Mason or Matthew?

People are always telling me that my boys look exactly alike. Honestly, I see the resemblance, but I never thought they were practically twins like people suggest. But last night I was cleaning out some old pictures on my phone and I started quizzing Chris on whether the picture was Mason or Matthew. Chris got it wrong almost every time :-). So I thought it would be fun to post a few pictures in case anyone wants to take the test. Answers and approx age are at the very bottom, so don't cheat!



Picture A



Picture B



Picture C

Picture D



Picture E



Picture F



Picture G

Answers: A: Matthew (2 mos), B: Mason (3 mos), C: Matthew (3 mos), D: Mason (5 mos), E: Matthew (4 mos), F: Matthew (4 mos); G: Mason (5 mos)

I can't wait to watch my boys grow up and see if they continue to look alike!

10 years and 4 months!

We celebrated a few milestones this week.  Chris and I had our 10 year anniversary on Friday!  I can't believe it was 10 years ago that we said our vows in St. Simons and had a fabulous party with our family and friends.  I guess time flies when you're having fun.  Our lives have changed quite a bit in 10 years!  I love you honey and I'm looking forward to many, many more!!

Our wedding day!  Sept 7, 2002

And now - 10 wonderful years later!

And Matthew turned 4 months old on Thursday.  I know 4 months isn't a huge milestone, but it seems to be the beginning of my favorite baby stage.  He is very alert and curious about everything and is just generally happier.  He has very little 'unexplained fussiness' anymore and I can usually tell exactly what he wants when he gets upset.  I remember Mason hitting this stage at about the same time.

Here are some 4 month stats:

• Weighs 15lbs, 4oz (50-75 percentile) and 24.25 inches (25-50 percentile).  He continues to be our little chunk
• Eating about 5oz of breastmilk, 5 times per day
• Also starting baby food!  Rice cereal mixed with baby food twice a day.  So far we've tried apples and bananas and he likes them both.
• Sleeping almost 11 hours at night, (about 7:30 pm to 6 am) with a 'dream feed' around 10pm.  WOOHOO!!! He still wakes occasionally, but is sleeping great! This was not an easy task - thanks Moms on Call and all my mommy friends for support.
• He smiles, coos and 'talks' all the time now.  We're starting to get some serious belly laughs too, which is adorable.  My favorite part of the day is when I go to his crib in the morning and he gives me the biggest 'Hi Mommy!!!' smile!
• He's rolling over, pushing up during tummy time and likes to be held up to stand.  I think he's going to be mobile before we know it :-(
• Current likes:  watching babies play at school, watching brother play at home, looking in the mirror, 'standing' (with help of course), his play mat, bumbo seat.
• Current dislikes:  being left alone, riding in the car, napping in his crib at school (sound familiar?)

My sweet happy boy at 4 months old.  We love you Chunk!

First day of school

The time has come for mommy to return to work.  I'm kind of ready to get settled into our new routine, but it is very difficult to leave my sweet Matthew.  He has been in 'school' now for 2 weeks and really seems to like it.  We are so blessed to have a daycare we love and two of his teachers were Mason's when he was in the infant classroom just a few years ago.  I probably won't have as much time for the blog now, but I will try to keep pictures up to date on our picasa site.  Doesn't he look so studious in the picture above?  My baby boy is growing up already!

Matthew had rice cereal for the first time - almost 4 months old!

Matthew LOVES watching his big brother play and Mason enjoys entertaining him.

Mimi was very excited that she got to keep both boys over Labor Day while mommy and daddy enjoyed a weekend at the lake (thanks Mimi, Dee, Lamar & Brittney!!)

Matthew was enjoying the little car excer-saucer, so of course Mason HAD to have one too.