Snow Man

Just my size.
Papa made it with Aunt Brittney and mommy Summer.

Can we claim credit if we did not help?

Aunt Brittney with Mason.

Mom, it is cold, can't you see?

A man in his element. Cousin Isaiah
Loves the snow. Watch him, he can really throw you a snowball.
Comanche, Oklahoma December 28th, 2009

Blessed Christmas

Luke climbing in a tree at Great Grandma Murray's house in Oklahoma.
He saw snow!

My snow bunnies. Mason's first snow for sure.
Luke and Mackenzie's biggest snow.
Yay! Comanche, Oklahoma
December 28th, 2009

See the Ice?
My dad was driving. Glad it was not meeeeee!

My princess

Dude is getting big.

14 Months

Mason is finally at 19 lbs. 14 oz.
I think we measured him at 29 1/4 inches.
At 14 months.
He is a little dude but he can sword fight with Luke like a champ!
December 2009

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving did Mason good.
He weighed in today at 19 lbs. 8 oz.
(with a wet diaper)
YAY, my boy is growing.
13 months old.

Walking

I think it is official.
Mason is walking more often that not.
13 months, 10 days.

Taller

Luke has been clumsy lately. He falls all over the place.
and his leg hurts randomly.
I said "boy, you must be growin' "
So we measured him.
On his 4th birthday we measured him.
He had grown 4 whole inches from his 3rd birthday.
whew! that is a lot.
Well, since his birthday, (approx. 6 months) he has grown 1 and 3/4 inches.
FACT: Luke, at 4 1/2 is just a tad taller than Mackenzie was at 5 1/2 years.
Mackenzie has grown too.
Since April, Mackenzie has grown 1 1/2 inches.
From her 6 to her 7 she only grew 2 inches. Now, only 6 months later, she has grown 1 1/2.
Luke is 3 1/2 inches shorter than Mackenzie.
They are 3 years apart.
Mason will have some time catching up!

11 Months

Mason has a smidgen of one tooth.
Mason stands up in the middle of the room.
He does not walk or step.
He does cruise on the furniture but crawling is so much faster!
(and we don't have that much stuff for him to go from one furniture to the next.)
Mason sleeps all night (has been since 3 months, PTL)
and is growing like a weed. (well he is pretty tiny for an almost 1 year old!)
Thank you Jesus for all 3 of my precious babies.
and my hubby too.
September 2009

My first Tooth

Mason finally got a tooth.
Or a smidgen of a tooth.
6 days before 11 months old Mason cut his first tooth.
It was not too traumatic. He was up and cried once at night
for 4 nights in a row.

Baby Weight

I did it again!!!!!!!
If you can lose all your baby weight after each baby within the year after their birth, then you are the bomb. Yeah, I said da Bomb. So, sue me. You can also sue me cuz I have lost all my baby weight. Ha ha, I totally get to toot my own horn; this is totally awesome.
If you want to know how I did it, I will let you know........
Eating right and exercise. oh, and a relatively strict schedule (for both me and the kids).
Thank you.

9 months

Mason is 9 months today.
He found an unattended toy car.
He stole it from Mackenzie's toys.
He is currently driving it all over the living room.
He is crawling and pushing, and crawling and pushing,...
Who taught him to do that?
and at 9 months old?
really?
July 2009

Information--use it.

**If you live the truth,
you will receive more truth.


**a pastor asked a church member:
"are you going to the Bible conference?"
the church member answered:
"naw, I already know more than I'm living!"

**God does not reveal to us any more
information, until we have acted on the
information you have.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Mason just pulled up at the couch.........


now what?

(clean the house, silly)

Oh, and the days have been 100 -106 for weeks.
Record highs.
Today it rained. The temperature dropped
20 degrees (according to my wall clock)
in 8 minutes. 97 to 77.
Praise the LORD for the break and the rain.
Mason is 8 months plus 1 week.
June 29, 2009

Growing up

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Mason is mobile!


It started with a slow army crawl.
Elbows and his big toes. Carpet burn.
We are up to a fast belly slither,
with a nice crawl/ bear stance
(bottom up, on his feet and hands)
thrown in for fun.

He gets from slither to sitting and back like a champ.
and to make matters more interesting.....
He PULLED HIMSELF UP to standing
a few times this week.
EIGHT MONTHS.
NO TEETH, not even a hint.
Plenty of food though.
Carrots baby food is still his favorite.
Followed closely by Sweet Potatoes.
Squash, Peas, Green Beans and a few mixed veggies.
So far the only "no way, yuck" is the rice cereal
mixed with anything, even peaches or carrots.
He has not quite mastered the "puffs".
(like cherrios for the un-knowing bunch of ya)
He gets them in his mouth himself but not without a fight.
Most of them end up on the floor or in the chair.
He is workin' on that "pincher" grasp.
They do grow up fast.
June 27th, 09

Mackenzie fun fridays

50's day
Aunt Becky made the skirt for 'dress up' a while back.
She loved getting spiffed up.

Crazy hair day
Pretty crazy!!
This one was fun!

Spring of 2009
First Grade Crazy Hair day

Luke's "when I grow up"

Luke just declared: (when he grows up)
"I am going to have 4 babies,
they will be all boys,
and their names will be:
Michelangelo,
Leonardo,
Donatello,
Rafael."
Mackenzie said:
"what if you have a girl?
To that Luke replied:
"I will name her April O'Neal"
(the reporter girl on the show)

Boy knows his ninja turtles!
I told him we don't get to pick, girls or boys,
God does that for us.
He said "God knows what I want, I told HIM."
Cute kid!
May 2009

Luke and Coralyn's Party 2

March 31st
April 4th
2009

Awwwwwwwww!

Me-to Mackenzie --"so, what did you get me for my birthday?"
Mackenzie- "I don't think I got you anything."
Me- "you are my kid, you gotta get me something for my birthday."
Mackenzie- "well, if you don't get anything for your birthday,
you always get LOVE."

Who taught her that?
May 2009
(after my super sick-no fun-birthday)

Love you too kid!~

Well trained

You know they are well trained when.....

While sitting at the breakfast table,
Luke said "it is getting dark!"
(rain clouds)
Mackenzie replied "NO< IT IS NOOOOOT!!!!!"
Me (da mom) corrected her "Mackenzie, that was not nice.
We don't talk to people that way."
Immediately Luke pipped in "OK! Lets try that again. It is getting dark!
Now Kenzie answer!!"
Mackenzie tried again FOUR TIMES with Luke's
prompting before he let her off the hook!

I was sitting right there with them. I did not prompt them.
They are well trained. God Bless their little hearts.
May 2009

Spring 09

Mason's baby dedication

Eatin' my toes! Look, I can reach them.

Good head control.

Look, I rolled over in my bed.
Grr, I can't get back over!
(this is old hat, I roll over just fine now,
I also scoot all over the living room)

In my pain....

In my pain.... I got a chance to read a tad. This is a grand feat for me the mom. As I have not been on the computer in weeks.

Vicki Iovine in her book "The Girlfriends' Guide to Getting Your Groove Back"
"...life is like surfing; you catch a wave and ride it as long as you can, then you may wipe out, but all you have to do is hold your breath, dive down as far as you can go until the white water passes you, and then you can come up in time to catch the next wave. ..... True survival skills depend a lot on on that breath-holding bit. " pg 17

This too shall pass..........................