Happy Birthday Mason

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet little Mason!

 

One year ago today our little Mason was born at 1:29 pm.  At that exact moment our lives had completely changed for the better!  I am so glad that this happy, giggly, funny, little Mister is part of our family, I couldn't imagine life without him!  Being his mommy has been the most rewarding experience I have ever had.  I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little emotional today to look back and see how much our little guy has grown over the past year, but he has grown into a happy, handsome, funny, friendly, and curious little boy and I love him so much! 

 

Happy Birthday sweet boy!  Mommy loves you!     

Celebrating Mason's Birthday (Part 1)

Sunday, September 8 we celebrated Mason's FIRST birthday with the Mecham family.  We originally planned to celebrate his birthday with the Mecham family on Labor day, but because of his cold, virus, and ear infection, the party had to be postponed. 

We started the evening out with a BBQ dinner.  Casey was an excellent chef and cooked some delicious hot dogs, hamburgers and brats. 

After dinner grandma and grandpa Mecham gave Mason his present.  Obviously, Mason was a little confused to what was going on, but as soon as the present was opened and put together Mason was full of pure excitement. 

 
After Mason opened his present it was time to sing Happy Birthday to our little guy. 

 

After Mason, with the help of mom, blew out the candle, we lit it again and sang Happy Birthday to Casey.  Happy 29th Birthday Case! 

 

 

After cake and ice cream was served it was time for Mason to try some cake.  I really didn't want Mason to eat a lot of cake.  Mason had been so sick and it had taken him FOREVER to get better so I wanted him to stay as close to his regular eating schedule as possible so we might have a chance at him sleeping through the night.  I also didn't want Mason to get really messy, (I know, I'm no fun at this motherhood stuff) so I just gave him a small cupcake to dig into.  

At first Mason just picked the cupcake up and then would drop it onto his tray, then he started to squish it, which made him laugh really hard. 

 

 Then he started to break off little chunks and throw them all over the floor. 

 

    Finally he started to eat a little bit of the cupcake. 

 

My plan worked perfectly.  Most of the cupcake ended up on the floor so little got eaten and when all was said and done our little guy wasn't too messy. 

 

The night ended with a quick trip to the tub, saying our good-byes to all Mason's party guests, watching a few minutes of Tangled, then off to bed. 

 

Thanks Mecham family for making this day special for our little guy and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our little Mason!

 

The birthday celebrations for Mason will continue...so stay tuned!



End of Summer Happenings

We are so sad to see summer end, but we didn't say good-buy to summer without a big BOOM!  We spent the last few days of summer, doing what we like best, spending time with family. 

 

Casey took a 1 1/2 days off work before all the hustle and bustle started when the kids and teachers came back to school.  We spent his days off shopping at the Traverse Outlet Malls and swimming at the Scera Pool.  We sure have enjoyed our pool pass, another pool pass is a definite must for next summer! 

 

 

We invited Casey's mom, dad, and Phil over for Sunday dinner before Casey's mom had to go back to work at Springville High school.  After dinner, Phil started playing with Mason.  Mason loved poking Phil's eyes and by the look on Phil's face--he was having a great time too.  Mason just loves Uncle Phil. 

 

We had a family reunion with the Mecham family right before summer ended.  The reunion was held at Mapleton Park in Mapleton.  We got there just in time for Casey to play a few rounds of Frisbee and baseball before a mega storm hit.  Luckily I came prepared with blankets and jackets because what started out as a sunny and warm, family reunion, soon turned into a cold and cloudy family reunion.  The cold didn't seem to bother Mason.  Even though it was rainy and freezing outside, he was still enjoying watching dad play ball and playing with Cait and Grandpa Chris in the dugout.     

My sister Lindsey graduated from Provo College School of Nursing right before summer ended.  We are so proud of her!  We threw her a big GOOD JOB party and I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures, but we are so proud of her and know she's going to be the best nurse in the entire WORLD!!

For the August family activity, Daniel and Stacy, and Ry and Meg planned a camping trip.  Case, Mase, and I had fun traveling up the Provo Canyon and spending Friday at the camp out.  We drove home while the others camped and spent the night, then Case, Mase and I drove up Saturday morning for breakfast.  Now that's my kind of camping!  On our way up to the campsite we saw a biker eat it hard on his road bike as he was pedaling down Sqaw Peak road.  Case slammed on his breaks just in time to not run over the tumbling man.  Casey loaded the man's bike into the car and we drove the man back down the canyon.  This experience was a little scary, but we're grateful no one was seriously injured.  Thanks Daniel, Stacy, Ry, and Meg for such a fun camping trip!

We hate so say good-bye to summer.  We're going to miss the warm weather, spending lots of time with family, going to the pool, and not having daddy home with us more often (Casey started school too), but we're looking forward to what fun Fall will bring. 

11 Months

Mason turned 11 months old yesterday!!  I can't believe that in only one more month he will be a year old!! 
Teeth--Mason still only has 6 teeth.  2 on the top and 4 on the bottom. 
Sleeping--It seems no matter what we do, Mason's sleep habits are so irregular.  Just when I thought be might be in the habit of sleeping through the night, he's waking up at 1:30 in the morning again.  We've started feeding him when he wakes up and usually he'll go right back to sleep.  Sometimes we end up turning on a movie at 2 in the morning to help Mason calm down and fall back to sleep. 

Mason and I watching Robin Hood at 2:00 in the morning.

Talking-- Mason is still just saying mama and dada.  Sometimes I'll ask him a question and I swear he'll answer back with a yes or no, but I'm not 100% certain he really knows what he is saying.  When I'm home all day with just me and Mason, I'll strike up a conversation with him and in his own little gibberish he talks back.  Case says Mason is going to be just like his mother when he grows up--always having something to say. 
Eating--Mason is still mostly just eating baby food.  His favorite is plain rice cereal and plain oatmeal.  Every time I try to feed him something new he gives me this look on his face like that was the nastiest thing he had ever eaten, but then 2 seconds later he usually wants more.  Mason will usually eat anything.  After watching my older sister with her baby girl that's about the same age as Mason, I've become more brave on what I'll feed Mason.  I fed him gold fish for the first time the other day, I was so worried he was going to choke, but I thought if my little niece can eat it so can Mason, and he loved it!
Movement--Mason learned how to crawl this past month during our trip to St. George.  Now he crawls everywhere!  I love to watch him get so excited to crawl to something or someone.  He'll usually hyperventilate as he crawls towards it.  Mason spends most of his day crawling towards wherever I am or wherever people are.      
Other--This past month Mason has learned all sorts of tricks.  The other day I caught him clapping.  He usually does it pretty sporadic, but sometimes when he watches someone do something cool he'll usually clap for them.  The other day we took Mason to the pool.  Whenever someone would jump in he would clap for them.  

Mason also learned to wave.  I only saw him do it once, but I'm certain he'll do it more often. 
This past month we also had to lower Mason's crib.  He was able to pull himself up onto his knees which made me too nervous, so Casey lowered it. 

We love this little guy so much!!!  We hate to see him grow up so fast, but we are so grateful at the same time.  We are so grateful for a healthy growing boy.  I know our Heavenly Father has lots in store for our little Mason and I can't wait to see his plans for Mason. 

P.S.  We took Mason to the Provo Beach Resort to ride the carousel for his 11 month birthday.  I placed him on the gorilla.  He was a little frightened and wanted to bail the entire ride.  Hopefully he'll like it more next time:) 

 

St. George Trip

August 1-August 4 we took our end of summer trip to St. George.  We went down with Mer and Garrett and then mom and dad came down the next day to spend the rest of our vacation with us.

Thursday, August 1, 2013
We left our house around 11:00am.  We wanted to get started early enough so Mason would sleep most of the way.  The night before we left we had gone to get Mason a new car seat.  I was really worried about how he would do in his new car seat because he didn't really seem to like his other one, but he did great and he slept most of the way down. 

We finally got to St. George around 3:00p.m.  After we unpacked our belongings from the car Mason went down for another nap (he was one sleepy child).  After he woke up from his nap we ate dinner, during dinner Casey was teaching Mason how to crawl.  He took a few crawling steps and we got them on video.  It is so cute to watch Mason crawl.  At first he would only do it when no one was watching.  By the end of the trip he was getting pretty good at it! 

After dinner we went over to the pool for a little swim. When we got back from the pool it was about 9:00pm. We put Mason to bed then stayed up for a bit and ate Nelson's Frozen Custard while we watched T.V. Then it was time for bed. 

Friday, August 2, 2013
Mason was up and going around 7:00am so Case and I decided to start our morning off by going to the pool.  After the pool we brought Mason back to the condo for his nap.  While Mason was napping Mer and Garrett went to the pool so Case and I decided to play a few round of Family Feud.  Case totally beat me. 

After Mer and Garrett got back from the pool and Mason woke up from his nap, we ate lunch then went shopping for a few hours.
Mom and dad arrived to the condo around 6:00pm.  After they arrived we went swimming, worked on a puzzle, then went to Brick Oven for dinner and Nelson's Frozen Custard for dessert. 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, August 3, 2013

This morning the boys decided to go shooting while the girls decided to go shopping.  After the boys returned we met at the snow cone shack for a delicious Captain America snow cone.  Then we went back to the condo to put Mason down for a nap and work on another puzzle. 

 

 



When Mason woke up from his nap we headed to the pool for our last swim of the trip. 

We ended our last night in St. George by going to Firehouse Subs for dinner and eating Nelson's Frozen Custard for dessert. 

Sunday, August 4, 2013
We woke up early to clean the condo.  After we got the condo all cleaned we went to church.  After church we came back to the condo and did our last finishing touches on cleaning the condo, made some sandwiches for our ride home and then we were off. 
We stopped at a park in Parowan, on our way home, to eat our lunch of sandwiches. 

On our way home we stopped in Springville to visit Casey's mom and dad and showed them Mason's new trick, CRAWLING!!
We got home around 7:30pm.  We unloaded the car and unpacked our suitcases.  Soon we heard some friendly visitors outside coming over to show us Mabel's new toy.  Ryan and Meg found a little red wagon for Mabel and they came over to take Mason and Mabel for a little ride. 

 

 

We had such a fun time in St. George.  We hope we can make it back again soon.  

Crandall Family Reunion

Last weekend on July 27, a Crandall Family Reunion was being held in Bear Lake.  Case and I decided it would be fun to drive down with my mom to go to the family reunion. 
We left around 7:00a.m. on Saturday morning.  Mer decided to drive down with us.  We had a delicious breakfast which consisted of Einstein Bagels (thanks Garrett!) and then we were off.  It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get to Logan where we met up with Lin and Justin and drove the rest of the way to Bear Lake.
After getting there we met in the pavilion to visit with family members and eat lunch.  Justin and Casey went outside to play Frisbee, but quickly came back inside when it started pouring rain.  Since it was pouring rain, we couldnt' go down to the lake, we couldn't go swimming in the pool, and the boys couldn't play Frisbee, so we got out Skip-Bo and played a few rounds. 
After about 4 hours of visiting with relatives we knew and some we didn't, we decided it was time for our long ride home, but first we had to stop for a famous raspberry shake.

We said goodbye to Lin and Justin and ate our raspberry shakes on the go. 
On our way home we stopped at Maddox for dinner.  You can't drive through Brigham City without stopping at Maddox to eat!
We had a great time spending the day with family.  We're looking forward to the next family reunion! 

Pioneer Day

We started our Pioneer Day celebration by going with Casey's mom and dad out to lunch to Brick Oven.  We were supposed to have a family party, but Casey was the only sibling that had the 24th of July off work so we ended up just going out to lunch instead. 

After a yummy dinner, we went home and put Mase down for his nap.  Then, Amy and Jared invited my family over for a Pioneer Day BBQ.

We had fun eating delicious hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, cowboy caviar, jello, pasta salad, and the hit of the night--SLURPEES! 

After dinner we relaxed in Amy and Jared's beautiful backyard. 

 

  Soon it was dark outside and time for another exciting firework show.

 

 The firework show was so exciting, that Mason fell asleep:).

 All in all we had a great time spending Pioneer Day with family!