April Pics

Welcome to the Spoon

Yesterday we started our little guy on solids. We had a chat with our pediatrician about his growth spurt, his interest and the proximity to his 6 month birthday. We are two weeks away :-) Matthew has been watching us for some time with growing interest as we eat our meals. His sweet little eyes follow the path of our utensils and cups. I would have caved long before now if it wasn't for the Celiac tendency. This last week 4 out of the 6 previous days Matthew slept for 14 hours or more consecutively at night. He also went from 8 ounce bottles satisfying him to it taking 10-12 ounces.

First, we went shopping around for some food. We bumped in to our friends David, Wendy and Emily (little Andy is due soon, we are very excited for them). On the way home, someone hit our car. It didn't detour our day too much other than an overheated car which will now need to go in to the shop once an adjuster sees it.

We set the stage:

Prepped our little guy

Away we go....
He is such a great helper
and very eager.

Daddy's turn:

He didn't push it out and mommy and daddy need to learn to pick up the pace :-)

What a fun first :-) Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, there is video on facebook.

I love my family!

Opening Day

We started something this year that we hope to become a family tradition with Matthew. We went to the Opening Game Day of the Texas Rangers along with 50,000+ others but especially my younger brother Louis and his new wife of 2 months, Bonnie. They called a few months ago shopping around and found an adorable infant Rangers outfit. It was a fun event to spend time with family and build memories and we look forward to next year already :-)

Matthew hanging with Uncle Louis


Joe, Bonnie, Louis and Matthew. Joe and Louis have been friends for 30 years.


With daddy doing a Turnbow favorite, people watching. Small world: with all these people we ended up sitting right in front of Bryan from our Sunday morning bible class.

Ready to go, he slept 13 hours last night. That was one tuckered out little guy.

5 months

Sunday was not only Matthew's first Easter, he also turned 5 months old. In March, we had our first taste of Daylight Savings Time with Matthew that rocked our schedule for a few days. Here's a recap of the last month.

Sleep:
He sleeps 12 hours at night from 7pm to 7 am with 3 naps during the day of about 45 minutes at a time. He has taken one or two 2 hour naps and mommy is hoping that is a sign of things to come.

Clothes:
He is wearing 3-6 month clothes, size 2 diapers.

Food:
He eats four 8 ounce bottles of breast milk and 1-2 bottles of formula in the evening.

Socially:
The warmer weather has begun which allows us to take daily walks and plant flowers in the front beds. The late snow in March was fun too. During Spring Break we spent some time with the Wilson's. Mommy helped welcome a few new friends and we celebrated some of Matthew's older friends Rachel and Michael's birthdays. We've been having more play dates to interact with more with others for both mommy and Matthew. We look forward to doing more of that in April.

Developmentally:
He holds his head steady when upright, no more wobbling :-)
On his stomach, he can raise his chest supported by his arms
Focuses on objects big and small that grab his attention, like mommy's hair
His squealing makes me laugh
Reaching past his toes. He'll reach with his hands to what interests him instead of just scotting forward on his tummy.
Smiles spontaneously and he smiles back when we smile first at him.
Keeps his head level when pulled to sitting
Enjoys rolling over more, it doesn't startle him anymore
He enjoys being pulled to a standing position holding on to our fingers.
His baby talk is precious and will hold a fascinating conversation with mom or dad
Makes raspberries ALOT
Is a VERY happy spitter
'Sits' all the way forward, for a few seconds.... then rolls over to his stomach
Since he can sit supported, when we go out to eat he sits in an upright high chair. (His high chair at home has been in the reclined position) When he experiences firsts, his personality really comes out. He's a cautious little guy. It took a few minutes for him to relax in to the chair. He kept looking at us holding on tight until he felt comfortable and then we could visibly see him relax.





Matthew, We have loved the last 5 months getting to be your parents and look forward to being part of how you continue to grow and learn.

Happy Easter

Matthew 28

The Resurrection

¹After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

²There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ⁴The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

⁵The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

⁸So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."