I Graduated!!

It only took seven years of balancing a job and school, but I finally got my Bachelor of Arts in Sport & Exercise Psychology!! Yahoo! I'm much closer to my final career as a teacher now...only 11 months to go if I get into the program I am hoping for! 

I attended the graduation ceremony the school held and then celebrated with family and friends at dinner afterwards. It was a great day! :)

Mason's little suit gets me every time.

Birth Shadowbox

I wanted a way to preserve some of Mason's items from the hospital when he was born so I decided to put them into a shadow box frame and hang it on his nursery wall. 

I used his first blanket in the hospital as the background in the frame and added all his birth items. I included the information card from the side of his hospital bed, the hat he first wore, a picture of him a couple of hours after he was born (wearing the hat), both of our hospital bracelets, and his heartbeat printout that a kind nurse gave me. 

I used a hot glue gun and glued everything on, voila! 

Newborn Photos Part 2

Here are the rest of Mason's beautiful photos from his newborn shoot with his auntie Vanessa! 

You can check out more photography from her at Vanessa Lee Photography.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was a great time. Saturday my sister-in-law and brother-in-law came up and we cooked a nice dinner for the family. It was great to have everyone here and have a great meal, my sister-in-law is an amazing cook! 

Andrea hard at work

Lincoln's beautiful smile :)

On Sunday we went to my aunt Tracey's house for dinner. We relaxed and had a great time. There was lots of picture taking since there are two new babies in the family! 

 My mom, my grandmother, Mason & I =4 generations

 My mom, brother, grandmother and his baby Heidi =4 generations

Mason's first holiday! 

The family after dinner

I hope you all had a great long holiday weekend with your families. We are so thankful for everyone and everything in our lives. 

Happy Thanksgiving from us Vail's!

Pic Dump Friday

October!

I really love Fall. I'm always sad to see Summer leave, but Fall brings on an exciting feeling... I can't pinpoint what exactly it is that makes you feel excited, but it's like every year when Fall comes it brings on a feeling of a fresh start! Crisp air, leaves, pumpkins, I love it all! :) 

I've got my Bath & Body Works pumpkin candles lit, comfy sweaters & scarves hanging in the closet. Boots out. Pumpkins on my porch. I'm all set. Hocus Pocus will be on my TV shortly. 

Here are some of the fall items we are LOVING so far:
1. Any warm, fluffy blankets/throws to cuddle on the couch with. Costco has a great Sherpa one! 
2. Any pumpkin flavored candle at Bath & Body Works, this one is my fave!
3. Anything owl... of course :)
4. Snoozie's slippers, they are so comfy & warm!
5. Planners! What's Fall without the exciting feeling of planning the year?! I'm crazy, yup. 

Happy October! 

2 Months Old!

2 Months Old!

TWO MONTHS?! Say it isn't so?! How is my newborn baby so big already?! The difference in size and 

personality is craziness!! He is now smiling when others smile, trying to mimic our faces and is finding his voice!

He lets out these loud coo's and little screams that are oh so cute!  He's steals our heart over and over again on 

a daily basis. It's bittersweet as he gets older because I love seeing all the new things he can do, but sad that he 

is getting bigger and bigger fast!! Time goes way too quickly! 

Age: 2 months

Length: 58 cms

Weight: 11 lbs, 10 oz

Clothes: Wearing 3 month clothing, all his newborn clothing are packed away :(

Food: Lots and lots of breast milk

Hair: Blonde (eyelashes & eyebrows too)

Eyes: Blue
Other features: Long legs, pouty lips, cowlick, long eyelashes, chubby cheeks

We are liking and using all the same favorites from the first month, but these are definitely being added to the list:

One: Zip Up FLEECE Sleepers (Carters) These are great for the colder weather and thankfully they zip up! The button ones are great too. 

And we also picked up some wearable fleece blankets that can be used right up to 9months so definitely worth the money: 

Two: Fleece Wearable Blankets 

I'm sure there will be many more exciting things to post about in another 4 weeks... AH! Before we know it he will be walking and calling me mom! Slow down baby boy! <3 

Heidi Lynn!

I have a brand new baby niece... Heidi Lynn! She was born on September 30th at 7:00pm and weighing 8lbs 15oz! We can't wait for all the family events and play dates with Mason! 

Mason meeting his cousin for the first time! 

Welcome to the family Heidi! <3 

Loving my camera!

I am soooooooooooo happy with the quality of photos my camera takes! I am loving just going around and playing around with it. There is SO much to learn about it and I have so very little time to sit down and figure it out but maybe eventually I will get more skilled ;) 

 Mason is definitely not going to have a shortage of baby pics around :)

Looooove his baby blues...and I'm totally going to cry not going to cry when he outgrows his newborn hat I had made <3