Time for an update...

First, Jimmy had to dress up for work one day, so before he left we snapped some pics of Matt and him... so cute...
and full body...

Thanksgiving Day... Matt is a crawling fool!

And look at the teeth (the two bottom teeth... he doesn't like to show them too often...)!

In the commotion of preparing the Thanksgiving meal, somehow Matt escaped Dad's view... and I heard some slight, strange rattling sound. When I looked over, lo and behold, there's Matt - in Marley's dog dish, playing with the food...

Matt and Grandpa, playing on Grandpa's computer (after this pic, he started climbing and biting the laptop...)

Bath time - Matt loves playing with the water coming out of the faucet...

This morning, before Grandma, Grandpa, and Great-Grandma went home, Matt opened up some of his Christmas presents so they could see him actually open some gifts... Here's the progression of one present... starting with chewing on the bow, playing (and trying to eat) the wrapping paper, tugging on the paper, playing with the box while I tried to get the present (a toy laptop in this case) ready to play with, and then, finally, playing with the toy... whew! (Three toys later and Matt was worn out!)

Pics and a video

Time for some more pics... First, because Jimmy's a dork.... He thought it would be funny to be a ghetto "Santa" to see Matt's reaction. Matt didn't seem to care that much...
Here's the Matt all smiles, crawling and playing with his wooden spoon.

I don't know why, but I love the pics of him passed out in the stroller... I guess I just don't understand how it wears HIM out when we go for walks...

This was a different day, right before a walk. Jimmy wants me to put the title of this pic as "It's 70 degrees outside"... It wasn't, thank you very much... AND it was getting dark and cooler outside (and by the end of the walk, it was good that I had him bundled up.. again, thank you very much...)

Here's a pic of Matt with Maura...

And here's Matt and Uncle Joey playing...

Last, but not least, here's a video of Matt cracking up.... He just discovered that when he bangs a coaster on Daddy's computer (yeah, nice) it makes a loud sound. When doing that, Uncle Joey started pretending to hit stuff and making sounds, and encouraging Matt to hit some more. For whatever reason, this just cracked Matt up - so I had to get it on video...

Videos

Here are some videos. One I really really wanted to upload wouldn't for some reason - might have been too big. Anyway... stop naggin' people.... you know who you are... :)

Relatives, cosumes, and driving...

Lots of pics... First, let's start with pics of Matt with some family members he got to see recently. First, some from Nonna and Papa's visit... Here's Matt, happy to be with Nonna on the porch swing:
And clearly just as happy to be with Papa:

Here's Matt getting in the Halloween/Thanksgiving spirit... playing with the innards of a pumpkin... so slimy and gross... yet fun...:

Here's Matt, driving us to Grandma and Grandpa's house... (or just pretending to drive while waiting with Dad for Mom and Great-Grandma to come out of the airport... you pick)

Matt started Halloween day as a tiger... Roar!!!

Posing by the spider pumpkin:

Posing outside with Great-Grandma:

Later on Halloween, the "real" costume came out... Lobster and chef...

Playing with the spoon...

Matt looks too happy to be a lobster in a pot... perhaps he's not sure what this is implying...

AAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

Rescued from the pot by Grandma and Grandpa!

And, finally, all tuckered out, asleep in Great-Grandma's arms...