IT'S THAT TIME! YIKES!

It's POTTY time!

Mason is showing signs of needing to be potty trained. He realizes when he's about to go and then runs and hides so that he "goes" in private. We bought him a potty but he wont sit on so we're not sure how that's going to work. I'm really nervous about this part of child raising. If anyone has advice please HELP!!!!! I'm open to ANY and ALL suggestions. Wish us luck!

Happy Birthday Mason!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
That's right we had a mickey mouse clubhouse themed birthday party for Mason's 2nd birthday! Mason is a little obsessed with Mickey Mouse right now and had a blast watching us put everything up and make the cake! He was running everywhere! But not quite as much as when everyone got here. He thought it was prety cool that everyone came over to his house to play with him. He was in seventh heaven!
I can't believe that he's already two! It's going too fast and the sad thing is that I know that i have to just hang on 'cause it seems to be going by faster each day!
Here's his specs and pictures of the party!! Wish everyone could have been here to celebrate!
Height: 37 inches--95%
Weight: 32 pounds--90%

A fun and happy halloween!

The Pumpkin Bread Duo!
This Halloween was Ethan very first one and Mason's official first. Since we weren't able to do anything last year due to a family death Mason got to celebrate his first Halloween! He was loving it. At first when we were getting ready and people were coming to the door Mason would actually get mad at us for giving away "his" candy but then he figured out that if he helped hand it out he could get a piece for himself for his bag so then that's all he wanted to do. After a while though he noticed that people were walking from house to house and so then all he wanted to do was "go,go!" So we went out to a few houses (he only had patience for like 6) and then went and trick-or-treated Grandma & Grandpa Howarth's house. He thought he was pretty cool. By the time we got to the last house he was knocking on the door saying "knock,knock" and then trying to walk in! It was fun. Ethan didn't really know what was going on. He passed out by about the 2nd house and slept in Daddy's arms the rest of the time. I think he was enjoying the cool air 'cause his costume was quite warm. Mason was a pumpkin and Ethan was a Wonder Bread Sack.

Pumpkin Picking!

We went out last weekend and picked pumpkins. Mason had a blast again and Ethan wasn't quite sure what to think. All he knew was that he was cold. He wasn't always the happiest but enjoyed himself as best he could. Mason had fun "petting" all the pumpkins and walking through the patch. The farm also had tons of different animals like peacocks, ducks, geese, puppies, pigs, turkeys, pigeons, chickens, roosters, and then old trucks and tractors. Mason was in seventh heaven with them all! You'll see in the pictures.

Ethan Samuel

Ethan turned 3 months old last Friday and had a little weight and height measurement by a nurse yesterday. Here are his stats!
Height: 25 inches!! (75%)He grew 2 inches in a month!!!!!!!!
Weight: 13.8 oz. (50%) He hasn't put on much weight but he eats like a pig!
Proportionately he's down in the 25% so he's a little tall for his weight or a little small for his height whichever one you want to look at.
We got some professional pictures taken of him and Mason. Here is a few of the shots. Enjoy!!

CAMPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend Bryan and G-Pa Dean took Mason on his first camping trip. Bryan said that they has so much fun!!!!!! He said that they spent most of their time trying to keep Mason out of all the mud and the fire but as long as Mason was enjoying himself he pretty much got to do anything he wanted.

He was obsessed with this stick. Wouldn't let it out of his sight.

He learned to shoot a BB gun. His new word is "shoot".

Hiking with Dad!!!!!

Our Trip to the ER

FIRST STITCHES!

We made our first trip to the ER (for an injury) last night. It was a scary experience for us all but we made it through. Mason was climbing on a chair and it tipped over backwards. His finger got pinched by the back of the chair. It sliced it pretty good. As you can tell by the picture. He got 4 stitches and hated every minute of it. To top it all off he's learned to milk for all it's worth! :) :)

After we got home I wasn't sure who was in worse shape though--- Mason or Mommy! :)

It was hard and scary but we made it through. He gets them removed in about 2 weeks and he'll most likely have a good scar but he's a boy right! Scars will be his life.