Mason's 1st Birthday

Mason turned one last Saturday.  It is crazy how fast the last year has gone.  We are so, so blessed to have such a health, intellegent, and happy baby.  Because our house is for sale, we had Mason's party at a neighborhood park.  It was so much fun and had a wonderful turn out!  Special thanks to Grandma who made Mason's birthday cake!

Good morning birthday boy!

Summertime!

I can hardly believe summer is nearly over!  Even more unbelievable is that my baby boy is now one! 

We've had some really fun adventures this summer and have spent some great quality time with our family as well!  We've spent time at the pool, at different parks with swings and another with a splash pad, at the Pink House in the mountains, and we've had a fun time catching up with friends!  Mommy had her knee surgery and the whole family got to spend some good time recovering at Grandma & Grandpa's in Westminster!  Here are a few of my favorites from summer!

The times are a-changing!

Oh my!  I cannot believe it has been so long since I have been here to update about my precious little one and our family!  Our little one is not so little anymore... he is 10 months old now! 

Mason is growing and changing all the time.  He's had quite the run of illness from being in daycare!  RSV, stomach flu, and pink eye of note.  I'm amazed at how resilient he is- even on the worst days, his happy personality shines through!

We've had a lot of fun too in the last few months!  We celebrated the birth of Mason's newest cousin, Tegan, with a Babymoon in Estes Park a week before she was born with the Coleman's.  Daddy remodeled the upstairs bathroom and it's gorgeous! Grandma Rose came and spent the night with Mason so Mommy and Daddy could celebrate Mommy's 30th birthday in Central City.  We also visited the Denver Zoo and recently found out Mason will have another BOY cousin in October!  Mason also started swimming lessons! The biggest excitement is we are getting ready to put our house on the market to make the move up north to be closer to our growing extended family!  Mommy is so excited to be off for the summer with Mason to have all kinds of new adventures!

A few of the biggest milestones Mason has reached:

Sitting up unassisted
Rolling from back to tummy and tummy to back
First haircut
Waving goodbye
Saying "dadadada" and "mamamama"
Crawling
Eating "people" food- fruits, veggies, some meats, breads, cheese, etc
Pulling himself to standing
Holding his own bottle
"Walking" in an activity walker
Standing unassisted for very short periods of time
Giving high-fives
A first tooth!

We are so excited for what the near future holds for us! 

A few of my recent favorites:

Six

Our lives changed six months ago today- definitely for the better!!  I can't believe how quickly time passes.  I have been awful about posting since going back to work, expecially with the holidays.  Here are some of the wonderful things that Mason has been doing:

He can roll from back to tummy and tummy to back in both directions.
Mason had his first Christmas and was spoiled rotten- just like it should be!!
He is eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables- all of which have gone over like gangbusters (except for apples... we're not sure what happened there!).
Mason started daycare when Daddy got a new job working days.  I prefer to call it school- it just sounds better!!  His teachers say he is the happiest baby they've seen!
Mason is sitting unassisted for short periods of time.  We know our days are numbered... he'll be giving us a run for our money soon!!

We are greatful everyday that we have a beautiful, healthy baby.  He has stolen our hearts.

A few photos from the last few months:

Christmas 2010



First day of daycare