In the Life of the Blanton's

Riverdogs Game

Tonight we took Mason's to his first baseball game! We went to a Sunday game because they start earlier. The first hour Mason sat contently and watch the game and people and noises, then he wanted to play. We walked around and got his picture taken with Charlie and Chelsie the Riverdogs. He wasn't scared of them at all! YAY for a GREAT first baseball game!

I like baseball!

Sitting with daddy

Watching the game

Humm you have a big head

Sittin' with Charlie

Future MLB player??

Update

Just a quick update....school has started back. I am really lucky this year and I get Fridays off. So Mason goes between grandparents M-Th. Occasionally I take him to Mom's day out at church so he can interact with other kids. He seems to like it there! Other than that, we've just been trying to get back into the routine of school! Here are a few pics

Helping Daddy load the dishwasher (well Daddy was loading, Mason was unloading)

Playing with cousin Lilly

The Last Day of Summer and 8 Months Old

Last Friday was my last day of summer so we spent it at the beach! Mason had a BLAST! I really enjoyed having the summer with my little man. I got to see every little change and new development he had. I'm really gonna miss that during the school year. At least I'll have a 3-day weekend every week!

Mason was 8 months old on Monday. 8 MONTHS!! I know can you believe it?! Some new developments include:

- 8 teeth.....yep 4 on the bottom and 4 on the top. Boy did those eye teeth cause
some problems too!!

- He has begun to tell the world what he thinks. He babbles and babbles. No real words yet more of like a bababababbabababa or aaaaaaaaa. We are working hard on mamamamamamama :)

- He is crawling like a mad man and has learned to crawl up stairs.

- He's still cruising around ANYTHING that he can pull up on. He well let go for like a second and be able to stand without falling.

- He loves finger foods, especially yogurt drops, puffs and cheese puffs. He's also started eating what we eat like toast, waffles, cinnamon and sugar pretzel bites, vienna sausages...LOL :)

Yumm....sand

Me and My Mason!

YAY BEACH!

Great-Grandma's 94th Birthday

Last weekend we celebrated great-grandma's birthday in Gaston. Gaston was the mid point so we all met at Aunt Ora Lee and Uncle Allen's. The food was DELICIOUS and the time spent with family was great! Here are a few pics...

Happy Birthday Great Grandma!

Hangin' with Uncle Brian

The whole family

Great Grandma and all her grandkids and great grand kid

SC Aquarium

Today me, my mom (Grandmama)and Andy's mom (Grandma) took Mason to the SC Aquarium for the first time. He started off liking the animals. He watched the fish, otters, alligators and penguins. After awhile he seemed to get bored with all the exhibits and started blowing rasberries and everything. It was funny. Unfortunatly my camera battery died, Andy's mom's camera was dead and Mom didnt bring hers. FAIL!! Before they all died I did get a few cute ones....

Calling all boats

Lookin' out the window

What's in the water?

Shark bait

Bald Eagle

On the deck with Mr. Frog

Grandmama, Mason and Grandma

Lake Hartwell

Last week we took Mason to Lake Hartwell! He is the 3rd generation to enjoy the Holmes' place. My parents visited in their early marriage days, I grew up going there in the summer and now it was Mason's turn!

It was Mom, Dad, Brian, Me, Mason, Andy, Uncle Allen, Aunt Ora Lee, Uncle Keith (aka Uncle Bubba), Aunt Joanna, Doug, Beth, Robyn and Paul. Yep that's a lot of peps!! We swam, drove the boat around, and hung out on the dock. I never understood why people took babysitters on vacation with them.....until now. Luckily I had my family as babysitters :)

We had a great time and Mason did very well on the long 5hr car ride. He did well during the day too.....but nighttime was HELL! I think it was a combo of sleeping in his pack n play, sleeping in the same room as us, and not feeling well.

Thursday night he began to run a fever. We gave him tylenol and put him to bed. Friday his fever kept going up. When it hit 103.5 we took him to the emergency room....HIS FIRST TRIP! Found out he had the beginning of an ear infection. The doctor gave us some meds and we were on our way. It was scary for mommy and daddy! Needless to say his lake swimming ended there.

We took SOO many pictures I can't post them all. Here are a few and more in a slide show at the bottom!

Swimming with Mommy

Helping me drive the boat

Our make-shift play pen (It worked pretty well too!)

Playin on the beach

The Blanton's at the lake :)

The Little Gym

Every Tuesday morning this summer we have been going to a place called The Little Gym. It is soo neat! Expensive, but way cool. They have classes for kids as young as 4 months and all the way up to elementary school. It's like baby gymnastics! We do strength exercises, stretches, play with bubbles, balls, bells, sticks, explore on the equipment, and much more! I'd love to continue doing it in the spring....we'll have to see about the finances!

Flagpole (He's such a ham!)