Happy Birthday Jared!

Today is my youngest brother's birthday --- and I just so happened to find this video this week!

heeheehee

I love you Jared!

Rolling video & amnesia?

As you can see, Mason is much happier about tummy time now that he is strong and can check out the world around him. In fact, he is so happy about tummy time that he REFUSES to roll off of his tummy! Who knew that after a month of constantly rolling off his stomach he now seems to have no clue how to do it? Has anyone else had a kid forget a skill? It has been a week and a half now since Mason last rolled from his stomach to his back -- which would be OK, except he constantly rolls to his stomach and after a while he gets tired and fusses about it. Silly! Oh well, it'll be a good story to tell him when he gets older :)

Here is a video of his amazingness...

Rolling... the other way!

That's right, as of Valentines day Mason is now rolling from his back to his tummy! Unlike rolling from his tummy to his back - when I wondered if it was just a mistake or if he really knew what he was doing, Mason has been a rolling maniac since discovering the new trick. Since starting Saturday morning he has done little else - whether he is on a blanket, on the changing table, or in his crib - he is constantly trying to roll. This has resulted in non-existent naps, moving off of the blanket for the first time, and needing to be rescued from time to time -- although he knows how to roll off of his tummy, he doesn't seem to be as good at it now and sometimes will have a meltdown in his crib bc he got 'stuck' on his stomach! What a goofball! A video will be coming soon...

Valentines Cont.

Valentines week consisted mostly of me being really sick but I started feeling significantly better on Friday, thank goodness. I was hoping to have fun things all week long but we did manage to have heart shaped meatloaf, pink rice crispy treats in the shape of hershey kisses, and frosted heart shaped sugar cookies to celebrate the approaching holiday (not all at the same time... hahaa).

After Matt worked 8 hours for 'free' on Saturday (UGH. that is another story...) we had a great day together! Matt brought home roses for me (although we had agreed to forgo flowers.... stinker) and we worked together and made ourselves a gourmet meal which included steak, lobster, baked potato, and salad! (We needed a bigger plate). It was my first time ever cooking lobster... our house smelled like fish for a day, but it went well otherwise.


Afterwards, Ellie was fabulous and watched Mason for us so we could go out on a date. If you don't recall, I planned our Valentines last year and ended up with the most expensive dinner of our lives, so this year was Matt's turn.


He surprised me and took us ice skating - outdoors! There is a cute little ice rink in Midway that is under the stars and it was a blast to be out having fun together. Once we were cold & sore we headed to Zermatt to their fabulous Backerei & Eis where all dreams can come true (haha). Seriously, so good. Mmmmm. We stuffed ourselves with european pastry and then headed home for the night. We hope you had a great weekend too!

Happy Valentines!

Go share some love!

Table-side seat

Although Mason isn't eating any meatloaf just yet, we decided we'd invite him to the table and see how he liked it... he LOVES it! I think he feels like part of the show and enjoys being up on our level. Here he is cheesing for the camera.

Greatest Snow on Earth

That isn't dirt. Welcome to Utah!

15 weeks

15 weeks isn't exactly a mile marker, but it is how old Mase is today! It is a little unreal that we're getting close to the 4 month mark - when he was born that seemed like so far away.

Current events: we think Mason might be teething. I know, crazy, right? Turns out Matt got his first tooth around 4 months and I got mine a few days shy of 5 months, so we really could be entering into the teething realm (hereditary). As a new Mom, I've learned that teething is not fun. OK, so some kids seem to just get a tooth and don't give any signs of enduring the process, but lets just say that Mason is definitely letting us know what is going on! Drooling - of course - chewing on everything - sure - but a temperature, diaper rash, along with other unpleasant things are coming with it! One of those is his sleeping pattern - demolished. He used to go to bed at 7:30, I'd quietly feed him at 9, and he would wake once usually about 8 hours later to eat, then sleep until 7:30. Beauty! The last 4 days? Waking every 1-3 hours... all night! Ack! He isn't hungry or necessarily 'in pain', he just needs a little comfort and he conchs back out for a brief period before repeating the process. Poor little guy, we feel so bad for him! We've been trying tylenol (although I dont like to use it often), just picked up some hyland teething tabs, wet chilled washcloth, rubbing his gums with our fingers, etc. Anyone have other suggestions? Endure? :) At least I hear the first tooth is the worst... I just hope this doesn't last a month!

So, although we're coping with that little adventure, life is still good and he is still our smiley man - regardless of how tough the night was and how little sleep he got, he is always ready with a huge grin in the morning. On another note, he has also discovered his toes and grabs them every chance he gets (I usually have socks on him). I love watching him learn and discover new things - I love being his Mom!

Easily amused

Can you believe the size difference? It's David and Goliath!

Siamese trait?

I found this picture while we were home and laughed -- looks familiar!

(me & my dad)

With or Without Clothes

I think he is cute dressed up or in the buff...

After church on Sunday... had to get a picture of his outfit! A lady in the mother's lounge asked if he passed the sacrament.

And after our bath tonight!
(beware, cute naked bum below!)

Yuck!

Spiders make my skin crawl. They seem to be one of those creatures that a majority of people have a problem with (I say majority because my Dad will save the "good" ones to release them outside... I think his kind are few and far between! My Mom HATES them). I couldn't even bring myself to name this post "spider" because I think its an ugly word. I have been lucky these last few years living in Utah that there really aren't many creepy crawlers around - not even close to what Florida and Tennessee have! However, a big, fat black spider decided to grace my dining room ceiling this morning. I couldn't even bring myself to snag him with a paper towel, I got out the vacuum and sucked him off (from a safe distance of like 5-6 feet- heehee). I have been squirming and creeped out all morning because of it! Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps and I start looking around the room for one to jump out at me. Guh! Anyone else feel the same?