Cheese!

We have discovered that Matthew loves cheese. Mainly cheddar, but it doesn't seem to be to important.  I thought I was going to get mugged for my grilled cheese sandwich the other day.

Man can this kid eat.  Some parents start a college fund, we're starting a food fund for when he hits 12.  Zach and Sam better watch out, a contender to the title is on his way.


Chow Time from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Jake

Haloween, Shiners and teeth

First, the Halloween photos.  Matthew had an excellent halloween with a good assortment of costumes.  For the evening went to Grandma and GranDan's with Auntie Elicia and Uncle Ryan for dinner.

The Hulk!   (Courtesy of Auntie Tina)

 

 

Hulk vs Chicken from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

His Bumble Bee outfit.  This thing was warm, so the jacket didn't last long.

 

We also dressed him up as Linus, what better outfit for waiting for the Great Pumpkin?

The morning after, we still had the skeleton eating candy costume, so he got to wear it on Sunday .

Matthew has been enjoying anyone who will let him help open the mail.

He also has been helping with the dishes.

He's also been loving his new metal sippy cup.

Check out his baby seal impression!

 

He's also graduated from the baby bath to the big boy bath.  Monday night we went to dinner, so it was late on the drive home.  Matt got cranky since he was tired.  I asked him if he was ready for tub time, all crying ceased, and all I heard the rest of the drive home was "Tuh-tuh?".  He loves the tub.

Tub Time Light up Duckies from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

He's got some rubber duckies and stuff that light up.  The other night we turned out the lights in the bathroom and lit up the tub toys and Matt had a blast.

He took a little tumble down a single step in our living room and got a little baby shiner.  I'm certain it won't be the last with as fast as this kid moves.  It's not as bad as Jamie thinks, I had to circle it so you can see it in the pictures.

After about 4 months, he's FINALLY getting some more teeth.  #7 is coming in nicely. (It's just to his left of the bottom 2 that have been there a while)

Video Blog

One of Matthews most recent trick is when he gets tired.  A lot of the time we let him nap in the ergo baby.  We leave it hanging off a dining room chair most of the time when not using it.  The other day, Matt crawled over, got it off the chair, dragged it over to Jamie, then crawled up and started patting her leg.  Apparently it was nap time.

Jamie took SOOO many good pictures lately that I couldn't decide on a few for a post, so it's going to be a video this time.


Baby Matt 9 months slide show from Virnig Family on Vimeo.


Jake

Guemes Island Vacation

OK, Finally getting around to posting from our Guemes Island trip.  We rented a house on the north end of Guemes Island in the San Juans.  At the last minute Elicia and Ryan could not go, so Drew, Kate and Ben joined us for the first night.  Matthew had a blast with Ben, Poppi, and all the attention.

This table had a little handle on the drawer that was loose.  Matt spent a good portion of the weekend trying to free it.

Check out Ben's new hat!

Seconds before this picture, Ben said "Ride?"  Can you guess how this is going to end?

Yep, tears.  Bonk!

It was cold so the heater was running and the cabin got kind of dry.  Giving us another great Ben moment. 

Carla playing with Matt and Ben.

Matt trying to get even for the ride.

On Friday we all headed out to the beach to play in the rocks (this is Washington, there's no sand).  Everybody had a good time playing with the little crabs and walking on the beach.

Really?  A snow suit?

We met some people on the beach who took a photo of all of us.  I think Ben was done with the beach.

Drew and Kate had to leave, so on Saturday we tried to go to Friday Harbor, but we slept in and missed the ferry, so we went down to Deception Pass State park and Anacortes.

It was a little windy.

In Anacortes GranDan took Matt shopping in the Boating store.  This looks safe.

Never leave the baby alone in a shopping basket with your new boating catalog.

Besides learning to crawl, this weekend was where he really got to using his first official "word".   Ever since we started feeding him solids, we'd coax him into eating more by saying "It's Num-Num".  Now when Matt starts to get hungry, what do we hear?  "Num-num".  

Back at the rental house we learned Matt LOVES grapes.  Everytime we'd take a break between bites, "Num-num!"

Matthew and Poppi had a lot of fun together (well, fun for Matt).

"How do I get us out there?"

VIDEO -

Matt&Poppi from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

On Sunday we packed up and headed home.  Matt got to drive a little waiting for the ferry.  Note at the end how he's careful to check the mirror.

VIDEO -

Driving from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Until next time.

Jake

Some Random Matt stuff

Here's some stuff from before our San Juans trip that I was to lazy to get around to posting.

We went down to Alki and spent some time walking around.

Eating time!

Tub Time!

Play Time!

Bed Time!

Check out Matthew's new ride.  He's been helping me hit the good garage sales.  $1!

"Check out the cool new fish mom got me!"

A little video.

MattyComp1 from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

I'll get the rest of the San Juans video and pictures up later this week.

Jake

Crawling!

We had a great time this weekend on Guemes Island in the San Juans.  I'll post some more later, but check out what Matt perfected while we were there.


Crawling! from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Special thanks to Ben and Poppi for providing appropriate motivation to get him moving.

Jake

Too Excited

When Matthew gets really excited lately, he tenses up all of the muscles in his body. I think it's common for babies to do, but we find it entertaining, and have made a game out of it. Ann called it "The Hulk" pose and requested video, so here you go.

Check out the purple jammies with the flower in the third clip. I refuse to take him out in public wearing that anymore, since the one time I did, 3 different people asked me how old SHE was.

For some reason there is no sound in the first 3 clips, but there is for the last one, and you really need sound to get the full effect of the belly laugh.

Jake