah as well, I decided to make him his favorite cake and take it with us. Homemade red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. It looked like a crime scene in my kitchen.
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| Housewife in the kitchen with the measuring cup and spatula |
We usually travel at night, so I had decided that Little Man needed to get some air before being stuck in the car for several hours. It seemed like a good idea, but I did not account for all the sand, or the needed bath afterwards.
A little girl sat down next to him and started pouring on his shoe to which Matthan replied "Thank you!".
We loaded up the car with all the necessities including "Puppy", "blankey", books, and "new puppy" (the stuffed dog my dad gave him for his birthday).
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| The Happy Traveler with Puppy on left and New Puppy on right |
In addition to celebrating birthdays, we headed to Savannah for the baptisms of two adorable babies, one of which The Hubs had been asked to be the Godfather.
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| Praying for the babies on their special day |
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| We ended up being the first ones there |
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| Little Man fell asleep on the way to the reception |
The main part of the meal following the baptisms was delayed, but Little Man was taken care of by his three doting cousins who supplied him with crackers and juice and never let either go empty. His oldest cousin informed me that "Baby Matthan's plate looks low" (he had about 5 crackers) before darting off to resupply. :)
We celebrated with The Hubs' family at his parents house...where "Baby Matthan" was in no short supply of food there either thanks to his cousins (and grandparents ;) ).
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| Cousins Joey, Sophia, Ava, and Matthan |
We celebrated both birthdays. The Hubs was kind to share his celebration with Little Man so that his family wouldn't miss out on doting on Matthan for his birthday.
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| The finished red velvet cake |
Both boys received lovely gifts from everyone including a sand box which we magically stuffed into our car (just barely). We have not set this up at home yet, because we are potty training... and I just think that is a bad idea (we will soon Grandma and Grandpa!).
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| I got caught taken pics of him :) |
It was FINALLY beach day, and after breakfast I excitedly told Matthan "Ok buddy, let's get dressed and go to the beach!!!", to which he replied "NOOOOO!!!!" and ran away from me. Two-year-olds. He was very happy once we got to the beach. We managed to take no pictures. Sorry.
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| A sleepy boy after a long weekend |
It was a wonderful week of birthdays!
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| Finally home :) |
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate!
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