Happy Newberry Year!

I know this is late, but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Ours was great except for the fact that it flew by. Christmas with Mason was more fun than last year since he could actually help open the presents. Out of everything he got, his absolute favorite was a cleaning set that Jonathan and I got him. It was also probably the cheapest, but he loves it! It has a broom, dust pan, swiffer mop, and spray bottle, and Mason still carries at least one of the items around the house for the majority of the day. His new found fascination with cleaning supplies has led Jonathan and me to believe that he will either be a custodian one day or a very good husband who helps his wife clean house! No matter whose house we are at, Mason always manages to find the cabinet with spray bottles and cleaners--just what every parent wants their child to play with.

We did Christmas with Jonathan's family the weekend before Christmas. It was a lot of fun, and because they were here for the whole weekend we did not feel rushed at all. Christmas Eve we headed to Oklahoma when Jonathan got off work. Halfway to Oklahoma I took Mason out of his carseat to discover that he had a fever. Of all the days to get sick--unbelievable! Needless to say he was pretty puny for a couple of days. On Christmas day he was not his typical active self. He didn't care about any of his new toys and just wanted to be held. Oh well, there's always next year! Jonathan's parents came to Ft. Gibson on Christmas day, as well as some of my other family. It was fun and eventhough Jonathan had to go back to Texas that night, he was nice enough to let me stay and visit my family for the rest of the week. He came back and got me on Friday and on Sunday we went to Stillwater for a few days. Overall, it was a good holiday, but I sure was ready to get home after being gone for a week and a half!

Mason with his Mimi's Windex!

Aunt Julie teaching Mason how to play guitar.

Mason loves Elmo right now, and my brother Josh got him this for Christmas. Everytime he sees any character from Sesame Street he starts saying "Elmo, Elmo!"

Mason on his new car from Grandma and Pawpa.

Mason and cousin Amelia reading a book.

We couldn't even get the broom out of his hands for a family picture!