Goodbye February....a month in review

It has been a good fun filled month with storytime, playgroup, visiting teaching, trips to Once Upon a Child and other stores to let Matthew run around, and as of last night, one sick boy. Matthew threw up last night so we are stuck inside today on one of the warmest days we've had for awhile. Luckily he seems to be doing fine and it wasn't too bad. Hopefully he is all done today; I don't do too well with throw up. I get sympothy pains and really felt like I was going to throw up last night too. I also have dug out all the pictures and have started doing my scrapbook a few days ago. I've got to get going or it's never going to happen. I want to do a family one and one for each of the kids. Glen's parents came the day before Valentines Day and watched the kids while Glen and I went shopping and out to eat at PF Changs (one of our favorites). Here are a LOT of pictures from this last month I think.

Taylor isn't sitting up really although the picture looks like it. She can hold herself for a little bit. I can't wait for her to sit up. It makes them so happy I think. She has been a little more needy lately because she hates being on her back and wants a lot of attention so it will be great when she can sit.

One of Taylor's many funny faces. Her little tounge is always doing something goofy.

Matthew wanted to give Taylor a ride in his shopping cart. Taylor seemed to really like it.

We got a Wii for Christmas and Matthew likes the boxing. It is pretty funny to watch.

I layed Taylor in bed with Matthew after he woke up from his nap. I love this picture. It reminds me of a picture I have with my brother Nolan when we were a little older than these too right now.

We're so glad when daddy comes home. Matthew especially loves his dad and gets so excited when he sees him out the window coming home from school

Babies holding their toes is one of the cutest things

Laundry Time....So much fun!

Matthew can be a great helper sometimes and last Friday he helped me gather up all the dirty clothes upstairs and we decided to throw each of them one by one down the stairs. Matthew then thought it would be fun to jump off the stairs into the HUGE pile of clothes at the bottom of the stairs. He did this over and over and over. It was so cute and Taylor and I just watched. I was impressed with my camera skills to get some good action shots.

We Love Matthew!!

I made this awhile ago and just haven't posted it yet. I thought this would be a good time since Matthew has been driving me a little crazy lately. I have been wanting to do a little slide show of Matthew and tell everyone a little more about him since his birthday. Matthew is my little buddy. I feel like we are so close and I love him so much. He is such a fun boy and has such a neat personality. He loves one on one attention and loves to play with Glen and I. He loves playing tag and throwing our beach ball around the house. He is so cute sometimes with his toy animals; he will put them to bed which he also tried to do with me today. I was in his room and he said "mommy, wanna take a nap? I said sure. He sings me a song and walks out of the room saying blow me a kiss and I'm going to leave now, love you. It is so cute! He is very good at pretending and would do it all day with me if I had time to do that. Here are some of the things he does to pretend:


-We sit on the end of the couch and pretend it is our car. We drive to California to visit aunt Holly a lot and get off and take a nap on the beach. We stop at red lights and go on green. Other hot spots that we visit are the toy store and best buy???


-We fix things a lot. We get wood upstairs and build his bed and we fix the tires on our car and fill them up with air. Lately we don't get very far when driving because we have to stop for gas every 2 seconds. Glen gives him money to buy Glen treats in the gas station.

-He goes grocery shopping and cooks us breakfast with his kitchen stuff.

A lot of his toys don't get that much attention sometimes because he just wants to pretend. It makes it a little hard for me sometimes but is so cute. I am always amazed by his imagination.

Matthew is very strong willed and determined. He knows exactly what he wants and works very hard to get it. He hates long sleeved shirts and it is a battle to ever get one on him. He wants to wear his summer-time shirts as he calls them and would wear shorts too if I would let him


Matthew is a very sweet boy and loves his family. He is always concerned with how we are doing and usually says please and thank you. He gives us kisses at night and tells us he loves us. Sometimes I will come downstairs and he will say, cool shoes mommy, or you look pretty mommy, or nice shirt mommy. Matthew can be very quiet and shy at times but at home he goes non stop and is always talking. He can say long sentences and we can hold conversations for a long time. He says funny things everyday. He has never really been obsessed with any toy but has to sleep with his dinosaur or teddy bear. He is a pretty good eater and will try most things. He loves yogurt, cheese, any fruit, and most vegetables. We struggle to get him to eat meat sometimes. Silly kid I know!! His favorite movies are Finding Nemo and Ratatiouille. Matthew is an early riser, around 6:00. He is very interested in knowing what everything is around him and also wants to know peoples names. He is a very happy boy and we are so thankful for him.

Still covered with snow

Matthew really loved playing in the snow and mostly shoveling it. This was 3 weeks ago at least and the snow is still here. It did get above freezing for two days but didn't melt all that much.

I went to a tutu making party and made this one for Taylor. It was so easy and I'm excited to make another one sometime. It won't actually fit her until she's at least one but Glen was the one who decided to try it on her anyway. Thanks to Jenny Snow for showing us how.

Saturday mornings

This winter I have had to be really creative to keep Matthew busy since we can't be outside most of the time and can't go to the grocery store or other stores all the time. This was a Saturday morning and Glen was at school studying. Matthew loves playing with the couch cushions making slides, forts, and jumping on them. I decided to line them all up and make a softer landing he could jump into. I have a video that I will put up sometime. After doing it many times himself, he wanted Taylor to have a turn. Taylor is a good sport to always let me move her in different ways to do things with Matthew. So Taylor got to trot down our runway too and jump into the cushions. She really likes looking at Matthew and playing with him.

So happy to be playing with Matthew

I was cleaning the kitchen and Matthew told me he was going to go to the grocery store. He put on socks, gloves, and a hat and found my purse. I didn't know he was being serious about it until he opened the door to go to the garage. He looks ready for 10 degree weather doesn't he?

I have been working on our food storage ever since our Bishop gave us a challenge to go a week without going to the grocery store. I know this sounds a little funny to my family members who live 30 minutes from a grocery store. I have it nicely organized but Matthew likes to use it as his grocery store. He gets his little shopping cart and fills it up with groceries and then brings them to me. I guess it occupies him for quite awhile so I can't complain.