Mischievous Matthew

Matthew discovered the fun of toilet paper rolls... Luckily it doesn't happen too often!

A long overdue update!

Well here we are in February and I'm just getting around to posting pictures from our annual Dean Family Christmas. I do have an honest excuse for my lack in posting, which I will get to in a bit...

So for Christmas we headed to Milledgeville to Jason's parents for a gathering of all the Dean's. For the past couple of years, it seems we've had a new addition. For a while it was new daughter-in-laws, then we moved onto new grandchildren. So Christmas this year was a wild one, to say the least, with all 3 grandchildren, ages 6, 2 and 18 months.

Here's a glimse of the fun!
Andrew, Bryson & Matthew
Playing Nana's Piano

Opening one present on Christmas Eve! My Aunt Josie got Matthew Elmo Rocks. Matthew has a slight obsession with Elmo right now. Needless to say Elmo was a hit!

Matthew LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his cousin Andrew! And Andrew is so good to Matthew. Here they are on Charlie's dog bed, Andrew with Green Monkey and Matthew with his Lovey :)

And all the Deans together!

Now this is really how it all went down! I absolutely love this picture and everything it captured! Pure maddness!

So now to my lack there of posting... Matthew is going to be a big brother! Butterbean # 2 is expected to arrive August 1, 2012.

This pregnancy has been nothing but the opposite to my experience with Matthew. I was completely exhausted until recently, however I didn't have any morning sickness, so I can't complain too much. And everyone warned me that with baby #2, your body jumps right back into pregnancy, but I guess I really didn't believe it...

I will let this picture speak for itself! PS. I'm only 12 weeks in this picture... I am now 15 weeks and feeling like my energy is finally coming back, so needless to I'm going to attempt to take full advantage of it!

Matthew's language is growing by leaps and bounds. I was trying to keep up with all his words, but honestly he picks up something new everyday. At his 18 month appointment I was so proud to tell his pediatrician how was saying a few 2 word sentences - "Mama's / Dadda's car", "Bye-bye cars". Since then he's added so much more! It's definitely fun to watch (and hear) what he says next!

Santa Attempt = FAIL!

We headed to Home Depot today to pick up our Christmas tree and Santa just happened to also be there too! Home Depot was taking free pictures, so we thought why not.

I think the pictures speak for themselves!

Is anybody looking?

It appears Matthew discovered the art of nose picking... I have to admit it's pretty hard not to bust out laughing, I mean doesn't he look cute, even with his finger is half way up his nose?

I'm pretty sure when he's older he will regret ever doing it, since his wonderful Mom proceeded to post this on the world wide web :)

Happy Halloween from the King!

Halloween has always been one of my most favorite holidays, now even more with Matthew! We missed Halloween last year, because we were in Las Vegas, so this year I was ready to dress him up. I also figured this would be the one year I could put him in something he wouldn't argue with me about :)
I think he's one good lookin' King!

Matthew in the Costume Parade at School

This is the only time he wore the sunglasses

Our neighborhood hosts a pretty big Halloween party each year. It was so much fun to watch Matthew look at all the kids and go door to door. He definitely caught on to the candy thing! Even more fun, cousin Andrew, Uncle Jon and Aunt Michele came over too!





This picture cracks me up! Looks like he's singing :)

And now some trick or treating!

Candy, candy & more candy!

He got a little scared at this house - his face is priceless!

And now he's running like you know what!

All in all, I think Halloween was a success! Jason took these videos too. I think Matthew likes Halloween!