Birthday Baby

My baby is one! I absolutely cannot believe that time has flown so fast. I can remember being in the hospital missing my other children and so thankful that I had the one on one time with Matthew before he was slobbered and smooched on by everyone else.
We could not figure out what to name him. With everyone of our other kids we had a name picked out by the ultrasound. This time we just couldn't pick one out. He was born and 2 days later the nurses were bugging us to death for a name. We had listed names that we like on the white board on the wall in the hospital. We had Jackson, Porter, a few others, and then Matthew. Joe threw that one in at the last moment. I said, "Matthew? Where did that one come from?" He said, "I don't know. It just came to me." One of the nurses came in later and asked if this was nameless Pennington. We laughed and said yes, and she told us we ought to let him pick out his name. She said that we ought to call him by each one listed and if he responded to one, that would be it. We laughed and said lets give it a shot. We went thru all of them and lo and behold when I said Matthew he opened his eyes and grunted. We looked at each other, said it again and he had the same response. Matthew it was. The boys think that it is no fair that he got to pick out his name when they didn't.

Matthew Wells Pennington
June 12, 2008
10:40 a.m.
8'2" 21" long

Now better known in our house as Datchew, and Choo Choo.

Boy was he a chunk!

Parker thought that he needed a little snack on the way home one day.

My boys minus Parker. Man am I lucky!

He enjoyed his birthday cupcake. He picked off the icing and threw it on the floor. After his bath he promptly threw up all over the clean towel he was wrapped up in.

Happy birthday Matthew! We are so blessed to have you in our family.