Matthew likes his name...

This was kind of fun, and I thought I'd share. I was up with him in the middle of the night this last week and I just decided to turn on my cel phone video camera. I didn't think I would catch him smiling, let alone the timing of his reaction when I asked him if he liked his name towards the end of the video.

And the love just keeps on coming...

Wow Matthew, you're growing up so fast. And you've got one of the strongest little necks I've seen on any baby. You're alot more expressive now and now that you're out of the hospital, we've continued to receive A LOT of well-wishes from family and friends. And of course, everybody loves to hold you...

This is really cool. My co-workers out in NYC all got together and bought you a lot of clothes and baby accessories and sent in a package all the way from NY to UT. Daddy was floored by that, and Mommy was very grateful! Thank you CE Team Davis at CPG!!!

Rusty really likes to hold Matthew. Great picture!

Mommy and Daddy have received a lot of well-wishes from family and friends electronically as well. Thank you to all of you who took the time write me a message! We're very thankful for your friendship!

Jessy Flinders Baird AAHH!!!! He is so adorable!! How is Amber? Congrats you guys!!

Rebecca Hunsaker and Robyn Peterson Gillespie like this (picture I posted of Matthew).

Emily Gulli
so cute! congratulations! what did he weigh?

Jessica Young
Congrats!!!!

Sara Fulkerson
Congrats to you and Amber! Give her my best! We hope to see you guys when we are there in August. We would love to meet Matthew.

Beth Hunsaker Garn
Wow! Congrats. What a cutie

Becki Andrus
What a beautiful baby, congrats! :)

Ben Jensen
Awesome! Matthew Benjamin right?

Li Jensen
Congrats!! He's adorable!

Meg Mehr
He's so precious. Congratulations!

Darene Roth Cacace
OMG - He is so adorable !

JuanAmor Garcia
Felicidades Compa!

Amy Peck Harper
CONGRATULATIONS!! Love you guys!

Michelle Jeppsen Gee
Nice work...what a doll! Three is interesting...lol

Marin Sondrup Heywood
He's Here! I was wondering. Congratulations! I bet Amber is relieved. Tell her Hi and congrats from us. Oh, and I love the name by the way:)

Hillari Rock Cragun
Yeah Congrats!!!!!!!

Erin Peterson Kolowich
;)...congrates and GOOD LUCK!

Ben Jensen
He looks like he may be a red head... handsome guy!

Cody Ammons Congrats Man. He is a good looking kid.

JD Tazoi Nice brother. Congrats.

The Hospital visits continue...

Hey Buddy, you're lookin' sharp. A couple of days after you were born, Daddy's side of the family came up to see you. They couldn't come sooner because they all got sick the day you were born and they wanted to make sure they didn't get you sick when they came to visit...

Look! Your big brother and big sister came to see you and brought Mommy flowers! It was really fun to have our little family together for that afternoon...

Aunt Mandi and Aunt Abby came to see you...


Grandma and Grandpa Peterson, who watched Rusty and Sienna for us while we were in the hospital, wanted to make extra sure that they didn't get you sick either. They love you so much and are so happy to see you before they go on their Mission this summer...

Hospital Visits...

Well Matthew, I don't think you're going to be hurting for lack of love from your family. They all think you're pretty great. Mommy's side of the family came up to see you the day you were born and everybody got a chance to hold you...

Introducing Matthew V. Peterson...

Happy Birthday to Matthew Valno Peterson! Matthew was born on June 8th at 8:16 am at Mckay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT. He came in at 20 inches and 7 lbs and 11 oz. Everything went really well with the surgery and Amber is making a really speedy recovery. We are so excited that he is finally here, 9 months is a long time to make everybody wait....

After his hair dried, I couldn't help but notice how red it looked. I thought for sure, he was going to be our first ginger headed child, but then over the ensuing week and a half, it's gotten darker, although you can still see red highlights in it...

He didn't enjoy his first sponge bath very much....

But then he settled down once he got warm under the heat lamp...

We were really blessed with a great surgery with no complications tp either Amber or the baby. Amber was able to see him within 15 minutes after the surgery, as opposed to our experience with Sienna, who had trouble breathing when she came out and it took nearly four hours before Amber could hold her...

I really like this picture of him...

7th Anniversary....

Wow! Seven years already! How does the old saying go: "Time flies when you're having fun..." That certainly seems to be the case with my marriage to Amber. We stayed at a fun Bed and Breakfast called The Johnson Mill in Midway, UT (Heber Valley). I am glad that we were able to spend some time together and that Amber was able to relax a little bit as we enter the home stretch of her pregnancy. Only two more weeks to go!

Amber, I can't wait to see how great the next 7 years are going to be. How in the world did I luck out with such a fun & hot wife!?!

"Trampoline Hair"

Spending some quality time with Daddy on a Trampoline: One Afternoon.

The amount of energy it took for Daddy to continually bounce Rusty and Sienna on the trampoline at their begging requests: Alot. (I am SO out of shape!)

The static electricity's affect on Sienna's hair making Mommy laugh alot: Priceless.