How is it that time can go by so quickly?!?!

Well, my last post was about Matthew's 4 month checkup and he is now 10 months old so....I'm a little behind!! Things have been really busy for us the last few months, here are a few pictures to fill you in on the details....

~ I was able to spend a weekend in St. Louis with my good friends from Pate Rehab., Sarah, Stacey (baby Diego), and Mary. Sarah lives in St. Louis and Mary lives in Oklahoma so it was good getting together and catching up. We enjoyed an art fair, people watching outside Sarah's window, visiting the arch, and good food!!!!

~Bryan got a new job, he now works at TXU. When he put in his 2-weeks notice he had a week off before he started the new job. So we decided to go to.......

ROME!!!

We left Matthew with the grandparents and took off for Italy. It was a once in a lifetime trip - we had the time, the price was awesome, and Matthew was only 5 months old so he wasn't old enough to understand we were gone. We had an awesome time seeing and learning all the history. We visited the Colloseum, the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, the Vatican City/Sistine Chapel, the Catacombs, and much, much more. It was so much fun but by the end of it we were definately ready to get home and see Matthew!

~Matthew started eating solids. He didn't like it too much at the beginning but he soon got the hang of it and realized there are other tasty things besides milk!

RICE CEREAL

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

~We have had several trips to Abilene to visit Bryan's parents and our good friends Stan and Jessi Bailey. Matthew enjoyed playing with their two sons Brayden and Boston.

~Matthew experienced his first ACU Homecoming!! We had so much fun hanging out with Bryan's college roommates and their families; however, we are missing one roommate and his wife who live in Norway. Here are a few photo's from that weekend...

Our traditional "Family" photo after the parade. I LOVE these people!!!

The kiddos! Helen, Isaac, Brayden, Julianna, Boston, and Matthew. It took a whole lot of singing and dancing to get these poses, they are such troopers!!

The boys: Nic, Bryan, Jason, Stan, and Jake

The girls: Me, Ashley, Angela, and Jessi

Me and one of my favorite little girls, Helen

Okay, well, it's taken me a lot longer to post this than I had planned. I am going to have to finish updating tomorrow. Stay tuned for pumpkin patch pictures and pictures over the months with the family!!