Happy Holidays!

Christmas 2011 has been the best Christmas ever. We spent time with both sides of our family and had so much fun showing Mason what Christmas is all about.

Christmas Eve was kicked off by Granny reading us a book about the night Christ was born.

 Granny and Mason

 Cousins

 Learning how to open  presents!

 Christmas Morning at Mimi and Grandpa's! Wow! Santa has brought us lots gifts to open.

 Mommy, Daddy and Mason so very early in the morning

 Getting the hang opening gifts :) with a little help from Mommy and Daddy!

 Christmas Lunch

 Mason Loves him some Mimi and Grandpa

Merry Christmas everyone can't wait to do this again next year! 

Happy 5 Month!

Wow finding time to blog has been incredibly hard for me. So now that I am off of work for 2 weeks, my goal for these two weeks is to at least blog twice.

Mason you are 5 months old today! geez It still feels like I just had you yesterday. You are such a good, happy boy. You can do so much now but would still like to be able to do more. Me and Daddy on the other hand would like you to take your time. We get tears in our eyes every time you do something new for two reasons,1) because you are growing up so fast and 2)because we are so happy to watch you reach your developmental milestones. On our last visit to the doctor you were 26 inches long and 18 lbs. You are a big boy and barely fit in size 6 months clothes. You are no longer content sitting in your bouncer or laying under you play mat. You love your activity center and can now stand in it and turn all the way around to play with all the toys. You also like to stand on our laps and roll around on the floor with your toys. You have just begun rolling over from your back to your front and also your front to your back but this rolling stuff is still work in progress and can at times be frustrating for you. You talk so much, always trying to make different sounds. Even your doctor was impressed with how much you babble and I swear when we talk to you, you are studying our mouths. Other thing you love are: your toys, the Christmas tree, our dog ozzy, and people watching. Everywhere we go you are absolutely the bestest boy. starring at all the people and new things and then smiling and flirting with anyone who comes close. You are also eating so well you love bananas, greenbeans, squash, and pears aswell as your breastmilk and now some formula. Sweet boy we love you so much and can't wait to see what you will do next.

1st Wedding Anniversary!

October 23rd was our 1st wedding Anniversary! To celebrate Rusty and I got hotel reservations at the same hotel on SPI that we all stayed in on our wedding weekend. We had planned to take Mason but my Mom convinced us to leave him for the weekend with her, (she loves to babysit) so we did. It was the first time we had ever spent one night away from him, much less two nights since he has been born. We had a great time getting a lot of sleep and "us time". In between calling and skypeing Mason every two hours, we found time to go eat at some of our favorite restaurants and visit Clayton's bar. Here are some pictures of some of the sandcastles that were still up from last weekends "Sandcastle days". A special thanks to Mimi and Grandpa from taking such good care of mason while we were gone!

My Halloween Jammies

These are our favorite Halloween jammies ( that he's fixing to bust out of ) and some pictures we took after we carved pumpkins. I saw this cute idea on pintrest and had to try it.

My push gift :)

I came home from work the other day to find this light brown package with a little mint green box inside sitting on top of the counter. Rusty was very anxious for me to open. Inside was this beautiful necklace from Tiffany's of all places. I love it, it has an M for Mason engraved on it. So lets just say I broke down sobbing! Also inside the box was a note from Rusty thanking me for giving him Mason and going through 9 months of pregnancy and a c-section. It was so thoughtfully unexpected and made me feel so appreciated. I love my sweet Husband and baby boy!

Halloween Preview

Watch out all you ghosts and goblins. This little hotdog is going to take all the candy! Yes, I staged this cheesy picture but he thought it was a fun picnic! lol Isn't he the cutest lil hotdog you ever did see?

Weekend in San Antonio

Last weekend we met our cousins Crystal,Quentin, and their baby Cole in San Antonio on the River Walk. It was Mason's first little road trip so I wasn't sure what all I would need. It took me all week to pack and ended up probably having enough stuff for the entire week but better to be safe than sorry. :) We had a blast and did many things including: Ripley's wax museums, Ripley's believe it or not, and Rainforest Cafe. Mason slept through most of those things, but surly did have fun with his cousin playing in our hotel room. Not to mention his first time in the pool.We all had a great time and can't wait to see them again. P.s. My camera was acting up so I didn't get too many good pictures :/

Cole

Mason (crazy hair) Terry

Let's Play!

Splashy! splash! splash!

Rainforest Cafe's friendly tiger with Cole. Mason slept so peacefully through the animals and thunderstorms. The atmosphere was awesome.

Here are some pictures from the wax museum. I was surprised to see that the wax figures were not as life like as I remember when I was a kid but we did have some fun with the twilight crew.

Two little hams

Cole is 4 months older than Mason so he was able to scoot around and show Mason the ropes. He also thought Mason's hands were pretty tasty

Bestest Buds!