Lordy, Lordy...Look who's 40!!!

Joe turned 40 and in honor of the big day, his bro and bbf's threw a surprise party. All I had to do was provide the garage for the party and get Joe out of the house...which actually my dad did because Joe wanted to "look at guns...I'm not gonna buy one Brooke, I just wanna look. It's my birthday." So who better than to go with to look than my dad.

Here are some from the celebration:

Mateo - Eight months

Mateo is getting braver and braver every month. Anything is now fair game and he sees it, he will try to grab it. He is pulling himself up on everything - like the doors, walls, refridgerator, you name it. He's standing briefly by himself and he doesn't even realize he's doing it. For example, he pulled himself up using the fridge and then proceed to grab a picture off of it. He grabbed it with one hand and then both hands were on the picture trying to put it in his mouth and for 3 seconds, he was standing alone and then plopped on his bum.

Mateo started eating some people food which included avacado, Uncle Todd's mashed potatoes, french toast sticks and some mac and cheese. I wish more teeth would come in because then I'd feel better about giving him more "people" food.

He also learned how to clap this month which is super cute to watch. He'll sit on the floor and I'll say "clap" and I'll start, then he'll start (he can do it so his hands actually make noise) and while clapping he shakes his head no for some reason which is flippin' adorable!!

Weekends

We've been busy and I've been bad at updating the blog. So, instead of doing boring recaps, here's a look at what we've been up to in pictures!!

Belated Easter in Black River Falls, WI with Nana, Papa, Auntie Amy and Uncle Lukie:

First time in the pool

Splashing Auntie Amy

Nana's birthday and Mateo's six month birthday weekend:

 Auntie A tag-alonged with Nana and Papa and surprised us!



Memorial Day Weekend in ET, WI:

Playin' blocks with Nana

 Learnin' stuff from Papa