Who Needs 'Em?

Today was a teacher in-service day at Mateo's school, so we stayed home and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We walked up to the Junction for some window-shopping and french pastry. Yum!



Mateo also enjoyed the snack tray on his stroller. Built-in teether!

Fun with the Flemings..

Mateo likes hanging out with Nate and Denny! He had fun "playing" (if you call messing up Denny's meticulously laid train track "playing"). ;-) He hopes someday he'll have awesome Batman PJs, too!






He also got to meet Sarah and Dan for the first time. He can't wait to see them again!

Drool.com

And you thought the adults were providing the content for this blog...



Mateo likes a little blog with his drool.

Cousins!

The last weekend in August, Mateo spent some quality time with his cousins, his Auntie Vero and Uncle Igy. We also got to meet Alexis, who is absolutely adorable! We vowed to hang out more often, since Mateo and Alexis are so close in age, and Mateo got a huge kick out of Armani and Andre!

What??

Geez, Mom...what are you trying to do? Make up for two months without pictures or something?

Teo and Mac

Just look at how cute Mateo and MacKenna are together...I see the beginning of a beautiful friendship! Uncle Bryon, Aunt Mary and Mac came over to Seattle for a visit in August. We all took a trip to the zoo. The kids were less than impressed - they both fell asleep in their strollers at one point.

While we think they enjoyed the monkeys, the prowling jaguar made Mateo cry. His daddy isn't a fan of cats, either. ;-)

Creepy Crawler

Mateo is a crawling machine! Not only is he into everything and all over the house, but he has learned to climb! The hearth is his new favorite stage. He also pulls himself up on everything. Of course, he goes straight for every outlet and cord in the house. Guess it's time to baby proof!

The little guy has been trying his hand at feeding himself lately, as well. Not only does he eat baby mush, but he enjoys Cheerios, all sorts of cut up fruit, tofu and broccoli. It's fun to watch him experience real people food, and witness his attempts at getting the food into his mouth. He's getting pretty good at it!



Of course, those sharp, little pearly whites help Mateo chew his big boy food. Just look at those puppies! He now has five-ish!

The Lake

Mateo spent a little time at Lake Chelan this summer. He took his first boat ride! As you can see, he was very excited about it. ;-)

Doggies!

Mateo loves his dogs, though we can't say the feeling is mutual. It's more of a bemused tolerance on the canine side of the fence. The dogs are unsure what to do when this little guy crawls all over them. They are such good boys and very patient...

Grandma and Grandpa to the Rescue!

Thanks to grandma and grandpa's gracious loan of their camera, we now have pictures of Mateo to post! He's back and he's cuter than ever! He donned his UW onesie jersey to celebrate the opening of college football season. As you can see, he's very excited that UW won their first game in ages. He's also excited that the blog is back!