Mathias has been starting to talk and communicate more and for words he can't completely say, he mimics a similar sound and makes up a motion to go along. He says "aw" for hot, "ma" for more, "om om" for yummy (and he says it while rubbing his tummy!), and a couple more things. He's recently discovered he loves putting my scarves on and off, he likes wearing oven mitts, he's started to show an interest in coloring, and he still loves to try anything that Miriam is doing. Last weekend, we went to an indoor gym nearby where they set out trikes, balls, riding toys, and even a bounce house, and he LOVED it. He just ran around and was riding and climbing and playing contentedly the whole time - it was interesting to see how much less shy he is than Miriam in those settings, especially comparing to when she was the same age. I'm happy he had a lot of fun though, and we'll definitely be visiting that place again!
A couple weeks after we got back from Germany, Mathias had a medium-severe reaction to some peanut butter we fed him on toast. He'd had peanut butter before (baked into things, mostly) so we didn't think that it may be an issue, but his reaction made us start to think otherwise. We mentioned it to his doctor and he wanted some blood work done, since peanut allergies can be serious. We got the blood work back and for now, Mathias has an epi pen for his peanut allergy because it seems fairly severe. We are hoping he eventually grows out of it, but we'd rather be safe than sorry!
We don't have a ton of recent pictures because he's been so sick and cranky, but here are a few!
