Photos!

Here are some photos of Mason around the house, SITTING UP, and swimming at our community pool :)

Christmas Bucket List

Every year I start decorating and getting into the Christmas mood too early and I end up being over the holidays before they actually begin.... so this year I am waiting until December 1st to do anything holiday related. I tried to come up with 25 things I wanted to do during the month but ended up with only 20, which is good enough ;) 

Here is my Christmas bucket list for 2013:

1. Bake cookies.

2. Read Christmas books to Mason.

3. Watch Christmas movies!! 

4. Drink hot chocolate in festive jammies.

5. Cut down our Christmas tree and decorate it.

6. Make a Christmas play list and put it on repeat :)

7. Host an Ugly Christmas Sweater party.

8. Drive around and look at all the lights.

9. Take Mason to see Santa!

10. Go Christmas "shopping" to watch everybody run around like crazy.

11. Make a festive Christmas morning breakfast.

12. Decorate Mason's room/the rest of the house.

13. Make family ornaments to hang on Christmas Eve.

14. Kiss under the mistletoe... awww

15. Go ice skating... aka get Joel to pull me around.

16. Do a random act of kindness for somebody I don't know.

17. Wrap all my gifts in one sitting.... ah.

18. Watch ABC's 25 Days of Christmas!

19. Do a Christmas photoshoot with Mason.

20. Try a new Pinterest idea for my Christmas Eve Party! 

I'll let ya know how I make out! Hopefully by waiting until December the Christmas spirit stays with me a little longer this year!! I know Mason is too young to know what is going on, but I'm already so much more excited! :-) 

Update: We did all but three things... we had full intentions of doing these things, but we spent the Christmas without any power... so we did not get the chance! Hopefully next year will be a lot better :)

Christmas Parade

For the first time in a longggggg time it was actually really warm out the night of the parade! It's the first year I didn't have to stick my feet up on the dash of the car to thaw out my toes afterwards ;) It was perfect weather for Mason's first Santa Clause parade! He was asleep for the first five minutes and then really wide awake for the rest! He was amazed by the lights and sounds.

 Soft & snuggly :)

 Santa!

Candy Card

For my husband's birthday I wanted to do something creative that he would love. He has a major sweet tooth so I was inspired on Pinterest to make a candy card! I jotted down all the chocolate bars/gum I could think of that I could turn into phrases for the card. This is my result!

All of the phrases fit really well and it wasn't too hard to find all the candy items! It was a hit and he loved it! 

3 Months!

I don't know where time goes, but seriously, how is Mason 3 months old!?! Time needs to S T O P. After crying every day about how old he is already, I get to enjoy all the new little things that he does day after day! 

This month, Mason is laughing, carrying on "conversations", playing with a couple toys (his mobile is a new favorite!), he is drooling constantly and blowing little spit bubbles (thanks to teething), is fascinated by T.V., wakes up only ONCE through the night (Hallelujah!), and REALLLLLY likes to "stand"- I'm talking trying to stand up when I'm burping him and sometimes when he's fussy standing is the only cure! He is fighting naps and sometimes only naps an hour total ALL DAY long. This child is a busy boy and constantly wants to be looking around/playing! He has the best personality and I'm so glad he is allllll mineeeee.... well, 50% anyway, I guess I'll share with my husband ;)

Age: 3 months

Length: 61 cms

Weight: 12 lbs, 9 oz

Clothes: Wearing some 3 month clothing, but 3-6 fits a lot better

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 & second month, but these are new to the list this month:

One: Bumbo Chair  This thing is great because it helps babies learn to sit up on their own, for us, it's just something new to keep him busy! 

Two: Baby Einstein Mobile This is awesome, it comes with a remote, over 25 songs and ocean sounds and bright colored sea creatures that Mason loves to stare at. 

We're ready for another amazing 4 weeks! 

Photo Dump

I'm a little late with this one but Friday was a busy day so here are some pictures of Mason to brighten your day! 

Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween! The last couple of years I've gone to parties and dressed up but this year instead of going out we took Mason around to family & friends to show off his costume! 

Mason was........... YODA!  He got spoiled on Halloween, some clothing, a new toy, wipes & cream... and treats... that we are totally eating for him. Yay!

Happy FIRST Halloween Mason! 

Ahhh I can't take the cuteness.