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| Born: | Monday, May 11, 1998 at 7:05 pm |
| Weight: | 8 lbs. 3 oz. |
| Height: | 20 1/2 " |
Yep, Matthew Elliott Fishman was finally born! We (Rick and Annie) both agreed on the name Matthew long before he was born. Elliott is Rick's dad's name and we thought we would be left out of the will if we didn't use his name as Matthew's middle name.
He was born by C-Section because of complications due to Annie's high fever during labor. Therefore we were kept at the hospital from Monday until Sunday (the 17th) so they could monitor Matthew. But now we're home!
We're very happy. Annie and Matthew are very healthy. We can't get enough of the little guy.
Thanks to Jon's advice, we bought an Epson PhotoPC 600 digital camera and we will be taking pictures of our little bundle of joy quite often. So visit this site regularly to get Matthew updates. Click on any of the selections below to see the pictures.
| Matthew's first month | (last updated 6/11/98) |
| Matthew's second month | (last updated 7/7/98) |
| Matthew - Months 3 and 4 | (last updated 9/7/98) |
| Matthew - Months 5, 6, 7, 8 | (last updated 1/10/99) |
| Matthew - 9 Months thru 1 Year | (last updated 5/10/99) |
| Matthew - Second Year | (last updated 5/11/2000) |
| Matthew - Third Year | (last updated 5/11/2001) |
| Matthew - Fourth Year | (last updated 5/12/2002) |
| Matthew - Fifth Year | (last updated 5/12/2003) |
| Matthew - Sixth Year | (last updated 6/2/2004) |
| Matthew - Seventh Year | (last updated 5/30/2005) |
| Matthew - Eighth Year | (last updated 1/8/2006) |
| Matthew - Ninth Year | (last updated 4/26/2007) |
| Matthew - Tenth Year | (last updated 3/28/2008) |
| Matthew - Eleventh Year | (last updated 2/3/2009) |
| Matthew with family and friends (thru '98) | (last updated 12/22/98) |
| Matthew with family and friends (2004) | (last updated 6/2/2004) |
| Matthew Desktop Backgrounds | (last updated 3/29/2000) |
| Matthew Sounds | (last updated 3/31/2000) |
| 5/22/98 | Matthew weighs in at 9 lb 2 oz, height 21 1/2" (top 5% of his class!) |
| 6/18/98 | Matthew weighs in at 12 lb 4 oz, height 23 1/2" (STILL top 5% of his class!) |
| 7/16/98 | Matthew weighs in at 14 lb, height 24 1/2" (STILL top 5% of his class!) |
| 8/12/98 | Matthew rolls over for the first time! |
| 9/12/98 | Matthew sits up on his own for the first time! |
| 9/14/98 | Matthew weighs in at 17 lb 11 oz, height 26 1/2" (STILL top 5% of his class!) |
| 11/10/98 | Matthew weighs in at 20 lb 1 oz (top 10% of his class), height 28" (top 5% of his class!) |
| 12/6/98 | Matthew sits up by himself at 6 months, 25 days |
| 12/7/98 | Matthew finally sleeps thru the night by himself! |
| 12/22/98 | Matthew crawls - Oh No!! |
| 1/1/99 | Matthew gets his first tooth! |
| 2/10/99 | Matthew weighs in at 22 lb 3 oz, height 28 1/2" (don't know the percentages - Ann didn't check!) |
| 4/12/99 | Matthew takes his first steps! |
| 5/11/99 | Matthew is ONE YEAR OLD! |
| 5/13/99 | Matthew gets his first haircut! |
| 5/17/99 | Matthew weighs in at 24 lb 1 oz (in the 75th percentile), weight 30 1/2" (75th percentile) |
| 5/23/99 | Matthew walks across the room - he's choosing walking over crawling! |
| 8/11/99 | Matthew is saying 'car' and 'boat' and 'bird' and many other words! |
| 8/20/99 | Matthew weighs in at 25 lbs, height 32" |
| 11/15/99 | Matthew (at 18 months) weighs in at 25 lbs, 14 oz (50th percentile), height 34" (90th percentile) |
| 5/30/2000 | Matthew (at 2 years) weighs in at 30 lbs (75th percentile), height 35 1/4" (75th percentile) |
| 1/5/2001 | Matthew is in the process of potty training! |
| 1/30/2001 | Matthew (at 2 years, 9 months) weighs in at 33 lbs, height 37" |
| 2/1/2001 | Matthew is pretty much potty trained! |
| 7/12/2001 | Matthew (at 3 years, 2 months) weighs in at 35 lbs, 9 ozs, (85th percentile), height 37 3/4" (50th percentile) |
| 8/16/2002 | Matthew (at 4 years, 3 months) weighs in at 41 lbs, 0 ozs, (75th percentile), height 41" (50th percentile) |
| 6/4/2003 | Matthew (at 5 years, 1 month) weighs in at 43 lbs, 12 ozs, (75th percentile), height 43" (50th percentile) |
| 4/24/2004 | Matthew celebrates finishing 'book one' - his first piano book |
| 6/14/2004 | Matthew (at 6 years, 1 month) weighs in at 48 lbs, 8 ozs, (75th percentile), height 45 1/2" (50th percentile) |
| 7/25/2005 | Matthew (at 7 years, 2 months) weighs in at 52 lbs, 3 ozs, height 48" |
| 2/20/2006 | Matthew (at 7 years, 9 months) weighs in at 56 lbs, 0 ozs, height 49" |
| 1/11/2007 | Matthew (at 8 years, 8 months) weighs in at 61 lbs, 0 ozs, height 51" |
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