Last weekend was both busy and fun. On friday Jackie (my mother-in-law), Catherine (my sister-in-law), Amelia (my niece), Mason, and I all went to Canton for the day. We were literally there all day, but we had so much fun! This was my third time to go with them. The first year I was pregnant, the 2nd year Mason was 5 months old, and this year we had Mason and Amelia. Our numbers have slowly increased! Both Amelia and Mason were great, except Mason did not like the frog backpack/leash that I bought for him to wear. He gets tired of the stroller because he likes to run around so I thought it might work. Unfortunately, he doesn't like to be told where and where not to go. We only had a few screaming incidents though!

Friday night, my cousin Matt and his girlfriend Tracy stayed with us on their way to the Big 12 championship. It was great to see and visit with them. We got to eat breakfast with them, then they headed on to San Antonio.

The rest of the weekend we hung out with Jonathan's family. Saturday we went over to Catherine and Brad's and hung out while they decorated for Christmas, and Sunday we went to the mall to see Santa Claus. Amelia's picture turned out so cute because she sits perfectly still and smiles. Mason on the other hand never holds still! His picture was pretty good except for the fact he has his hands are in the air. I told Catherine to enjoy it while it lasts!

Mason in his Aunt Catherine's t-shirt!

Mason loves his cousin Amelia!

Mason with cousin Matt and his girlfriend Tracy.


Mason is ready to fight with his lint rollers and frog backpack!

Thanksgiving Trip

The week of Thanksgiving was a great week. Jonathan took a week of vacation so we packed up and went to Oklahoma to visit family. We started off at my parents house because my brother, Josh, was in the musical Oklahoma. He played the part of Will, and he was hilarious! He did such a good job, and Mason slept through the performance so everyone got to watch! Monday and Tuesday, my parents watched Mason and Jonathan and I went to Tulsa to Christmas shop and have some time to ourselves--a rare occurence!

Wednesday morning we had breakfast with my best friend Olivia and her husband Jay in Oklahoma City. It was so great to see them! After that we headed to our final destination of Stillwater to see Jonathan's family. We stayed there until Saturday and had a wonderful time. Mason's Mimi got him some Elmo houseshoes that you can see below. He loved them! My family joined us for dinner on Thursday so we had the best of both worlds on Thanksgiving day! Mason didn't know what to think having both sets of granparents in the same place, but he sure loved all of the attention!

My sister Julie with Mason after the play.

Josh(Will), Mason, and me after the play.