Favorite Messes....

As most boys do, Mason can make a mess in a matter of minutes. At night we make sure everything is picked up, and before we leave the next morning our little tornado has at least something on the floor in each room.

Yesterday when I came home to straighten up the house, I couldn't help but smile at our little guys mess. It was a mess of his favorite things! He loves to lay on this blanket and he always makes sure to bring his dog and his duck to lay with him ( even though it is only for a minute!). He had a little bowl of Kix which is his favorite cereal which he purposely emptied out and went to get the broom so he could clean it up. And lastly in the picture is spray butter. Why he loves this I don't know, but he constantly tries to open the refrigerator saying, "bu, bu, bu, bu...." He can't quite say butter.

Another favorite that makes a huge mess is chicken spaghetti with squash which is probably his favorite meal. He hasn't quite mastered using utensils yet, but in these he was putting it on himself on purpose. That's our boy!






While the next set of pictures aren't of a mess, Mason loves to open and close doors. He usually wants one of us in the room with him and then he closes the other one out. He thinks this is very funny! He opens to the door to make sure we are still there, but won't let us in. Just like one of his teachers said the other day, we he makes up his mind he wants to do something, he is going to do it!...By the way, Mason doesn't usually run around in his diaper. His pajamas weren't quite dry yet, and I couldn't pass up the photo opportunity!

Expressions...

Just how many expressions can one little boy have?

Mason and Derby...

Since we don't have any animals, Sarah brings over her dogs for Mason to play with. He loves animals!

Tubes and First Kiss...

On Tuesday we went to the ENT doctor to get Mason's ears checked. Unfortunately he has to get tubes, and while we expected that is what he would say, I still don' t like the fact our little boy has to go under. I know it is not a big deal and a lot of children get it done, but I can still worry a little. The timing is perfect as he will get them June 5th, the day after school is out.

I do have a funny story about the doctor's office wait. There was a little girl Mason was playing with who was 16 months old and named Ava. She leaned over to give Mason a hug and our tender-hearted boy got so excited. He moved over, leaned his head on her shoulder, and patted her back. We all thought that was so sweet, and he just smiled. He moved back and was just sitting there, and then all of a sudden, he leaned forward and kissed her right on the mouth. He sat back and just smiled as if he was so proud of himself. He definitely did it on purpose and was happy he did. He was quite the center of attention as we waited.

And this is what we did when we got home... played in the dirt!

14 months...

Mason is 14 months old. I am amazed at how quickly they learn, pick up things, and change at this age. He is sweet, tender hearted, dominant, loving , and one happy boy. He still loves to clean, gives the best hugs and pats you back in the process, steals toys, has the best smile, has biten a couple of kids at daycare, has now been biten, loves to chase his daddy around the house, will open doors, will turn off the Craig's computer if he is not paying attention to him, loves to wake up his daddy in the morning, lays his head down when he wants to go to sleep, uses sign language ( more, thank you, milk, all done, please, sleep, story) with MORE and THANK YOU having multiple meanings, likes to play with cars and trucks, likes to take things out and put them back and is definitely an outside boy. When we get home he stands at the door waiting to go outside. We can't even use the word outside or he will go to the door and cry until he gets to go outside.
I was trying to change Mason's sheet and as you can see he was "helping" me. He was jumping on the mattress and had his sheet in his mouth. We were also waiting for his pajamas to finish drying which is why we don't have a shirt on.
Another one of Mason's favorite things to do... get on daddy's computer. He will know how to work the computer before we know it!

Notice I am getting him to like the number early...34 was my basketball number:-) I think it looks great on him!

Favorite of the day...

Breathing treatments is part of our regular routine these days. His allergies turned into a bad, deep cough and breathing treatments have helped so much. Today he thought it would be fun to play with is breathing machine.

Mason dancing to the "Hot Dog" dance on Mickey Mouse club.