Yes it's been forever, and no I have no REAL excuse except that Matthew is keeping us very busy with all his new developments! He is communicating with us very well and has even learned some great manners- saying "please" and "thank you" all the time! I promised before and after pictures of his haircut (which is so grown out by now) so here they are:

Matthew also is getting in touch with his italian heritage:

Eric has been VERY busy recruiting this month and was even away for 9 days- which gave us lots of "mommy & me" time. We made many plans to keep us busy and active, but then Matthew got sick so we spent most of the week planted in the living room. He's all better now!