My 3 Sons

My mom was telling me the other day that she didn't have any photos of all 3 of my boys together. When they were littler (or I should say when Mason was littler) I took their pictures together more often. So, Mom, these are for you. Which do you like better? I always appreciate when all subjects are looking at the camera. But the one of Jensen looking at Mason is really cute, too.And Mason boy is now 11 months old. Yup, only one more month to go until that 1 year milestone!!!!

Moo, Baa, La, La, La!

(For those of you who haven't read that Sandra Boynton classic, it's one of our favorites.) I've been trying for a week to get Mason to do his animal sounds WHILE I was videoing him. Dustin and I finally did it after FHE tonight! As featured here, Mason knows horse, lion, elephant, cow, pig and monkey. I love babies learning to talk!!!!

Standing on your own 2 feet...

...And getting into all kinds of stuff. Mason has been busy learning all kinds of new things. He's been crawling a lot more (although he still prefers to do his super-speed scooting) and most recently, pulling himself up to stand.That means getting into all kinds of new things he could only look at before! This baby is getting too big!(And while I was writing this post, Mason went into his own bedroom and pulled down all his books, falling in the process. Busy boy means busy mama.)

Happy 4th of July

We had a fun Independence Day today. Well, most of it was getting our house ready to have some friends and family over, but the evening was at least fun! We're so very grateful for all that we have in this wondrous land. Carson, Jensen and I also had the privilege of walking around the corner to our neighbors house to watch fireworks this year. (Dustin stayed home with the sleeping baby.)Yeah, this was the best I could get out of them. Who can blame them, right? Why turn around and smile for mom when there are fireworks going on behind you!I had my phone with me, so I put on a little MOTAB during the show. Love their version of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The third verse always gets me.

In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
As he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free,
While God is marching on.

My, oh My!

Besides his messy face and funny expression, do you see anything else that is special about this baby?Look at that mouth.

Down there in the bottom.

Can you see 4 of them?

If only you could see the top.

You would find 6 more.

Yes. 6.

That includes his 2 new molars!!!!!!!! (Which typically don't even show up until after their first birthday. Mason is determined to stay ahead of the curve with his teeth. :))