dirt

after finishing up some spring cleaning in the house saturday morning, we decided to venture outside to do some much needed yard work (those of you who came to mason's party know what i am talking about...our lawn was a jungle!) while curtis mowed and trimmed, mason and i decided to tackle some weeds that constantly take root by our front porch. at one point i glanced over to see mason lifting a dirt clod to his mouth. i grabbed the dirt from him telling him that was yucky. mason thought that was hilarious. he laughed, grabbed another clod and lifted it to his mouth. i said no and grabbed it from him hand again but discipline doesn't work if you are laughing too. the third time mason pulled this stunt i wasn't fast enough. a handful of dirt flew into mason's mouth and he immediately started to try and scrape his mouth clean. we took a trip to the kitchen faucet but failed to clean off his entire face. you can't see it very well in the pictures, but his whole chin streaked with dirt.

unfortunately, good weather in the spring is often followed by a snow storm so we have been trying to take full advantage of the sunshine! these are just a few pictures of mason one evening after a walk. he found the flowers but after shredding only one was off to find something else to get into.

we have a super busy month ahead of us including my birthday, curtis' birthday, 3 graduations, 2 baby blessings, 2 relatives getting their endowments out, 2 farewells, and plenty of things in between so be prepared for hearing from us a lot!

mason's first birthday

my baby is longer a baby...he is officially a toddler! whoa.

tuesday was the big day. dad had to work so we kept things pretty low key. mason got a package in the mail from grandma steph and grandpa tony (3 super cute outfits!) and some blocks from grandma colleen and grandpa jon.

thursday was check up day. he is still -5 on the growth charts with a whopping weight of 17 pounds which means still no front facing car seat. no surprise there. other than being a skinny bones, everything else was normal. he was perfect through the whole exam and didn't even flinch when he got his finger pricked.

saturday was party day! we invited some friends and family over to our house and celebrated mase boys big milestone. the kids ran around in the game room with all the toys while the adults hung out and talked. we kicked things off with the cake and yes, i made it myself :) mason dug right in and once he understood that it was edible, he did quite enjoy himself. after getting his fill of sweets, he just pounded on the cake until it all ended up on the floor. it was so much fun watching him have a good time!

mason now has two cousins and of course they are both girls :) esther was born on march 22nd and mason LOVES her! he is so gentle with her and when she cries, he worries about her. they are so cute together and we are so glad they live close enough to hang out!

so the party turned out pretty good and i think mason really liked it. he got some really cool toys, got to play with other kids all day, and got to throw his food all over the floor...who wouldn't love that?

happy birthday mason!

we love you!

april already?

it's hard to imagine that last easter i had my hospital bag packed and we were anxiously counting down the hours until 2 a.m. when i was scheduled to be induced. this easter was less eventful and definitely not as exciting, but we still made the best of it.

to start off the long weekend (5 days off for me, 4 for curtis) we headed to my grandparents house up north. we enjoyed visiting with family, ate way too many sweets, and took total advantage of being able to sit on our butts and do nothing for a couple of days. well, i guess i can't say we didn't do anything...we did hit the big toys r us sale and got a great deal on some toys for mason's birthday (which is next week!?! i'll have more on that later :) we came home saturday afternoon looking for some time to ourselves and delighted in the fact that curtis no longer had to work sunday night as planned. we decided not to dye or hide any eggs but next year mason will be old enough to know what is going on so i will be sure to make an event out of it! the easter bunny did bring mason a basket, but as suspected he couldn't have cared less. i sat it down on the floor for him, he pulled everything out, then crawled off to find something more interesting to do.

a few weeks ago, curtis and i went to manti for our anniversary. there is a little bed and breakfast where we had our wedding luncheon right after we got married and we thought it would be fun to go back to celebrate! we visited the temple, ate dinner, then spent the rest of the night holed up in our room watching movies. this was my first night away from mason so i experienced a little seperation anxiety, but i had a great time with curtis! the manti house was the perfect getaway for us and i love going back to where it all began! hopefully we get to do it again soon!