August....already?!?!?!?

Ok, so it's August and I haven't posted in OVER a month, so that means more pictures!!! About the only thing new with us is Mason is taking an interest in going pee pee in the potty!! He did it 3 times this weekend! We're not rushing him or pushing him, just letting him do it in his own timing!
He is developing into quite the character! He loves to laugh and make you laugh at him. He has a great sense of humor and LOVES to give others big hugs. He comes up to me several times a day to give me big hugs. Makes my heart melt.
Mason is getting quite smart too...yesterday he kept saying "Ah-angle" over and over again. I couldn't figure it out until he brought me a triangle! I have not taught him his shapes yet. Maybe his friend Elmo did? Mason has several books that he adores. We read to him all the time. The other day he was quite upset because Mike and I had no idea what he was telling us...Mingo Mingo Mingo he would shout. We had NO idea what he was talking about. Wouldn't you know it, that little booger went to his bookshelf and brought us a picture of a flamingo! Mind you, I hadn't read out of this book in weeks!! Ahhhhh, what information that little brains soak up! He is also learning more and more sign language words every day!! Enough talking here are some pics.

Mason's "Boat"

Here is what Mason's Fire Truck looked like before Mike put it together. He was so excited that he got a "boat". We let him play with it like this for the first nite!!

Time Flys When You're Having Fun!!!

I can't believe it has been a month since I've posted!!! We've been playing and playing and playing. Here are some pics of Mason's new fire truck. He woke me up at 1:30 in the morning the other day wanting to play with it! Before Mike had it all put together he called it his boat!! Boy was he surprised when he walked into the living room the next morning and it morphed into a Fire Truck!!! He immediately grabbed my car keys and tried to "Start" his Fire Truck. I didn't even have time to put pants on him, clean diaper yes, pants no!!!! Hey, who needs pants to dive a fire truck anyway!?!!?

Trip to the zoo!

Mason is in Mother's Day Out at our church and we all went to the zoo yesterday. It was PERFECT weather, with an overcast sky and a nice breeze. Mason wasn't too interested in the animals....he mostly just wanted to take off running! He wasn't too happy when we'd move to a new exhibit because that meant he had to hold my hand! Mike's dad went with us. It was a fun trip. I think next time we go on an excursion, we'll just go to an open field and let Mason take off!

May 19, 2007

Ok I know that I haven't posted in a while, but golly, life sometimes doesn't allow me to do the fun stuff each day. Well, I take that back, I get to chase the most beautiful 18 month old boy in the world...and it just doesn't get any better or "funner" than that!

Mason loves to sing! He sings every morning. He finally says "Amen" but not when he is "supposed" to say Amen! I just love spending time with him, he fascinates me!! He is so excited by dandelions and the "little" things like a bug on the window that I don't even think twice about. He has definitely made me "stop and smell the roses". I am so thankful for him!!

For some reason he likes PLAIN sour cream. I made baked potatoes one nite for dinner and he kept hollering and pointing to the sour cream container and spoon. So.....I gave it to him thinking I'd see a funny reaction....he LOVED it! He did the same thing when we first gave him pickles too!

Here are some sour cream pics...

Tagged Again

This time my "deer" friend Angela got me! She is my new cyber buddy. We are both demos for The Angel Company! You can find out all about her here... http://angelstamper931.blogspot.com/

Ok 7 more things about me...

1. I was born in New Jersey.

2. I have 3 older brothers.

3. I like animals (sometimes more than I do people).

4. I like to watch American Idol, Lost and 24.

5. I love cold weather.

6. I love to take naps Sunday afternoons after church.

7. My husband is my best friend.

8. I love plain hershey kisses.

9. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving (it seems like it is the least "commercialized" of the holidays now).

10. I sing the "Thomas" song to my son every day.

I've been tagged

4/26/07 I've been tagged by some of my friends from A shade of Blue. I'm supposed to list 7 things about myself....

1. I have been happily married to Mike for almost 11 years.

2. I have one beautiful son, Mason.

3. I have 2 cats (Mokie and Dustie) and one dog (Stanlie).

4. I am now a SAHM and love it.

5. I sell AVON.

6. My favorite color is purple.

7. I am very active in and love my church.

8. I am a neat freak "wanna be".

9. I am a home body.

10. I HATE living in Oklahoma....it is WAY too hot here!

you can view my friend Chris' blog here http://inkydoodle-inkyencounters.blogspot.com/

ATC's , Ear Infections, and Brads

Ok, so I finally got my ATC's done for a swap I signed up for. I'll have to post them later (you'll find out why in a bit). It took me 2 weeks to get 1o completed. Gosh, I can't get things finished like I would like.

Mason has his 3rd ear infection since the tubes were put in in January. He is acting ok, just not eating well. It bothers me because I think he should be eating more. Mom says he'll eat when he wants to. I guess he will, but he hasn't had a "normal" meal in 5 days. He is drinking and sleeping and playing well. I guess that is a good thing.

Got some great new brads yesterday when a friend and I went to 2 new scrapbook/stamp stores in Tulsa. It was fun and we hit a good sale.

I'd post some pics, but my camera is down. I thought it was batteries, so I changed those....then I got some strange error message. I'll have to sit down tonite after Mason goes to bed to try to figure it out. Mason had on the cutest outfit for church today and I was more than bothered when I got an error message on my camera!!! His eyes perfectly matched his sweater. UGH. I'll try again later!!

Easter 2007

He IS Risen!!! He IS Alive!!! Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins and rising three days later! What a mighty God we serve!!!!



I had to improvise on Mason's Easter outfit. He had a cute little sweater vest that he was supposed to wear with shorts....however, the weather has been CRAZY here and was 20 degrees this morning. So I had to squeeze Mason into some blue pants....and I do mean squeeze him into them!! You see these pants (the only blue ones Mason has and the only thing that would look good in this outfit) are size 18 month. Mason is already wearing 24 month and some 2T clothes. But he HAD to wear this outfit. Of course, he could have cared less!



We just had Mike's dad over for a small dinner because my parents both have bad colds. So we will plan on having our big Easter family dinner with my brothers and nephews when it's warmer and Mason can play outside. The good thing, is is that Mason has no idea what fun he missed out on today! Plus I'll get to hit the after Easter sales and get some Easter eggs and things for his basket really cheap!!!



I took these pics today of Mason and his grandpa. I can't believe the difference in the skin tone! Grandpa is full Cherokee and Mike is over 5/8ths, so Mason has a lot more Cherokee blood than he shows. He looks all Polish to me! Anyway, Mason was eating in his high chair as normal and after a few bites he would just fling his food, his fork, sippy cup, you name it. So I figured that he wasn't very hungry. I let him out of his highchair and he ran to his Grandpa (he always RUNS to Grandpa!!) and ate HIS food. It was really cute because the food on Grandpa's plate was obviously better than the same food that was on his plate!! LOL ((I'll have to take some pics of him wearing his Easter outfit later, this is not his Easter outfit, these are just his play clothes)).

Women's Retreat

OK, so I know that I am over 2 months behind in my blog, but with a sick baby, a women's retreat, stamp camp and great weather (not counting this week) I've been away from my computer a lot. Mason had a fever of over 105, it was sooooo scary. They still don't know what it was. Some sort of virus and rash. Glad that is over.



Anyway, we had a women's retreat at my church last weekend and I was asked to teach a scrapbooking class. ((we had "fun" classes after the retreat and after the "real" Biblical lessons were presented)). I was able to present some Biblical truths to scrapbooking! Like scrapbooking our Faith....I mean if it is a part of your daily life, why wouldn't you include it in your scrapbook!?!?!? I also included verses such as

• 1 Cor 16:14


• PS. 114:4


• Phil. 1:3


• Ps. 78:4

I spoke mostly about how we need to remember the bad times in our lives. Those "valleys" seem to be when we grow the most spiritually. So we must not forget those lessons we've learned.

Here is the scrapbook layout I taught. I had everything pre-cut for all the ladies, they just had to glue their pages down. Boy, that was a lot of work, but the ladies really appreciated it and seemed to enjoy the class. I had several ladies that had never scrapbooked before!!