Videos

I have not posted anything in a while. Matti has changed so much over the past few months. She is really talking a lot and making some complete sentances as well as still saying a lot of things I still do not understand. She is definitely a little girl now and I miss that baby so much. She is so independent. She wants to do everything by herself. We started having some sleep issues again. For a while she was waking up having nightmares and talking about monsters, but that has seemed to stop for now. She was waking up several times at night calling me for. Finally she has started sleeping through the night again, but calls me to her room several times before she falls asleep.
I signed her up for a gymnastics class through daycare that is on Mondays and she absolutely loves it. She loves to dance around the house. She especially loves to listen to music, sing, and a combo of playing her piano and sing. I think I just may have a little actress on my hands. She loves to tell me she is a "Rina" (Ballirina) and she will run around the house kicking her leg in the air with her tutu on.

Here are a few videos of Matti over the past few weeks.

Playing Piano and singing



Matti playing in the snow this past weekend



Matti dancing around in her tutu she got for Christmas from her Auntie Jenn...she loves it

First kiss

Well, it has already started Mattison received her first kiss from a little boy on her preschool class. I went to pick her up and her little friend Colin came over to give her a goodbye hug. He grabbed her and hugged her tight and planted a big kiss on her cheek
Mattison looked surprised and I felt my heart melt. It was so sweet, but she is growing up way too fast!

2nd Birthday Party Hello Kitty Style

The past few weeks have been a little crazy so I have not been able to post.
Mattison had her 2nd Birthday party this past Saturday. She was so excited. I almost believe she knew it was a party for her. We told her all week that she was going to be having a Hello Kitty party on Saturday. We explained to her about birthdays and sang Happy Birthday to Mattison for a few days to get her used to the idea. She woke up very early on Saturday morning. She seemed very excited when she woke up like she knew something was going to take place. I had the house decorated with Hello Kitty decorations and once I picked up her cake and she laid eyes on it she said "Mattison's Hello Kitties firfday cake". She wanted to eat it right then. I had to tell her we had to wait for every body to come. She then relpied "Every body comin, eat cake". It was too funny. She sat at the table and stared at the cake for a long time.
Once people started to arrive she was a little shy in the beginning, but once Emma and Aidan came the party started for her. She played harder than ever. She loves when other kids are around to play with.
The party went smoothly and we managed not to have any meltdowns considering Mattison takes a nap EVERY DAY at 12:00pm, but I could tell she was running on fumes. They had pigs in a blanket and fruit salad for lunch and then Hello Kitty Birthday Cake with ice cream. Mattison even blew out her birthday candle by herself.
When we sang Happy Birthday to Mattison as she stood in a chair and smiled the entire time. After cake and ice cream we opened way many gifts. Mattison seemed to know what she was doing opening her gifts. It was so funny watching her open toys and opposed to clothes. All kids are interested when they receive toys, but when they open clothes they just toss them to the side. I could not help but giggle. I remember doing the same thing when I was young. She would grab and open her presents herself. She got a lot of neat gifts. She received a Hallmark "Twas the Night Before Christmas" book from her Papa Hawks who read the book on a recording of his voice. She loved it. She also received several Dr. Suess books and Hello Kitty coloring book from her Grandmommy Newton which we have really enjoyed. Her Aunt Debby and Cousin Jenn got her a baby doll and a whole bunch of cookware/bake ware for her kitchen which she has also enjoyed. Aunt Kiki and Uncle Kent got her the cutest Hello Kitty Suitcase with little trinkets inside which really fascinated her it also included hat, mittens, and some socks which are adorable. She is so girly these days. Papa David got her a Swingin with Snoopy 2009, which was really cute and she put it in her room to play with. Aunt Pam and Uncle Scott got her a really cute Pink Adias Jogging suit. It is precious. Nene and Papa also bought her a Carolina Cheer leading Uniform and Carolina Jogging suit of course her Daddy loves that! They were also precious. Her cousins Emma and Aidan and Auntie Donna got her a lot of Hello Kitty sticker, coloring book, Hair bows, necklace and ring, etc. She loves all of those and has tucked them away in her Hello Kitty Suitcase. Nana and Papa Marion got her a baby stroller and some coloring/activity books, some flash cards, etc. She received so much that I know I am forgetting to mention things, but Matthew helped her open gifts as I tried to take pictures so I had difficulty finding out who got her what. Matthew and I almost forgot to give her our present until some people had already left the party. I felt horrible we did not bring it down until the party was over, but we got her a children's easel so she could draw, color, and paint. She seemed to like it.
By bedtime she was so wore out she made it through her bath but as soon as she got her PJ's on and crawled up in my lap to read I made it through two pages of on of her new books and when I looked down at her she was fast asleep. I could not put her to bed immediately. I just looked at her and stroked her hair as she had the most peaceful look on her face. I just wanted to rock my baby as much as I could. I do not get a lot of chances to do that anymore.
Now, we just need a new house with a play room for all the wonderful toys and gifts. In reality I need to sort through a lot of her old things and either sell, store, or give to charity. We have Christmas coming up so I know there will be more toys.
I can't believe that I will have a two year old in the house this week. She is just an amazing child! I am so proud of her and love her very much.
Now, I cannot wait to see her face Christmas Morning when she sees her things from Santa.

Thirty days

I made it! I actually blogged every day this month and really enjoyed it. It was nice to document what Mattison has been up to everyday. I hope to continue if not everyday at least every other day.
Nothing really new to report today except I received the first of Mattison Christms gifts today. I knew I would be excited this year, but when I opened the box to see a shiny pink tricycle a flood of Christmas memories took over and I was even more excited. She said again today that Mattison wants a pink bicycle. I can not wait until Christmas morning arrives and to see her face and get her reaction when she sees it. I know it will be priceless!

Talking a lot

Mattison let me sleep in until 8am again this morning. When I get her out of her bed in the mornings she has started asking to come get in my bed for a snuggle. It is so nice to have snuggle time on the weekends. Sometimes in the middle of the day she will stop whatever she is doing and say Mattison get in mommy and daddy bed.
She is constantly chatting and is doing a great job with her vocabulary. She says three to four word sentences and we understand about 80 percent of what she is saying. When she watches TV or looks at a book she likes to talk about and describe the story. She also likes to pretend to read books to me. She tries to tell the story by the pictures. It is so sweet.
This morning she caught me right before I got in the shower and said Mattison shower. So I told her to get undressed and she could have a shower with me. She really has a great time doing that. After our shower we got dressed and I put her up on the bathroom counter and dried her hair with the hair dryer. She played in my makeup bag and smiled and stared at herself in the mirror.
We were all lazy today and I am sure Mattison will be more than ready to see her friends tomorrow.

Home Sweet Home

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and really enjoyed visiting with family. Mattison loves being at Nene and papa's house. Mattison was so tired from chasing Enrique around she ended up sleeping until 8am this morning. We took Mattison to have her Christmas photos made. They turned out great. She is getting harder to snap pictures of because she does not like to be still. We got back in Raleigh around 6pm. I could tell Mattison was still tired because she was very clumsy tonight. She is now snuggled in her bed sleeping. May be she might give me an extra hour of sleep again in the morning.

Santa Claus

This morning Mattison when Mattison woke up the first thing she said to me was "Where Papa and Nene". I really think Mattison truly loves it here at Nene and Papa's house. She loves running and playing in their house and exploring new territory. She was so wore out by nap time she slept for almost three hours. When she got up from her nap I had decided to take her to see Santa Claus at the Mount Airy Mall since I knew the crowds here would be much less than in Raleigh at the Mall. Me, Nene, and Nannie Anna piled in the car with Mattison and headed to the mall. Mattison of course will not ride in a stroller at all so the stroller was a great way to carry all the purses, coats, and diaper bag as we shopped. Mattison had a field day at the mall. We shopped at Belk and then headed up to Santa which there was no one in line to see him, but Mattison did not like him one bit so no picture were made. She did however, sit on my knee in front of Santa staring at him like a deer caught in headlights. He ask what she wanted for Christmas and I told Santa I think Mattison wants a bicycle (Which she has talked about nonstop for a while now)and Mattison said in a very quiet whispering voice "Mattison pink bicycles". I told Santa that Mattison had been a good girl this year and Mattison said "Good girl" so Santa told her he would make sure she had a pink bicycle on Christmas morning. That was about all she wanted to do with him. At that point she was finished and ready to go. We headed to Kmart to check out the toy deals and of course she was all over the place. Nanna Anna, Nene, and I were needless to say worn out after this trip.
Once we returned from our shopping trip we had a nice family dinner. Mattison really enjoyed eating at the table with everyone. She joined in on the conversation and had everyone cracking up at her. She is such a comedian.
Aunt Lindsay came in around 7pm with Enrique and Mattison chase him around for two solid hours saying "Enrique where are you" and "Come on". She loves the little pup.
Mattison went to bed around 10pm which is very late for her. I think she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. She has been running full speed ahead most of the day.
Tomorrow we go get Christmas pictures made. I am very excited about it. I hope she does well consider we are getting them done at her usual nap time.

Thanksgiving

Today was a busy day. We woke up around 7am and got everything packed up and headed to Mount Airy. We started out at the Seivers for Thanksgiving. Mattison had a great time meeting some of them for the first time. She was a little overwhelmed at first, but eventually got used to all the people in a small area. After that we headed to Nene and papas house to see everyone and have another Thanksgiving meal. Considering Mattison is a very scheduled child she did a great job with no nap and being way off her normal routine. We had only a few meltdowns, but they were managable.
We plan on being in Mount Airy until Saturday. We may even venture out to see Santa Claus tomorrow. All Mattison really knows about Santa is that he says "Ho Ho Ho".

Big girl

Everyone over slept this morning, which makes for a wild day. Mattison woke up very cranky this morning. Something tells me that she realizes that she will be two in a few weeks and might be going through some mental/developmental changes. For the past week she has been a little cranky.
I had to make a Target run tonight and Mattison absolutely would not ride in a cart. I allowed her to walk and she did a fairly good job keeping up, but once we strolled by the toy isle she was in heaven. I did however get a lot of great ideas for Christmas and birthday. As we were leaving I stopped by the shampoo isle for shampoo. I turned my back for a second and Mattison was putting bottles and bottles of shampoo in a ladies cart. The poor woman was oblivious that it was going on. I had to get the ladies attention and let her know that Mattison had dumped several bottles of shampoo on her cart so I could dig it out. Luckily the lady was very understanding. My Target trip ended up taking thirty more minutes than it normally does. Thank goodness I have a lot of patiences.
I am looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with Matthew, Mattison, and the rest of the family.

Pictures and short clips

Tonight while watching Mattison's new favorite TV show Zooboomafoo Mattison saw a monkey who is named Zaboo eating nuts and she turned to me and said "Mattison eat cereal and Zaboo eat nuts". I was shocked at that statement. I guess everything she sees is sinking in ... may be good may be bad..
Here are a few pictures and two short video clips. In the video clips Mattison was running around so much it was hard to keep track so they are a little shaky.

Dr Mattison

Sorry still no pictures tonight. They definitely will be posted tomorrow.
After Mattison's bath tonight she got her ear thermometer out and said "Mattison temptures". She turned the thermometer on, put it to her ear and waited for it to beep. She had a serious look on her face. A look of concentration. Then she took my temperature. She even swiped my hair back before she put the thermometer up to my ear. I could not stop giggling at her.
In other news the tree is still standing. She only took one ornament off the tree and then got bored with it. We will she how long that lasts.

Dr mattison

Oh Christmas Tree

I do not have access to my computer again tonight so I am blogging from my phone. I will definitely post pictures and movies tomorrow. We decide to decorate today which I thought it would be a lot of fun. Matti was absolutely wide open today. She was just so excited. She kept saying oooo big tree pretty. When we turned the lights on she was even more excited. We broke several ornaments of course and Matti fell on the large container of ornaments, which freaked her out. We have Matti her own tree, but she was not interested in it. She just wanted the beads off of it and called them bracelets. There is one particular ornament that is a giraffe that she would not stop messing with. It is really cute and it is glass. She kept crying saying "my giraffe" and absolutely would not let us touch it or she would loose it. I am so glad Matthews mother was here. She decorated the whole tree foe us while we tried our best to keep Mattison occupied. We finally finished and definitely have great memories of our first family Christmas decorating experience. The next month we will see if our tree survive little curious minds and hands.

Party time

I have company so I am blogging from my phone so this post will be very short. Today was a very busy day for all of us. Mattison's best friend Hailey had her second birthday party today at little gym. Mattison and I had a blast. After watching Mattison play on all of th equipment and swing from the bars she is definitely going to be signed up for a class soon. She had so much fun and just grinned from ear to ear the entire time. I have pictures to post tomorrow. I will post more info about the weekend tomorrow when I have access to the computer.

Pee Pee In the Potty

I have posted a lot about Mattison going pee pee in the potty. She is doing it more and more.
I picked her up from school yesterday and I noticed on her daily report card that her teacher apparently let Matti use the potty at school, which is perfectly fine with me since we had already discussed potty training and Mattison's willingness to go. Of course in the evenings when I pick Mattison up her evening teacher is there so she did not know anything about it. This morning when I dropped Mattison off I asked Ms. Lisa about her potty experience and she stated that three of the little girls in Mattison's class went potty around the same time. She said that Mattison did a great job, but seemed to be a little freaked out by the water splashing in the real toilet. They have little bitty toddler kids toilets at school (awww they are so cute) and apparently since she only uses the potty at home she was not used to using a real toilet. Anyway, last night as I got Mattison ready for her bath she sat down on her potty and immediately pee peed. I was so excited. She stood up and looked in the toilet, clapped, and said pee pee yuck. I think she said yuck because she has wanted to put her hands in it before and I told her pee pee in potty was yucky. I have thought hard about it and decided to try to start potty training after Christmas. I will not be disappointed if it does not work and will not force it upon her, but I will make a concious effort to ask her if she needs to go.

I'm Fine

Mattison started coughing a lot more yesterday evening, last night, and this morning. Still no fever. Just sniffles and still a raspy voice. Every time she would cough it would sound to me like it hurt, but when I ask her if she was okay she would say "I'm fine mommy". I get shocked every day with what she says. I am so glad we are at the point where she can tell me when something hurts or if she is not okay. She really enjoys painting lately. She is very good at keeping her paints on her little table and knows not to get up and walk around with the paint brush. It is so funny that she will sit in a poopy diaper, but if she gets paint on her finger she has a fit to wipe them off.
She is having a Thanksgiving Lunch tomorrow at school. Thinking about it brought back memories of being at Central Methodist Preschool and we had a Thanksgiving Day feast with Indians and Pilgrims. I was dressed as an Indian. It was cool. I hope Matti enjoys that fun like I did.

Pottywear

Matti is still a little under the weather this morning. No fever, no running nose, and really no cough. She just sounds like Stevie Nicks. I hope this is just a little cold that does not get any worse. She does not seem to have a sore throat or anything so hopefully this will pass quickly. She definitely still has a lot of energy and does not seem to be feeling bad.
I took a picture of Matti on the potty last night right before her bath. She decided she wanted to run around naked in her Hello Kitty boots. It was so funny. Here is a picture of her on the potty with her boots on and her Elmo telephone. She likes to call Elmo when she is on the potty.

23 Months

Matti is 23 months today. It seems like yesterday that I just had a sweet baby girl with a head full of hair. I cannot believe she is going to be two.
She loves Hello Kitty right now so we are planning on having her a Hello Kitty Themed party. I guess I need to get planning. Time goes by too fast.
Matti woke up this morning a little under the weather. Seems that she is getting a cold. She woke up around 5:30am crying, but I rocked her back to sleep and she slept until I had to wake her around 7:10am. I hated to get her up, but she had no fever and I had to work today so she went to daycare. I absolutely hated taking her knowing that she did not feel up to par. I know she is good hands though she absolutely loves her teacher and her teacher is very loving and caring. I just just remember being a kid and not feeling well and wanting my mommy. Ms. Lisa said she would call me if Matti seemed fussy for me. The day has passed without any calls so I guess I will get her in a few minutes and pray she has been okay all day. Mommy Guilt!!!!
Last night at story time Matti pulled out her word book which is a book with 100 pictures and words naming the pictures. We got to the food section and Matti named every food on the page saying "Mattison likes.....cheese, bananas, broccoli, tomatoes, etc" she would pat her chest suggesting that she was Mattison while she was saying that. I was so proud of her for knowing all of her foods pictured. I did not realize she knew so many different items that were in the book. She almost named all every picture in the book. I was absolutely amazed at her and I am amazed everyday at how much she learns from day to day.

Welcome Wagon

Mattison must have been tired of being around her parents all weekend. She was up at 6:00am and ready to go to school by 7:00am. I was trying to get everything ready for the morning and we normally do not leave for school until 7:30am, but Mattison put on her shoes and jacket and said "Mommy School". I asked her if she wanted to watch the Wiggles before school trying to get a little time, but she said "School Mommy". I dropped her off and she took off into her classroom straight over to her friend Hailey and started playing. Well, I guess she was bored with me and needed a little kid action.
Today when I picked Mattison up her teacher told me about a child that was visiting the school today with his/her parents. She told me that when they came into her classroom Mattison went directly over to the child saying "Hello" and taking the child straight over to the toys and telling them exactly what they had to play with. The teacher said Mattison was so sweet and made the child feel so welcome in the class. It really made me happy to know that she is such a sweet and loving child.

Somersaults

The past week or so Matti has been standing with her head on the ground trying to do flips and today did a couple which completely caught her off guard. She did one on the couch and a couple in her crib after I put her down for a nap. It is too funny. Matthew got her on film while I was out fabric shopping. He videoed her playing in her crib, standing on her head, and talking her animals while she was trying to settle down for a nap. He got it on his phone and I hope I can post it on here once I get a chance to download it. It is a cute and really funny video.
I bought Matti some really cheapo four wheeler's toys at Dollar General the other day and she absolutely loves them. You pull them back and let them go and they will do 360's and race down the hall. She has definitely started squealing a lot with excitement here lately and every time she lets on of those four wheelers go (she calls them bikes) she will squeal louder and louder and jump up and down and clap her hands. Her outside voice found it's way inside.