Birthday Pictures!

Finally!!!! I just about had to break bones to get gavin to upload the pictures for me. Well i didnt really hurt him, but I most definitely threatened him that I would do physical harm! LOL

Mason birthday party was a beach theme (crazy in december right?) but we decided (really I) to carry out the beach theme/surfboard theme that we have in his room. Finding beachy things in December was much easier than I thought! and a bonus that most of it was on sale too! :)

Enjoy!

Mason's Yummy cupcakes!


Orchids in an old 'Mason' jar


Favors for Mason's party guests! They were Mason jars with turbinado sugar at the bottom (to look like sand) with surfboard shaped cookies (made by yours truely!) and the starfish on top was a Christmas ornament! Pretty crafty huh!



Mason and his cupcake


Oy what a mess!


Mason opening up his gifts! He wasnt so interested in 'opening the gifts' but more wanted Mom to open them and he would just play with them!


'Yeah! Look mom- race car stuff! too cool!'

Merry Christmas!

I know it's been a while! At first I was just waiting for Gavin to upload Mason's birthday pictures for me, but that STILL hasnt happened and I just got busy! So everyone send Gavin angry emails about not having any Birthday photos yet!!!
Mason has a great Birthday party all our friends and family came over and I think he just enjoyed playing with his friends. He didnt care too much for his cupcake, well not the icing at least! I think he enjoyed the cupcake part at least! He made out with a ton of new toys that he still loves! I think its time for Mom to clean out the old toys!

Christmas was great! Christmas eve we spent over at Gavin's Grandparents house for the afternoon and opened up gifts and had lunch then we headed to my dad's house for pizza and playtime with cousin Rilee. The 2 babies play so good together and I think enjoy each others company so much. Christmas morning we met up again at my dad's house for gifts, photos and breakfast! Funny thing- I gave Gavin 2 pairs of matching pajama bottoms- he asked why he got 2 pairs, and i said for us to wear matching pjs! Ironically, Amy and Chris and Rilee did the same! So we got some cute photos and got some really great gifts! Mason made out great! He got a PBK Anywhere Chair, a push around Buggy from Uncle Josh, lots of Little People sets, a funny christmas DVD from Amy that stars Mason in it, and lots more! Call me domesticated but I was just beyond thrilled with my new rug and Dyson vacuum! Its AWESOME! After a nice noon nap, we headed back to my dad's house for a late lunch with the entire family and also for some fun gametime! Mason has been playing with his toys all morning so I can finally sit down and blog!
So what's new with Mason this holiday season? He's 1, still crawling up a storm, standing when he wants but no walking yet, got his 3rd haircut, got to see Santa TWICE (and didnt cry either time!) just got over another viral infection (and NO runny nose in a week now!!! HORRAY!) loves to dance, loves cars already (hot wheels specifically) and got bit by the cat again (who is now known as Mean Kitty) so he's learning who to NOT play with!

Moms exciting news for the season- I managed to design an amazing tree that Mason hasnt destroyed! Horray!

Photos will follow within 24 hours- I PROMISE! Gavin has NO choice now!

My child must be confused...

I thought I have taught him how to eat well....apparently not. I'm sure his tastebuds are off after his surgery because he's been super picky with food. But lately you put food in front of him and he PICKS at it and plays with it.. but if he manages to get his hands on a piece of paper- HE EATS it. and unfortunately the same with DOG FOOD. The dogs are on a feeding schedule and rarely there is a time when a morsel is left on the floor or in the bowl, but Mason manages to find it and enjoy it for a snack. Just what I need- something else to make his breath even worse!!

Breath of Death!!

Okay, so the ENT specialist told us that when things start healing from Mason's adnoidectomy (scabbing over where his adnoids were) we might experience some bad breath from Mason. What he didn't tell us was HOW bad it would be! It smells like something DIED (gavin jokes something did!). Unfortunately cleaning his mouth or teeth wont work because the smell isnt coming from his mouth, thats where its just coming OUT! if it gives you any idea how bad it is- I smelled something bad earlier so I went to change Mason's diaper, and no there was no poopy! Yikes! Rocking him to sleep has become torture because he's practically suffocating me when he breathes on me! I sure hope this doesnt last much longer!

Surgery went good!

Mason had his ear tubes put in and adnoids removed on Wednesday- it was a quick procedure and recovery has gone well too, he's just been a little cranky with pain from the adnoidectomy but he's done good with daily doses of tylenol. He's been back to playing and lots of endless energy! He also dropped his 2nd nap for the past week now, so we're down to 1 nap a day now (Mom needs one too ya know!) I think Mason will be back to normal by Monday and back to feeling 110%!
Off to find what trouble my baby is getting into!

We got elfed!!

Watch & Enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9591353751

I'm not a sap.

I just looked at the calendar & I remembered today 8 years ago Gavin and I officially started dating "exclusively"! oooh! Funny thing that my friends joke I'm such a guy in relationships, I'm not your typical sappy kinda girl- when we watch girlie movies (yes I do like those!) and there's a 'sweet' moment when my girlfriends are "awe-ing" i'm usually sticking my finger in my mouth gagging- me being the funny one that I am, joke that I don't like "Sweet" I like "Salty!" Good thing Gavin doesnt mind me being so funny and not so sweet all the time! (I CAN be sweet- I promise!) Good thing for gavin he had learned to deal with me! Guess I should go and show him the rare sight of my sweet side! :)

Hong Kong Photos

Man jet lag stinks! I havent even had the energy to upload photos yet, but I did upload some from the first couple of days while we were in HK. So what did we do? We did the usual and shopped and saw the sights!

Sunrise View from my dad's apartment- what an amazing view to wake up to! Living in Hong Kong we lived on the southern side of the island (the quiet side) so this was actually my first time waking up to such an amazing view!


Repulse Bay- famous 'hole' in the building- rumor says its to allow a mystical dragon thru when it comes down from the mountain on its way to the ocean, some also say the Architect was just being crazy. "Repulse" bay was named after a British navy ship- they were good at scaring off the pirates. Repulse bay was also home to "The Repulse Bay" which was one of the most prestigous resorts in Asia pre- World War II and was taken over by the Japanese, the repulse bay cliffs was the site where massacres took place and the bodies were dumped into the bay. Now its just home to lots of people and apartments and the temple on the beach!


Tin Hau Temple


Part of the temple right on the water...


View of the Bay


Flower Stand in Stanley Market- my favorite flowers- ORCHIDS!


Funny thing we came across, first glance I thought both were stuffed animals!


thats all for now! Enjoy! :)

Hello from Asia!

Can you believe it? Weve actually left Mason behind　for a week! We decided to go visit my Dad in Hong Kong as he spends one of his last weeks in HK before his big move to Indianapolis. I havent been out to Asia in 3 years so we thought it was about time! We dropped Mason off with Grandma & Grandpa last saturday night and of course I cried for an hour! Ive left Mason behind for a short weekend but it was really hard this time!! I watched movies the whole flight to keep myself distracted and we shopped pretty much the ENTIRE trip so I didnt think about my sweet Baby constantly. Were now sitting in an internet cafe in Narita Japan and now that I know we are on our way home, I am so eager to get this next flight over so I can see him again! 2 more hours left of this layover! We had a great trip in HK lots of good food- Chinese(and the real STUFF!), Thai, Sushi....ALL the stuff i love! We shopped til we dropped (literally!) got to see some amazing views, met up with old friends and enjoyed a few evenings out with my dad. And boy did we WALK! It got my momentum up to start my walking routine again since we walked ALL over HK the past 5 days. Now I am shopped out, tired of airports and ready to sleep in my wonderful bed again...not to mention just to be with Mason again! I miss him so much! It seems like longer than a week since Ive seen him! I cant wait to upload all my photos and go thru all my goodies (aka Christmas gifts) I did however hit the jackpot with finding some great clothes for Mason and Rilee!
Well we are off to find something to eat here besides Squid Chips! Looking forward to being home soon and seeing my regular subject matter!!

Horray! Improvement!

At Dr. Visit #7 this morning Dr. O said he definitely saw an improvement in Mason's ears! That's great news! We had round of shot #2 today and go back on Friday morning for the final round. I saw an improvement this morning in Mason, actually yesterday too. He had endless energy yesterday afternoon and seemed to feel really good (he always seemed to feel fine, just sometimes he was much more cranky than usual!) this morning he was so happy and his nose didnt start running until about an hour after he woke up, and it hasnt been as bad as usual. Usually it starts real fast in the morning! He was in such a good mood this morning, while in the waiting room at Dr. O's office he was being so silly with me- its nice to have my funny baby back!! He's such a little ham and a big show off! He did have quite a restless sleep last night, he woke up around 2 and didnt get him back down until nearly 4 am (yuck!!) but I knew with this ear infection the teething backed off, inbetween him being sick and getting better we sometimes had bouts of teething but nothing cut thru, so maybe with finally getting better he'll pop out this last tooth that's taken forever and maybe even have his proper growth spurts I think he's missed out on for the past 2 months!
So hopefully Friday we'll have some great news and he wont have to get the tubes in his ears after all! (at least not right now!)
Sounds like someone is listening to my prayers! Yeah!! :-)