New Pictures I just got from My Mom...

This is when my mom was here in town to stay with Matthew while I had to work.  It was over Thanksgiving.



Matthew with Mimi and more

Christmas and New Years

We spent our last two weeks of December with Family for Christmas.  We first went down to Raleigh to be with Ryan's family and then we left Abby with his parents and flew out of Raleigh to Cincinnati to see my Dad and his family.  While in Raleigh, we did manage to make a trip to Wake Med ER for Matthew.  I thought he had another ear infection because he cried non-stop for about 5 hrs.  I am not sure what was wrong to this day, but I am going to say it was a combo of him coming down with something so not feeling well along with his separation anxiety.  After arriving in Cincinnati, Matthew still wasn't himself.  He just was crying a whole lot more than normal.  While in Cincinnati, Ryan, Kendra and Kyle attended a Bengals game with my Dad and others he took along.  My Grandma, Matthew and I stayed home becuase it was way too cold out for us!  Matthew, Ryan, Kyle, my Dad and I went to a Xavier Basketball game and then Kyle, Ryan and my Dad attended a UC Basketball game and Xavier, UC and the Bengals all won; a good week for the 'nati :)  towards the end Matthew started getting worse health wise and when we returned we met Ryan's parents at the airport in Raleigh as they had our car packed with Abby and we drove straight to Charlottesville to see Matthew's docs.  He was so sick; his Oxygen level was at 80% and he was so pale and dehydrated.  He had to be on Oxygen and IVs.  The thought he had ammonia, but he had RSV followed by an Ear Infection when we came home.  So, we ended up spending the 31st, 1st, 2nd, and part of the 3rd at Martha Jefferson Hospital Pedeatric Floor.  So that is where we spent our New Years for 2010.  I have pictures to follow.  And now that I am home with Matthew, hopefully my blogging will be better and there will not be such a lapse between postings :)  



Christmas in Raleigh



Christmas in Cincinnati



New Years at MJH



Matthew's 5 Month Birthday at MJH

Matthew was having fun Jumping Today

Today we took an adventure. We explored after our big snow. :)

And here is a video too!

First Videos with the Flip

We are officially SNOWED in! :)

Record Snow in Charlottesville! Around 2 feet. Enjoy the pictures, a few fun videos to come! :) Started last night around 4:30pm. And it is still snowing with beautiful big snowflakes!

Matthew's Last Week & Day at Day Care

Yes, I pulled the trigger and I quit my job at Investure. Yesterday was my last day and I am now officially a stay-at-home MOM plus some part time work on the side. Investure could not have been nicer to me leaving and their understanding was amazing. I was truly blessed and lucky to have worked for a wonderful company. Hopefully I can come back to help them again someday. It was sad to leave as I loved everyone I worked with, but at the same time I am excited to be here for Matthew and see his development. I think for a while it will just feel like vacation as Ryan is home with us until after the new year. We are looking forward to Matthew's first Christmas and New Years! Below are some pictures of Matthew with his teachers and some classmates at Daycare and then some of him on his own of his last day and week.

VAF Christmas Party

Our Visit to See Dave, Lisa and Dylan

We tried to do some Christmas shopping at the outlet malls, but it turned into just shopping for Matthew :)

Matthew's 4 Month Birthday

Matthew is 4 Months Old TODAY! :) He weighed 16 lbs 10 oz and was around 24 inches and still a big head:). He is in the 95 percentile for everything!