Nicknames

This is the growing list of nicknames we have for Mateo. I realize it's not a very exciting post but since we have yet to buy a baby book for him, I need to write them down somewhere so I can embarrass him when he's older.

Tay
Tay Tay
Tater Tot
Tater
Baby Bo or Little Bo
Taylicious
Bolicious
Baby Matateo (thanks to my mom's boss' 3 yr old)
Houdini (when he manages to get out of his swaddle
Mr Magoo or just Magoo
Little Man
Chunky Monkey/Chunky Cheeks
Sir Stinksalot or Sir Poopsalot (only when we're changing him)

I don't think I'm forgetting any...

Back to work

This time next Monday, instead of playing with Mateo, I'll be back at work. I'm having a super hard time coming to the realization that I have to go back to work. I have absolutely no desire to go back to the office. Ever. For real.

However, student loans and our mortgage require that I go back to work. For those of you with kids, how did you handle going back? Any tips?

Merry Christmas Grandpa, it's nice to meet you

Yes, this is the first time Mateo has met Joe's dad, Grandpa Ray because Grandpa Ray was worried about giving Mateo "germs." Grandpa Ray is very "old-school" and if you know Ray, this is completely in  character to say something like the above and it makes me chuckle.

Well, last night Mateo got to meet him and I've never seen Ray around babies so I wasn't sure how he (or Mateo) would react. Well, Ray was smitten by his grandson and we had a great time. Here are some other pictures from the rest of the evening (we were at Uncle Tony's and Aunt Brinda's). We're off to Great-Grandma Jo's this afternoon. Merry Christmas!!

 Joe, Mateo and Grandpa Ray

 Grandpa Ray, Joe, Uncle Tony, Cousin Anthony

 

Who needs toys...

When you have a mom that will push you around the living room in a laundry basket filled with clean sheets?

Mateo - Two months

Can you believe it? Joe and I have managed to keep our baby alive for two whole months! We must be doing something right...

So, what is Mateo up too? He loves (loves!) to sit in the recliner after he eats and "talk" to me or Joe and gives us HUGE smiles. He's getting so much stronger and loves to stretch his legs and "stand" while he's being held. He doing a fantastic job at holding his head up and is just overall super cute.

On Thursday Mateo had his two month appointment and he weighs a whopping 10lbs 10oz! He also had to get some shots and he did pretty well. He of course screamed and cried (tears even!) but was fine the minute I was able to pick him up. However, he did let us know that afternoon that he really did not like getting shots and was a little out of sorts the rest of the day.

The Dr. (bless her heart) gave us coupons and 6 cans of Nutramigen - I was shocked but yet so happy. She also gave us a can of Soy formula and said that we can start mixing that in with the Nutramigen to see how he reacts. We started that today and so far so good. I figure its best to try it now since I'm still home with him and will be able to tell if he's tolerating the soy or if we need to stick with the Nutramigen.

Here are some more random pictures of the little man just because I think he's so darn cute.

So sad - daddy took pictures instead of making him happy

He thinks it hilarious when I put him in his snowsuit

After the plow

The plows came through around 9 AM this morning. Joe had just finished snowblowing for the third time. The sidewalk got covered up again and it took probably an hour for us to dig out the end of our driveway and we didn't even dig out the whole driveway. Just enough that we could get our cars out.

At some points the snow was up to my hip at the end of the driveway

The sidewalk had been cleared and thanks to the plows, we can't find it. :)

Also, no Vikings game today because the roof of the metrodome collapsed. They don't know when or where they'll play so on a happy note, I now get to see the Packers play today!! GO PACK GO!!

Holy snow!

This is by far one of the craziest storms I've had the pleasure of dealing with in Minnesota. Usually when the weather people start predicting a foot of snow in the metro it ends up being only a couple of inches. Well, they were dead on this time.

Our street hasn't been plowed and those crazy enough to drive down our street are driving on the wrong side of the road because that's where the tracks are. Joe has snow-blowed twice already and will probably have to do it once again in the morning.

I've been tasked with shoveling the sidewalk up to the front door and the steps. The first time was super easy and I was done in no time. The second time I had to go out, well, see for yourself.

I am absolutely dreading when the plows come by because I have no idea how we'll get out of our driveway.