Important Blog Bulletin!

We are on our first family road trip to Washington, DC! We'll be away through Sunday, but along the way we'll be sure to take lots of pictures of Matty in our nation's capital and at the Race for Hope! New pictures and Race results coming soon!

http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/Events/RFH-DC2009?px=1681662&pg=personal&fr_id=1340

Sitting up!

Matty was just sitting on the couch---with the help of lots of pillows!

Hanging out with cousin Ryan!

A beautiful day for a walk in the neighborhood

Sue and Eileen took Brendan and Matty for a pre-bedtime walk since it had been such a beautiful day! The boys were happy to be outside and got along sharing the double baby-jogger.


Phew...the walk just tuckered them both out! :-)

More Pics from the christening...

Cousin Jennifer, Grandmom Carol, and Aunt Kim

Aunt Jenny

Uncle Chris

Great-Grandma Freeda

Mr. Clean

Matty is having great fun during bathtime--he loves splashing around! Side note: He still smells like the Holy oil, despite 4 baths and lots of Johnson's baby shampoo. :-)

Watch out, he's got a knife!

Let them eat cake! (Especially if it is a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate mousse!)

Matty helped cut the cake at the christening--he's just growing up so fast...

It's like the swimming guidelines...

Matty is starting to roll over! He can go from his tummy to his back. He performed like a champ, but I guess we should wait more than 30 minutes after eating to try rolling over....

Matthew Christening...continued....

Action shot...
Matty: "What is going on here?? This water is WAY colder than my bath...."

Matthew's Christening

The christening was yesterday and everything went well--Matty slept through almost the whole thing!

Matty is very lucky to have two great godparents: Aunt Jenny and Uncle Chris

We'll posting more pics this week....

Busy, busy

We're getting ready for the christening this weekend. Here are the last of the Easter pictures!

Zoom zoom

Matty feels fast in his rocket ship outfit.

Kicking back with some beverages...

Matty and Brendan just hanging out on Easter, both enjoying their bottles. Life is good.

Training for the race

Matty loves his red team shirt--Team Peggy's Peeps newest addition!

This year, Matty is going to participate in his very first 5K---the Race for Hope in DC to raise money for brain tumor research in memory of Mom-mom. We all miss her and are looking forward to the race as a way to honor her life.

Matty's training has begun! His shirt is a little big, but I'm sure he'll grow into it. We've taken the baby jogger out for a spin and Matty approves. He says he thinks he's ready. Mommy isn't quite ready yet, but she still has two weeks. Oh dear.

Matty was wondering if anyone would sponsor him--every little bit makes a difference. If you are interested, please check out his race page:

http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/Events/RFH-DC2009?px=1681662&pg=personal&fr_id=1340

In our Easter clothes

Hoppy Easter!

Matty's first Easter! The Easter Bunny left him two baskets full of rattles and toys--the candy will have to wait until next year :-)

Easter Eggs!

Today, we attended the annual Wojtal pre-Easter kielbasa lunch followed by Easter egg dying. Even Matty got in on the action!

Matty holding the egg--he's trying to decide on what color to dye it.

He chose blue... now we're just waiting for the egg to be done!

Talking to GG after we're all done.

Happy Birthday Aunt Susie!

Aunt Susie's birthday was yesterday, so we all had dinner at the Harmon house--pizza and cake!

Aunt Susie and Ryan

Brian, Matty, Brendan, and Pop

Matty, Brian, and Ryan

Achievement Unlocked: Sleeping through the night

Matty had a terrific night last night! He slept from 9:30pm to 6:30am--way to go!! That's the longest stretch he's ever done. We'll see if he can repeat it tonight. :-) He woke up happy and rested and ready to eat!

Tummy Time

Matty, age 2 1/2 months. Brendan, age 18 months. What a difference those 16 months make! Keep eating Matty, you'll catch up!

Here, they are engaged in a head holding-up contest. Brendan is winning.

Aa-choo!

It's allergy season--Matty is working out some sneezes!

As Matty's Great-Grandpa would say, "if I had a nose full of nickels, I'd sneeze 'em all atchoo."

April Showers

It's a rainy April day here. Here are some pictures of how Matty likes to pass the time.

EXTREME Close-up!

Morning smiles!

Dancing in the crib!

All tired out!

Baby's first power saw

Matty got a fun new toy today... a circular saw!

I can tell he's going to have a lot of fun with his newest toy - his eyes are wide with excitement!

Playtime is tiring!

Matty played himself to sleep! He loves his taggie toys and the playmat!