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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas happenings

Mackenzie all ready to go
to the Christmas eve service

The kiddos on Christmas eve

Brooklyn and me at the Christmas eve service

Mason warming up to Great Grandpa

Aunt Janet sent the most thoughtful box our way! It included some Redwings gear ( maybe wearing it will bring hockey back?) and books for the kids . Books for Aunt Janet always mean so much to use because we know that they come " librarian approved" . They were even more special this year as Janet undergoes a bit of medical treatment and we wish we could be close by to hold her hand.

An ornament for Mason

A personalized ornament for Mack to commemorate her
adventures this summer, holding Rosie the tarantula
at the Butterfly Pavilion

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Quite the outfit

Mackenzie was helping me fold laundry and , feeling silly, we decided to see if we could put an entire load of her laundry on her body all at once. Here she is sporting 14 pairs of underwear, 16 shirts, 10 pairs of pants and 6 pairs of socks.

Chooooo ,Choooooooo!

Aunt Erin, Uncle Will and the kids sent a box of Christmas cheer . Among the most favorite for both Mason and Mack was a cardboard train ( 6 ft in length) that could be colored on and played in. What a great idea for our train loving family!

More aquarium fun

8 months/ 36 weeks

Mason is 8 months old!
New tricks:
" mo" for "more
gives kisses
pulls up
crawls backwards
army crawl
Still loves wheeling around in his walker. Watch your ankles!
He makes the most delightful "yummy noises" when he finds something particularly tasty. I adore this.

Kisses, Casey!

He isn't due for another well child exam until he is 9 months old so I don't have updated stats ( just that he is a light eater and is barely over the 18 lb marker, according to our scale). He still isn't the best night time sleeper but I've just tried to remind myself that one day he will sleep through the night and I will miss those night time snuggles. Since starting solid foods, Mason would rather do with out his bottle. Why drink from a boring old bottle when you can EAT with the rest of the family? I've reverted to finding new and creative ways to add ounces to his daily intake, formula soaked cheerios being one . Here are some pictures of what he's been up to the last few weeks:

If it's stationary, he wants to climb it! He's even used his sister and his puppy to get a boost, trying
to get to a standing position. He's stood on his own momentarily.