Milestones

Amanda on February 2nd, 2010

I bought “Santa” brought Ian Chutes and Ladders and Memory for Christmas in 2008. The games have largely sat unused in the playroom. Periodically Ian would get out the Memory game but he never was interested in Chutes and Ladders. Or, he wasn’t interested until this weekend. 🙂 He and Mike played the game for […]

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Amanda on January 18th, 2010

My name is: Matthew Robert Mommy and Daddy’s special name for me: Sassifrass, Sassy, Tynes, Sassy-Tynes, Sweet Sassy Tynes, Sasser-sauce, Sassery-dassery-dock My age: 18 months My height: 33.94 inches (90th percentile) My weight: 28 pounds, 0 ounces (75th percentile) My biggest accomplishments in the last 6 months: Learning to walk and starting to talk. Mommy […]

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Amanda on December 30th, 2009

We took Matthew for his 18mo photos on Christmas Eve. Much to my surprise, Olan Mills was insanely busy and we had to wait almost an hour for our photo session (despite having an appointment). As I feared, Matthew was a handful during the photo session. He wasn’t bad but just running all over the […]

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Amanda on November 1st, 2009

Ian was a race car driver…. Matthew was a football player…. Matthew is a sweet little thing but I swear to God, we need to get this kid a leash. He will NOT hold still and runs away like you wouldn’t believe. Holy moly!!! We did manage to trap him by our fence and get […]

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Amanda on October 31st, 2009

We took Matthew for his first haircut today. It was a much needed haircut as Matthew’s hair has gotten pretty shaggy over the last few weeks. BEFORE: He reacted to the haircut pretty much the same way Ian did. Confusion…. …followed by “get me out of here!” He lived through the torture and now looks […]

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