First Shoes

Mason, Daddy, Mommy and Grandpop Tony joined Mason Andrew at Stride Rite to buy his first pair of real shoes!!! We weren't sure what size MAJ is so we wanted to have him measured professionaly....he's a 5 1/2 wide!!! No wonder he fussed everytime I tried to shove his little feet into a size 3!!!

We found a pair we liked and Mason was soon walking around the store and the mall like he's been wearing shoes all his life :)

Snowpocalypse Part I and II

Snow, snow and more SNOW!! That's all that it has been doing here for the past week. Wow, when I wished that we would get some real amounts of snow this season so Mason could get his first real taste of a Maryland winter....little did I know I would bring on SNOWPOCALYPSE!!

The first storm came in over February 6th and 7th and left us with about 26" of the white stuff. This is a picture of our street/neighborhood during it's wrath.

Afterward, we suited Mason up and took him outside to experience his first blizzard. We were VERY excited...Mason, not quite as much. But he did have a good time playing in the snow. Here he is checking out the snow on his mitten...

Here he is wondering why I'm leaving him sitting in all this cold, wet stuff!...

And here he is sitting in his little "fort" that Daddy dug for him. See how tired he is already?! His little eyes are closed :)

Well, after that we heard another Nor'easter was on it's way. No way we thought....um, we were WRONG!!!! This is what we woke up to on February 10th.....

Good ole Mother Nature dropped ANOTHER 2 feet on us by the end of this. This blizzard was particularly scary since it was so much more windy than the first. White out conditions for most of it...this picture is actually a pretty good view from our front porch. Many times I couldn't even see our neighbor across the street!

Mason hasn't made it out in this one yet. Chris is off for the next couple days so we'll be taking Mason to play in the snow again....although with 5+ feet out there....I hope we don't lose him!!

He WALKS!!!

Well the Lil Man did it....he took his first steps all on his own. No help, no hand holding, no furniture to guide him, no wall to lean on....all by his big boy self :) He wanted to get to the chair when he was finished playing with a toy. He turned to see the chair and tried to reach it and not let go of his leverage. His arms weren't long enough. He turned around, stood up strong and took, one, two, three whole steps over to the chair without falling!!!! Mommy is so proud of her Lil Man :) I was also so excited that my MIL got to see it.....so was MomMom :)

Welcome 2010!!!

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything and that's because my Lil Man has been keeping me OH SO BUSY!!! Mason Andrew is now 9 months old and he's learned to crawl like a champ, pull himself up on anything he can get his hands on and cruise like a pro! He's even taken to standing on his own (look ma...no hands!) for a brief time! The days of letting him lay on his boppy while I do some housework are far gone. I can't take my eyes off him for a second and you know what? I wouldn't trade it for the world :) I love watching him discover new and exciting things.....even though most of the time that seems to be Daddy's electronics....


This is the look I get when I catch him in the act!



Mason had his first visit with Santa and it was mostly a success. He didn't cry but he did look a bit confused about why we were sitting him with this strange man! He would look at us and look up at Santa, back up at us and then back to Santa with a confused look. He wouldn't smile for the camera but we did get an awfuly cute picture....


Notice the sort of confused look.....

Well, right now we are in WV for the new year with Chris' family. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up more with Mason's blog once we get home......but I know he'll be walking real soon and then I'm going to need a leash!! LOL :)

Happy 2010 to all!!!