Abby...

Making herself comfortable on Matthew's chair after he is in bed of course :)

15 Months - Favorites of Matthew

Thanksgiving - Video with Papa

Thanksgiving at Grandma and Papa's

Baby No 2 - 12 Weeks

Matthew at Basketball Game

Matthew waving to Cavman.  He likes him from far away, but not so sure when he is up close.  He is a little scary looking. 

Grammie made it to the game with us too.

Matthew has something to tell you!!

 Yes, in case you didn't get it by the picture of Matthew... see this picture below...

Yes, we are expecting again and are so very excited!  It is still early, so we could continue to use all prayers!  I will start to show belly pictures again soon.  My 12 Week appointment, ultrasound and early screening test is Tuesday, November 16th :)

CYFS Playgroup

Every couple Wednesdays a month, Matthew and I go volunteer for Child Youth and Family Services through Junior League of Charlottesville. We volunteer for a Hispanic trailer park community which Habitat for Humanity is going to soon renovate and build homes for these families. Matthew and I get to meet with the moms and kids of these families help teach them learning techniques such and fine motor development etc which they can bring back to their home to teach their children. Matthew and I enjoy our time and Matthew gets to play with kids of all ages (babies to pre-school age).

Matthew is 15 Month old TODAY!

Yesterday, Matthew and I went to a morning pajama playdate and Matthew enjoyed his time.  After we headed to Panera to get him a grilled cheese sandwich.  He was finishing it up in the car on the way home and all of a sudden I looked back in my rear view mirror and Matthew was lowering his sandwhich as he was closing his eyes to fall asleep.  He fell asleep eating his grilled cheese; I was laughing :)


Today, we went to his 15 Month Check-Up and here are his stats! :-)

23 lbs and 12 oz – just under 75%

31.25 inches – 75%

Head was still off the charts 

Even though Matthew is still not walking doc said no worries, he will do it in his time and definitely by his 18 month appointment.  He is just not the daredevil yet, but I am ok with that! Love my baby boy! :)

Everyday, we THANK GOD for such a beautiful healthy baby boy!  Being a mom is a miracle I cannot describe.  I so love my job of being a mom!  I love being Matthew's mom and Thank God too for this wonderful opportunity!  

Halloween

Wednesday, Investure, my previous employer, had their Halloween Party which they were so kind to invite me to!  Matthew and I attended and got to see all the cute kids.  Unfortunately, I was a little late on taking the photos so I only got Parrish, Clay and Emmy's baby girl, and Matthew which by that time they were almost out of their costumes.  Parrish will be ONE in December so only a few months younger than Matthew.  But they enjoyed their company.  We had fun and it was great to see my old co-workers too!  Hopefully I get some more pictures from others at the party which I should be able to post as well.  

Tonight, Ryan, Matthew and I all went to the Lawn at UVA and even though we didn't stand in line to trick-or-treat, we strolled around saw some friends, took it all in and Matthew did get a couple pieces of candy and crawled in the leaves on the grass for a bit too.  We did have fun; next year we will try the real trick-or-treating with Matthew since he should definitely be walking by then, ha :)  This walking thing is slowly becoming a joke for us now :) He is such a good crawler and can get anywhere just about so I guess he really doesn't know what he is missing :)