Matthew's Birthday Part 2!

Telling Mama he is 2!

He was very excited to see the Elmo cake.

Friday My little Man turned 2 years old. I still can not believe it has been 2 years since I gave birth to my little Monkey. He has been a joy, a learning experience on how strong I am, and one of the greatest gifts God has ever given to me. We celebrated it on Saturday by taking him to Chuck E. Cheese. We got there and he was not to fond of the moving machine people on the stage, right next to the booth we were sitting at. He was tightly clutched onto me or Cameron the whole time. Poor guy! Eventually he warmed up to them and even danced near the stage no problem. He wouldn't let Chuck E. Cheese come up to him though. He was not ready for a "live" moving thing. Guess that means Disneyland and Mickey Mouse is out. ;-) He had like 5 pieces of pizza [his favorite food ever] and some good yummy Elmo cake. Cameron did a really good job in constructing the cake, while I did the decorating [aka frosting]. Aunt Renee, Jerry, and his two daughters, Jessica and Jennifer came to celebrate as well.

Matthew's Birthday

Playing with his train from Grandma DeNice.

moving....

So we have left Kodiak. It was a bittersweet leaving most definitely...:-( I made a few life long friends while i was there and while some had gone, some had stayed and some were brand new. Either way I was forced to say goodbye to them because I was leaving. It was definitely hard to do, so I had to have a lot of goodbye parties and outings to get them all taken care of.

First, We had to say goodbye to some of Kodiaks outdoor beauty...



Of course Matthew had to walk right to his own path.



Then me and Kali went out for a just us type of night [all our other gals couldn't do last minute]
However, whenever we would go out in Kodiak, you never know who we could run into. We ran into this lady....



We thought a bunch of different things as we sat next to her and just watched her...

Was the ball in her hair also to be pulled out and used as a weapon against creepy fishermen?
Did she get the memo for the Kodiak Derby and we didn't?
Was this a regular hat she wore out all the time?
We didn't know the answers these but we snuck a picture in just to document her amazingness.




Then my other play group mommies threw me a goodbye party, disguised as one of our annual Friday night Dinners! I had no idea. I will miss these special ladies....




Sara even made me a cake!!!



Matthew had to say goodbye as well.



.... to be continued

Mommy and Me pics

So when we took family pictures, We weren't able to get any Mommy and Matthew ones because happy time with a tired toddler is limited...lol
However, Amy graciously offered to capture some later on, before we moved. :-)
So here they are..








And this one is my favorite...

Family Pictures...

We took some family pictures when Cameron got home, before Matthew got to much older and these are what we came out with. The photographer, Amy Earle, is awesome at capturing how truely special my little family is. :-)

This was a very important picture to get that day.
It means a lot to capture how awesome they play together, since Daddy is gone all the time.



This train is a exact replica of a train the Cameron had when he was little. I wanted to see how alike they look..:-)


Cameron got Matthew this lion when he was gone underway about a year ago.
Matthew sleeps with it every night and I thought it would be a cool picture for Cameron to see.

This day we weren't able to get any pictures with Me and Matthew, so we went back a 2 weeks ago and got a few of those. Her blog, where she posts about the photo sessions she does, is http://simplybphotos.com/.

Thank you Amy...

a few more....

PICTURES AND UPDATES!!!!

So one day, we were lazing about the house and I had left my flats in the kitchen the night before. Matthew then decided he had to wear them around the house. It was to funny. Needless to say, Daddy was less then enthusiastic about it, but Matthew doesn't get they are zebra. To him, he is just wearing Mommy's shoes.
And he loves his Mommy so...:-P

This year for Easter, i tried to get Matthew a little into the egg hunt mode. We went to a big egg hunt at the base gym the day before but it was so crazy and wild, Matthew was far to distracted to really get any eggs.


So, instead he just ate the gummy carrot
in one of the eggs he did manage to put in his basket..
and it was good....


On Easter morning, I tried again by hiding some eggs around the house living room.
Matthew did a lot better this time around...






Until he decided he was done...

Then Daddy called so Matthew was on the move again, chatting away.


As an Easter present, we got Matthew a kitchen.
Needless to say, He looooves it!

Maybe he will be a good cook like both his grandpa's..
or a big time chef like Guy Fierri....

The saddest part about leaving Kodiak are the fast friends Matthew has made in the last 6 months. Jack, Jacob, and Kandyce will always have a special place in his heart...

These two are so funny when they hang out together.

This little boy, Iain [my girlfriend Kali little's boy] is like a big brother to little Matthew [they are around each other a lot]. Matthew idolizes him and brightens right up when ever Iain is around.
I am going to miss watching these two interact with each other..

He wants to be on Pirate ship....arrrr!!!

We were actually able to celebrate Daddy's birthday with him this year.
Mommy baked him a cake, and made him pose with it and everything.
He was less then enthusiastic about it, but whatever..
hehe

Watching Elmo together

Having his first ice cream cone.
He is definitely my special sweets