1st Hair Cut and Bike Ride!

So first I would like to apologize for not posting very often. Soccer season has started and my time is precious. Very rarely do I get to sit at the computer for more than 3-5 minutes a day.

Mason is growing and growing. He LOVES to explore. He is such a boy! He is very independent at times too which is good. He is into throwing things :( and has decided that he doesn't want to listen.....starting terrible 2s early I think! He makes us laugh all the time! We go next week for his 15 month check up. I can't wait to see how big he is!

A few weeks ago we decided to get his mullet cut. There is a place called "Hair Bears" that exclusively cuts children's hair. So we made an appointment and of course brought the video camera. Mason sat in the chair and got a sucker. He could care less about the hair cut....just the sucker! He did awesome!

Before...

Enjoying the sucker

After...

Styling


Last weekend we enjoyed the beautiful weather. We decided to attached the bike seat (with help from Poppa) so we could go out for a ride! Mason LOVED the bike ride. It's going to be a fun spring!

Aww mom do I HAVE to wear this?!

All ready to go!

Riding around the cold-a-sac

Poppa wanted to ride

SNOW!

It snowed in Charleston!!! It was the first time in 10 years we have had snow that stuck to the ground! I think Andy and I were way too excited! After it was all said and done we got about 3 1/2 - 4 inches. Mason wasn't too excited at first, but we also took him out as soon as he woke up. After breakfast he seemed to enjoy it more. We had tickets to go to Hanahan's Snow Bowl so we bundled up and headed over there. Yes, we paid money to go play in the snow, and then it snowed for real. Remember though, no snow in 10 years so I thought if I wanted Mason to see it, I was going to have to pay for it. Oh well. We had a blast either way! Here are some pics and video!

Measuring stick

Mom and Mason Friday night in the snow

Dad and Mason Friday night

Soaking it all in

"Sled" ride

With Daddy and the Rescue snowman

Exploring

Getting ready to go down the slide

Snow slide at Snow Day!

Making a snow angel :)

1st Dentist Appointment

Today Mason went to the dentist for the first time. They now recommend children to start going to the dentist at 12 months and then go back every six months just like adults. So with a mouth full of teeth and 3 on the way, we headed to a pediatric dentist recommended to us by our pediatrician. The office was awesome! Lots of giant animals, toys in the waiting room and GIANT murals on the walls in the cleaning area. Mason wasn't as impressed as I was :)

Playing with the toys in the waiting room

Hey this is a pretty cool chair!

What are you doing to me?!

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

See man I can do it myself

Big boy after his first dentist appointment (note the Elmo sticker on his shirt....that was his prize)

1st Play Date!

Today Mason had his first official play date! One of my sorority sisters, Leilani, has a little boy, Henry, that is 3 months older than Mason. When Henry first arrived Mason was sooo excited! He just kept following Henry around and squealing. We took the boys down to the Children's Museum and they had a BLAST!

Hugging Henry

Doesn't it look like they just got busted for doing something bad? :)

I'm winning.....no I'm winning

Is this where these go?

Snack time!

Hey, I caught a fish!

Sittin' in the little boat

This is how you do it....I think

Peek-a-boo!!

THE WATER ROOM!!

Painting :)

and they are OUT!

We can't wait to play with Henry again!

Lots Going On!

1st of all.....
Mason got RSV over Christmas break. RSV is an upper respiratory virus. I read that 90% of kids under 2 catch it once. He had a runny nose, coughing, shortness of breath. It was ROUGH to say the least. He just laid around and didn't really sleep at night. I felt so bad for him :( We were supposed to go up to the mountains with our friends Martin and Colleen and their little boy Landon for New Years BUT Landon is only 2 months and so that was a big no no. RSV is VERY dangerous for babies under 3 months. Mason wouldn't have felt up to it even if we could go.
So pitiful :(

He's finally better! He is back to his VERY active self. He lost his appetite when he was sick but it's back with FULL force! He will go to the kitchen and bring us a fork, spoon or bib (his way of saying he's hungry) like every 2 hours! Here are a few things we've been doing!

Riding his horse

Chasing the cats

Playing at the mall

Cooking biscuits


2nd........
1st Haircut! Well really just a trim. I just cut about 1/2in from the front so it would be out of his eyes. He was NOT a fan of the haircut. I tried to save it, but it is such a little amount you can't even see it in the baggie.
Before

After


3rd.......
He's 13 months! Well tomorrow. He gets smarter everyday! Here is what he's into now..
- The mocking stage. You only have to show him once and he does whatever you do. It's too funny!
- He's starting to play with his toys correctly. Specifically trucks. He'll push them aroudn on he knees and make brrm brrm sounds or fire truck sounds.
- He LOVES to talk on the phone. He has 2 cell phones, a cordless phone and a toy phone. He brings it to you and wants you to call people. He also gets SOO excited when the phone rings.
- He LOVES to play chase. He takes off and wants you to chase him
- Peek-a-boo is fun too! He likes to peek around the couch or wall to see you
- He still loves the outside, but has been really annoyed that we can't go out and play (it's just too cold!)

Merry Christmas!

It's hard to believe this is Mason's 2nd Christmas! Warning...this is long :)

I was worried about the Christmas tree and decorations. Mason is SOO curious I just knew he'd take it apart. He actually did very well! Didn't really mess with it. I did catch him once...

Who knew you could buy babies at Walmart!?

He was not a huge fan of the Santa at the mall. I think this was probably because he was tired of taking pictures. We visited Santa after his 1 year photo shoot.

He did however HIGHLY enjoy a peppermint milkshake from Chick-Fil-A

Tuesday night we went to see the James Island Festival of Lights. The line to get into the park was unreal! I have NEVER see that many people going to the lights. We let Mason get out of the car seat so he could see all the lights. Then we parked to walk around. He checked out the lights up close and road a little kiddie train (I had to to the hand pedal) and thought that was great!


Christmas Eve we went to church and then had everyone over for chili. We had a good time. Mason had his first candy cane. I think it's safe to say he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Christmas Day was long but good. We woke up about 7:30 to see what Santa brought.

After breakfast we went to Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Alan's for Christmas with Andy's family. Mason got lots of cute clothes, a telephone, a wagon and a firetruck ball pit!

Then we moved on to my parent's house for dinner and presents. Hanging out with Uncle Allen and Aunt Ora Lee

Mason started feeling kinda puney. He didn't really get a morning or afternoon nap. The food was awesome. After dinner and letting the food settle it was present time. He got a baby laptop, a truck, a zylaphone, some books, and money for his bank account. He made out like a champ! At home with almost all the presents.

Christmas night he started running a high fever, coughing and having a runny nose. We took him to the doctor's care for babies (Peds Plus) and found out he had RSV (an upper respiratory virus). UGH! So Happy Holidays for us! :/

We do hope that everyone had an awesome holiday though!!

Party Time!

We had Mason's party today and it was a success!! It went really fast too. It was mostly family and a few close friends. We had the usual cake and ice cream along with pizza and cookies. Mason again LOVED the cake. He also got lots of really cool presents! Thanks to everyone who made it a special day for the boy!

Singing Happy Birthday

The aftermath!


I showed this slideshow at the party....turn your sound on!



Here are a few collages of his 1 year pictures too...I didn't want to do a whole new post :)