Little Traveller

 

I thought I should post one of Mateo looking grumpy. He is normally a cheerful little guy...UNLESS he doesn't get his way. In this case, he was being dragged off the playground.

He is still adorable when he is upset, even when he is crying. Sometimes I like to just look at his facial expressions when he is upset, then his dad gets mad that I am making him suffer longer.

Our little guy was so good on our last trip. We didn't know in the beginning if we would take him or if he would stay with Oma. We were able to go for a week, so we decided he would come with. Especially since he wasn't weaned yet.

We left at 3:15pm and arrived to the apartment at 12:45. I think he only was out of his seat 3x. 2x for a diaper and one time to crawl for a few minutes. He was such a trooper! A teeny bit of whining, but that was fixed with some food and later Franklin. Just the last half an hour he started crying. I told him I understood and wanted to cry also.

The way back he did even better. He didn't play as much with his toys as I would have expected, but he did like to look out the window and read his books. We had a few longer stops, so that helped.

Baby Belgium is 1

Look who had his birthday! We had his party a few weeks early, but it was still a special day.

I feel like I should be posting about what our year has been like, but it is late and we need to sleep.

I don't feel like anything came much as a shock. I guess I had read enough to know what to expect.

What is still difficult for me is how long it takes ready to get out the door. Trying to remember everything that may be necessary. Yikes! It can take an hour to get to the grocery store...

Mateo went for his shots today. His measurments are 23 lbs (10.88kg) and 31.25 in (79.5cm).  He is a super crawler and stood yesterday for the first time alone. I think he is lazy in the walking department, but that is fine with me. He has 16 teeth-yes, you read that right. All the growth from his head went to his teeth instead of hair.

He already has a strong, but sensative personality. He is a very happy and social little man.

His first word was "pretty." He regularly says "yay" and something that sounds like "Leah." He is starting to imitate our words. So far only English ones <insert big smile>. We have heard him say "mommy," "my head," "all done" and "baaa."

Anything else you'd like to know? Just ask <wink>