We just celebrated Matthew's birthday, and we had a lot of fun. On his actual birthday, we had Scott's parents over for his birthday dinner. I made an angel food cake from scratch, which was an adventure. Here he is with his piece of birthday cake:



And here is the aftermath:


Luckily not too crazy.

On Saturday, we had his official party. This time we had red velvet cupcakes, and they turned out very cute (if I do say so myself).


We did better job keeping him away from the flame this time.



And Matthew had another chance to go crazy with dessert.


He was getting tired by the time we got to opening presents, so I had to do most of it. At one point I put a bow on his head, and amazingly he left it on there. He cried when I tried to take it off.


We also played a little game that a friend of mine did for her one-year-old's party. You can play too if you want. There are pictures from the first year of Matthew's life, one for each month. Try to match the picture with the month.



I'll tell you the answers in my next post. :)

Sometimes, when I need to do something on the computer, I let Matthew stand up next to an ottomon we have in our office. The other day, I turned around and saw this:


He has now increased the amount of trouble he can get into!

The other night, I was trying to entertain Matthew, and this is what happened:


And, finally, a picture from Matthew's first visit from the Easter bunny. HAPPY EASTER!

A Trip to the Zoo

Scott, Liz, Matthew, and I went to the Oakland Zoo yesterday. It was really fun! It was my first trip to the zoo (and Matthew's too).

Matthew got the chance to pet a goat!


And here he is checking out the squirrel monkeys:


He was really paying attention to them!