Beginning of Summer

T-Minus 15 days and counting until my short summer begins! Can't wait! We have what feels like a lot planned. We have a trip to Tejas in mid-June for a Teltschik family reunion, then Matthew's birthday June 21st with Grandma BB, Connor, and Madison. I think a trip to the New Orleans Zoo is quite possibly in store for us! I think I may try to squeeze in a trip to Lexington with the Boy at some point, too, and then we have another trip to Texas planned for mid-July and then I am back to work on July 18th. SO fast!
Anyway, don't want to keep you family members without a little Matthew fix, so here are some cute pics I took of him lately:

 Munching on Cheerios

Hi

 Hi.

 I can walk fast now!

 Looking outside at Sasha.

 Mom, can I go play on the slide now?

Pics May 2011

 Matthew's new favorite place to play while Mama gets ready in the morning.

 So content playing under the sink.

 Loving on Sasha

 Matt's perma-grin

 SO ticklish!

 Uh-oh! Someone just learned how to climb on the slide!

 Look ma!

Little daredevil!

The 10 Month Old Boy

The boy is 10 1/2 months old now! I can't believe how big he is getting and how many new things he is doing now. He has his two bottom and his two top teeth. He's got some serious chompers! He is walking (almost running) everywhere. He really doesn't crawl much at all these days. He picks himself up like like it's no big deal. He is babbling to us, and I think he's saying "mama" and "dada" but I'm not really sure which one he started saying first. He says "Dada" when he sees or is looking for Daddy and says "Mama" when he's upset. Another thing he just started doing like it's no big deal. He loves to blow raspberries, especially if one of us does it back and forth to him. He loves to have a "conversation" in which we repeat sounds back and forth.
Matthew is SUPER silly and likes to laugh and cut up with us. Most things are funny to him, including when we firmly say no and swat his hand for getting into things he knows he isn't supposed to (yes, we are in TROUBLE). At the same time, he is such a little sweetheart and a good boy. We got it SO easy with this one, and I don't even have another to compare!
Another example of silliness is that he loves to come up to us and throw his hands on us like he's "surprising" us and see our reaction. He loves taking baths and love when we sing the "Elmo's World" song to him. He LOVES Elmo and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. More than anything, he loves the theme songs to the shows.
He is sleeping so well these days, but he sure does like to be rocked to sleep.

I can't believe Matt will be 1 year old in about a month. Time is flying by so fast!

The note "Matthew" left on his diaper for Mommy to find after school.

 Coming to get Mama and the camera

 Giggling at something...

 RAR!

 Looking out of the window at Sasha the Wonder Dog

 Riding at Daddy's shoulders and loving it.  If you look closely, you can see his two front teeth.

 Weeeee!

Being silly with his bottle. 

Loving him some M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E!

Hot Dog, Hot Dog, Hot Diggity Dog!