18 months

18 months...really? Seems like I was just posting his 1 year old post. I used to laugh at people who said kids grow up to fast. Now I tear up when I think how fast he's growing. This is SUCH a fun age! Well minus the temper tantrums :) Per the doctor, he's perfect! 29 lbs (90 percentile) and 34.75 in (off the chart!). Here are just a few things he's into at 18 months....

- LOVES the outside; wakes up and points to the window then cries when we have to go in to go to bed
- Loves to play peek-a-boo and chase
- LOVES to push his trucks around
- Knows his belly button, hair, ears, nose, teeth, tongue, toes, and fingers
- He is really enjoying the pool. He can jump off the side, kick his feet and blow bubbles! My prediction is I'll have a swimmer by the end of the summer!
- Some words he says: Mom, Mama, Ma, Dad, Dada, Pop, Pop-Pop, More, Ball, Bug, Bubbles, Nana, Hot, Hat, Uh-oh
- Knows the animals sounds for dog, cat, elephant, duck, cow, pig

Mommy and Mason at the beach


Daddy and Mason in the pool

Memorial Day Weekend

It's hot in Charleston now and with Mason REFUSING to play inside, hot = water. We played in water ALL weekend :)

We washed my car;

Played at the park;

And went out on the boat


YAY for the "unofficial" start of summer!!

In Memory of Great-Grandma

Mason's Great Grandma (my grandmother) passed away May 7, 2010. She would have been 95 July 31st. Mason was her pride and joy. She loved everything about him and though the world of him. She said all the time "He's soo smart, April!" She once said she'd never seen anything like him before. I said, we weren't as cute or smart? She said NO! HAHA. Mason adored her. We all will miss her dearly.


4 Generations

Smelling her flowers

Strawberry Pickin'

Last week I got an email pleading for people to come pick strawberries. Apparently no one is going to the strawberry farms and all the strawberries are in danger of going bad. So Mom and Nana took Mason boy to pick strawberries on Wednesday. He had a blast standing on the mounds and rolling around in the dirt. He was SOO dirty. He did enjoy the strawberries and now we have a lot frozen strawberries! :)

Following you Nan!

Rollin rollin rollin

THAT WAY!

Pickin a strawberry

HUH? I'm not dirty!

YUM!

First Popsicle :)

Mason got to enjoy his first popsicle this weekend. He was all about it.....until it started dripping on him. Then he was kinda annoyed, so I had to wrap the bottom in a papertowel. That seemed to suffice. Funny because he LOVES to get dirty.

So excited!

Yumm....


Dont' forget the sides!

Good to the last drop :)

Me and my messy little man!

Spring Break Fun!

Oh how I love Spring Break! A whole week with my Mason man! We definitly took advantage of the BEAUTIFUL 80+ degree weather all week. We had so much fun playing!

The Saturday before Easter, we went to a cookout at Charlestowne Landing w/ some of my Phi Mu sisters. We had a great time catching up! The state has done an awesome job with the renovations!


Monday, we went downtown to the Battery to play. Mason loved climbing on the cannons, running around in the grass and just exploring.




Tuesday we went to the beach with my college roomie, Angela. It was cold and windy so we didn't stay long. After his nap Mason decided to play with the water hose. Who knew THAT would be soo much fun!



Wednesday we went to the park with my friend from college Jaime and her daughter, Malia. It was nice to catch up and for the kids to finally meet! Of course at this age it's more parallel play vs. playing with each other. After the park, we walked over to the giant spray sprinkler thing. Malia LOVED it.....Mason not so much, so he found the mud :)


Thursday and Friday I had soccer practice, so Mason tagged along. He had fun and the girls loved him.



Saturday, I went to the hair dresser so Mason played at home. Then we went to the outlet mall to look around. Typical Saturday :)

Sunday we ventured out again to Palmetto Island County Park for PetFest! There were 100s of dogs which Mason LOVED! After we walked around, we played at the playground some, then headed home .



Whew! What a BUSY week! We had a blast though. Can't wait 'til summer! Only 8 weeks!!!

Easter

Easter weekend started on Thursday for Mason. Him and Grandma dyed eggs at her house. Then Friday, he dyed eggs again with me, Grandmama and Nana. He was soo good dying the eggs! He was very interested and worked hard!





Saturday we went to the Charleston Egg Drop at the church across from my school. Basically they have about 20,000 eggs on the ground and drop another 10,000 from a helicopter. Mason was NOT impressed......actually he was TERRIFIED! So terrified that even after the helicopter left I couldn't put him down for about 15 minutes. FAIL for the first Easter egg hunt! I did manage to get a few pics..



Sunday we woke up to find the Easter Bunny had visited us! He brought Mason a BIG Tonka truck! Then we got dressed and headed to church. After church we ate dinner at my parents (Grandmama and Poppa). Uncle Brian, Nana and Aunt Ora Lee and Uncle Allen joined us for dinner. We ate, played and had an easter egg hunt.

Look what the Easter Bunny brought!

Smelling the flowers

Smile!

I found an egg!

Later that evening we headed over to Andy's parents (Grandma and Granddaddy) for dinner. Aunt Jennifer was there too!

Hunting eggs with Aunt Jennifer


HAPPY EASTER FROM THE BLANTON'S