Bad Pets!

We love our pets really we do. They're all good pets, but like all children, they test their parents and push buttons. 2 of them are nearly perfect, but I wont tell you which ones. Anyone of our friends who talks about adopting a pet, I always joke that I'm willing to make a 2 for 1 deal with my herd, with a month's worth of free food. ;-) I kid, I kid..most of the time!LOL
The other day, Molly and Sabai were rather testy. Sabai in particular this day was really wanting attention. Either he's jealous of Gavin sleeping in bed with me or he's like Mason and has to have his "Momma time". usually he's next to ME in bed all night and in the mornings he'll cry (remember this is the cat) and I'll pick him up and bring him back to bed...not this particular morning. He decided to jump to the top of the cabinets by my rooster and sat there and cried for me. UM hello, dumb cat....I cant getcha down! Tub-o finally worked up the guts to jump back down after 15 minutes of coaxing! IRONICALLY, the thing that got him to come back down was an old jar of pureed baby meat...the cat LOVES that crap!
You can see the annoyed look on Sabai's face! LOL


Same day, poor Mason got PLOWED into by Molly. Apparently she can't see where she's going with her bangs now! LOL Guess it IS time for a grooming! Mason was pretty ticked at her after, he gave her a good yelling. LOL the pic is impact on collision.

SMACK!

Bday things...

I just had to BRAG on my talented hubby....yes, those are hand drawn on the birthday card envelopes. Why I got 2, who knows, but I must be special! :-P ....and not in the short bus kinda special...



Here's my birthday cake from Amy...now who's sweeter- Molly or the cake? Note to self....Molly needs to get groomed BAD!



On a side note, Mason's musical card officially died today. It was a sad and QUIET day at home. Mason cried. He misses his cheap entertainment. That was the best $5 I ever spent!

Birthday Doings

Wednesday was my Birthday, #27. Its okay, I'll admit it, and I'm not afraid to say I'm 27. I feel old enough to be taken seriously as an adult (I've got 6 years under my belt now of being a hard working adult!) and yet, I'm still in my 20's! So I'll cherish these last few years before my prime decade is gone! I'm still young, and I'll enjoy it!
Mason was in a cranky mood all wednesday from the time he woke up til dinner time. I wanted to take him out for Breakfast, but since he was so cranky, I told him he could make it up to me another day. Kristin took me to lunch (thai food...yum!!) and then Mason got to play outside for a bit in the afternoon since it was nice. We wanted to go to the park, but didnt make it. Overall, it was just a nice relaxing day! Gavin took me out for dinner and I wanted something cheap but not fast food- so we went to SpringCreek BBQ which Mason looooved. all his favorites, bread, mac n cheese, ice cubes, corn, and he loved their coleslaw too! He was in a much better mood after eating out. I still don't understand WHY he eats SO good when we eat out. I know I'm a fabulous cook, I think he just gets bored at home.
Gavin was out of town this weekend, so yesterday morning before church, I thought, hmmm Mason can make up our breakfast today and take me to McDonalds for my Birthday. ;-) We both enjoyed it. We split hot cakes and sausage and he got to play on the playground for a bit before Church. Maybe we'll have to make this a regular thing once every few weeks.

Its a beautiful day to start a new week, and a much easier week for me too! Looking forward to a slower week than last!
I'll upload my few funny birthday photos later today!

Remembering Gigi

Today is that dreaded day. The 2nd anniversary of my Mom passing away. I hate February 19th. It puts me in a rotten mood and just makes me want to cry all day. I hate having a reminder that my Mom isn't here.
I try to keep positive, we all know how optimistic I am, but on a day like today, I'm not so good at that! I hid out at the shop this morning and didn't answer my phone (sorry guys) I knew friends would be calling to say they were thinking of me, as much as those nice comments are appreciated, it still makes me face the day, and I'm not ready for that! I still cry everytime I think of my mom. So I hid out at the office and got some paper work done, met with some clients and got some things done to get ready for the upcoming season (starts this weekend!) and mostly to just keep my mind off the day!
Amy took the day off to do some retail therapy (shopping) and then I met her for lunch before picking up Mason from school and then we decided we should do something together with the babies, and since it was such a nice day I suggested the park! It was Rilee's first trip to the park, she was kind of unsure about the slide, but Mason is a Park veteran for sure and loves the slide! Rilee definitely enjoyed all the sticks! haha!
So we had a nice afternoon with the babies and doing something that "Gigi" would have loved to do with them!

I think next year we'll make a trip to the beach house from Valentines to my birthday- some place Mom would have loved to be!

Mason says, "I promise Rilee, its really fun!!"


Rilee's grip of death on the swing...I do love the warning label on the swing!


This photo doesnt even need a comment!!!! haha!


Climbing thru the tunnel


My arms got a good work out today from the darn slide. I think Mason slid down the slide a good 25 times!


Happy Boy!

Special Treatment!

Today Mason went to Mothers Day out (what we call 'school') he slept in later than usual, which really means I did too...anyway, I took him to school about an hour late. When we walked in, his teacher Miss Mary said he was the ONLY kiddo in class today! The other 6 other kiddos either were sick or had something else going on. So Mason got some SPECIAL TREATMENT today! He got to go on a buggy ride with the little babies since it was nice out, he got to walk around school with Miss Mary and Miss Becky for a 'field trip' and see all the other classes, he EVEN got to play outside on the playground with the bigger toddlers (something his class doesnt get to do yet!), took a nice long nap, got a special lunch from Miss Mary since he threw his on the floor (is he telling me he's bored of his lunches? I try to keep it creative!) and he even got special playtime in the fellowship hall. So he was pretty warn out tonight!!
We register Mason for school for this summer and fall on Thursday and its made me realize that he won't have the same teachers next year.That makes me sad! I don't know who loves them more, me or Mason! He has such great teachers- even I'm going to miss them next year..if ONLY they could move up with him! At least we still have a few months left with them! :-)

New words.

Mason has become quite the mimick-er. He copies the tone in my voice when I'm on the phone in the car while he has his pretend phone conversation on his pretend phone (remote control, cookie, brush...etc.) So maybe this is all the beginning of his REAL words? Besides saying, Mama, Dada, Baba, Bye, Hi, Da (dog), Ba (ball)...today he said, "Take-uuu" after I handed him something, I took this for "Thank You" (anytime he hands me something i thank him!) TWICE today, I said "lets get your back pack" and he replied with "Ack-Ack" I found that pretty darn funny. 1- because he was mimicking me and 2- because it reminds me of the movie "Mars Attack" where the aliens only talk with "ack ack ack ack ack ack" and Mason totally sounded like one of the aliens! LOL

CA Weekend Pictures

What a week I've had! SO much has gone on from our quick weekend to CA, recooperating from the weekend, getting sick (ear infection & sinus infection) my good friend Kristin had her Baby, Asher... decorating her nursery, Valentine's and MORE. man oh man, what happened to me having time off??



Amy, Rilee, Mason & I headed out to California on Friday and came home Sunday...what a fast weekend! Mason was teething SO bad while we were there. Sad to say, he's never cried so much!! I dont think there were enough teething tablets or tylenol to get rid of his pain. He was just cranky all weekend. He cried at the littlest things (except the beach, he enjoyed that too much!) He cut one of his cuspids over the weekend, I'm not quite sure how many teeth he has right now. All i know is it hurts him! He's got his 8 front incisors top and bottom, top 1 year molars, not sure if he has the bottom ones yet (trying to see in his mouth is next to impossible except when crying!) and he cut his bottom right cuspid this weekend and looks like he's starting on the left too. So I'm sure the top will be soon too! Poor kiddo, its rough! Cathy told that if adults went thru the teething that babies do, they would have to be put on serious pain medication! YIKES!

Besides the crankiness and teething, we had a great trip. We got to stay in my Dad's new house on the beach (we dont call it the beach house, because its SOOOO much more than just an average beach house! its AMAZING!) The house is in Corona Del Mar (Newport Beach) its down in China Cove and 40 feet from the sand! Its a nice quiet cove with lots of history and so much to see! The house is 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and SO nicely done, my dad did a great job finding it! And congrats to him to accomplishing something like purchasing a beach house! My mom would have been in heaven there (hee he hee!) and boy would she love to see the babies having fun on the beach! The great part is, we've got a great place to stay now and we can make several trips out this year and see all our family and our wonderful friends (the Davis') that much more now!!

Besides playing on the beach (which Mason absolutely LOVED!!!! I couldnt keep him OUT of the water!!!), of course we had to hit up the Orange County swapmeet with Candy & Cathy & the girls (McKenna and Maddy) we helped get the house situated a little (not easy with babies!) and found a great little italian restaurant in Newport Beach. Cant wait to go back soon!!!

this is the view of China Cove (standing on the street above- Ocean Dr) at sunrise


View of the living room & kitchen


Check out the rest of my photos in my Picasa album!!

Welcome Baby Asher!

Congratulations to Kristin & Jesse on Baby Asher! BOY, (no pun intended!) were we Surprised! WE ALL thought Baby Asher would be a girl, but to our surprise it's a boy! Asher was born yesterday morning and is absolutely perfect and gorgous! Kristin had such a difficult pregnancy with premature labor, bed rest, a pump with medicine to control her contractions, and even a hernia that happened about 5 months ago. She's well on her way to recovery after a quick natural birth (yeah! thats what she wanted!) and her hernia surgery as well. All that is behind her and now she can just focus on beautiful Baby Asher! What a blessing everything went so well and that Asher is so healthy and the fact that he is HERE after such a rough pregnancy!
I had the joy of meeting baby Asher this morning and getting to see Kristin & Jesse for while! Looks like everyone is doing so well!



Look at all that hair!!


Sweet Baby! You forget how little they are when they come out!!

Mommy's Little Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day!
We don't really celebrate Valentine's much, we dont do gifts, and don't usually do big fancy dinners. We had a nice valentine's though. Got to visit my friend Kristin and meet her new baby Asher this morning, got to decorate her nursery today (more on that later!) made some super yummy cupcakes (like I need any of those! but we gave some away to Amy & Chris, Mason's teachers and also friends from our bible study) and I even got to take a nap too! (I've been fighting a really bad ear & sinus infection since coming home from CA) and my allergies were beyond miserable today. So after 1/2 a dose of allergy medication and a nice hour nap, I feel renewed! Gavin made his delicious Teriyaki Turkey Burgers and we watched Lost tonight...that's my kinda date!!!

Since we don't really do gifts, we always exchange cards. I got Gavin a musical card, he thought it was pretty funny, but Mason thought it was a blast!!



Here's a funny video of Mason goofing off and trying to dance and walk at the same time :-)

Quiet weekend...(is that really possible in my house?)

Why is it my weekends are either jam packed non stopped craziness or its absolutely uneventful. Guess I shouldnt complain when its quiet right! I guess I shouldnt say it was an uneventful weekend, just the one event was early on in the weekend and nothing after that!
Friday night, Gavin & I ventured with some friends up to Frisco to celebrate Sara's 31st Birthday...ahem...I mean the 7th anniversary of her 24th Birthday! We had a good time pimping out Van Hoffman (Yes Kristin was the 1st to bite the dust and buy a mini van.) on our long ride to Oklahoma. (its not really Oklahoma, we just say it is since its so far north....we even bring our passports!) ;-P Anyway, we had a good time out for dinner and a few drinks with our close friends. We're all parents now (for some reason I do find that scary.) and we dont get to do that very often! We dont get many nights out, let alone with our Mommy & Daddy friends! Even though it was a night out, I was still asleep in bed at 11pm! (i do find that sad, but when sleep is precious and 7:30 am-if I'm lucky- comes really fast especially with a 13 month old!
I think the most exciting thing that happened Saturday was I ventured to Walmart for weekly grocery shopping (without Gavin!) with Mason tagging along. (not always the easiest while alone!) but we managed and that was the highlight of my Saturday evening. Sunday I let Gavin sleep in, So Mason & I went to the early church service & came home and took a nap. At church, Mason got to move up to the "fire truck room" (age specified- new walkers to 18 months) and BOY did he have fun! That afternoon Gavin helped some of our friends move some big items into their new house, so Mason and I spent a while at Bedford Boys Ranch which he THROUGHLY enjoyed. After that we stopped by Analisa & Andy's house where Gavin was helping unload the Uhaul. Analisa & Andy are still newlyweds with no kids in sight. They love seeing Mason, but I also think they love that he is a great birth control! haha! We've been working on discipline with Mason (he's been testing us alot lately, so we were working on that while there. He desperately wanted to play with the fireplace screen which we were not having ANY of that!) I think Mason's mini melt down drove them away even further away from having kids! ha!
We caught part of the super bowl, but got bored and watched something more exciting .... so a rather slow weekend!

Mason has been super busy walking EVERYWHERE and being a complete toddler. Testing Mom & Dad with whats allowed and not allowed and has even been dealing with some seperation anxiety. (ahhhh!!!) funny thing, when we're at church & he goes to Mothers day out a few days a week, there is not even a glimpse of seperation anxiety. But if I walk out to get the mail or Gavin goes out to clean the pool (and Mason sees us or hears us), expect instant crying !! Yikes! when does that END?? On another note, Mason instantly perks up if we go outside. (Thank God for this beautiful weather!) We've been taking full advantage of this weather and playing outside everyday. Mason also has more teeth, I'm not quite sure how many he has now, as being getting into his mouth for a look isnt so easy! I know he has at least 2 of his 1 year molars (upper) and I think he's working on cutting his lower cuspids, hopefully thats a reason why he hasnt been sleeping too well and has been whiney. On a good note, Mason is constantly surprising us with his funny little personality. Now that he is walking EVERYWHERE, he can push the dogs around and not get knocked around so much. He's now known for stepping on Molly and pulling a few kitty tails! youch! Sabai hasnt taken so much to Mason, he generally meows at him and runs away. However Sanuk has been much more patient (our siamese surprisingly.) She even lets Mason step on her, lay on her, roll around on her. She's not so much for tail pulling, however when she's done, she just walks away. I think Mason irritated her too much one night last week and she actually bit him on the upper arm. I wasnt too happy, but he does have to learn to be nice to them! Whenever Mason sees the kitties, he cries just like Sabai does! Sabai has a rather loud cry, and the dogs know they are not supposed to bark in the house. So if you ask Mason "What does Kitty say" he says, "AhhhhHHHHHHhhhhHHHH" and if you ask "What does Doggie say" he says, "Pbbbbbbtttttt" (he hears the dogs sneeze every morning and thats about the most noise they make!)
Toddlers can be so funny, especially Mason. When he's not testing my patience he's making me laugh!