Good mommy night.

Last night was a great mommy night. Tim had to pick up Mason as I had a doctor appointment and when I got home, Mason was all about mommy.

We ate dinner in the big recliner together, (not our usual dinner practice, but it was a quick meal) split a milkshake for dessert, read 6 books together under our fuzzy blanket, (we got through about 60% of an entire George story, which was really good for his attention span) played with his cars, and then he wanted the lights dark so we shut off the lights, chilled in the recliner and I scratched his back and tummy.

No computers, no t.v., no phone calls. Just Mason and mommy spending the night together doing whatever he wanted. He curled up on my lap, gave me a kiss and I haven't had such a great evening in a while. I put him to bed and just stood at his crib side grateful for such a wonderful night. Nights that refresh me as a mom and strengthen him as my son. Just good mommy nights.

Yuck!

Saturday morning as we were preparing to get ready for breakfast and our trip to the pumpkin patch, I was in my room digging for clothes in my drawer and trying to make the bed when little man came into my room from his with his shoes and favorite car shirt. I had told him we were going to get in the shower soon, so I didn't think much of his walking into the bathroom.

I was literally mere moments from following him in there when he emerged from the bathroom with a wet shoe. Instantly my mind processed where he could have gotten the shoe wet.....

Sink was too high. Shower wasn't on yet, and there was no bath running. Oh no, the toilet. My very not toilet bowl playing son had finally dunked a toy in the toilet. When I went to the bathroom, about a nanosecond after my brain processed where the shoe got wet, I quickly found his shirt soaked as well as the shoe. YUCK!

Well after doing the mommy thing, making a big deal out of the issue, letting little man know in a stern yet calm voice that toilets are not in anyway acceptable play places and quickly sticking him and myself in the shower, Mason began to cry. He got the clue it was a bad idea, but what bothered him the most was that we refused to let him hold the toilet soaked truck shirt.

I know boys do things like this when they're little, hence why I've seen toilet locks at people's homes, but I had hoped to bypass that stage of a boy's life. I guess I didn't get so lucky. Hopefully I will be lucky enough to not have to go through this again.

Needless to say all the toilets in my house are severely sanitized just in case, and there is a greater awareness of his location in the bathroom. :)

Mason's Pumpkin Shirt

So last week I got the idea in my head to make my own holiday shirts for Mason this year. I scouted out the fabric, cut out templates and started the project. The pumpkin shirt didn't turn out too bad. I'm thinking next year I'll post them online and sell them if I can. I've got a turkey shirt in the works for Thanksgiving. :) Tell me what you think about it.

New floors

I HATE carpets in a house. Well in our house that is, mostly because of our dog!

The reason in part is because they collect allergens and germs and more germs. Tile and wood are so much easier because I can vacuum and mop them and sanitize to my heart's content. So when mom offered new flooring for our office, we jumped on the offer. My wonderful husband did all of the flooring and while most it was done in one night, it took a couple extra nights to get it finished and cleaned up. But I gladly traded a messy home for a few nights for wonderful floors.

Photoshoot

Every year we've decided to make a big deal out of birthdays. We always want Mason to know that the day he blessed our lives with his presence is important to us. So after the big birthday party we got in touch with Nicole Adams who does some great children and family location photography to do some pictures for us. She was so incredibly patient with our busy little 2 year old, and the photos came out great.

Mason's Monster Mania

Believe it or not, I've been working on Mason's 2nd party since right after he turned 1. I know it's crazy, but I love party planning. I love the creativity process required to think about something and then the hunt to find what you need and perfecting things. Granted, with all that time I still ran out of time to make things more perfect, but Mason had a great time with his friends and we had a lot of fun planning his Monster Mania.

The favors were the most fun to make because I seriously made a dozen monsters before deciding on the last ones. The house was decorated with such wonderful monster posters thanks to Molly. She did a fantastic job painting them.

It was just wonderful to see so many people come to celebrate my little boy. I'm so blessed to have people who love him.

Disney Birthday Fun

Mason turned 2 and we went to Disney. There are too many pictures to post, so to consolidate, I made collages of some of the day's events.

Been a while

It's been a while since my last blog update, not because things are slow, but rather because so much has happened I haven't had a chance to stop and blog. The biggest thing was Mason's 2nd birthday. Holy moley, he's 2 already. Seems like just yesterday we found out we were pregnant. The last 2 years have been a roller coaster of such emotion, mostly joy and so much learning and growing, for Mason and ourselves as parents.

On top of the birthday excitement, we were blessed to have Nana come and visit us for a week to celebrate Mason's birthday. We went to Disney on his birthday last week and had such a blast. The weekend was filled with party time and tons of family and friends came over to bounce in the monster truck bounce houses. I either need a bigger home, or less friends. Neither of which will be happening soon, so I think next year the party will be planned in an alternative location :)

More than anything, it's nice to take a moment and step back from the busyness of it and just enjoy the wonderful blessings the busy weeks have given me. That and sift through the thousand pictures that were taken :)