A hunting we will go!

Just a few pictures of our times at the deerlease this year. We had a blast and can't wait untill next year :)

A visit from the Hixsons

After Christmas My sister, brother and the kiddos came for a great little visit.

 I liked this one of Chase and Grandma

 Kylie trying out her new GO GO!

 Sweet boy

 Aunt Kelly and the boys

 Cousins!

 These pictures were extremely hard to get everyone to look at the same time and as you can see we were unsuccessful lol!

 Photo shoot everybody run! lol

 What a Gator full



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!