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?!)

It's not easy...getting teeth...

Poor Matteo. This teething thing is kicking his butt...literally. It all began Saturday when I spoted a white line in his mouth. I felt up there and felt the very tip of a tooth poking thru. He wasn't acting fussy or anything, so I was very excited.

Fast forward to Sunday, still not a lot of fuss, but he had started pullin at his left ear, usually a sure sign of ear infection. Great. To top it off, he also broke out in a horrible case of diaper rash! He was crying every time we changed his diaper. And, I'm not talking about whimpering. No, it's the full on, I'm-in-pain, mom-why-are-you-doing-this-to-me, cry. The kind of cry that bring moms to tears. My poor baby.

Monday we took a quick trip to the doctor, and sure enough it's an ear infection, so back on amoxicycilian he went. They also gave me this concoction of diaper rash stuff for his bottom. It's a combination of Desitan, Mylanta and Aquaphor ointment. It's kind of gross to mix up, but I'm hoping it works. You never feel so helpless until your baby is crying and there's nothing you can do about it!

Keep your fingers crossed...it works!

It's all about the dress

Well, Matteo has officially been initiated. This past weekend we got Matteo baptised. Neither Sean nor I go to church on a regular basis, and always feel guilty about it, but seeing as how we're both Catholic, it was something we needed to do.

The real motivation to do this was the fact that my family has a antique baptismal gown that my great grandma Lillian Hill made. It was made back in 1910 for my grandma and her sisters. Since then over 100 babies have been baptised in it; including my dad and my brother and me; and the dress has traveled all over the US and even to Europe.

It's really a priceless antique heirloom...and here we are putting an infant in it! Needless to say, I was very nervous. I had an emergency burp cloth nearby and did our best to keep him distracted from the fragile lace. One quick quiz from the priest (does anyone really know when the epiphany really happened?!) and three pours over the head, and Matteo was officially a Catholic.

The dress made it back into the box for good (after another quick photo op at my parent's house) and it is officially out of my hands, no worse for the wear. I think it truely might have been, a miracle!!

Quick Update

Just a quick update to all the friends and family who are reading this blog. Matteo is doing so much better now. He's still got a "chesty" cough, but it's all the gunk breaking up, and he doesn't really mind.

We started solids again, and the difference has been night and day. He was opening his mouth looking for the spoon and I couldn't get it in fast enough! We started our first veggie, carrots, over the weekend and that first look is precious. He's still not sure what to think about it, but gobbles it down anyhow. I was never really worried he wouldn't catch onto the soilds (after all, how many adults do you know are still on formula) but it's nice that he's got the hang of it.




He really wants to crawl, and can definetly get where he wants to go. He can get up on all fours briefly, and is also doing this butt in the air, face on the floor thing to move. It's quite funny. I'm sure crawling is right around the cornor...and then watch out...