Matt

That's what he's called a lot these days. It seems that Tyler has turned in to Ty and Matthew has turned in to Matt. Not all the time, of course, but I find myself calling them Ty and Matt more and more. So here's what's been going on with "Matt"...

We kicked the bottle habit! What a dirt kid in the picture below in his stained up shorts and Alabama tee, but I couldn't resist posting this picture of my 14 month old child laying on the chair in his room drinking his "ba-ba". He absolutely loved his bottle so it wasn't an easy task transitioning from the bottle to the sippy cup full time, but we made it about a month ago. Now, instead of downing a bottle every morning, he downs a sippy cup of Next Step formula just like it was a bottle. We still haven't made it to whole milk...he hates it...so that will be our first battle of the summer.

Although he doesn't like milk, Matthew loves almost anything else to eat and boy does he eat! I think he would eat all day if we would let him. His favorite thing to eat right now is a "nana" (AKA a banana). When you ask him if he wants to eat, he gets all excited and goes to his highchair. He requests to eat by saying "bite" or "nack" (for snack) or "wa-wa" (for water). He always wants whatever we are eating even if he has the same thing on his tray. I guess ours looks better not all cut up in to small pieces!

Matthew loves to be outside. He likes to swing, but he also likes to just roam. He gets in to anything and everything! He likes to follow his big brother around and try to do what he's doing. For now, Tyler's pretty sweet and let's Matthew join in. We'll see how long that lasts. Matthew will enjoy the summer, spending our days outside playing!