The past few wks have been really busy with 30th bday celebrations, Matthew accomplishments, and we had a doggy guest stay w/us for a week.
My 30th bday was really nice. Phil invited my gf's over for a few drinks. Its funny to see how much we've all changed over the yrs. Normally we would've wrapped things up at a nice 2am, all the while having the radio playing, the blender going, and all sorts of crazy laughs. This time around, we (I) was too tired to whip out the blender (LOL), we just sat around the table & talked about life now which is old age + dirty diapers, and by 10pm, we were all done for the night. LOL After the 10pm wrap up, Beth, Juney & I hit a few bars in Lowell. It was (finally) a nice night out with regards to weather so walking around downtown Lowell was nice. =)
We had some big Matthew accomplishments over the past 2 wks. He is officially walking and today, perhaps inspired by the olympic games, he decided to climb on top of the coffee table and (with Mommy's help) leap off, and back up, and leap off, and on & on we went. Yes, my baby is now climbing all over the tables in the house. LOL
Then we had a doggy guest stay for the week, Abby. Abby is my brother's dog, she's a beagle & she is super sweet. BUT she did pee in the house, tried escaping from the fenced yard, and helped us to discover a bees nest which swarmed & stung me- and that was within for the 3 hrs. HAHA! But once she got settled, she was fine. She was a little nervous around Matthew but she did ok with him. She loved to snuggle with me. She eventually bonded with Brady and she would either play with him, spoon with him, or use him as step stool to get to bigger/better things.
I had a really crappy start to the wk. Nothing big, just one of "those days". Today was bad weather - AGAIN - I had to talk to a super annoying person (try giving computer software tech support to someone who doesnt know what "click on this" means- who instead asks "U mean left-click or right-click??" uuummm yeeaaaahhh) so that pushed on my already short patience. Then on my way home from work, fortunately I had my window down b/c a rock flew into the window, grazed my head, and crashed into the backseat of the car. Little scary!
Which brings us to now. As most of you know, Matthew is a very independent, very mobile kid. He doesn't like to be helped, or to sit still. Tonight tho, he created his little "leaping off the coffee table" game so at least I got to actively
help him do something, then, surprisingly, he sat on my lap and let me read an entire book to him!! Which totally made my day. Of course, as soon as the book was done, he was done sitting still and he went on to explore and play. He walked around the house holding Pooh bear with no hands! Yep, he held onto Pooh bear by biting Pooh bear's nose and holding onto him with his teeth.
Then he sat on the floor and played with an empty juice bottle where he amazed himself (and me too) with his understanding of how to screw the cap on & off. He's just the best!!
