Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Growing Little Boy!


Mateo is growing by leaps and bounds. Every day there is something new! I love to watch him develop and learn. He loves to analyze everything. You can practically see the wheels turning in his head!

Mateo has started walking. He's not really good at it yet, but he's getting there. June 15th, he stood by himself and then took a couple tentative steps on his own. A couple days later, he walked across the living room. Just last week, he started pushing himself up to stand instead of pulling up on a piece of furniture first. He loves it. He gets so excited when he gets those walking steps going. He has a grin from ear to ear the whole time he's up on his baby feet. He KNOWS he is doing something new and neat....and I'm sure it helps that we are there cheering him on the entire time. He likes to do anything that results in cheering and clapping.


A couple of weekends ago we celebrated Independence Day. Last year was Mateo's first 4th of July, but he was in the hospital. So this year we made it special. We BBQ'd with some friends and afterwards went to watch the fireworks. Mateo did so well. He wasn't scared at all. Not even a flinch! He seemed to really enjoy watching them...he couldn't take his eyes off of them.


Mateo also started having his 1st year molars break through. He has 3 of them right now and I have a feeling that 4th one will be along any time now. He has 9 teeth all together. He has such a hard time with them until they break through. I've been giving him a toothbrush to chew on. It seems to have helped.


Mateo hasn't started talking yet (other than mama and daddy), but he is imitating a lot of sounds. He has most recently learned how to "roar" like a lion and "oo-oo-ah-ah" like a monkey. He's gotten pretty good at it.


Next month, we are planning a trip to Wisconsin. It'll be Mateo's first flight and I'm a little nervous. I don't personally like flying, so to be going with a toddler isn't exactly first on my priority list. But I know that once we're there, it'll be a lot of fun. He can ride tractor with "Papa" John and play with the kitties and meet his cousin, Dawson, for the first time. It's always a good time when family is around.

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