What an amazing weekend! It flew by, but there were so many memories made in just a few short days! Matthew turned one last Thursday. Steven took the day off work so we could be together as a family. We took Matthew out to chick-fil-a for ice cream and some play time in the play place. We had my mom and Ken, Juhye, Priscilla and Ian over for dinner. It's tradition in our family for the one celebrating their b-day to pick what is served for dinner that night. I picked Matthew's favorite things...peas and mac'n cheese. I think he was pleased.

Saturday was the party. My biggest concern was that Matthew wouldn't take his afternoon nap. He has recently been keeping himself awake by throwing out his lovey or passy, or talking to himself, or doing whatever necessary to keep from falling asleep. I was so excited to walk past his room and hear quiet! He slept for a little over an hour. In that time, Steven and finished getting the house ready for the party. We had blown up balloons the night before so we put those out, we moved the kitchen table to the side of the room so little people and not so little people would have more space and we set the food out. We had most things ready by the time Matthew woke up. The look on his face was priceless when he saw all the balloons on the floor. He started pointing and saying "ba!" (his word for balloon) If that was all that happened that afternoon, his day would have been just fine. He did so great with the house full of guests. He loved his cake and all the ice cream Steven gave to him. For those wondering, he did sleep that
night! The sugar didn't seem to bother him that much, but I'm not going to try for a repeat.

To top it all off, Sunday night it snowed! We got about 3 inches. I know some people think that is nothing to fret about, but here in Charlotte that is a blizzard. I ran out to the store to pick up milk and bread in case we got "snowed-in." Schools were canceled for Monday, and now they are canceling them for Tuesday as well. Lots of places lost power and the snow that did melt is expected to freeze overnight again. We took Matthew out to play in the snow this morning. I think he enjoyed it more now that he can walk. Steven made a makeshift sled out of a crate and some bungee cords. He is such a good dad! Maybe we will get to go sledding again tomorrow!

Despite the weather, I took Matthew to his 1 year check up. His doctor said that everything looks great. Matthew is healthy, growing well according to his growth scale (he is only in the 5% in weight and height) and doing well developmentally. However, we do need to take him to an allergist. We had to take him to the ER a few weeks ago because he had a reaction to some peanut butter. Matthew's Dr. wants us to get him tested because this could be a pretty serious allergy. I will be calling to schedule an appointment tomorrow. Please pray that these tests would come back negative. I would hate for Matthew to have to grow up dealing with a peanut allergy. Thanks!