Sorry ladies...

Well, it's official. Matteo is off the market!!

My best friend Erin, and her husband Brent, had a little girl on Thursday, 2/21. Brenah Eileen Parker. Erin & I have already decided they will get married!! So, I guess Matteo doesn't have to date at all...right?! :-)

Will it ever stop??

Ok, so I so excited when Matteo cut his first tooth! My little boy was growing up. But now, these teeth just keep on coming. It took about 3 weeks between his bottom right tooth and his bottom left tooth, which I thought was kind of a long time. So after that second one made an appearance, I thought, good, we're done for a while.

Then, about 3 weeks later one of the top ones made their appearance, along with HORRIBLE diaper rash! The other top one poped thru only about a week and a half later. So good, 4 teeth, we can take a break...right? Not so fast!!

All of the sudden, only about 2 weeks after the last tooth, a slight case of diaper rash appeared and Matteo is a drooling fool. I am pretty sure there's another tooth on it's way out. I think I see the tell tale "white" gum on the upper left hand side. Will this ever end (well, it will eventually) and will my little guy ever get a break!!!

Who needs crawling...

For the past few weeks now, it seems that Matteo is on the verge of crawling. He gets up on all fours, rocks a little bit, reaches his hand out to take a "step", and boom, falls down on his chest. He's no worse for the wear, but just can't quite get the hand leg coordination to get it down.

Well, that hasn't stopped him. This past weekend, he did a lap around our family room. From one end to another, no problem. He also conquered the little step up to our kitchen/dining room too. It's now to the point that while there is no official crawling, we definetly have to keep our eye on him.

He's also found the bottom of his exersaucer! He'll crawl right in and make himself at home! Too cute!!

I'll keep you updated on his mobility status!!

Can't wait for winter to be over...

Ok, I know that we live in the midwest. And I can't really picture January without snow, but I'm really ready to this winter weather to be done. And I'm pretty sure Matteo thinks so too. It's crazy all the little things that kids can pick up. After our ear infection diagnosis last Monday, I figured it was because of the teeth that might be coming in. He didn't have a cold, or runny nose or anything. Well, guess what, a few days later...they made their appearance. I have to say, he's really a trooper b/c you would never know he's sick, but I'm ready to not have to watch him every time he sneezes (b/c you never know what's going to come out of the nose).

Other than that, nothing else too eventful on the baby front. We've made it thru all the veggies for dinner with no food allergies, and now we're working on fruits for breakfast. Still not crawling and no real words, but I really think it's close. We're still waiting on those top teeth to come thru, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy my non-mobile, 2 tooth 7 month old (can you believe it?!)