Happy 1st Birthday Mason!

Happy Birthday Mason! Holy cow...This past year has flown by! And what a good year it has been. We had fun celebrating Mason's 1st birthday. We partied it up the Saturday before his birthday with cake and icecream. As I was laying in bed that night we counted up 41 people attending the party! Wow! This kid is loved! :) Mason had a great time opening his presents and LOVED pulled everything out of the bags as fast as he could and handing it all to me. As we say in our house, "He is as fast as Lightning McQueen!" With all of the cousins there to have fun Mason stoood back while they played with all of his new toys. He seemed totally ok with that! This kid is generally pretty laid back. We took a million pictures all day but I am getting worn down in my old age and had to just pick a few to post.

A few fun things about Mason:

*His favorite hobby is to empty out the kitchen cupboards, drawers, my bathroom cupboards, play in the toilet, empty the bookselves, turn on and off the XBox360 and stick his fingers in the VCR and DVD slots! He can do ALL of these in less than 5 minutes flat if I am distracted!

*Our house is a constant obstacle course with items that Mason picks up and leaves all over.

*He has mastered going up and down the stairs on his knees

*He says "HERE!" and you better listen and respond in 2 seconds or the item he is handing to you will be on the floor.

*He knows how to sign "more" and he especially does it if he sees treats (cookies) or if he is hungry. It cracks me up cause he signs "more" even if he hasn't had anything yet.

*Mason doesn't really say much. He will say mom and here, but other than that he wanders around in silence.

*Maybe silence isn't the best description-- he likes to make different sounds with his mouth and jabbers. He has a loud commanding jabber if he wants your attention (and a high pitched scream if you take something away or make him come out of the bathroom)

*Mason is hard to photograph. He doesn't smile on command and usually looks like he is thinking about stuff, analyzing what is happening or actually moving to go check something out.

*Mason doesn't like to really sit on your lap and read for more than a minute but really LOVES to look at books on his own. Lots of books at once!

*Mason has gorgeous, HUGE blue eyes, blonde hair and 5 teeth. 2 bottom middle ones, 2 top fang teeth and he finally got it one of his top middle teeth on the day of his party! (March 26th)

*Mason LOVES my phone and carries it all around. He will put it up to his head, jabber a bit and set it back down. He kisses it alot and I am not sure if it is cause there are pictures of the family on the front screen or what!

*Mason has stopped waving good-bye but will give hugs and kisses to us and sometimes to others if he is in the right mood.

*He is trying to decide if he wants to switch down to 1 nap a day. Most days he won't go to sleep in the morning anymore-- unless I am out doing errands. This has been a challenge for me! Even if he takes one nap, he barely sleeps for over an hour. He definitely needs more than that! I need more than that! :)

Mason is a sweet kid and just melts my heart constantly. He is very well taken care of by Abbey, Braxton and Landen. They get him laughing so hard and are always on patrol for him getting into stuff. I can't imagine our little family without him. Happy 1st Birthday Mason! We love you SOOOO much!!!