Mother's Day

Brian was out of town for Mother's Day so it was just me and my little boy. We headed to Florissant with Jill and Chase to watch the Valley of the Flowers Parade with her family. Later we had dinner at YaYa and Papa's house. The weather was beautiful and we had such a great day. I just love being a mom and am so blessed to have Matthew in my life.

Me and my little man

Swinging on the tire swing
How can you not love this face?

Aunt Girl and Matthew (yeah he decided that he was done with his shorts)

Enjoying some ice cream cake

Videos of Matt

Matt loves to help me clean (he is definitely my child), especially when we clean his room and he can jump on his mattress. Check him out jumping below.

Matt making music and dancing

Dying Easter Eggs and Random Stuff

Matt had a lot of fun dying Easter Eggs this year. I used a wire whisk to hold the egg so that he wouldn't drop it and it worked so well. The finished eggs look great, can't wait til Easter is over so I can eat them.

"Bue Eg" -blue egg

Counting while he waits for the egg to turn colors

Mommy, Matt, and Ya-Ya (we dyed eggs on the kitchen floor since I am a freak out messes)
Writing with the magic crayon

Helping Daddy dye his egg

The finished eggs

This fun surprise came in the mail from Aunt Jamie, Uncle Kenny, Aunt Jacki, and Uncle Patrick. Thanks guys we loved it.

Practicing his swing with his new baseball tee

Watching hockey with Daddy

Matt loves to read, I caught them sharing some book time last weekend

Watching Daddy's hockey game from West Virgina on the computer

Florida Trip

This past week Matt and I headed to Florida to visit my grandparent's. They have a house in Sebring (in a retirement community) and were very excited for our visit. We had perfect weather and enjoyed a break from the St Louis snow. I had so many cute pictures, so be prepared...

Oma and Opa's house

Opa and Matt Blowing bubbles

My little man and his "cheese" face

Matt loved the putting course, he finally learned how to hit the golf ball gently to get the ball in the hole

Oma and Matt

Me, Opa, and Matt

the pool was awesome, we swam everyday

Taking a ride in his float

Such a face

Me and my guy enjoying the pool

Coloring while Mommy gets ready

Having a nice chat over lunch with Oma

We spent one evening at the Sebring Children's Museum, it was very similar to the Magic House but much smaller and we were practically the only ones there. Matt had a blast.

Chef Matt cooking up a storm

Matt doing a pull-up

Opa's turn

Me and my grandma (I just love her)

Opa, Matt, and Oma

Matthew Kevin

Matt stayed home sick the other day with Brian and he didn't nap at all that day (and he was up early too). Needless to say he fell asleep in my arms at dinner, I changed him and gave him a bath and he actually slept through the whole thing. I wanted to get a picture of him sleeping in the tub but I couldn't let go of him. Anyway our little man is starting to feel better, but we are going to see a pediatric ENT later this month to check on his ears.

Mom look at all my beads I found at Gramma's
Momma, all done

St Patrick's Day Parade

This past weekend Jill and I started our day off with the St Patty's Day 5-mile run. The weather was perfect and we both did great, ran the whole thing. Afterwards we headed to the downtown parade. We all loved the sun this year, it made for a great afternoon outside.

All of us at the parade
Matt blowing bubbles before the parade

Blake, Chase, Matt and Aiden (so crazy how big they are all getting)

Matt watching the parade (he loved the can coozies, put them on his arms like that all by himself)

Me and my boys

Matt with Chase and Aunt Jill

My Lucky Charm in his shamrock hat

Later that night we headed to Maryville for the annual trivia night. We ended up in 6th this year.... so proud of the Village Idiots

Barb, Me, Hillary, and Jill