Christmas Tree Hunting

This year we did what we normally like to do...we went into the woods to find our Christmas tree! With the whole family in tow we drove into the nearby Lolo National Forest (only about a half an hour drive) and searched for the perfect tree. We did a little more driving around than we usually do which was mainly for Mason's sake. Plus the snow wasn't the greatest to play in as it was really icy and crunchy from the rain/snow mix we've had the last few days. But we still had a lot of fun and found the perfect tree for us. Liam was pretty excited to help his daddy cut down the tree!

Month 6 & 7

Mason,
You turned 7 months old on Thanksgiving! Yes 7 months ALREADY!! Where has the time gone! The months are just flying by and pretty soon you're going to be a year old. But lets not talk about that yet. I know you won't care but once again I've slacked off on keeping up on your monthly updates. So, I'm combining your 6 and 7 month updates into one post to (1) get caught up and (2) I can't remember exactly what you did in each month as they've both blurred together. So here we go!

At your 6 month check-up you weighed 16 lbs and were 27" long which the doctor said is long for your age. He also said you are lean and you need to gain a little more weight. So eat...eat...eat. You got another round of vaccines plus a flu shot and you did pretty well considering. You cried every time he stuck you with a needle which was three different times - one in each leg and one in the arm! But as soon as he was done you were fine and up and smiling again. Your brother felt bad for you though and would come running over each time you cried saying, "It''s okay Mason, it's okay". Such a great big brother!

You are now eating jar food besides formula and rice/oatmeal cereal. You definitely like fruit more than the veggies. Your favorites are pears, bananas, and the mixed apple/banana/pear. The veggies you like to eat most are sweet potatoes and carrots. Anything green you absolutely don't like to eat especially green beans. It's a big ordeal and you spend most of the time spitting it out. Though daddy mixes the green beans with oatmeal and can usually sneak it into your diet and you don't seem to mind as much.

You are teething right now and are a drool monster! You always have a wet spot on your clothes right under your chin. But you know how to keep yourself entertained with the help of all that drool - blowing bubbles! What kid wouldn't!! I get a kick out of watching you and watching your expressions. You're a hoot that's for sure! But that will all come to end when you get your teeth and speaking of which you got your first tooth last week. Yay! A tooth came in in the front on the bottom. I tried to get a picture but you wanted nothing to do with it. You don't really like anyone putting their fingers in your mouth. So the only way to get a look at it is making you laugh. But I wasn't able to do that and get a picture.

You're on the verge of crawling! I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing because then we'll have two mobile kids. Ha! It really could be any day though. When we put you on the floor on your belly you use your arms to push up and you'll spin yourself around depending on what gets your attention. Our cat, Sophie, gets your attention every time and you always turn towards her and try to grab at her. But most of the time you never even come close. That's probably a good thing because we don't want to make Sophie mad. Now you just need to figure out how to use your legs!

Happy six and seven month birthday sweet little boy! You and your brother bring so much joy to our lives. We are so blessed to have two wonderful boys!!

Love,
Momma

A Superhero Halloween

Halloween went a little differently this year. We all had a lot of fun but the kids had little bit of a rough start and by kids I mean more Liam than Mason. No naps definitely played a big part in that. First stop was at Nana B's work for their annual Halloween Party. Mason hung out with Grandpa Mike while Liam and Nana B played games and decorated cookies. But then Liam saw a woman dressed up as a skeleton from Day of the Dead and it was all over. Her face was all painted and I think this is what scared him so bad. He wanted nothing to do with her and hid from her under a table while crying. We couldn't do anything to make him feel better so we ended up leaving. Poor guys, felt so bad for him!

Him and Mason were so tired though that they fell a sleep on the way home. Good thing because we had a busy night of trick-or-treating with the neighbor kids. We went all over the neighborhood and Liam had a blast running around with the other kids. We were out for a few hours and well after it got dark so it's a good thing we got him light-up shoes because those definitely came in handy that night. We're still rookies though because we had to run back to the house to get a few things we didn't think of the first time like a stroller to carry the beer and of course Mason and extra bags so we can off load candy when Liam's bag got to heavy. But this is our first year really trick-or-treating so we'll do better next year! 

After the kids couldn't trick-or-treat anymore we ended the night at our neighbor's house to hang out a little bit longer.The kids were all hopped up on sugar so it was great to let them run off a little more energy while the adults had a beverage!

Liam wanted to be Batman so Mason of course had to be Robin!

Having fun at the Halloween Party at Nana B's work

Sleepy boy!

Time to trick-or-treat!

Such a little ham!!

Here are a few pictures from when we went to the pumpkin patch and carved pumpkins.