A Few of Mason's Firsts!

Mason has had quite a few "firsts" lately that I thought I should post about... He first experienced the all famous green beans on February 1st. He sure tolerated them pretty well!

This pic just makes me laugh with the squinty eyes; "not quite sure if I like this mom" look.

Yes he was a mess by the end since he had to use the spoon by himself. (Take note of his fuzzy hair now for pics later on another first.)

Hey Grandpa Curtis- who does this remind you of??? :) We call this grandpa's outfit since he loved to where sweatshirts and wind-breaker pants on Saturdays. Do you still wear them in Ecuador???

And here is Mason first doing the army crawl on February 10th! (With Mya stealing the camera's attention.) This video is a little long, but I thought grandma and grandpa would enjoy it; and other family out of state...
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Who would've thought Mason would have went from looking like this at 7 weeks....

To this at 7 months!?!

Mason's first haircut on February 11th. Good cutting Daddy- and yes Scott cut his hair afterwards too! :)

So handsome! Posing with big sis for the after shot. He's no longer my baby but my little boy!

Isn't it about... time!?!

So yes it has now been over two months since I last posted and it's not been due to the fact of not having to blog about- it's been quite the opposite actually. Four letters sum up the last 8+ weeks B-U-S-Y!!! Here is a very quick run down of what has happened in that time frame: Mason rolling over, Mya and Scott's birthdays, Christmas, Mason's first tooth, New Years, Mya into primary, Mason's teeth number 2,3,4 and now almost 5, Scott back in school (on top of the full and part time jobs), and me working 30 or more hours/week. Phew! It gives me a headache thinking about all of it, so I'm now just going to post a bunch of random pictures detailing what I've missed...

What do you wish with a BONK on the head?

Yeah clothes! Her eyes look a little possessed!

Pathetic horse cake, I know... It was last second idea. I think I'll just stick with the store bought!

Precious

We are finally getting with the times- an MP3 Player!

Our southwestern, chili decorated Christmas tree thanks to g-ma!

I love this Santa Claus with the real reindeer!!!

Lights at Temple Square

Mason played baby Jesus for the first half of our nativity and Haws did the second half

Our little angel

The boys loved being naked... Mason was so irreverant making noises while Dad read the scriptures which made everyone laugh.

CHRISTMAS!!!!

PAPER!!!!

Mason didn't feel too good on Christmas because his first tooth came in on the 23rd and his second tooth was working it's way through too. You can tell he has a snotty nose in this pic.

Lounging in the new stroller Scott surprised me with. I don't have a picture of it, just recorded, of Scott opening my gift to him- tickets to see the NCAA March Madness men's basketball games at the Energy Solutions Arena. It is for 2 days for all the games in the elite eight. I got his brother's wives to buy some too so the brothers will all get to go together. I think I was more excited than he was since I bought them clear back in June!

Teaching Mason how to jump.

Feeding her new baby- she is such a good mommy :)

Talking to gma and gpa Curtis in Ecuador

Sporting the sweaters gma and gpa sent home to us

Mason's favorite spot to roll- under the table

Big boy at 6 months: 16 lbs 14 oz (40%), 27 inches long (75%)

Not so much a baby any more, looks like a little man!

I love these two!!!

Showing off his new grill :)

A few funny stories that I want to write down about Mya... She absolutely loved Christmas and keeps thinking Santa is going to come again. She always asks me how many more days until Christmas and doesn't quite understand how long she has to wait until next December. Just the other morning she wanted to watch Mickey Mouse's Christmas. As she was laying on my bed she says, "Mom, I'm still tired." I said, "Okay just lay down." She pops her head back up, "Mom don't touch me, don't wake me up until Santa gets here." I laughed and said "Okay..." Then she adds, "And I want lots of toys!" Ohh what a character. She again told me just yesterday, "Mom, why didn't Santa come?!? I want him to still bring me that big horse that bounces up and down!" (like the own her cousin Sage got). It's going to be a looonnnggg countdown to Christmas at this rate!
This past Sunday Mya's primary teacher, Sis Peterson, ask "Why do we pray?" And Mya's first response was, "So Daddy doesn't get mad at me"
Just last night as Scott was leaving to go to school Mya says, "But Dad, I thought you were going to stay home with me and run around?" Scott replies, "I wish I could, but if I don't go to class I'll do bad on my test and then would fail the class." Then Mya's suggests her brilliant idea, "Then why don't you just quit?!?" Scott and I just started laughing. We often wonder where she learns to use new words in a proper sentence. She is cracking us up all the time. My new favorite phase of hers is "Mom, do you know I love you?" :)

Well hopefully my next post won't take me so long, but if it does I'm sure this post has enough pictures to hold you over! Til next time!!!