So Matthew is MAJORLY walking. He is just cruising around now. :-) It's amazing to see how well he can walk now, in less then two weeks! Sometimes he tries to run but it doesn't always work out for him, but he picks himself up and keeps going. :-) My big tough guy. He even tried climbing the baby gate today. Oi... I've been trying to upload a video of him on here but it keeps timing out. I will keep trying though so keep checking back. :-)

We started going back to church 2weeks ago.
Matthew is old enough now to handle the nursery [since there is NO way he would be able to sit through the service.] He is far to squirmy to sit still for over an hour. All we get is compliments on how good matthew is and how well he plays with the other babies. He is always happy an bubbly and I always hear comments like that though. Sorry if im being a little conceited, buttttt he is an adorable little man, even when he is throwing his tantrums. I think, the toughest part of being a stay at home mom is how attached Matthew is to me. If I leave the room, he freaks out! He will stand at the gate that blocks off the kitchen and stairway from the living room, scream, and shake the gate until I either pick him up and bring him in with me or I climb back over the gate and play with him again. It's tiring on your body and a little bit on your soul: to be wanted and needed 24-7 by someone. It is worth it in the end. :-)

He loves spending time with his daddy though. Cameron loves to get on the floor and crawl around Matthew and Matthew just giggles and laughs so hard, I wonder if his little body can handle it. It makes me sad to think about Matthew not being able to be around his daddy all the time like he has been the last 5 weeks. :-( Daddy leaves again in a week-ish [for security reasons i can't say exactly when] and I don't know if going to be harder on daddy or even Matthew. :-( He just adores Cameron and i think the feeling is mutual.



I got my hair cut the other day though. I had to get my bangs trimmed up and i put a bunch of layers in it, since i have been trying to grow my hair out. I was originally going to cut it shorter because I am tired of either putting it in a ponytail or straighten it straight. I figured if i cut it shorter i might be able to do something different with it. The salon girl talked me into something else and it ended up being really nice and something not only I enjoyed but something Cameron was pleased with. :-)

almost one year

It is amazing to me how much Matthew has grown in just the last 2 weeks. He went from taking little steps to full on walking around the living room. He still can't go from sitting and crawling to standing yet but he can pull himself up and then walk around. It's so cute because he gets so excited that he is walking that he bobbles around and then falls. I love it. :-) He has had some mishaps though. He was dancing to some music the other day, while opening a drawer on our desk. He got so excited he slammed the drawer into his left eye and it swelled up a little bit. Cam was a little worried but he is fine now. Left a little mark, but he is a-ok.


He also has 6 teeth. He has four on top and two on the bottom. He was pretty cranky with the last two that came in. Overall he has been really good with teething.
He eats more food all by himself all the time now. His favorite food is still green beans and carrots. :-) he isn't that fond of pasta. He just pokes at the noodles and then, when i try to put a noodle in his mouth, he gags like he is choking, and pushes the noodle out of his mouth. Its hilarious.

He also has decided that this monkey he has, is his new best friend. He even has to hold it when he eats. I try taking it away and he throws a fit until i give it back.


We had blueberry pancakes the other morning. He loved them. Unfortunately, his behind didn't enjoy them so much. So we are going to hold off for now till he gets a little older.

MATHEWS WALKING!

Yes he is moving and grooving now. This video doesn't show it that great because it was right before nap time BUT he is definitely more mobile now. I'll update more later but I just wanted to get this out there to the people that don't get to see him. :-)

ps. His head gets bigger everyday too. :-)

So matthew is getting bigger everyday, as u can see. :-)
We have been trying TONS of new foods since we have been home.
We tried, watermelon, blueberry muffins, yogurt, and pretty much anything else mommy can put into the food processor.
I got tons of pictures of the funny funny faces he makes when he eats them.






We went and had coffee with our friend christine the other day at this cute little coffee shop called Java Flatts. Matthew had a great time and couldnt stop staring at christine. He is quite the ladies man, what can i say. :-)







In a month from now, matthew will be 1 year old, and sometimes i can't believe it. I can still see him as the teenie tiny orange baby he used to be. :-) Everyday reaching Higher and higher to be a big boy. I can't believe it. Wh

Since we have been home.

So, Cameron got home a little over a week ago.
We missed him. We always go meet daddy at the pier and we follow his boat around thre base island all the way in. Here's a pic his boat coming in through the rain and fog. Yes mommy and baby are troopers to watch all this outside and in the rain. :-) After awhile, matthew started getting colder so i had to do what i had to do: Put him inside my jacket with me. :-) My GF Kali caught a pic of it. Whatta u think???



The day after he got home we went to a place called monashka creek. We had a bunch fun watching the wind blow through the reeds, the eagles fly, the fish swim, and daddy try to catch some fish. Matthew was rather amazed at his daddy trying to fish. It had to have been one of the funniest face little man has ever made. :-)


This was one of the first times Cameron got to use his new fly-fishing rod that his dad got him for christmas, so he was pretty excited to use it. He was so excited, he prayed God would let him catch a fish.






While Daddy was fishing, we took some pics of other stuff and watched some fish on a bridge out there.There was some pretty cool trees out there. This one was an old stump that had come out of the ground. It's one of my favorite pics of that day.



At the very end of the day, when were driving back home, we passed a huge part of the hill where a picture of john wayne was painted on. I thought this was SUPER cool so of course, i took a picture. At the end of the day, it was a pretty fun little trip. Even if daddy didn't catch any fish.

Where does the time go??

Hey all. Seriously though, where does the time go. Here it is July 15th and I swear, it feels like i was pregnant with Matthew, finding out what he was just last week. It's truly amazing how much they can grow and take over your life
. He is growing like a weed! He turned 10 months old last week. He looks like such a big boy, and he thinks he is too. I like to say he is 10 months going on 5 yrs. LoL He throws temper tantrums just like a big kid would. He even goes as far as to throw himself on the floor, throw his hands up in the air, and slam them back down screaming, crying, and carrying on. At first i laughed at this, but now it's getting old. I have to ignore him, because if he even thinks im paying attention to this display he will keep it going till i give him what he wants. Can we say a little bit spoiled? It doesn't help that everyone thinks he is adorable and they give all the attention he wants. He "performs" for other people, and then when its just mommy and daddy, he really shows his true colors. HaHa But we love him and i couldn't ask for a more perfect little man. :-D He is crawling all over the place too. I have to be fifteen steps ahead of him so i can get rid of stuff before he gets to them. He can find anything. I think he grew in the last month we've been at my moms too, because i swear he reach things he couldn't when we first got here. :-) Its amazing. We did have a sad time when My dear Kodiak friends, Paul Gina and Mikey transferred out. They all became quite attached to Matthew and him to them so it was a pretty sad day. It didn't affect Matthew at all u know, but mommy was pretty sad. Cameron is gone again so MiMi and PaPa flew us out for Great Grandma Barbara's 80th BD. It was pretty amazing to see all of us Gutfelds together, especially since it was the first time for a lot of people to meet Matthew. They all thought he was precious and he behaved so well. He met at least over 30 people and he just hammed it up. Have i mentioned he likes being the center of attention? ;-) We spent fourth of July in So-Cal and Matthew loooooved all the fireworks. He is definitely inheriting his daddy's love of pyrotechnics. People were setting off fireworks all over the place and doing crazy things and Matthew just though it was funny. He loooves fire apparently. Lol He also finally get to meet a few of mommy and daddy's friend that he didnt get to meet last time we came out. Uncle spencer thought he was pretty darn amazing and i think the feeling was mutual. Daddy will be happy to know his best friend pretty much loves his kid. :-) We werent able to see Auntie Kirsten and Uncle Lucas but next time we definitely will. :-) We were also able to stop by my aunt peggy and uncle henry's house in King City. We finally got to meet my cousin bridget's little girl Ella. We snapped a few shots and let me tell you, Can we say Adorable!!!



Love To All!