How Does He Know That...

Today we had such a fun day together. This is the first weekend in 6 weeks that Craig didn't study. Mason is getting finally getting over his ear infection. Today I caught myself many times thinking how does he know that! He now points the remote to the tv every time he picks one up. Every morning after his bottle, Mason gets to watch a Baby Einstein video or his number video ( that is the only way I can get ready in the morning) This morning he slide down out of the chair, crawled over to the dvd player, turned it on, and kept looking up at the tv wondering why his video wouldn't come on. It was so funny! I have to change something on the remote to play the dvd and once it started, he crawled back and started watching it.
Tonight when he has taking a bath he grabbed the wash rag and started wiping his arms and legs. He was trying to clean himself. He also pulled his shoes out of his bag and were "trying" to put them on his feet.

He also always asks for his daddy. He loves his daddy. Today he just laughed and laughed while playing with his daddy. Mason had his first lollipop today. We learned that lollipop = no nap and one hyper little boy!! He wouldn't take it out of his mouth.

Our New Normal...

Our new normal that happened in a couple of seconds... Mason cleaned out his bag for me and decided these were all the books he wanted us to read to him. Quite a mess, but I wouldn't trade it for anything!

Walking (with little help)....

Mason has become much more mobile the last couple of days. He walks all over the place when he can hold on to something. He will take my hand and take 5 -7 steps, then I think he thinks he can get where he is going faster if he crawls. He is going to take off walking soon and never look back. These are a couple of shots I took during our long weekend!

Look at those teeth...

The Heisman... (the basketball version)

Snow...

Our fun morning in the snow. Craig and I definitely had more fun than Mason. Once his hands got cold he was done. We had a blast! Thanks to our sweet neighbors who took some pictures for us.

My favorite of the day!

Hands are cold. He is done!

All Mason wanted to do was eat the snow!

I sure do love this little boy!

Biggest snowball I have ever seen... not like we have seen many of them. He wanted to throw this at me even though I had my camera in my hand.

Expectations...

All day I thought about the great pictures I would get of Mason playing in the snow after school. So much potential as I thought about his cute hat, matchting jacket and pants, and his little Nike Shox. In my mind, they would definitely be some frameable pics... all until I got the call at 1:00 that said Mason had a 102.9 fever and had to be picked up from school.

My expectations of fun snow pictures turned into an afternoon in a doctors office and the words double ear infection. We got some more antibotics and ear drops, and he does seem to be doing better tonight. So my cute snow pictures are of our house and the over 7 inches of snow. Maybe tomorrow by some miracle Burleson schools will be closed, Mason will be doing better, and Mason can play in the snow.

Pasta...

It seem like most of my pictures these days revolve around food, but I love his expressions. Our big boy loves to feed himself!

Love this one!

His hair was sticking up all day... couldn't get it down!

11 months...

Today Mason is 11 months old. He is standing all by himself, but still hasn't taken that first step yet. He will walk along the couch but that is about it. He likes his trucks, First Signs video, big legos, his red car, and loves books. He could sit and be read to for hours. His favorite foods are still avocadoes, graham crackers, chicken, and a new favorite of macaroni. He takes a nap everyday at 10:00 and 2:00. He has 8 teeth and says da da and ma ma and na na when he doesn't want something. And still one happy little boy!

This seems like just the other day!
Now look at our big boy. He crosses his legs when he sleeps and drinks a bottle. Of coarse, I think it is so cute.

Making Memories...

We realize more and more how quickly Mason is growing up, and how important it is to make memories and enjoy as much time as we can with him. Yesterday we got dirty by playing in the wet grass, forgot about the to-do list or Craig worrying about studying, and just enjoyed our sweet boy. Even though the lighting isn't right or we don't look our best and Mason in his diaper before his bath, we still captured our fun time together. He sure does make us smile!