Is seams like we were just bringing him home for the first time...
And somehow him and Gage have went from this...
...to this!
Man, I love this kid! Mason, Dallan & I were in Utah on Mason's birthday so we did a little party with Gage. It was region wrestling in Richfield so we met my parents over there and went bowling. It was a blast! Bowling is one of the few activities that can keep both the kids and the adults fully entertained.
We topped off the bowling with some pizza then headed back to Grandma & Grandpa's house for cake and presents. Mason was well practiced with what to do with presents considering Christmas was only two weeks prior.
Because Mark was in Virginia and missed the family party we did another party for Mason just a couple weeks ago where we finally gave him the birthday presents from us. Lynne and Savannah came over and we did just a little party of brownies and presents.
Mason scored two bikes for his birthday! Mark and I gave Mason a hotwheels bike and Lynne and Savannah gave him a little red trike to match Savannah's so they could ride together. Mason previously owned a little train thing he could ride on and considering we don't have a garage or a yard all three of these bikes (and for a two week period Savannah's bike too) are all loose in our house. It's crazy! The poor guy that lives in our basement! He also scored an Elmo book that has an iPod-like thing attached to it and a little airplane and helicopter set from Dallan.
If I could I woud freeze Mason at this age. He is so brilliant and fun! I don't know what we ever did before he joined our family. This next part of this post is long and just for my records...
Some things I want to remember about him right now:
-He calls Dallan "Dun-a"
-Currently his most common phrase to me during the day is "ut is it mom?" with eyebrows furrowed and head tilted.
-He loves Dora. (Dora is NOT a girl thing. Why is everything Dora pink?)
-When you tell him you love him he answers with a soft little "love"
-He adores Dallan and is always so good to play with him and hand him toys.
-He can count to 12 then starts saying "unteen, unteen, unteen..."
-Knows all his colors, shapes, and all his letters but occasionally says the sound the letter makes instead of what the letter is.
-He is still petrified of the vacuum but is getting considerately better at coping with it. He usually has to touch the vacuum before I can put it away. He calls it "ma-mam" for some reason even though he can say vacuum. He also calls a lion a "lonnie" and he can say lion too.
-He loves songs! He sings along with us now and I am surprised at how many of the words he knows. His current favorites are twinkle-twinkle, ABCs, I am like a star, Sunbeam, Mark's Fox song, and Popcorn popping.
-He still sleeps between 14 and 15 hours a day.
-He insists on having his coat zipped up and the hood on every time we leave the house even if it isn't very cold outside.
-He asks to stay in his jammas every morning and is so excited to put them on each night.
-Everyday when we pick up Mark from the train station Mason excitedly tells Mark he flew on a plane. The conversation then goes on as Mark asks him how big the plane was and the two go back and forth saying different words meaning big (huge, giant, humongous, enormous, etc.) This is everyday for over a month now.
-The way he curls his tongue when he laughs and when he says certain words like "mess"
-Is starting to imagine and incorporating multiple toys into his play at the same time.
-He likes to touch my earings and pet my hair each night before I put him in his bed. Then kisses each of my cheeks and gives us hugs.
-How he went through a phase where he would only give us kisses if we said please.
Things I want to remember about him when he was little but I didn't ever write down:
-He would be looking you right in the eye, hide something, and look back at you and say "wua-wua-wua" to the tune of "where is it" even though you had watched the whole production and he was so proud of himself!
-The way he used to jump out from behind the chair and yell "ah-nah" (tuh-dah) over and over agian.
-He used to call his binke his "bauf".
-Bringing him into bed with us each morning while he drank his bottle.
-The way he would turn his head and look at you from the side of his eye and smile.
-Doing twang-twang to Grover's guitar and bam-bam to Oscar's hammer.
-The game him and Mark played every time Mark was trying to get him to eat baby food of eat a bite then pulling dad's hair over and over.
-Mark bringing him to the lab to eat lunch all together on days I worked.
-The way his smile lit up his whole body and still does!
