I can't put my arms down!!!

So it has been VERY snowy lately and the other night it snowed all night but the following morning was a beautiful blue sunny sky. So I decided to take Mason out for his first ever play in the fresh fallen snow. Welllllllll, my sister in law April gave us a snow suit last year that she had used for her kids when they were little, and it is barely big enough for Mason but I didn't have anything better for playing in the snow. So I got him all dressed up in his snow suit and snow boots. Needless to say (from the pictures at the very bottom) he was NOT happy about the outfit. Once we got outside in the snow he had an okay time, but getting ready for it was not his idea of fun. All I could think of when I was getting him dressed was the quote from the Christmas Story "I can't put my arms down!" Classic...
There are also some pictures I thought were funny of Mason hijacking the camera and taking pictures of himself and me. And finally there are a couple pictures of Wynn and I at his company Christmas party. It was at Spencer's (a super fancy steakhouse in Salt Lake) and was amazing. I am really hard to please in the steak department since I recently discovered my love for a good steak from Ruth's Chris steakhouse or Flemings. This measured right up there with those and was awesome. We had a great time talking with Wynn's co-workers and having some couple time without our cute little Mas-o.

Since we are going to Arizona tomorrow for the better part of two weeks, I probably won't blog for awhile, but check back up again in January for pictures from what I'm sure will be a wonderful trip to visit my family. Peace!

Finally pictures of the tree (and crazy Mas-o stuff)

Well, here are the pictures I have been talking about so much. I love love love my tree and am so proud. I got all of the ornaments (and the tree) for really cheap. I finally want to re-use these ornaments. Before I just kept wanting to buy new ones but I finally found ones I like. BethAnn came over that night and helped us decorate. We put on Christmas music and had an official tree decorating party. Mason loves her so much!





Lately Mason has been laying down in the most random places. This location (next to our oven) is actually pretty normal compared to his latest places. I was holding his hand walking to our car in the parking lot today and he plopped down mid-step and laid down on the asphalt. He also lays down in grocery stores restaurants and pretty much anywhere else that is inappropriate





He was watching a movie with one leg up on the couch yesterday and I thought it was funny. So I snuck up behind him and took a picture of it (left). Then I got his attention right before I snapped the second picture (below). The result was this weird sexy pose :)










He fell asleep in the car with his "Bok" in his mouth. When he's really tired, he puts as much of it as he can fit into his mouth. Needless to say, I wash his Boks often

Sorry for the delay...

Hey blog readers. Not that anyone is holding their breath or anything (I shouldn't flatter myself) until I update the blog, but I just want to say sorry for not posting the Christmas tree pictures yet. I got food poisoning from eating at Rumbi on Monday. I tossed and turned until about 4am when I finally ran to the bathroom and emptied the contents of my stomach. I HATE throwing up. It hurts and is yucky and just plain sucks. So I couldn't sleep at all that night since I was still in so much pain. Grrr. Stupid Rumbi. The funniest thing was that I called Wynn tonight and he told me he was grabbing dinner. I asked him where and he said that he didn't want to say. Yep, you guessed it. He was getting Rumbi. I told him it was a bad idea, but apparently he really wanted it. I hope he doesn't suffer my same fate tonight! So I have been pretty much miserable and in extreme pain. I finally resorted to taking some leftover loritab that we have. MUCH better ;) Well, it still sucks, but it's a lot better than without it. So I will post the pictures of the tree soon. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy my little pity party I'm throwing myself.

Trip to Arizona (November 08' edition)

Here are some pictures of Mason and my trip to Arizona. We always have so much fun when we go. It is always SUPER busy but always an awesome time. My favorite pictures are the one of me and Kaylee on the train (isn't she gorgeous!?) and the ones of the kids in the bath. Nothing like some adorable kids taking a bath together, and as my mom and Don say are to be used later on as prom date blackmail. Check the blog soon for pictures of my AMAZING Christmas tree. I have never been prouder of a Christmas tree. I just don't have my camera next to the computer right now (I know, the laziness is astounding). But I will post them soon...

Quick (but awesome) post

Well, I have a lot to post about since I've been out of town for 10 days. A lot has happened, but I will save most of it for another post. Right now this video takes first priority. While I was out of town, Wynn took a video of Mason playing with a light saber! Nah, just kidding, but he had a video of Mason and turned it into the most awesome light saber skill demo of all time. Mason's a natural. Can I just say how awesome it is to have a husband who is so good with technology. He finished it right before I got home from Arizona, and the best part is that Mason LOVES watching it. He giggles every time he watches it. His favorite part is where he cauterizes his toys and sparks fly. I laughed for about 5 minutes straight when I first saw it. I hope everyone else likes it as much as we do :)

Better haircut

Well, funny story. Mason's last haircut (right before his 2nd birthday party) wasn't very good. There were long pieces still in his eyes, the hair over his ears was uneven and there were pieces all over his head that still looked like they weren't touched by the scissors. I thought he looked cute still because he's just cute anyways, but the girl that cut his hair was rude and snotty and didn't like Mason. In fact, she was kind of mean to him. I didn't really like her attitude. Especially for working at a children's salon! Anyways, I finally got around to getting back there to get it done again and I was just going to ask another employee to do it. Well, I didn't see her when I walked in, so I told the girl at the register about the girl that cut his hair last time and how she did a horrible job. When the nicer girl started cutting Mason's hair, I looked over and realized that the other employee in the booth behind us WAS the girl that cut his hair the last time. I just didn't recognize her when I first walked in. Then I realized that she had heard every word that I had said about her and I'm sure she recognized us. I felt awful at first! But then, secretly my evil self was sort of glad that she heard me because she wasn't nice to Mason! In fact, the reason I finally recognized her was when I saw the nasty rude look on her face. I draw the line at someone being rude to my 2 year old! Sorry for the long story, but now he has a great short hair cut that shows off his cute little goofy face :)

And the verdict is...

$500

Parents with experience PLEASE HELP!!!

Alright guys, I am officially, humbly, and desperately seeking help. Mason has flooded my kitchen twice and my master bathroom twice. The kitchen incidents happened while I was upstairs doing something and he was downstairs. He did my bathroom for the first time yesterday morning and then again this morning. Yesterday wasn't so bad because I was blow-drying my hair in our guest bathroom (because the outlets in the master bathroom didn't work at the time) so he was only left to himself for about 5 minutes and couldn't do that much damage. I came in to check on him when my hair was dry, and he was on the bathroom counter throwing as much water as he could all over the bathroom. There was not a dry spot on the entire bathroom floor. The very edge of the carpet got a little wet, but not too bad at all. I scolded him very firmly and sent him to his room for about 10 minutes. He was very upset. That was yesterday.

Early this morning, Wynn kissed me goodbye and left. Apparently he let Mason out of his room and I didn't realize it. I was so sleepy when Wynn left that I didn't notice Mason in the room. I was still dreaming and thought I heard Wynn showering (like I always hear in the morning while I'm catching my last few Z's before Mason wakes up) I was still half asleep and didn't remember that Wynn had already left for the day. When my brain began to surface and make sense of what was happening, I sprang out of bed to find Mason on the bathroom counter again. This time, both sinks were stopped up and overflowing. The whole floor was a puddle again, but this time there was so much water it was 3 feet into my bedroom carpet and 3 feet into my closet carpet. I again scolded him (like I have never scolded him before) and took everything out of his room (toys, lamps, books, rocking chair) and left only the mattress and bookshelf. I then put him in there and shut the door and didn't let him out for about 15 or 20 minutes this time. When the time out was over, I had a talk with him and made sure he knew what he had done wrong and to never ever do it again. To top it all off, when we finally went downstairs to get breakfast, there was a huge puddle of water on my dining table. The water had leaked all the way through the ceiling and ran down my chandelier onto the table. Now I am waiting for a flood specialist and a carpet cleaner to call me back to give me a quote on getting it taken care of. I am soooooo completely at my wits end! I love Mason so much, but I need to take some drastic action.

Please please please leave a word of advice if you have any. If you have my number, you can call me if you have a second. But I really don't know what to do. Obviously I am trying my best to keep a better eye on him, and I am very embarrassed that each times I wasn't in the room. But the sneaky little booger knows exactly when to sneak off and start his evil work when my back is turned. He is old enough now that he knows better. Nancy already suggested I take the stoppers out of the sink (which I am going to do) but I really need to know what to do about him.

Please please please help me. Thanks.

Happy Halloween!!!

Here's how our halloween went.

My mom came into town (which was AWESOME!) I always miss my mom. It was hard to see her go, but I get to see her in a week and a half, so all is well!!! She doted over Mason the whole time which made me feel like such a proud mommy :) We shopped, ate at restaurants, went to the gym, watched movies... Pretty much all of the stuff we would get to do if we lived close to each other. Sigh... Someday. The best part of it all was that she was here for halloween.

We dressed Mason up as a monkey (and have since been calling him Mason monkey pants) I was cleopatra (which is kind of a big deal for me because I haven't dressed up for Halloween since I was living with my roommates at BYU. We were pop-stars with headsets- V3 for life!) And although Wynn didn't dress up with us for our block party on Thursday night, he did dress up on Halloween for work. That was funny. He was Tobias from Arrested Development as a member of the blue man group complete with cut-offs. If you don't know what that is, don't worry about it but I would recommend watching the series on DVD. So funny. I helped him paint his whole head blue that morning. It was interesting. I was VERY excited for him to shave off his mustache that night (he grew it for part of the costume) because I think mustaches are CREEPY!!! At least it looked creepy on him.

Mason had an awesome time "ticktreat" ing on Friday even though it was raining. Every house we went to, he would grab a huge handful of candy and shove it in his pumpkin and proceed to run full speed into the person's house. We learned very quickly to hold his hand very tight before they opened the door. Because he actually got really far into a couple of peoples' houses. Then, when we were leaving each house, he would shout "AWEEN!" (which is Mason for Happy Halloween!) He was unbearably cute. I was so proud.