COUSIN FEST

It seems like this last week Mason has been around a lot of his cousins. He loves to play with them and has a lot of fun. He was able to play with his cousins Hannah and Austin while their parents went to the doctor. I was able to hang out with my sister Steph and Mason had fun with his little cousin Kyson. His other cousin Braxton came and slept over while their parents worked. He has had a whole week of cousins and has laughed and played hard. He loves his cousins!

DANCIN' FEET

Mason's favorite movie right now is Alvin and the Chipmunks. He loves the song Witch Doctor and dances everytime it comes on. It was fun to watch so I recorded it.

BUZZ BUDDIES

When I woke up this morning I found Cory in the bathroom buzzing his and Mason's head. Cory thought it was so cool for him and his son to have shaved heads. I love my boys! I'm just glad that hair grows back. Ü

BATHROOM IS FINISHED!

Thanks for everyone's input on the shower curtain. I went with the wide stripe one. Just thought you guys would want to see what it looked like. I also got some new towels to make the red stand out.

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Girls night out was Saturday night and we had a yummy potluck recipe exchange. After that, we made homemade lip balm. We had fun mixing the colors to see what we could come up with. We then discovered that the sparkles made great eye shadow. It was a lot of fun.

THE NEW FASHION

Mason came up to me today with his church shoes and some socks and was very adamant about wearing them. I put them on, and then he went and got his hat and wanted to wear it too. He absolutely wouldn't let me put pants on. He still had his pajama shirt on and this is what he ended up looking like! It's a good thing we don't get out much.

MOTHER'S DAY DINNER

We had a Mother's Day dinner at our house with Cory's side of the family. We tried to get a picture with the Grandma's but it wasn't happening to well.

My favorite pictures happened moments after when some cat showed up out of nowhere.

Mason got really excited about that, as you can see...

... poor cat!

I still don't know who's it was but I don't think it will come back around Ü

MY MOTHER'S DAY

For Mother's Day, Cory got me things he knew that I wanted.

He got me the book The Host

(it's good but it's no TWILIGHT)

And the DVD Rescued

(kind of cheesy, but good)

BEST OF ALL he let me redo the bathroom! Saturday he took Mason all day, did some shopping for me, and cleaned the house. He let me be in the bathroom all day while listening to my new book and fix up the bathroom! Something I have wanted to do since we moved in.

Here is a before and after:

Before:

After:

So I don't love the current shower curtain that I have.

I was looking at maybe these two instead. What do you think?:

This one, or...

this one??

...or neither. Let me know.

Hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

A Newborn's Conversation with God

A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.' The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.' Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.' 'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.' 'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.' 'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.' At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.' God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'

MASON'S 1ST TRIP TO THE E.R.

I swear this child is going to give me an ulcer. Just 4 days after his 2nd tooth came out, we make our first trip to the E.R. He was rough housing with Cory on our bed and all of a sudden he gets super hyper and decides to jump off the bed. Cory couldn't grab him in time and he landed on the corner of the pillar. He cried for only a little but it looked really deep. We took him in and they cleaned it up. It was about an 1/8th of an inch deep. They had to wrap him in this blanket that wouldn't let him move. (I had to go out and cry in the waiting room) Cory stayed in the corner so the doctor could stitch him up. He screamed and fought to get out of the wrap he was in. He yelled, "Daddy, daddy! Help me, Help me!" I couldn't have handled it. Cory said it was tough to watch. As soon as they were done, he stopped crying. He got 3 stitches. I came back in and he wanted me and said "Bye bye." He definitly wanted to get out of there. The doctor was super nice. He even gave Mason a kiss. The doctor and nurse said that he was a very strong little boy. When we got home you would never even know Mason got stitches, he is acting perfectly fine and happy again.