Italian Side

Recent conversation with Matthew:

Me:  Matthew, are you Vietnamese?

Matthew:  No! I nothing.

Me:  Are you Italian?

Matthew:  No!

Me:  Are you Asian?

Matthew: yes, I secret Agent!!

Here's my little secret (1/2 Asian) Agent with his Italian grandma making gnocchi's (pasta).

Steve's mom came over on Saturday and spent the day with us since I was on bed rest the whole weekend.  Matthew loved playing with grandma and making 'macaroni'.   We had it for dinner on Sunday night with Steve's homemade sauce.  It was yummy!

Steve's mom has been such a BIG help.  She has come over almost every other week to clean the house and just do whatever we need.  I don't know what we would do without her.  She is an amazing woman that has so much love and compassion!  As long as we have chocolate stocked in the house, she will keep coming.  I am lucky to have such an awesome mother in law and Matthew is truly  lucky to have her as a grandma!

Hoo-Ha!

This 'Matthew's Moments' brought to you by this cutie pie!

We were driving in the car last weekend and I felt baby kick so I said to Steve, 'I just felt baby kick, right above my Hoo-ha'.

Matthew then asks, 'mommy, what's a hoo-ha?'

Steve and I were dying of laughter!

I answered his question with, 'it's a mommy part'.  Of course, he asked, 'what's a mommy part?'

We quickly changed the subject. 

We really have to watch what we say around him.  Just when you think they're not listening, they are!  It was definitely a moment worth recording.  Ha!

Tender Moment

Our faith and family is so important to us.  We strive to teach Matthew the very basics about church and Jesus.  He learns in his nursery class on Sundays.  And while the lessons are simple and their attention span is less than 5 minutes, they really are absorbing everything.  It amazes me some of the things he will recall.  And it makes me super happy when he talks about Jesus (or any other church principle we try to teach). 

I was driving in the car with Matthew last week and had the following conversation with him out of the blue.

Matthew:  Mommy, the Holy Ghost is in our hearts.

Me:  yes, that's where we feel the Holy Ghost.

Matthew:  Mommy, who is Jesus?

Me:  Jesus is someone that we feel in our hearts too.  He hears our prayers and helps comfort us when we are sad.  Like when mommy was praying for you to come to our family, I was sad and Jesus made me feel better and He answered my prayers because you came!

Matthew: Yeah, I took a long time to come.

In that moment, I felt like he knew way more than I will ever understand about the premortal existence.  This boy of mine, he truly is heaven sent.  I adore him so much and hope that he knows that.  Even after baby sister joins our family, I want him to know that he will always be  my baby!  He makes me live each day and want to be a better mother!

Picking out baby names with a Toddler

Found this little selfie picture on my phone.

That little face cracks me up. He's always taking a million pictures on my phone.

Matthew really wants a baby sister.

And there are days when you ask him if he wants a baby sister or brother and he'll say, 'mommy, I don't want nothing'.

We don't know the gender of the baby yet (hopefully will find out this week) but we have agreed on one girl name and can't decide on a boy name.

If it's a girl, we like the name Katherine (Kate for short).  Matthew is already excited for his baby Kate!

Boys name are harder to agree on.  I like Luke and so does Matthew.  Steve's not a fan. I also like Mark, but he doesn't like that name either!  So here's a conversation we had the other night with Matthew as we were discussing names:

STEVE:  Matthew, what about the name Thomas?

MATTHEW: No, that's a train!

STEVE:  What about the name Peter?

MATTHEW: No, daddy, that's a rabbit!

We laughed so hard when he said that! 

I guess we can't pick out any names that are T.V. characters he knows. 

He cracks us up!

I am excited to find out this week!

Thankful for Little Hands to Hold

 

I am so thankful for my little boy who has such a big heart.

 

He held my hand while Steve administered my shots and said 'It's okay mommy, I hold your hand'.  Then he turns to his daddy and says 'be gentle daddy, gentle'. 

 

Seriously, how can such a small boy show so much love to his momma?!!

 

The other day I called him 'baby doll' and he said, 'I not baby doll, I Pumpkin!'

Yes, yes you are mommy's punkin'!

 

These are moments that I don't want to forget so I have to record them on my blog so I don't forget any of it.

 

 

 

This Little Boy of Mine

 

 

This little boy of mine, he has a heart of gold.  He amazes me everyday.

 

I was sitting at the kitchen counter doing something and he walks over to me and says:

 'Mommy sit by herself? I love you mommy.  Jesus loves you.'

 

My little mommy heart just exploded.

 

I had been feeling down lately and in that moment, my son reminded me that Jesus loves me.  It's those little tender mercy moments that makes being a mom such an amazing calling.

 

No matter how often I doubt my role as a mother, in the eyes of my son, I'm doing ok because he knows I love him and he knows Jesus loves me. 

 

This little boy of mine....he sure does know how to lift up his mama's spirits!



Matthew's Moments

 Matthew is starting to talk more and sometimes says the funniest things.  Aside from having a camcorder on all the time (cause we haven't turned that thing on in months!), I decided I would start documenting it on the blog so I have a record of it (and maybe someday compile a book for him). 

So, I am starting a series on the blog dedicated to his funnies called 'Matthew's Moments'.

And what's a post without a picture?!

(Don't judge! We don't give him DC all the time).

Funny for this Friday:

- Every morning, after we brush our teeth, I weigh myself on the scale and I always say, 'ugh, mommy doesnt like that number'.  Then it's Matthew's turn to get on the scale (because he loves to do everything we do).  So this morning, after I weighed myself, I said, 'mommy likes that number' (being sick always make you lose 1 or 2 lbs).  After I weighed Matthew, he got off and said, 'not like number, not like number' (he weighs 28 lbs). 

I busted out laughing!