First Blood - and I'm not talking Rambo

Mateo is pure boy (black eye at 10 mo) and he's always running and on the move. That means he trips and falls multiple times a day but usually nothing to big.

However, on Super Bowl Sunday, he was running around like a crazy person and somehow fell into the big speaker. He screamed and I thought he had hit is head. So I grab him and am calming him down and looking at his head. I didn't see a mark and couldn't understand why he was crying so hard. And then I saw it...what is that red stuff!! He had cut his ear.

The next thing I remember is yelling to joe "I need something...blood...I need something." To which he asked what I needed and my reply was "blood...I don't know."

It was kinda comical as I was not expecting to have to deal with that at this age. Guess what else, it's really hard to have a toddler sit still so the ear can stop bleeding...nearly impossible. So, at 14 months old, we have our first incident involving blood...how do I survive the next 18 years??

Ok - so looking at these pictures now, it doesn't look like

 that big of a deal but I promise you it was horrifying

Happy New Year

I cannot believe how incredibly fast this year seemed to go. We spent New Year's pretty low-key this year...Mateo stayed up a little later than normal and Joe and I made a couple appetizers, watched a movie and then stayed up until midnight. I will confess that at 11:00 when we watched the ball drop in NY, I did ask if that could count as our midnight and Joe said no and that I could make it one more hour :)

Happy New Year's everyone!

Merry Christmas!

We were lucky enough to be able to take some time off and have a nice little visit to East Troy for Christmas. Nana and Papa hosted Christmas Eve this year and it was a blast! Mateo put on quite the show for everyone and was quite enamored with his cousin Mya.

Christmas day was pretty quite and relaxing and Mateo made quite the haul between Auntie A and Uncle L, Nana/Papa and Santa. However, Auntie A and Uncle L will be paid back at some point for the drum they gave to Mateo - not sure how or when but they will be paid back.

It's tough work opening presents

Family Pictures

Joe finally caved this year and agreed to family pictures. A friend recommended the photographer who came to our house!! It was so nice! Below are some of my favorites.

Halloween

The costume says it all...

Birthday party WI style

We couldn't celebrate the BIG 1 without a party at Nana and Papa's!! It was a wonderful time and many thanks to everyone that showed up and celebrated with us.

Here are some pictures and video of the day and the cake smashing!

And here is the video of the cake smashing...they only turn 1 once right?



Mateo - Twelve Months

Happy Birthday!!

I cannot believe how time flies. It seems like just yesterday that we brought home a little 6lb 9oz bundle of joy and we were trying to figure out how this parenting thing should work.

Well that 6lb 9oz bundle of joy is now about 20lbs of pure sassy energy (many think he gets that from me) and we've entered the world of tantrums and timeouts, for which I blame his ped. We had his one year appointment and she said to not be surprised if he starts to throw himself on the floor or hold his breath or bang his head...um excuse me? About two days later, the throwing himself on the floor and banging his head had started.

Thankfully, his "bad" days are some kids "good" days so we really can't complain too much. He is such a little boy now...and it's a bit surreal.

We celebrated his birthday with brunch at Todd and Anna's on their deck and some wonderful cake: