Port of Play

We had a play date with our friends Trigg and Logan today. We went to the port of play in town. The boys are still a little young but we had a lot of fun. Mason was full of expressions! His new thing is to squint! Its quite the face! I didn't get any of the three of them but got a few of my little guy.

Baby Emmett

A sweet baby boy in our community, Emmett (3 months old), has been diagnosised with an extremley rare kidney disease, Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome. His kidneys are malformed and they are filtering out the proteins into his urine so his body is not absorbing the proteins he needs to grow. His chances are 50/50 but everyone is praying and thinking positive!! There are a few fundraisers going on to help the family with medical costs. I have posted a link for some raffle tickets being sold for a playhouse. Anyone interested please do what you can to help out this family! Most of all he needs all of our prayers. Our ward is fasting this Sunday and I know many other Churches in our community are praying for Emmett and his family. Situations like these truly help you to stand back and count your blessings...a healthy baby boy has been our greatest! We just pray Emmett will be healthy again soon...

http://www.shanedeanco.com/emmett/

Our Sweet Little Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

And we went to our nine months doctor appointment this week - here is our little man's stats!

Weight: 19 lbs 10 oz (34th %ile)

Height: 29 inches (74th %ile)

Head: 48 cm (98th %ile)

Mason still has a big noggin...but we just keep reminding him its just lots of brains!

Nine Months Already?!

Mason will be nine months on Monday! I can't believe how fast he is growing. I had to teach my first unit at the high school this week and Kev stayed home and played Mr. Mom. It was a long week! I am really excited to finish school and have my masters but I want to spend every second I can with my little man! He is crawling everywhere, getting into everything and pulling himself up on everything.

He smiles ALL the time!

Loves books!

But still needs mom to read them..."Ummm Mom - I can't read this!"


LOVES bath time! He is definitely a water baby. We went to the pool last week with Jack & Logan and he absoultely loved splashing around in the big pool!

Standing up like a big boy!

We still only have our two teeth...

And we still have a big noggin...

We have our nine months appointment next week - we're excited to see how much he has grown! Not too excited about the shots though...=(

Mason also loves to grunt and is always making noises!

Fishing with Daddy!

We took Mason down to the creek on a sunny afternoon this week! Mason and Molly had a great time...even though we didn't catch anything! It was a nice walk and great to get outside and soak up some sunshine ( its a rare thing this time of year!).

You're it!

Sure do love these two!

Valentines Play Date!

Mason got together with two of his buddies this week. The boys played while the mommys made valentines! We had a great time - thanks to Chelsey for hosting!!! Trigg and Logan are a couple months younger then Mason...they are still content sitting still! We had to contain Mason a few times so mom could finish her valentine!

Love these boys - too bad my boy refused to look at me!!!

Basketball Games & Bruises

We went to Burns last weekend to play in the snow and go watch the girls play basketball. Well most of the snow had melted but we decided to go up in the mountains and snowmobile for a bit anyway - BAD IDEA!!! I still am not sure what happened, but I managed to total my dads snowmobile. Kevin watched as a flew off the snowmobile...bounced down the road 60 feet and land next to tree. Meanwhile the snowmobile managed to find that tree as well and went crashing into it. I opened my eyes to a mangled snowmobiled and banged up body! It has been a week and my body is just starting to get over the soreness. The only major damage (besides the snowmobile) were my glasses breaking =( It was a bad day! However, I was very lucky - it could have been so much worse!!!

Grandpa Andy and Mason - watching Sayge play basketball. It is her first year in Park and Rec and we're so glad we got to watch her play!

So grown up...

But still so small!

Sayge made her first basket EVER (in a game...)! And I got it on film - woohoo!!! We were so happy for her =)

We also got to watch Sheyanne play JV basketball - which I didn't take any pictures of. Her team did a great job! During varsity half-time Shaylee got to play basketball with the "little hilanders." She was pretty cute! We had a fun trip - just could have gone without the wreck!!!