Field Day of the Past

So the end of the summer has been very busy. Mid August my very dear friend Jen moved to West Va. She and her kids have been like family to me, and Mason just LOVES her kids. So we tried to spend as much time with them as possible before they left. Then we were busy planning a surprise party for Papa. Before we headed home for the party, Mason got sick and we went to the ped. to find out he had another ear infection. So we set up an appointment with an ENT Dr and got some antibiotics. We headed to Lynchburg to have the party and even went out on a boat on saturday. We had a great time and got to spend some time with a lot of family and friends we have not seen in a while. We met with the ENT the next week, and Mason will be getting ear tubes on the 20th. Please say a prayer for him that everything goes smooth and these help! We then spent Labor Day weekend at Smith Mountain Lake. Grandma rented a house for the weekend, and it was GREAT. Mason and Olivia had a great time playing in the water and fishing. I know we are ready for some cooler weather so Mason can get out and play without getting too hot!

First Haircut

Mason got his first haircut! There wasn't much to cut, but he did GREAT and looks MUCH better!

We went on a Road TRIP!!

Well, we hit the road last weekend. We took Mason to GA for my cousin Jeffrey and his new wife Kelseys wedding. Mason traveled GREAT! We stayed in a hotel the first night we stopped that was close to an airport, and Mason fell in LOVE with airplanes. We sat out and watched plane after plane land. We then headed to GA and took Mason to the Aquarium and Coke factory. We had a PACKED weekend, but it was fun. Mason also is learning to brush his teeth, and though he use to fight me on it, now that I left him do it by himself, he is a fan. He also REALLY likes to dance lately, and must have learned how to jump at school, cause he keeps saying he is jumping. Every day we say how blessed we are to have such a great kid, and just when we think he cannot get any more fun, he does!!!!!!!!!! :)

Spish Spash

The weather has been HOT! So we have been letting Mason play outside in the water. ALL he wants to do is go outside, ALL DAY LONG! :) Tomorrow he has his 18month check up with the Dr and he will get some more shots. His vocabulary keeps growing and growing, and he is now starting to say sentences. His 1st one.... No, No, TayTay, No No. Figures! :) He also LOVES to video chat with my family in Lynchburg. He thinks it is so fun! In 2 weeks we will be making a LONG road trip to GA for my cousins wedding. We will have a GREAT time when we get there, though I am dreading the road trip.

We could not have asked for a better week at the beach! Mason was a little slow to "warm up" to the pool, but as soon as he did he loved it. It was a fight to get him out, even if he was shivering and his lips were purple, he wanted to stay in. He was not as much of a fan of the ocean. Must look kinda scary to a toddler, all that water. He LOVED going to see Papa and all the feesh (as he called them). He was all about some Papa this week. He was the first person Mason asked for every morning, and Papa was always gone fishing. I think he thought he lived outside the back door, cause he was always there cleaning fish. He and Gaga played and played at the pool and the beach. He also had a great time with his cousin baby O and his Auntie Sarba. We were so sad when the week ended and we had to head home. I guess now we can count down the days till next summer when he and baby O will be running on the beach together! :)
At some point this week I changed from Mama to Mommy, which has been his new favorite word! I think we are ALL going to have a hard time going back to work this coming week, Mason especially.

New Wheels

Mason Fun Facts

(I saw a post like this recently and thought it was cute)

~ Mason is a blankie man, but he doesn't want something silky, he wants a receiving blanket

~ He and his Dad have what we call "recliner time" on the weekend when I work, basically they take a nap together in the recliner

~ Mason loves to talk (wonder who he gets that from) ;-) but is dead shy when he is out in public and meets new people.

~ Mason prefers to eat fruit all day

~ He will drink juice out of a sippy cup all day, but don't you dare put milk in it, and when you give him cold milk in his bottle he says "hot" cause he won't drink it.

~ Mason is obsessed with the vacuum, and I blame it on doing it so much when I was pregnant (I also love to vacuum)

~ We are blessed, the kid LOVES to sleep. (He gets that from us)

~ He loves this new car, and he has to have a ride EVERY day!!