Can you spot the hidden dangers in this picture?
Want to know how dangerous your house is? Just ask the parents of a newly-mobile toddler.
That's right. Matty is walking.
Matty's first steps on camera
Did I say walking? Did I mention climbing?
Looks like my baby boy is no longer a baby!
10 months old
Once he figured out how to walk, we've been on the move. We still have our living room blocked off with dining room chairs on their sides, but I feel that is closely coming to an end and we will have to let Matty have full access to downstairs, especially since he has figured out how to climb the chair. No going over head first just yet, but I figure it is only a matter of time.
This month was fairly calm, experience-wise. I mean, walking is big enough, right?
We did have our first bites of spaghetti...
And we loved it!
"Yum Mom!"
We went to see Lynnie and Grandfather.
Hanging out at Red Robin with Grandfather so Daddy can get his endless bucket of french fries
Matty took his first trip to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia.
We started with the cuddly, yet smelly, koala bear
Matty was not impressed with the lions
Or the "bubble-gum butt" monkeys
Mr. Bear had an icicle cake - although it was quite chilly
We walked through the kangaroo and wallaby exhibit
Apparently the zoo's construction has the mama kangaroo on edge
One gorilla has a huge gash on his shoulder
Another just looked sad
A third thought being upside down was funny
We saw the meerkats
And of course the elephants!
The incredibly curious, and brave, flamingo
And the penguins. They donned their formal attire for our visit. :-)
"Hi Mom!"
Matty and I also fed a giraffe, but those pictures are on my mom's computer. Hey, I was taking part in the experience. I couldn't document it as well!
We were there over Easter, so we dyed eggs with my parents, went to Sunrise service (which Matty did a great job with!), and had Easter dinner.
Getting ready to dye eggs
The stencil did not work correctly
Lynnie and Matty observing Mama and Daddy working
Silly Daddy and Matty
Lynnie and Matty before Easter service
It is so much fun watching this little guy grow up and figure things out. For the first time this past weekend, I noticed Matty was very interested in putting toys inside his dump truck. I was hoping he was cleaning up (I wouldn't mind a tidy child), but he moved the truck less than a foot and started unloading it onto the floor. Oh well...
I fall more and more in love with this little guy every day. I LOVE being his mom. How could you not love this adorable face?
What about our furry child, you ask?
Really guys? Does the kid have to walk too?
For those of you who don't know, Cobb was diagnosed with feline diabetes and has required twice daily insulin shots for the past year. We found out last month that his diabetes is complicated by a condition called IAA (insulin auto-antibodies). To explain it as simply as possible, his body produces antibodies that bind to ("attack") the insulin and won't let it work properly to bring down his blood sugar. You have to overcome the antibodies, which can take large amounts of injected insulin.
After several awful vets in the Atlanta area, we packed Cobb up and took him back to Dr. Verbrick in Columbia. (Columbia friends, here is my plug for a cat vet: Dr. Shawn Verbrick at The Cat Clinic on Forest Drive.) The last vet we saw here in Atlanta wouldn't touch Cobb without him being sedated. Dr. Verbrick popped open his carrier, pulled him out and gave him a good exam, including his teeth. Cobb just growled and hissed a few times. Seriously Atlanta vet? You seriously had to sedate my cat for an exam? :rant over: We had one vet that had me convinced Cobb's bad glucose numbers were solely due to the new baby and the stress the baby was putting on Cobb. (That didn't help a mother's guilt, now did it?)
Yeah, Cobb looks REAL stressed out, doesn't he?
I will tell you that Cobb is doing great with Matty. He even let the baby hug him from behind yesterday. Nervewracking for me, but it's good the two of them are getting along.
Matty's newest "skill"/trick is breathing really hard through his nose. I don't know if he just discovered it, or if it was stuffed up and he found it funny or what.
I don't think the video does it justice as to how funny it really is...
Another one of Matty's favorite things: running from Daddy. He finds it to be hilarious.
Maybe he's just anticipating what comes next...
What's next? Who knows. I guess we'll just have to wait to find out.
Until then...some pictures for the road.
now that was nice.
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