Halfway with number 2!

Picture to come...


How far along: 20 weeks...halfway done

Baby size:  10 inches head to heel, about the length of a banana

 Maternity clothes?  Mostly maternity

Sleep: Not bad, still getting used to not sleeping on my stomach or back though.

Best moment this week:  Long weekend with my boys, accepting an offer on our house, and securing an apartment and storage unit until our house is built.

 Movement:  Here and there, waiting for it to get stronger.  I definitely felt the baby in my ribs though.

Food cravings:  Ice cream!

What I miss:  Not running out of breath so easily.

What I am looking forward to:  Gender!!  Find out tomorrow!

Milestones:  Making it through the first half

Pregnancy Symptoms:  My face is starting to break out, and I am definitely more moody (according to my wonderful husband).

Winter/Christmas

Finally getting around to share some of our holiday season!

 

 

Annual trip to the Christmas tree farm!

Mason loved his window decals! He played with them every single day!

Making cookies from scratch with our favorite people, Eric and Jackie!

We do a ginger bread house every year.  This year it turned into a huge family event that got very competitive.  We made a village and so much fun!  I especially love that Mason gets to experience things with all of his grandparents at once!

I will hopefully have Christmas Eve and day up soon!

Mason turns 2!

You hear it all the time, people say it constantly, and it couldn't be any more true!  The last two years have flown by, and I can't believe that my tiny 6 lb. baby turned into a two year old!  He is without a doubt the love of our lives, our light, our joy, and more than we ever expected.  I truly can't imagine a world without him in it nor would I ever want to.  Mason Rhys, we absolutely love you!

Here is a how we spent his actual birthday, just the three of us.  There are lots of pictures so prepare yourself.

 The night of his party, once everyone had left, we pulled out our gift to him.  A train table!  He was beyond excited and started playing right away.  Putting him to bed was near impossible.

Mason's actual birthday was on Sunday which was also Father's Day.  We started with balloons per tradition.

We got all his balloons ready the night before...

The helium didn't make it over night, so we quickly taped them upside down, and Mason loved it and didn't know the difference!

He loved running through them, and did it over and over again all morning!

Nick then took him to get donuts and let him pick out whatever he wanted!

I wanted to take my boys somewhere that they could both enjoy since it was birthday and Father's Day.  I didn't want Nick to be left out, so I made reservations at the Downtown Aquarium.

Mason and Nick both loved watching the fish, and our table was right in front of the largest aquarium. Mason would say ohhh, wow really loud when a big fish would swim by!

The waiter was fantastic and surprised Mason with a birthday treat!

There was tons for Mason to do, and we all enjoyed getting to do so much together!

Ferris wheel 

Mason has recently developed a fascination with alligators so this was the perfect carousel ride! Afterwards, he went on and on about riding an alligator.

Of course the best part was getting to ride the choo-choo!

What does a puffer fish do? Love my boys!

White tigers

We had a spectacular day, and it is unbelievable what a difference a year can make.  Happy birthday Mason Rhys, you make momma and daddy's world complete!

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder...

Well, at least I hope it does!  I took an unintentional blog hiatus because I wanted to enjoy every bit of summer I had left with my little man!  He just amazes me daily, and I wanted to really take the time to slow down and make memories with my sweet baby boy (I still refuse to call him a toddler).  Then, school started again which meant I had to go back to work.  Getting back into the swing of things took some time so that prolonged the break.  However, when I saw so many others coming back from their own blog breaks I decided it was time I came back too!

Here is just a brief re-cap of the past couple months:

• Mason is now 15 months old...where did the time go?!  He just went to the Dr. and he is 24 1/2 lbs.(60%)  and 33"(90%).  My little man has gotten so tall!  He has learned so much and is doing so many things that it really blows my mind!

He put on Daddy's shoes and stomped around in them!

Hiding in a corner reading...makes his English teacher momma ecstatic! 

He was playing in the tupperware cabinet, and this is how he comes out of the kitchen.  I love it!

Helping Momma get ready for school.



How adorable are these big boy P.J.'s!?  A co-worker gave them to us, and I just love them!



• We spent a lot of time outside. This kid LOVES being outside and screams hysterically when we bring him in!

I have the greatest husband ever!  He takes care of me and Mason, and we couldn't ask for anything more.

We had a dinner and movie date at home while our little man was sleeping.  It was fantastic!

He sent my back to school flowers!


*Disclaimer:  I started this post, then our computer crapped out, so this is the half of the post I was able to finish and get the pictures for.  Hopefully, I will post the other half soon as well as be back to blogging more frequently.