A Day with Matthew

The boys and I drove with Andy to work today so I could join my mom at MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers.) Afterward, we played at my mom's house. We had soo much fun! Matthew, my nephew, was still there, waiting for his mommy to come home with his new baby brother, so we all got to play! It is really much fun watching the three of these boys together - I can't even imAGine what it's going to be like when there are FOUR of them crawling, running and wrestling around!

Okay. Seriously. How cute are these caps? My mom bought them for the boys to match their daddy! Ben shows off his two chompers (and the third one just poked its head out today!)

There is no denying it. Ben is Andy's son.

It is so cute how much Jack loves the Chief. He'd pull on his pantleg and raise his arms whenever he was close, even (gasp) preferring him to mommy! Wow. Good taste, Jack. I always liked that man, too.

Jack uses the bar stool as a support to stand up.

Matthew settles for grandpa's hand as Jack has his arm otherwise occupied.

"Chief," I heard Matthew say, "I can't believe you're two-timing me for this little pipsqueak."

I find that to feed to busy little boys, you have to be pretty resourceful (and flexible... literally!)

Matthew is walking... and running... and getting into everything! He's really curious. It really is fun to watch him explore.

Matthew would make ma bee-line for me whenever he saw me with my camera. I wasn't expecting him to go head-to-head with me like he was gonna give me a kiss!

Jack listening to some tunes on his iPod. Just kidding. He's trying to pull off the cap that mommy keeps putting on. But it looks like he has earphones on, doesn't it?

Benjamin, you are just so adorable.

Ben plays peek-a-boo

Matthew saw Nana with the boys. "Uh," he sighed. "You too, Nana?" :)

Matthew ran up to my dad to give him a HUGE hug! I guess that sealed any confusion about him being the First Grandson :)

Boy of many faces

Matthew will be a year old in less than two weeks! March 13th!

My best attempt at getting a picture of both boys with their velour track suits as well as their caps. Jack's in grey and Ben's in blue, crunching some numbers on his calculator.

Ben

Jack

Great-Grandpa Sid, 93 years old, with three of his great-grandsons. We're still waiting for him to meet baby Evan, who's just two days old!

Matthew inspects Ben's mouth. "Hmm, you've got some o' those teef, too, huh?"

Nana and three of her boys: Jonathan, Benjamin and Matthew

I was sweating, trying to get this picture! Nana was ambitious in hoping we'd get a photo of the boys with their caps on... but this one's not too bad. I just hope no one was videotaping me making a fool of myself to get them all to laugh and look in the same direction. :)

We are blessed with family!