Well it’s been a long 9 months but here we are finally at the hospital.
Melanie’s water broke at 4:00am and aunt Windy came over to keep an eye on Matthew while we are here.
– 5:00am Arrived at the hospital filled out paperwork and got her into a gown.
– 5:25am Got into our room (blue 2 -171) and got her hooked up to all the monitors.
– 6:50am Epidural is in contractions coming on strong!!
– 7:15am Drugs are in and she is dilated to 6cm. Now that she has the drugs in her we can take it easy and maybe get a nap in.
– 7:30am Ok that was fast she is now at a 9!
– 8:11am HE IS OUT 9lbs 8oz!! 21 & 3/4″ long!!
– 7:00pm Ok we finally decided on a name for this little guy…. Miles Aaron Burns
I can hardly believe our little man is 2, where has the time gone? He had his checkup, here are the stats:
height: 37 1/4″ (95th percentile)
weight: 31 1/4 lbs (80th percentile)
head circumference: 19 3/4″ (90th percentile)
I think the pattern is clear… we have a big boy! That’s nothing new though, our little man has been a big boy all along! He is getting so smart, and so quick! He’s talking so much more, and he just cracks me up! Some of our favorite Matthew moments:
– Every night he spells out his full name (reading off the mural on his wall) and then says the full name: “Matt-chew Tommy Burns” … always Tommy, not sure why!
– One day after he had just started learning to spell his name, we were walking through the mall and all of a sudden he started spelling his name: “M eight T E W” (W pronounced “dubu”)
– Listening to him count, he can now count 1 – 10 perfectly almost every time, although he sometimes leaves out 5
– He has this crazy walk he does where he sways from side to side while kicking his feet out and he sings “bing bong bing bong bing bong”
– If he finds something funny he has to drag me over and point it out, and then he forces out a hard laugh to demonstrate how hilarious the thing is!
– Watching him play airplane with Daddy, he flys around the room with his arms out and they swoop down and graze just over wherever Violet is sitting, and he bursts out with hysterical laughter every time!
– Listening to him in his bed at night trying to go to sleep… I don’t know what he gets up to, but he laughs so hard! One thing is for sure, that boy knows how to entertain himself. And in the pitch dark, too! (he doesn’t sleep with any kind of night light)
– He loves to sing along with songs he knows (especially Fraggle Rock songs) but he always sings in a whisper. I think he’s just not sure of himself when it comes to singing, but the more confident he gets the louder he will sing.
– When Daddy says something silly I say “no way” and Matthew says “o way daddy!”
– His really drawn out “huuuhh?” and “whaaaat?”
He also loves to repeat lines from his favorite movies/shows:
“Oh my!” – Bob the builder
“Not happy bob!” (some times it’s just “not happy” or “not bob”) – the incredibles
“To infinity, and beyond” (he usually only whispers this, i haven’t been able to figure out why) – toy story
“I don’t know, amaze!” (the full line is, “I don’t know, something amazing I guess”) – the incredibles
I could probably think of a million more if I had the time, but what it comes down to is this: our little man is smart as a whip, and a complete crack up! I just hope he continues to be Mommy’s boy for a while, because I can’t get enough of him! We had a little birthday party for him which I’ll post up pictures from soon I hope – right now all the pictures are on my mom’s computer. In the mean time, here’s a little Happy Birthday Matthew dance for you!
Life is busy, and I’ve got 2 blogs… and I don’t seem to have time to do both lately! Not sure if I’ve posted about it here, but recently I’ve only had time to write on my other one! If you want to see some Halloween pictures of Matthew, check it out!
We met up with the grandparents for the day and had quite the drive there and back. Normally we can never get Matthew to sleep in the care (especially when there are 6 people in the car) but it was hours after his nap time and he had just finished watching Toy Story (the ultimate soother for him) and we were MINUTES from home… therefore not wanting him to fall asleep!
Mattie was my little helper… man does she love to cook! That will have to be our thing when we visit, I’ll have her help me bake goodies! I have a tendency to do that anyway, but baking with her was lots of fun! (And clearly here Aaron is his usual impatient self… wanting to just EAT the goodies)
Matthew Man also got to spend some time with people he doesn’t see too often, like his Great Uncle Tony
And Great Grandma Ginger
And of course Facey got to do a little more dancing…
They went for lots of walks too, although normally it was the dogs getting walked
Look! Rocks! Look! Rocks!
I’m so glad the cousins finally got to meet eachother and get to know eachother a little
I enjoy the silly faces he makes… whether it be from goofing around (he is SO going to be a class clown type) or his constant singing (his latest song that he loves to sing is the “do ray me” song from “The Sound of Music” … only his version sounds more like “go me me”)
His favorite thing however, has to be Buzz. Woody comes in at a close second…
Buzz and Woody will always make him smile. But mostly Buzz.
I like to mention when Matthew hits any major milestones…and today he’s hit a big one!
Yes that’s right, he’s standing in the grass. some of you may recall that this is kind of a big deal (for this little guy at least)… but that isn’t the whole if it:
Oh that’s right: Matthew is standing in the GRASS… BAREFOOT! You have no idea the work it’s taken for him to come this far… little weirdo.
Well our little Matthew Man (or Matt-chew as I call him, and as he now calls himself) is getting bigger and bigger! Sometimes I think that if I watched closely enough, I would actually be able to see him growing! We’ve had a busy summer, and he is learning and doing cute new things everyday… there is just too much to mention! I’m going to post up several videos over the next week or so, so be on the lookout. For now, I thought I’d start with one of the things we were most looking forward to this summer: visiting with Annie and her kids, and Matthew getting to meet them all for the first time! We spent a couple weekends with them…and looking through the pictures, mostly they are just of Matthew and Mattie… but I guess that’s to be expected with two adorable ones running around. I only have a few pictures of baby Charlie, but he was so quiet the whole time, you could practically forget he was even there!
bonding over…what else, my iPhone.
Mattie had a tea set… Matthew was not very “tea party” cooperative
best part of spending the weekend away: the chance to relax and actually spend some real time with my little man
Mr. Man
Mattie with her Uncle Bear
reading “Bears in the Night”… while the dogs plot how they are going to steal Mattie’s bagel
Miss Facey Face (aka Violet) can never get a break
no seriously, she can’t! the kids love her… and the fact that she will pretty much go along with any game, even wheelbarrow
one of the few pictures I have of baby Charlie… so cute! and he looks just like his uncle bear, it’s crazy!
mattie looking adorable as always… wearing the dress I made her! (not that you can really see it here)
These are from our first weekend with them, we had a lot of fun! More pictures and what we’ve been up to… probably tomorrow.
bonding over…what else, my iPhone.
Mattie had a tea set… Matthew was not very “tea party” cooperative
best part of spending the weekend away: the chance to relax and actually spend some real time with my little man
Mr. Man
Mattie with her Uncle Bear
reading “Bears in the Night”… while the dogs plot how they are going to steal Mattie’s bagel
Miss Facey Face (aka Violet) can never get a break
no seriously, she can’t! the kids love her… and the fact that she will pretty much go along with any game, even wheelbarrow
one of the few pictures I have of baby Charlie… so cute! and he looks just like his uncle bear, it’s crazy!
mattie looking adorable as always… wearing 
The Burns Family 