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what Mace is up to

Mason is growing up WAY too fast for me to handle. He talks and runs and plays like a little boy. It's too cute but at the same time SO sad! Here are a few things that makes us laugh.

Mason has always said "HI" to everyone he sees but now if they don't say hi back he just keeps saying it over and over, getting louder each time until they notice him. Then when they say hi back he acts all shy and lays his cheek on his shoulder.

Whenever I tell Scott to look at Mason and Mason hears me, He turns and gives Scott a big cheesy.

He is ALWAYS outside! He comes and goes out the back door getting a new toy every time. He walks past me and says, "tractor outside" or "bike backyard" or just whatever he is planning on doing. If I tell him it's time to come inside he very simply, but firmly states, "no." What a pain. If I tell him he can't go outside he begs "peas!" over and over until he realizes he isn't getting his way then it turns to "OUTSIDE!!!".

When he wants to be held he says, "daddy (or mommy) hold you" or "hoe-me".

When we are going to the pool or to his best buddy Carter's house and we get onto the street to whichever he starts saying excitedly "mimin poo!" or "dar-dar's house!". He seems to always know where we are, even from his carseat.

His new favorite word is no. He says no to nearly everything I ask him to do. The cute part is when he is trying to say a word and gets it word he says "nooooo" and then says it right. When he reads his books he points things out and says them wrong on purpose and then says "noooo" and says the right thing.

Mason LOVES to swim. We try to go everyday. We went through a few different life jackets before finding out that water wings work the best for him. He won't let us help him though. He's kind of scary because we get to the pool and he just jumps in and takes off! We are always right there of course but it's just crazy how big and brave he's getting! He loves the water slides and says "weeee" the whole way down.

He loves swimming so much he tries to in the tub. We've even found him doing it just on the floor! He lays on his tummy and kicks and paddles and says "mim mim mim!" which is his version of swim swim swim.

Whenever Mason sees me doing something he wants to do he comes over and states, "my turn". And when he wants me to play he hands me (or scott) a toy and says "mommy's (or daddy's) turn". It's so funny. He's actually become pretty good at sharing.

He's great at saying please and thank you and even "rawrry" (sorry) when he hurts someone. He's taken my tone once before and said "Rawwrrrry" when he wanted me to say sorry to him. What a nerd.

He says "Pee-woo" when we change a poopy bum.

He loves his friends and cousins and is always asking to paly with them. He also brings me the phone and asks to call gra-ma or dampa.

I could go on forever but it's not as interesting when it's not your own kid. These funny moments just make me forget the hard moments. He's just so grown up and it's hard to keep it all inside when you feel so much joy from your child! I love being a mom more than anything in the world! It's so much fun! I don't know what I ever did without my little Mason. All you moms know what I mean. It's the greatest joy!

I will post more updated pics soon! After softball! Last game! :(

toys

The Easter Bunny brought Mason this trike which he calls a bike. He had to have a "bike" because Daddy has a bike that Mason always wanted to ride. We've only been able to get him to peddle like 3 different times but we'll keep working on it!

It was a toss up for the bunny cause ever since we started mowing the lawn, Mason became OBSESSED with the lawn mower. It was the VERY first thing he'd say when he's wake up and all day he wanted to see the mower. We were going to get him one for Easter but figured the novelty would wear quickly. So this was our big choice.

After getting the "bike" Mason was very happy and played with it for days but he was still so concerned about the lawn mower. So we caved and got him this...

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He LOVES the darn thing! He's had it for...I think 2 months now it's still one of his faves. The first week he had it he wouldn't leave it even to eat. I seriously think he lost like 2 lbs because I couldn't get him to come in and eat! We were so wrong about it wearing off. When I mow, he mows too. He ALWAYS wants to "mow mow grass!" All day, everyday. It's nice to have a fenced yard now because Mason nearly lives outside.

So one day I was busy and asked Scott to change Mason's bum for me. Mason was, like always, mowing the lawn. Scott doesn't like to fight with Mason so after about 15 minutes I went to see if it was done and this is what I found...

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Nice right? Good thing we have a fairly private backyard. Oh my word. It was so funny though. Mason was so happy in nothing but his t-shirt and sneakers.

He also did a little gardening for me.

We go to visit my Dad @ my Grandpa's every once in a while. Mason loves dressing up in his wranglers, hat, and boots to be like "Dampa". He loves this little horse that's there and he'll ride it forEVER.

But...at the end of the day, TRACTORS are STILL Mason's #1 favorite things!
random pic


playing at the splash pad while visiting st. george

easter egg hunt

This was the Centerville Easter egg hunt. It was pretty fun. Mason hadn't ever been to one before and he took off running when they blew the whistle. I wanted all of the eggs at first but when he picked his first one up he was mesmerized by it. I had to talk him into picking up more. This town is so generous and awesome! All of the other kids and parents would just stick to their own areas. No one was fighting over eggs! I thought it was cool.

I didn't help him, I swear.

I think I'm a little too nerdy when it comes to being proud of my boy.

This is Mason and his friend Hunter, who moved to Idaho! :( I think Mason was stressin that he'd have to share his eggs when we made him sit down.

Taking a rest with Daddy in the backyard.

Helping Daddy get the boat ready. I had a ton of cute pictures with him and the boat and I can't find them! I may have deleted them! :(

we'll start with....

Easter. Just because my camera battery is charging and so I can't upload recent pics right now. These pics are obviously pretty old. We had just moved (I'll post pics of our house later) and Mason was actually pretty sick. Scott and I were supposed to go to a big work dinner for the Davis County school district but didn't dare leave Mason with a babysitter. Scott's Mom came to our rescue just in time! It was like magic, as soon as she walked in the door Mason was instantly better and just wanted to play with Grandma!

Well, I guess we're going swimming now so I'll post more after Mason is asleep!

let me start by saying...

we ROCK at softball! :) Okay maybe I sucked a little bit as left center last night but mostly we rock! (Every ball was coming to me so after a while it was getting hard to run and through the ball in! It's my excuse for sucking.) Scott hit a sweet homerun and I had an awesome 3 base run. It's been a fun softball season so far! 

The BEST news is that I'm GETTING THE INTERNET THIS WEEK! If I can remember to do it. I've always been a big procrastinator so since I've been so busy with "stuff" I just keep forgetting to do it. Plus we were only paying $25/mo in Layton and the cheapest we'll get it now it $56/mo after a 3 month promotion. It's lame. But I have been missing out.

Mason is SUPER big now and so stinkin cute. He talks so much. He pretty much lives outside now that we have a yard. He's out there right after breakfast and stays outside the rest of the day minus naptime. We LOVE it here! This was the best move EVER! We keep looking for a house to buy that's right for us and I am convinced that we are never leaving. Hopefully we find one soon because this rental...I love it and it's cute and stuff but...it's overrun with SPIDERS! And if you know me then you know that I am TERRIFIED of SPIDERS! We have even found a few black widows! Yikes! Seriously though, i still love it. We have been SO blessed to find a place that's nice and close to Scott's work. We have been so blessed in so many ways! I feel like our life's couldn't get any better!

Anyway, Thanks for following my blog! :) We'll post some pics on by next week! Mason is growing up and getting studlier than ever.

moving

I guess I never put any details about us moving because now everyone is asking. I've been busy and my minds been solely on ORGANIZATION! I have to be perfectly organized to move. I should be tested for OCD....anyway....we have been looking to buy a home for the past little while but can't find anything we like. For me, I ONLY want to buy a home in Centerville because I fell in love with that town when we moved up and it's where Scott works. Unfortunately for us, NOBODY ever leaves that place. We can't find a home there that we love or  isn't a monstrosity of a mansion. We have to be out of our current place on the 31st (mostly cause we hate it) so we were panicking trying to find ANY place to live. Lucky for us, a cute little townhome opened up in Centerville! It's perfect! It's only 5 minutes to Scott's work so no more commutes. Mason will have a huge fenced in yard to play in and a park next to our house. I can walk everywhere and it's such a "small town" kind of place, like Farmington but BETTER! :) So now we can live where we are trying to buy a house!

That's all!

recent happenings

We've been busy...i'm not sure what we've been doing besides trying to find a STINKIN HOUSE! We've been to the zoo for Mason's 2nd time. He decided he hates the giraffes after one tried to kiss him while indoors. It's head was as big as Mason is tall!

We've been playin with best buddy Carter as much as possible before we move and only get to see him once a week! :(

We've been playing a lot of basketball! It's Mason 3rd favorite thing, right behind tractors and book. I coach our young womens basketball team and it's a BLAST! It's not like back at home, these girls are hard core up here! It's so competitive! The have finals and everything. My team is going into finals in FIRST place! We are undefeated! I love the girls. It's been so great for me!

We've been taking Mason ice skating. He likes it but gets sick of having to hold our hands. It's pretty fun.

Madi, our cousin Kalynn, and Me. Kalynn's been visiting fro FLorida, and by her ridiculous accent, everyone can tell where she's from.

All with just as much Mason attitude!

Mason HATES the camera!

He like to share,