New

A few new posts for your pleasure below. I'm trying to keep up folks, I'm trying! (My how the mighty have fallen).

Trouble ahead

Mason is a busy little bee. He never sits, NEVER! He is constantly on the move and into ANYTHING and EVERYTHING he can get his hands on (and then in his mouth).
Here are some sweet pics of Mr. Trouble.
He usually starts in our room. I have removed anything I really care about and he gets to play with the rest, for now.




he loves to play in the bathroom and pound in the shower door when daddy is in there. If daddy doesn't respond, he'll move onto the garbage and begin to empty it piece by piece. Needless to say, the garbage remains pretty empty now.



I got into dad's ice cream. yum!


And just some cute ones for fun!



Ahhh how I love nap time!!

getting ready

We start Christmas REALLY early around here. I had been waiting and waiting and I finally broke down. I started with wreaths and garlands and just couldn't stop myself. Mason was a fabulous help (sense the scarcasim here folks) but it was so fun to watch him try and figure it all out. He was kind of scared of it at first but once the ornaments went on and all the glitter showed up, he wouldn't leave it alone.





Here we go Holidays!!!

Halloween

I LOVE holidays with my family and I'm loving them even more with our sweet Mason. We had such a fun night and I think I even enjoyed it more than Mason. Actually, I know I did. Mason sat in his stroller all night and even fell asleep and I went door to door collecting candy. Anything to be a kid again I guess.
In the past I always made fun of the moms that would bring their babies around for candy and I swore I would never do that. Well I was wrong. And I can't wait until next year when Mason can walk around and enjoy all of the fun himself!!




Mason dressed up as Davy Crockett this year. He was the most precious baby out there with his coon skin cap and fringey cowboy pants. He even had one of TJ's mini .22's on his hip (don't worry, it wasn't loaded) to complete the ensemble.

We go to my mom's neighborhood every year because they go all out with cotton candy, homemade rootbeer and kettle corn. Plus there are so many old friends to chat with and see their kids dressed so cute. I love me some trick-or-treating!!!

Valerie is supposed to send me some pictures (cough cough) but here is a sneak peak of her costume. It was completely awesome but she has better ones on her camera with my brother Chris. P.S.- the hair is all hers, no wig.



A few nights before before Stewart and Robyn suprised us and drove all through the night to visit us. I was so happy to see them and can't wait until they are back again. I didn't get many pictures but I did get some cute ones from carving pumpkins.I love my cute nieces!!!






So much fun!!

Now I just have to prolong Christmas decorations. I would be lying if I said the Christmas station on Pandora hasn't made its way to my house yet.

9 months

Mason had his 9 month appointment yesterday and I have been so curious about his weight because everyone comments on how skinny he is. Well he is 17.9 lbs and is officially in the 7th percentile for weight. 7th. wow. I have never heard of any baby in the 7th percentile. He is 29 inches long which was in the 70th percentile and his head was 18 inches which was in the 60th so the doctor isn't worried. He is getting plenty of fat in his diet due to his head size and his growth hormones are right on track because of his height, he just chooses to be a slim-jim! I

I'll take him any way I can get him!!

Tumble

Poor Mase finally took his first tumble. I knew it was coming pretty soon because this kid does not stop moving and grooving. He is just constantly exploring every nook and cranny and doesn't stop unless he is in his crib (and even then he is a roly-poly). He has been eyeing the lovesac for weeks now.He can crawl up on to it but just cant quite get off it as easily. He finally figured out how to brace himself to crawl off the front of it, which is much closer to he ground but the backside ofit site much higher.


He took a tumble right off the backside and it was awful for his mommy. His first "owie" was a face injury and we all know what that means.... blood!

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Poor sweetness! I felt like a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad mommy!! Then I realized that if he is anything like his father we will be in for may more boo-boos, bandaids, bruises, cuts, broken bones, and trips to urgent care. Hoepfully he'll take after me!!

Fall

I love that the weather is finally changing around here!!! I know it's still warm but it gives me a glimmer of hope that it will soon be chilly outside. Here's to morning runs with Mason in the new jogging stroller and losing 30lbs. ha!

7 months

I forgot to do a "Mason's 6 month old" post so I am doing a "Mason will be 7 months this week" post instead.
I can't believe how fast my sweet boy is growing up an I can't do anything to stop it...ugh!! I love watching him learn new tricks but I don't want it to go too fast.

My baby is crawling up a storm. He has been crawling for about 3 weeks now and he is all over our house. I walk away for 2 seconds and when I come back, he is on the other side of the room getting into trouble!! or even worse, skating across all the tile. He has also tried pulling himself up a few times but we just push him backdown...... just kidding!!



He loves his little walker and charges after the dogs as soon as they are in sight. He traps them in corners and tries to pet them. Luckily, they have figured out that his walker gets washed ashore on the carpet and he can't move so they can find a hide-out.





He has two little "toofers" and will chomp on anything he can get into his mouth, including my fingers, my hair, his fingers, toys, straws, blankets, burp clothes and anything else that fits. He also loves to chew on tags. I can't figue it out but he is obsessed with tags on blankets or towels or whatever. It is so strange!!




At his 6 month appointment he weighed 15lbs 8 oz and was 27 inches. That means he is tall and slim slim slim. We are getting in lots and lots of veggies but he does NOT like fruit.... interesting huh?

He refuses to snuggle with me anymore unless he falls asleep while eating and then I'll get about 4 minutes of cuddle time before he wants to be put in his bed. silly boy!
We are getting back on his sleep schedule finally after we ruined it on our fun trip to Utah. He will go to bed at 8:00pm and sleep until about 9:00am with 1 feeding in between around 10:30pm so I am loving getting my sleep again.

I am so in love with this boy and I'm keeping him locked in our house until he's 30 and there's no arguments about it!! Sorry ladies! I will accept dating applications when he's 27 and then I'll choose from there :) (I'm not a crazy mom or anything right?)

TJ's 30th

My sweet handsome man is now officially an OLD man!! Just kidding honey, I just like giving you a hard time!

TJ turned 30 this week and sowe had to go big! Not just dinner at Del Taco again...... I know, I will stop eatig out someday. Seeing as how Tj as born in 1981, I decided to throw him an 80's themed birthday party. Everyone dressed up in their best 80's get-up, we had a candy bar full of 80's candy and a little Bon Jovi to rock out to. It was so fun to see our long lost friends that we don't get to see enough and just laugh and eat. And eat some more. and some more. nd a little more. He are the pictures to prove our good time:


The people









The food:






The gifts:



The fun:














I missed a few pictures of some of our fabulous guests but we had such a fun time and I am so glad we were able to celebrate my fabulous husband!!