3 1/2 Months

Actually, Mason is closer to 4 months old, and knowing that, I cannot believe how fast these past months have gone by. We don't know if Mason is going to be our last child, so I find myself wanting to take in so much more while he's still a baby. But, I also find myself having less time to do it. Luckily, he's been sleeping through the night for several weeks now, but every night I wish that he would wake up and want a bottle, just so I can spend some extra time with him. He's the sweetest thing. Mason will smile at the drop of a hat and snuggle into your shoulder when you hold him. He loves to grab onto your finger with uncanny strength while you feed him a bottle...those fists are really hard to pry apart!

3 Months

Dear Mason,

On Thursday, you were 3 months old! You now weigh over 15 lbs and you are 23.5 inches long/tall :) You are a sweet, lovable, huggable little guy who loves to smile at Mommy and Daddy. You have 2 cute little dimples and lots of little baby fat folds! You are a snuggly little guy and you only cry if you're hungry or tired. On Thursday night, we watched as you purposely grabbed Daddy's finger over and over! We were so excited for you and so happy to watch you learn!

You can hold your head up very well, and you enjoy sitting up more than laying down. You still don't like lying on your tummy, but if you're propped up high enough, you will tolerate it longer. You like sitting in your exersaucer, being upright, and playing with the toys that light up and make sounds. You are still fascinated by your big brother and like to watch and listen to him when he plays near you.

Mommy and Daddy love you very much and are so proud of you and how much you're growing!

We love you!

Mommy and Daddy

Arrrgh, Matey!

Tyler and Mike were pretending to be pirates this evening and Mike made a treasure map for Tyler to follow around our living room. It was the cutes thing I'd ever seen! Mike was telling Tyler what he had to do at different points along the treasure route, and then they followed the map around the room to eventually find the "treasure" (Tyler's Thomas trains). Here's a picture of the map that Mike drew:

Tyler was so cute because he kept talking like a pirate using a low voice and prefacing Mike or my names with "Arrgh, Matey" like it was part of our name. So, he would say, "ArrghMateyDaddy, look what I'm doing," or "Hey, ArrghMateyMommy, you need to get on the ship!" What an imagination!

Snow Day!

March welcomed us by blanketing our city in 6 inches of powdery snow this past weekend. Schools were closed Monday, along with both my and Mike's offices. We immediately called Mike's brother, Jay, to see if we could bring Tyler over to play with his cousins in the snow. We bundled Tyler up to resemble the Michelin Man and headed over to play. We ourselves were decked out in ski gear, too :)
Once at his cousins' house, Tyler went outside with them to play in the snow. At first, Mike and Jay pulled the kids on boogie boards or a surfboard (which shows just how used to snow we all are).


But, after a few trips on the boards, the kids were feeling cold (it was rather windy) and eventually went inside. After warming up, playing together, and eating some lunch, we managed to convince the kids to go back outside and play. Mike and Jay had turned Jay's deck stairs into a snow slide by packing snow into the stairs and creating a smooth surface. The slide extended across the entire back yard and probably ended a few feet into the neighbor's back yard. Once the kids started going down the slide, they couldn't get enough! They forgot how cold it was, they took turns going down, and each of them had big, wide smiles on their faces as they came down the slide.
As you can see, Tyler had a BLAST going down the slide! It's really too bad we don't get opportunities like this more often. This is the first big snow that Tyler's been able to enjoy.


Here's the view from on top of the deck. Tyler's down at the bottom and Mike is getting ready to take him up to the top. Mike and Jay had to carry each of the kids back up to the top and use the footholds they dug out along the sides of the stairs. There were only 4 or 5 footholds from the ground to the deck, so the kids weren't able to climb up themselves. Anyway, you can see the slide is pretty high and long...I think we've created some rollercoaster riders ;)

It was a fun day, we were all tired and cold by the time we went back home, but we cranked on our gas fireplace, took naps and enjoyed this rare occasion.