Monday Mayhem

Happy Monday!

Let's see, so far our Monday has been
- Laundry
- Breakfast for Matti
- Mama getting her eyebrows waxed while Matti slept in her carseat carrier
- Mama shopping for food and treats for Khaleesi while lugging Matti around in her carrier
- Mama shopping for food for the rest of us while Matti waved her hands like she just don't care
- Mama putting away said food
- Feeding Khaleesi
- Feeding Matti
- Laundry

Matti and Mama
Playing at Chuck E. Cheese with Cousins

So pretty much nothing accomplished today.   Just kidding!  Seriously, lugging Miss Mattigan around in her carseat while loading unloading the shopping cart and car is more of a workout than going to the gym.  Which is a good thing as I haven't made it there lately. :)

Now it's time to FINALLY clear photos off my phone and ipad onto backups so said phone and ipad can speed back up.  They're running just a tad slow nowadays, not to mention balking at letting me take any photos!

Speaking of photos.  Here's one for your enjoyment.  Tomorrow is 6 months for Matti!  Any bets on her height, weight, and length when she goes to the doctors on Wednesday?

Kevin Bacon & French Toast

Mama and Daddy enjoyed a nice morning date while Oma and Matti played.  Breakfast at Postino's, a walk thru the Farmer's Market, a little Christmas shopping in the antiques stores, drinks at Dutch Bros, a movie, and all topped off with a stop at the gas station where we found Sam Adam's Octoberfest!  Enjoyed the movie a lot - Guardians of the Galaxy.  Long live Kevin Bacon!

Tequila

Aiyiii!  Arreba arreba!
This one's for you Great-Grandma Abare!

Matti said, "I'm going out with my girlfriends
For margaritas at the Holiday Inn"
Oh have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off

I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks Patron
Her closet's missing half the things she bought
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off

She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink

Homeward Bond

Mattigan and The Khaleesi bonding...




Khaleesi sneaks up on a sleeping Matti so she can rest her giant head on tiny feet.  Funny because Khaleesi won't allow us to take any photos where we place Matti next to her.





 

I enjoyed a spot of tea to celebrate Prince George's birthday and a guest lecture from Professor PirateSox. The audience even included celebrity guest Her Royal Highness, Ruler of 1530 lands and the Salted Pool of Avondale, The Khaleesi. Today's topic is the Aerodynamics of Teeth Growing as clearly demonstrated by the Professor.

Smiles

 Beautiful girl

We love you

Mattigan Kensi!

Music Brought to You by the Letters M and X

Mattigan on the Xylophone rocking out

Swimming with the Fishes

Shark feeding, starfish petting, stingray waving, and seahorse roundups.  Our first visit to the Sealife Aquarium with Aunt Theresa and Anna (Mama and Mattigan).

A Friend's Birthday

Mattigan attended her first birthday party today.  Lots of fun.  Plus Mama and Daddy got to visit with their friends which was a great bonus!

Matti vs Toys

Matti in her pack-n-play walloping toys

Matti turns 5 months

 

1  ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5

Matti is now

5 months old!

1  ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5

Matti is growing along just fine.  She's upwards of 10 lbs, eating like a teenager, and dancing up a storm.  Matti turned 5 months old on July 26th.  That's 2 months adjusted age (which is what we go by for developmental milestones.)

LOVES

• Staring at faces
• Reading books with Mama and Daddy
• Swatting her toys that hang overhead
• Music - Disney to Sinatra to Melissa Etheridge to AC/DC
• Lambie and Lionel (her wubba pacifiers)
• Riding in the car
• Touring around in her BabyBjorn carrier
• Swimming in the bath tub
• "Standing" or "sitting" with Mama and Daddy's help

DISLIKES

• Reflux, it's no fun
• Being buckled into her car seat
• Being set down after snuggling asleep with you
• Tummy time 

MILESTONES

• Rolls from back to stomach
• Better at holding her head up while on stomach 
• Notices her hands
• Starting to teeth (note drool and hand-chewing)
• Looks for you while playing peek-a-boo
• Eating more
• "Talking" at us

Meanwhile, Khaleesi is still doing well with Mattigan but has definitely shown us she wants extra attention.  Recent Khaleesi antics include shredding some diapers, stealing stuffed animals from Mattigan's room, eating an entire washcloth, chewing on Mattigan's toys...

However, Khaleesi has been giving Mattigan kisses (very sloppy, wet, drooly kisses says Matti) and is always watching over her. If Matti cries about anything besides being hungry Khaleesi comes to get me like Lassie. (As if I didn't hear for myself. Lol)  Khaleesi also supervises baths. Also, Matti will be swinging away and then Khaleesi has to go set her head on Matti's lap to make sure she's ok.  Crazy kids. :)

Monsoons Haboobs & Unicorns

Narrated by: Professor Ludwig Von Drake (that wacky sciency uncle of Donald Duck)

Well, we were recently hit with the usual summer storms. A haboob (dust storm) followed by a monsoon (rain storm).  They are intense!

The haboob usually starts out as a yellow haze in the distance that becomes brown as it nears.  This is followed by the taste and smell of dry dirt which you can then feel as a grittiness in your eyes and sneeziness in your nose.  (Is too a word. Look it up.)  The storm then rages on with no visibility and winds that are not only high winds but also low.  As in under your lawn furniture.

Hot on the heels of the haboob is the monsoon.  Think of a rainstorm you've driven in where the water comes down so fast that your windshield wipers can't keep up with it. Then take THAT and do this: (THAT x 4) + (wind raised to the 8th power) and you sort of get an idea of what we're talking about.

Then with a gentle sigh the monsoon sweeps away towards the next target as you survey the damage to your pergola, grill, firepit, table, radio, lights, roof tiles, and so on. Obviously it is not the fault of the haboob nor monsoon that a giant chose that moment to stomp on your pergola and ride his pet unicorn over the top of your grill and firepit.  Obviously.  And everyone knows that unicorns love to take the glass out of your outdoor table and fling the entire pane 10 feet to the back wall so they can hear the shattering.  I've been told it reminds the unicorn of the tinkling noise made by a thousand fireflies in flight.  To me it just sounds like a call to the insurance adjuster.  But hey, to each his own.