Mason Christmas 2009!!!

This was Mason's 3rd Christmas!!! WOW how time just keeps flying!!! I have to say that this has been by far the most fun Christmas with him! It was just soooooo much fun this year for him! This was the first year that he knew that Christmas was coming and looked forward in anticipation. While we did go and see Santa at the mall last year... he really didn't understand the concept at all. This year he loooooved talking about "Santi Claus" coming to "my house!" We had so much fun explaining how Santa Claus would bring him gifts if he was a good boy. He really got into Christmas movies this year as well. He loved watching Polar Express and Elf! He also enjoyed when his favorite shows would have a Christmas special as well.

As it was nearing Christmas Mason and I were in the kitchen when all of a sudden he stopped in his tracks! He looks at me, very intently and tells me, "WAIT!!! Santa Claus is always watching!" Then he went back to what he was doing! HA!





The joy we felt with our kiddos was also bittersweet... as this is the first Christmas without both my mom and my cousin Axel. It was an absence that was felt immensely by many that I love. I brought a glass angel out to the cemetary to leave with all of the other gifts that had been brought to her. It was an angel that had an LED light on the inside that flickers like a candle... the amazing thing is that it has been going day and night for three weeks now. I love to drive through at night, and see it glow. She is still her with us... even if only in our hearts and memory.

Christmas morning!

Mason looking to see what Santa had left for him!

Getting the hang of opening presents with Daddy



Having no problem opening presents now! HA!

Wall-E!!!



WOW!!! Had to carry them two-by-two!



Duplo blocks!!! FAVORITE gift of 2009!!! (actually had to go and buy him two more boxes cause one just wasn't enough for my builder boy!)



Sooooooo proud of his duplo tower!!!!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

I apologize that this is so dark... but really the best part is hearing him talk about Christmas!
He has come a loooooooooong way in the past year with his speech. He now never stops talking, and looooooves to repeat what he hears. (OY!)

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!!!

May the holiday season find everyone in good health and spirits. Stay warm and enjoy your time with family and friends... because after all that's what the holiday season is all about.

Love.

Here another video of Miss Liv being as cute as can be. I wish I could say that I had videos of Mason, but he never seems to have the appropriate amount of clothing on! HA! (potty training is just much easier bare-bottomed!) She always seems to be in her pj's in her pics... I'll have to get some of her in all of her cute outfits!

Oh my he is going to be a BIG boy!!!

He will be 12 weeks old on Christmas Day... and yet he already weighs more than our almost 2 1/2 year old! YIKES!!!

Now you may think that he uses his enormous size to his advantage, but you'd be wrong! Less than an hour ago, he lost an argument with Sassy the cat over a stray marshmallow that fell on the floor... all Sassy had to do was give him the evil eye and a swat of her paw. He is a big softy!

P.S. to take this pic, I broke the big rule of puppy training 101.... don't let the dog on the furniture, as that makes him equal to you, and you lose your footing as the "master" and boss. Well the good news is that he was a bit freaked out and wanted off! Thank goodness because in about four to six months, he will be big enough to cover the w-h-o-l-e couch! HA!

And they call it puppy loooooove!!!

This is Max. He is an almost 12 week old male German Sheperd pup... he is also Mason's new buddy!!! He is going to be a b-i-g dog!!! Look at the size of those paws and head... at not quite 12 weeks he is already 35lbs! He is for sure a lover and not a fighter though... cause even though he will be Cujo huge, he is a big old marshmallow at heart.

Miss LuLah Bug!

Here is what our sweet little SEVEN month old has been up to lately!

• She can sit by herself, but would rather lay on the floor and play, so she can roll all over!
• She has two bottom teeth, and more soon to be in!
• She has said her first word! Da-Da!
• She is in LOVE with her brother. She thinks he is hilarious, and he is happy to have a receptive audience! HA!
• She is very tactile... loves to touch everything.
• She is an animal lover already. <3
• She would rather miss a meal than a nap.
• If allowed she would eat her body weight in Cheerios every day.
• She can drink out of a sippy cup, but still gets mostly bottles.
• She isn't crawling yet, but gets around by scooting and rolling all over! (we are hoping that this will last until the Christmas tree is down! HA!)
• She is in love with her nuk, and always has one (or two or three!) handy at all times.
• Her other favorite food is Eggos. Blueberry preferably!
• She LOVES to talk, and sing.
• She is happiest when engaged in a conversation with someone, but will also happily play alone and talk and sing to herself.
• She is getting over her stranger fear that she had as a little baby. She will happily stay with a babysitter, or flirt with a stranger in Target.
• She is becoming quite the ham and flirt!
• She is in her "big girl" car seat and rides well in the car.

She is getting entirely too big! We have asked her to stay this age forever... but she seems to continue to grow and change on a daily basis! ;-) Hard to believe that in five months she will be a year old and a toddler already!

This one is my favorite-- Livy getting her "pirate face" on!

I finally figured out how to get the videos off of my camera! (HA! Yes I know that I am slow!) Here is Miss LuLah Bug eating breakfast and talking to her Momma!

Snow Baby!!!

We got TONS of snow from the first big snow fall of the season!!! Here are pics of Mason and Daddy (and Sophie too!!!) out playing in the snow!