Snow Anyone?

We have received so much snow this winter. Scott has been busy with the snowblower almost every day. We all bundled up for some fresh air and outdoor winter fun: toboganning. We have a huge hill in our backyard that is perfect for toboganning and we thought that it was time to introduce this activity to Mason. Doesn't he look thrilled about the idea?All set and ready to go! The snow was pretty deep and required my pushing to get Mason and Daddy started. I decided to watch rather than jump on the back.

Mason got a face full of snow for most of the way down and was NOT impressed! So far he doesn't think that toboganning is too much fun.

To give you an idea of how much snow we have, Scott is standing in this picture and still hasn't touched the ground below.

After a little more time outside we headed back into the house to warm up and play. Mason was much happier once all of his outerwear was removed and he had more freedom to move about.
We'll get the tobogan out again - I'm sure that there will be more snow in the near future! We are waiting to re-build Frosty as he disappeared during our one warm day over the Christmas holidays.

A Few Christmas Pics

Better late than never right? We had a great Christmas! Mason had so much fun ripping the wrapping paper, playing with the bows and checking out the boxes. The presents inside the pretty packages were an added bonus!Mason loved the Christmas tree! He spent lots of time checking out all of the ornaments and he was always thrilled when he discovered a new "Frosty" on the tree. In this picture he was trying to give the bear a kiss.

Tuckered out little Santa. This is on the way home from daycare just before Christmas.

Mason is a blueberry monster - he can't get enough of them. He usually isn't this messy but on this particular night I let him tip the bowl up to drink all of the juice. Mmmmmmm! Yummy!I wasn't able to post too many of our Christmas pics because the hard drive on our home computer went and now that it is up and running again I don't have the program that I used to use to edit pictures. As a result, any picture that was taken vertically will not rotate and it just so happens that most of my Christmas pictures were taken vertically. Grrrrr! Hopefully we get this problem solved soon :)

Happy New Year!

Fun in the Snow

These two pictures were taken at daycare. Nick, who is pulling Mason in this first picture, is 8 months older than Mason. Mason adores Nick and it is easy to see why! :) Nick has given Mason his first nickname: Mase Mason spent much of his time on this particular day hanging out with the snowman. By the time I arrived at the end of the day to pick Mason up the snowman had melted and crumpled but Mason still wanted to show me where it had been and he walked me over to the pile of snow. He kept pointing at the snow and "talking" away trying to tell me all about the snowman.

It's great that Mason is starting to get used to the snow, especially because it has been snowing here almost non-stop for the past 2 weeks. I am still waiting for the first snow day of the year though so that we can stay home and play in it together!

Tis the Season

Putting up the Christmas tree was a whole new experience this year! Last year Mason wasn't on the move so we didn't need to worry about leaving the Christmas decorations sitting on the floor or which ornaments we hung on the lower branches of the tree. We started to put the tree up just before Mason's nap so that he could see it and our intention was then to have it completely decorated by the time he woke up. Well, decorating took longer than we anticipated (it takes some time to unwrap each ornament, reminisce about the ornament and then decide where to place it on the tree) and when Mason awoke from his nap our living room was in complete disarray. The Christmas bins were open with all sorts of new "toys" to play with and the floor was strewn with tissue paper, boxes and other decor. Mason had a great time checking everything out. We gave him one ornament (a little cat) that he could hang onto while we continued to decorate (at a much faster rate) the Christmas tree. Mason was quite intrigued by what we were doing and kept pointing to the lit tree and saying "OOOOHHHHH!" I think that I mentioned in a previous post that Mason is obsessed with snowmen. When he saw this mat on the floor he started dancing around in excitement all over the snowman and kept laying down on it, rolling on the mat and kissing the snowman. It was pretty funny! (Note that his blanket is still close by.)

He was quite curious about Mr. Bo-Jingles (we also have his sidekick Mr. Bo-Jangles) although he won't have anything to do with him now.

We eventually got the tree decorated and all of the boxes and bins put away. Mason is great around the tree and the only ornament that he has taken off of the tree is the cat ornament that we let him hang onto while we decorated. As he takes this ornament off of the tree he says "no, no, no, no, no!" Prior to our Christmas tree decorating experience Mason really never said "no" that often but "no" became his word of the day for quite a few days after "d" Day.

Bows on gifts are very tempting. I made the mistake of sticking a bow on his shirt while I was wrapping gifts and now he tries to pull bows off of all of the gifts and stick them on himself. I will be amazed if all of our gifts are intact by the time December 25th arrives.

This final picture was taken last week at the Lions' "Breakfast with Santa". Yes, you will notice that Santa is nowhere to be seen. Mason LOVED his pancake breakfast and drinking box "treat" (he doesn't get juice at home) but wanted absolutely nothing to do with Santa! We waited in line to see Santa and when it was Mason's turn and we tried to hand him to Santa he freaked so we didn't get a picture - again! Time is running out for the Santa photo.

We are soooo excited for Christmas - hurry up and get here!

Kisses on the Cheek

This is just too cute. I hope that it puts a smile on your face too!

Cheers!

As mentioned in my previous post, Mason can say "Cheers" and will do the actions to accompany the word. I took this video at the end of his dinner tonight (after he'd been doing it all throughout his meal and I only thought to take the video when he had almost had enough of being in his highchair.)

If you listen closely enough, you will also hear the Grey Cup on in the background. Daddy is exposing Mason early :)

A Few Fun Shots

I cannot believe that my "baby" just turned 18 months last week! Where has the time gone? It is hard to imagine what it was like "before" Mason - it seems as though he has always been a part of our lives. He now weighs 21 pounds 4 ounces (almost on the charts but not quite) and is in the 50th percentile for height. Both Scott and I have noticed that he is getting taller. He now has 10 teeth and is currently cutting 4 more. He is starting to say a few words such as up, Bob (he calls Uncle Bob by name), boob (don't ask), cheers with the action (although it sounds like cheese) and of course mama and dada. Mason's doctor thinks that he should be saying more words (apparently 10 words by 18 months which I can't believe) so we are taking him to a screening clinic next month as a precaution. She says that she really isn't worried but would still like to have him assessed. Great - something else to worry about!
I thought I would share some pictures here that catch a glimpse into a typical day for Mason. He LOVES his blanket and carries it with him all over the house now. I call him Linus :) So far he is fine with leaving it at home but both Scott and I are a little worried that his "addiction" will escalate.

Now that he is walking his up and down off of the floor and couch continually. We are trying to teach him that couches are for sitting and not standing or jumping. So far our lessons are not working :)

Mason's first bath in the big tub. He was afraid of it so Daddy had to join him.

Kisses for the snake. Mason can make the noises for 10 animals, including the snake. It's cute to listen to.

One of Mason's favourite "toys". He likes to "talk" on the phone now and push the buttons. The converter is still his favourite real "toy" followed by Daddy's Blackberry, the computer and then the telephone.

Well, that's it for now. There's so much more that I could gush about but I will leave it at that. Until next time...