One Year Photos

Our friend Rudi met us at the park in Coconut Grove yesterday and took some beautiful photos of Matt. Check out her website here.

He is feeling much better after having almost a week of antibiotics for his ear infection. He is back to his usual shenannigans! He is walking more each day and feeling more confident. He has taken up to 20 steps already- I think Foti and I are in for some trouble!

Monday, Monday

On Saturday, Foti and I drove down to Long Key, which is about 100 miles south of Miami, for our friends Rosa and Gio's wedding. It was such a beautiful (albeit windy) evening. We had a great evening watching everyone else get drunk! We drove home that night and what else would happen to us at midnight but get a flat tire on 836 which was still jampacked with cars that late! I was sure we were going to be on the news the next day! I was so scared that we were going to be run over, but my handy husband changed the tire and we were home safely before 1 am. Whew!

Yesterday, we stayed at home during the day and in the evening we went for a walk on Ocean Drive and had dinner at Lario's on the Beach, a little Cuban place with the best Vaca Frita EVER! Matt is turning into a little cubano as he chowed down on some black beans and rice, sweet plantains, mariquitas, and vaca frita. He wanted nothing to do with his baby food!

Today, we both came home early as the boy had a fever of 104.4! He was so hot and flushed! He went to the doctor and has yet another ear infection. Poor booboo. He got antibiotics, tylenol and motrin, a cool bath and he was off for a happy nap. Hopefully he'll feel better when he wakes up!

I am exhausted and it's only Monday!

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Matt's Pittsburgh Birthday Party

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Matthaios celebrated his first birthday with his Pittsburgh Family and friends. We had a great time at my Dad and Lou Ann's home. More pictures to come!

Happy Easter! Christos Anesti!

"Happy Easter Everyone! We are celebrating today by going to church this morning and then going over to my Uncle Serdar and Aunt Martha's house for dinner. Oh, and we are also watching the seaon premier of 'The Sopranos'! This is going to be a great day! Do you think the Easter bunny could bring me a tooth or two?!?"

One Year Ago...

...I made my glorious debut into this wonderful world! Mom and Dad say that I am the best thing that's ever happened to them and I have to agree- I am a great little guy. These are a few of the things I can do now:

-Cruise around the house, holding onto anything and everything

-I love to eat real food- no more baby food for me! I still have NO TEETH, but I don't let that minor obstacle stop me. I eat everything Mom gives me, including pizza, and I drink out of a cup

- I laugh and smile all the time. I have a sunny disposition!

- I am an entertainer. I love to make other people laugh and smile at me. The more you laugh, the crazier I get

-I am curious and a bit mischievous. I want to examine and touch everything. If I get into something I shouldn't, Mom will say 'No', but I try to distract her with my smile

- I love the water, you name it- swimming pool, bathtub, kitchen sink, anything where I can splash around

- I love music and move to the beat when I hear it

As you can see, I've had a busy year! Gotta go, I 'm off to school for another party! Love, Matthaios

My First Birthday Party!!

Me and my first birthday cake- I think I'll taste a little bit...

Two hands are better than one...

YUMMY!!

YAY! This is the best birthday party ever!!

Look how big I am- I'll be one year old in two days!

We had a great time at my party today. Lots of my friends came over and they brought me all kinds of goodies! Dad cooked out on the borrowed BBQ (thanks to our friend and neighbor Pablo, because our grill konked out minutes before the party) and Mom made all kinds of yummy dishes. I ate my first cheeseburger and BBQ chicken today- it was great! I was all over my cake, too. Mom was worried I was going to get a bellyache, but I was fine. I'm a big boy now! I had so much fun when everyone started singing Happy Birthday to me- I even started dancing. I made it the whole day long without being a party pooper- no crying or tantrums! At the end of the night, I took a nice bath, drank all my milk and went to sleep . I think I'll be dreaming about how much fun I had today...