Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you and your family have a wonderful, blessed holiday! We sure enjoyed our church service, spending Christmas Eve with the in laws, then having all of our family over for Christmas day dinner. It was a very different year, but special as it was Mason's first Christmas!

Happy 6 months to Mason!

Happy 6 months to our big boy! He is in the 90th percentile in height and weight; solid boy he is! Also, SO verbal, constantly grabbing and playing with everything in sight and has mastered sitting up on his own!! This stage is SO fun!!

 

Starting solids!

What a BIG milestone Mason has reached: eating solids!! Mason loves his bottles so much that we were sure he would have no trouble with solids and boy were we right. He gladly accepted each bite of rice cereal and by the end of a few eating sessions perfected the process! He gladly opens his mouth like a little bird eagerly waiting for the next bite. It has been SO much fun feeding him!! 

Merry December!

As we entered this season of joy, peace and happiness I felt nothing but excitement to share the holiday family and friends. We were really excited about celebrating Mason's first Christmas, but more importantly spending time with loved ones doing festive things throughout the month.

We went to our friend's tree farm where we cut down a 10 foot tree to call our own. Here is Kylie and her friend Madilynn who helped us pick the perfect one!

Decorating the tree together! Thank you Crystal for helping us finish up!

Jesse did a wonderful job on our house lights! Here are just a few shots.

Girls night at the Cheesecake factory before joining Amie at the Christmas Carol. GREAT show!

We took Jesse and his crew lunch and decided to do some Christmas shopping in the Westlake Center. We sure enjoyed all of the beautiful decorations and a ride on the carousel.

Meeting baby Aiden

Today I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting my friend Amy's newest member of her family: Aiden! Amy and I met 7 years ago at Regis where she continued to be my hairstylist until this year :( She has moved on to another job which I am very happy for her, but I do miss her dearly! Thankfully, we have stayed in touch and are able to watch each other's babies grow! What is really neat too, is that we both weren't sure if our first born would ever have a sibling and we ended up getting pregnant during the SAME year. Pretty neat! Congrats Amy on your new bundle of joy!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a very special holiday to me and my family. This year has brought us so much to be thankful for: special memories wtih family and friends and the newest addition to our family: Mason. He is a true blessing! I am so thankful to have all that we do, a loving, supportive husband and two wonderful children that make me smile day in and day out. I am so blessed in so many ways and there isn't a day that goes by that I am not grateful. I wish you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving!!

My mother in law began a tradition of the Thanksgiving squirrel who visits and leaves a special treat each year. It was sure special watching Mason try to figure out what this box was!



Kylie loves her Auntie Amie!



Monkey hat

Thank you to nanny Sherrie's friend Mason scored an adorable, hand made hat!