Birthday Celebration

This past weekend we celebrated Nathan and Mateus turning one.  It was a wonderful weekend filled with lots of family, good food, and of course birthday cake!  It's always fun to watch the boys interact and see two different personalities come together.  They learned a lesson in sharing as both were very interested in walking with Grandma Radicchi's walker despite the new toys they were given.  Who needs blocks and trucks when there is walking to do!  Unfortunately it was hard to get a picture to capture this but we were able to capture many other moments...

              Cousin play-yes they were actually keeping their hands to themselves for a brief moment.

                                                    Mateus really got into the photo shoot

                                                                           Presents!

                                                                        4 generations

                                                                    Play with a cup

                                                           Mateus loved his balloon

                                                                  Waiting for cake

                                                                    Diving right in!

Mateus down south

Last week Mateus got the opportunity to visit Grandma and Grandpa Heiman down in Georgia.  October was the perfect time to be down there and we had a wonderful visit.  Mateus made himself right at home exploring his new surroundings.  Grandma learned quickly all of the things that needed baby proofing. Mateus had his first visit to the aquarium (he loved the fish and dolphins), his first encounter with a goat (not such a big fan at first), and his first train ride (which he slept through).  Here are some photos from our visit.

                                                                             Fish!

                                             

                                            Grandpa Heiman instilling some words of wisdom

                                                            Very unsure of the goats

                                                             First taste of a turkey leg

                                            All of the new activities and the heat tired him out

                                                                   First golf cart ride

                                                     Wearing matching hats with Grandpa

This month has certainly been a month of change.  Mateus continues to improve his crawling abilities, loves to stand and cruise along all furniture and walls (let the baby proofing begin!), figured out how to stand up in his crib, finally transitioned to the "big" tub, and is hanging in the toddler room at daycare.  He seems to be "packing it in" before his first birthday and I think is going to leave October behind with avengence.

Mateus at 11 months....

Is finally crawling! (or crawl/scootching) but he's moving nonetheless!  And now he seems to gravitate towards Nala's food, TV chords, cable box, and bathroom drawers.  Who needs toys when there are so many more interesting and unsafe things to play with.

Mateus had his first birthday photo shoot the day before we tried to take this picture.  This was the only decent picture I could capture and I think he is telling us "enough already with the pictures!"  He was however a trooper at the photo shoot and quite the ham in front of the camera.  He then proceeded to flirt with the sales girl at the Body Shop and "talk" (or sqawk) to try and get another child's attention.  Just a typical Friday night at the mall with Mateus. :-)

          He was more interested in watching other kids play on the playground than looking at the camera.

 It was a beautiful weekend and so we took advantage and went to the park.  I wanted to let Mateus have the opportunity to walk around (with my assitance) the playground and explore the big climbing toys.  Just after a few steps this is the pose he took as he has not yet become comfortable wearing shoes and stepping on the ground.

Did I mention that he is fascinated with other children?  Again watching more kids run around.  He couldn't get enough!

Fun with Friends

 First visit to Primanti Brother's in the Strip District...He enjoyed trying to grab the paper that the sandwiches are served in.

 The Rubber Duck at Point Park.  Mateus was more interested in people watching than he was looking at the duck (or the camera for that matter).

                                                                   First Octoberfest

We had a wonderful visit with some of our Seattle friends this past weekend.  We hadn't seen each other in over 3 years but it felt like no time at all.  Mateus of course enjoyed the extra attention and was a real trooper as we showed them around Pittsburgh.