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New post & photos -- Valentine's Day & 6th Month Family Anniversary -- on Matthew's site.

This will be the last post on Matthew's site so -- even if you typically don't comment -- we would love to hear from you! A cd will be made of his site as a keepsake, so please leave him a comment! We hope that one day he will be encouraged to know of all the people who were loving and praying for him.

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New post & photos -- Story Time -- at Matthew's site.

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New post and photos -- Dr.'s Appointment -- at Matthew's site.

ONE is FUN!

I'm LOVING one! First, we are on our way to saying "Buh-bye Bottles" and "Forget you, Formula!" Second, Matthew is facing forward in his car seat now and what a difference that makes! This busy boy is much happier being able to see where he is going. And, since I usually do a running commentary as we travel, it makes it easier to talk about what is going on..for example "Do you see all the cars and trucks we are passing because mama is driving fast?" Just kidding! And third, and most importantly, it is such great fun watching his little personality blossom! Like tonight we cooked dinner together (him on the floor) and it was fun to watch him follow my instructions (photos at Matthew's site).

shirt - too small, socks - too big, face - too messy
boy - too cute!

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New posts & photos -- Birthday Party & More Party Photos -- at Matthew's site

This photo didn't quite make the cut for Matthew's site, but Smooch and I think it is so funny that I had to post it. When I opened a bag to look at the toys inside, Matthew hunched down so that he could see too...and Smooch caught it in this photo. Besides Matthew's posture and expression being funny, this picture shows that his negligent mama needs to buy the poor child some new clothes (notice the too-short sleeves and peek-a-boo belly!). Either he is growing too fast or my laundry skills need improving.

Perhaps being 1 makes the learning speed up even more because just since his birthday Matthew has started standing on his own more, holding his phone up to his ear (something he was not even interested in before), etc. Even his receptive language, while previously awesome, seems to have exploded as he responds to commands and questions. Last night he was feeding his plastic chicken with his spoon! Very cute!

On a SAD, SAD, SAD note, Smooch left this morning. We were totally bummed that we could not bribe her to blow off her last semester of college and her full-time job to stay here and play with us every day. You can read this with the gushing of a big sister: It was sooooo wonderful to have Stefanie here! Even little Mr. Unsociable absolutely adored Smooch. She was the biggest help...especially when Scott woke up very sick on Matthew's birthday. But besides her assistance with absolutely everything, it was just great fun to stay up late giggling every night!

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New post & photos -- Matthew's Dedication -- at Matthew's site

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New post and photos -- Happy 1st Birthday!! -- at matthew's site!

I'll share the mama's persepective in tomorrow's post!

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New post and photos -- "1st Birthday Photoshoot" --are on Matthew's site. This was a highly unprofessional photoshoot which included my camera, an old sheet, some bribing with snacks, and a lot of crying (by me). I'll post photos from his birthday tonight after we have lots of birthday fun today!!!

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New post and photos -- Midnight Train to Peoria -- at Matthew's site

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New post & photos - Baby's First Christmas - at Matthew's site.

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New post and photos -- 11 Months Old on Christmas Eve -- at Matthew's site.

NOTE: I accidentally used the wrong clipper attachment on Matthew's hair so he now has a military 'do!

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New post & photos ---Adventures in babysitting -- at www.youbelong.net/goff.

Happy December!

Hooray for December...and celebrating the birth of our Savior! We kicked off the month by watching the Nativity Story movie. We were going to go to our little town's Christmas tree lighting (it is like a little 4' tree in front of town hall), but inclement weather kept us in. People who live in places like Minnesota would have called us wimps.

Now that we have a little one the thought of establishing family traditions, as well as keeping some of our own families', becomes more important...so if anyone has a neat tradition they would like to share..I would LOVE to hear it! I'm not ashamed to say that I am a total plagiarizer and need help being creative about such things!

New post and photos - Signs, signs, everywhere signs - at www.youbelong.net/goff.