Thursday, January 28, 2010

What do you see?

When I look at this picture I see my two little boys looking cute in their Spiderman shirts.


When I showed the same picture to Jonathan he immediately said, "Mason's hair looks like Kid from Kid 'n Play." Great. I knew he needed a haircut, but I didn't think it looked that bad. I hope this isn't one of those pictures that Mason will look at when he gets older and say, "Mom, why did you have my hair like that?" (Believe me, I have plenty of those. Thanks, Mom!) Sorry in advance, Mason.


Friday, January 15, 2010

Multi-tasking

Reading while doing the "cuddle cure"


Practicing guitar while wearing the Baby Bjorn (notice the towel to keep Jonathan's guitar from getting scratched)

Monday, January 11, 2010

2 Months

Max is two months old today, and to commemorate this special day he slept eight hours straight last night! This is much better than six months which was when Mason first slept through the night (this was after we let him cry for a few hours). Max loves being held and talked to, and when you are holding him he wants your undivided attention. When he smiles I just want to squeeze and kiss his chubby little cheeks. He is also doing great with tummy time and raising his head to look around. The first two months have been great, and we look foward to many more!




Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Christmas 2009

This year we spent Christmas Eve at Jonathan's parents, and then we drove to Oklahoma on Christmas Day to be with my family. We didn't know if we would be able to make it to Oklahoma because of the weather, but fortunately the area we were driving in wasn't too bad. I was also able to stay part of the next week in Oklahoma which was fun.

Christmas at Mimi and Granddad's house...

Max and Ella hanging out.



Max with his first Superhero shirt. Mason thought this was pretty cool!


Mason and Amelia took a bath in Mimi's big bathtub and then got to come in the living room to see what Santa left in their stockings.





Christmas at Grandma and Papaw's house...

Mason and I made cookies before we left for Oklahoma. He had fun decorating one for himself, one for Amelia, one for Santa, and one for Rudolph.


Sprinkling reindeer food in my parent's front yard with Aunt Julie. Santa came to my parent's house on Christmas night since we weren't there on Christmas Eve.


The infamous Wolverine costume from Santa!


The boys cuddling and watching television.


I'm not sure what this outfit is supposed to be.

We had fun playing a card game called Sequence. The girls won which was fitting since the boys were trying to cheat :).

Max got to meet my grandpa for the first time. He also got to meet my Aunt Holly, but my picture didn't turn out.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Do you think he exceeds the weight limit?

Do you think he exceeds the weight limit?

Thursday, December 17, 2009

One Month

Max turned one month old last week, but he had his 4 week checkup this week. He gained 2 1/2 pounds in 2 weeks and weighed 9 lbs 6 oz (50th%). He was 22 in long (75th %) and his head measured 36 cm (25th %). I cannot believe a month has already passed since I had him! Time really does fly, and we are trying to enjoy each and every moment. Little Max has been such a blessing, and we are so very thankful for our precious gift that God has blessed us with this Christmas!

My three boys reading together--so sweet!


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Visit With Santa

Mason is really into Santa this year, and it has been a lot of fun. The other day we were in the car having a serious discussion about how Santa gets into your house and the possibility of getting to see Rudolph (Mason thinks Santa will wake him up to see him), and it hit me how surreal it is that I have a child old enough to discuss such things with. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Julie and I were lying in bed listening for Santa and sneaking into the living room in the middle of the night to look in our stockings. We were so excited once the morning came and we were able to see all of the wonderful surprises that were in store for us. As great as it was, it doesn't even compare to the pleasure of watching your own child experience the same excitement and anticipation. What a blessing!

The item Mason is requesting from Santa this year is a Wolverine Costume, seeing that he doesn't have enough costumes. We visited the Santa at the Galleria and Mason loved sitting on his lap and talking to him. He even went up to a different Santa in Nordstrom and starting patting his hands and telling him what he wanted. Unfortunately, the Santa had a hearing aid and had no idea what Mason was saying. He thought Mason asked him how old he was. It was kind of funny, and Mason never knew the difference. To end I have a cute picture of Mason and Max with Santa. Mason even put in a request for a baby toy for Max :).