Having a bounce of a time at Papa & Ne Ne's with cousins Ryleigh, Ethan & Zachary.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
We just wanted Boston Market...
instead we ended up at the Westland carnival & fireworks! Good times were had by all. These pics were taken about 2 hours after the infamous ferris wheel adventure. Cousin Jacob taking care of Kayla too!
Opps - Mason fell in the pool! No worries he's a proud graduate of ISR
To provide some background, Mason took the ISR (infant swim and rescue) course a few months ago. A pretty rigorous rescue swim course that is 6 weeks long, 5 days a week, 10 minutes a day. It definitely was not a "fun" experience for all of us initially, however, Mason learned some very valuable water skills.
So as the story goes, we went to Warren Ohio to visit Brian's family (Na Na, Pa Pa, Ne Ne, Uncle Raymond, Aunt Tina, Uncle Buddy, Aunt Dee, Uncle Jason, Aunt Amiee, Aunt Patty Lou, and cousins Jacob, Ryleigh, Zachary, Ethan & McKenzie.) His parents have a pool, so we wanted to get him in it while we were there to practice his "skills." So on Friday, July 5th, I was letting Mason kick his legs in the water while he sat on the side of the pool. The water was cool, only 79 degrees. I jumped in (freezing cold I might add) and was going to have Mason come in with me and practice his float and play for a bit. Brian's family gathered around to see Mason float...
Well, Mason had other ideas and was having fun walking around the pool showing off for everyone. Next thing we knew Mason's little foot slipped off the edge as he was turning the corner of the pool...head first all the way down to the bottom he went. Ugh! Everyone watched in sheer terror as Mason slowly but surely worked his way up to the top and flipped himself over into the float. As soon as he gasped for air, I picked him up and praised him for the good job he did. My heart was beating so fast and it was so hard to just stand there 2 feet away from him in the water as Mason worked so hard to get himself out of a terrible predicament. Mason was upset of course and needed some consoling. His left arm was a little red probably from bumping it as he fell in, but no other obvious injuries. The family was certainly impressed with what they witnessed, although shook up a bit.
Disclaimer: So you don't think we are bad parents again, I must add that Brian & I were trained not to rescue him unless he really needed to be rescued. We had to get in the water with Mason during his last lesson and practice his skills with him. Very hard to put your child face down in the water, only to watch him flip over to the float. But very important to the process. Mason learned the skills and should use them if a situation should arise. And of course, lots of praise when he does a good job.
If you are interested in learning more about infant swim and rescue (ISR) you can chaeck out the web site www.infantswim.com. I (we) obviously felt committed to this program and certainly see the value in the investment. Too many kids have drowned and it can happen soooo quickly, quicker than I ever thought. The video on the website is pretty compelling.
Have a great day!
So as the story goes, we went to Warren Ohio to visit Brian's family (Na Na, Pa Pa, Ne Ne, Uncle Raymond, Aunt Tina, Uncle Buddy, Aunt Dee, Uncle Jason, Aunt Amiee, Aunt Patty Lou, and cousins Jacob, Ryleigh, Zachary, Ethan & McKenzie.) His parents have a pool, so we wanted to get him in it while we were there to practice his "skills." So on Friday, July 5th, I was letting Mason kick his legs in the water while he sat on the side of the pool. The water was cool, only 79 degrees. I jumped in (freezing cold I might add) and was going to have Mason come in with me and practice his float and play for a bit. Brian's family gathered around to see Mason float...
Well, Mason had other ideas and was having fun walking around the pool showing off for everyone. Next thing we knew Mason's little foot slipped off the edge as he was turning the corner of the pool...head first all the way down to the bottom he went. Ugh! Everyone watched in sheer terror as Mason slowly but surely worked his way up to the top and flipped himself over into the float. As soon as he gasped for air, I picked him up and praised him for the good job he did. My heart was beating so fast and it was so hard to just stand there 2 feet away from him in the water as Mason worked so hard to get himself out of a terrible predicament. Mason was upset of course and needed some consoling. His left arm was a little red probably from bumping it as he fell in, but no other obvious injuries. The family was certainly impressed with what they witnessed, although shook up a bit.
Disclaimer: So you don't think we are bad parents again, I must add that Brian & I were trained not to rescue him unless he really needed to be rescued. We had to get in the water with Mason during his last lesson and practice his skills with him. Very hard to put your child face down in the water, only to watch him flip over to the float. But very important to the process. Mason learned the skills and should use them if a situation should arise. And of course, lots of praise when he does a good job.
If you are interested in learning more about infant swim and rescue (ISR) you can chaeck out the web site www.infantswim.com. I (we) obviously felt committed to this program and certainly see the value in the investment. Too many kids have drowned and it can happen soooo quickly, quicker than I ever thought. The video on the website is pretty compelling.
Have a great day!
ps...thanks for the kiss Aunt Amiee!
Love, Brian, Me & Mason
Love, Brian, Me & Mason
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Ferris Wheel
Ok, Mason is not even 15 months old yet, and he's already had his first ferris wheel ride at the Fair last night! Yes you read that correctly. Brian, his cousin Jacob, Mason and I just wanted to get some boston market for dinner last night. As we got closer to boston market and ran into some road closures, we remembered that it was fire works night in westland. So we ate dinner and decided to stay. Totally unprepared, but we had a car full of stuff from our weekend in Ohio. We packed up the stroller and headed into the fair. It was packed and crazy. We let Mason play in the park where they have little mini houses for the kids to play. So Mason ran from house to house talking to all the kids. He was having so much fun. Then we strolled thru the fair again to meet papa and my sister Carrie, hubbie Andy & niece Hannah. We found Papa and walked around some more. We ended up in front of the Ferris Wheel...
Mason eyes were like huge saucers and he was bouncing up and down in my arms to the music. He just kept staring at the ferris wheel and dancing to the music. He could not have been happier, or so I thought...
Then the man working the controls on the ferris wheel started talking to us. He couldn't help but notice how much Mason seemed to like the ferris wheel. About 5 minutes later he said, "you should take him on it", of course I said "oh no, that's ok, he seems to really like watching it". The conversation went on and he insisted we take him on, gave us free tickets to ride the ride and let us skip the 30 minute line. Of course I have terrible motion sickness, so Jacob took my ticket and joined Da and Mason on the ride of his life. Brian said Mason loved it. Every time I caught a glimpse of them while they were spinning around, Brian was laughing, Mason's eyes were huge, and Jacob had a very serious look on his face. I thought I was going to throw up watching them on it, and I was thinking what is my baby doing on a ferris wheel!!!
This was no ordinary ferris wheel either. It was the double wheel, ferris wheel. Nearly in extinction...only 1 of 2 left in the US. I really don't know what we were thinking letting Mason ride it. I lay in bed last night thanking God for not letting anything happen to Mason on the ferris wheel and asking him to help me have wisdom to make better choices in the future. :)
Mason on the other hand, his first word when he got off the ride was "do" as he was pointing to the ferris wheel. He wanted to "do" it again.
We eventually saw some fire works, which were nice. About 10 minutes into the show, we decided to head home. Mason was exhausted and was putting the blanket over his eyes. He need to get to bed. He seemed to like the fireworks though. It was a nice ending to a good weekend!
C
Mason eyes were like huge saucers and he was bouncing up and down in my arms to the music. He just kept staring at the ferris wheel and dancing to the music. He could not have been happier, or so I thought...
Then the man working the controls on the ferris wheel started talking to us. He couldn't help but notice how much Mason seemed to like the ferris wheel. About 5 minutes later he said, "you should take him on it", of course I said "oh no, that's ok, he seems to really like watching it". The conversation went on and he insisted we take him on, gave us free tickets to ride the ride and let us skip the 30 minute line. Of course I have terrible motion sickness, so Jacob took my ticket and joined Da and Mason on the ride of his life. Brian said Mason loved it. Every time I caught a glimpse of them while they were spinning around, Brian was laughing, Mason's eyes were huge, and Jacob had a very serious look on his face. I thought I was going to throw up watching them on it, and I was thinking what is my baby doing on a ferris wheel!!!
This was no ordinary ferris wheel either. It was the double wheel, ferris wheel. Nearly in extinction...only 1 of 2 left in the US. I really don't know what we were thinking letting Mason ride it. I lay in bed last night thanking God for not letting anything happen to Mason on the ferris wheel and asking him to help me have wisdom to make better choices in the future. :)
Mason on the other hand, his first word when he got off the ride was "do" as he was pointing to the ferris wheel. He wanted to "do" it again.
We eventually saw some fire works, which were nice. About 10 minutes into the show, we decided to head home. Mason was exhausted and was putting the blanket over his eyes. He need to get to bed. He seemed to like the fireworks though. It was a nice ending to a good weekend!
C
Mason & Da-da
Mason loves Da. It's so cute. His face lights up when he sees da. They love to play and wrestle together. When Brian B-B-Que's Mason wants "up" in Brian's arms so he can watch. When Brian eats breakfast, Mason will hop up on Da's lap and eat his banana & cereal with him. When Mason & I wake Brian up on the weekends, Mason wants up on the bed so he can watch cartoons with Da. Little Einsteins is his favorite right now...well the begining song anyway. He gets soooo excited.
Mason also likes to play in the shower while Da showers. When Mason wants to watch tv, he turns it on, then grabs the remote and tries to change the channel like Da. He likes to sit on the couch and watch sports or sports center with Da. Another Mason/Da activity is for Da to push Mason up the driveway in his red car and then he rides it down to the end of the drive and Brian catches him. Mason loves his red car!
Basically anything that Da does, Mason wants to do or watches Da do. It looks like Mason wants to be just like Da already! :) Oh, and lastly, he has to give Da a kiss everynight before he gets his bottle... so a few nights ago he was so ready for his bottle and Brian was upstairs. So as soon as I was done fixing his bottle, Mason started calling Da and puckering his lips and making a kissing sound. I had his bottle in my hand ready to go, and he wouldn't take it until he gave Da a kiss. It's those little things that melt my heart!
C
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Mason update
So Mason in 14.5 months now. He's growing up so fast & he's so busy all day long! He plays with his sippy cups & lids for hours a day. Putting them together and taking them apart. He still loves balls and pretty much at least has one ball in his hand most of the day. Mason has a lot to say...he says many words in addition to some intresting babbling. His latest word is "do" as in "do it again". Favorite words are: Da, ma, papa, tay-a (kayla), up, all done, meow, woof-woof, ball, baby, juice, baddle (bottle), out, eat, dink (drink), more, he-woah (hello), bye bye, and quack quack. He loves to yell for "Da" all the time. Loves to be tickled and chased. Wants to say hi to the neighbor cats every night before bath time. Rick & Pat are 2 doors down, and are used to Mason meowing at their front door everyday. Then Mason and Rick say "google-a google-a" back n forth and share lemonade for awhile. It's really cute.
Mason likes to walk up the stairs like a big boy (while you hold his hands). His appetite has been really good, in fact, he ate an entire chicken breast for dinner last night. We started him off with lima beans and mac-n-cheese, which was going really good until he saw daddy cutting up the chicken. About 3 minutes later all the chicken was gone. Mason is a meat man like his dad. His favorite foods are chicken, steak, fish, grapes & baked sweet potatoe fries. He doesn't like carbonated beverages (ie pop) like his mom...whew! He doesn't seem to like sweets too much...double whew. He has been drinking his milk pretty much from a sippy cup during the day, but he is still getting an 8 oz bottle before bed which I think we are supposed to be cutting out here pretty soon. He loves to brush his teeth, so we do that a lot throughout the day and after his bedtime bottle.
Mason is a happy toddler. Pretty good attitude most of the day, except when he's hungry or tired. He is definitely testing his limits at times and will throw some temper tantrums (which are pretty funny). But not too bad. He still hates diaper changes (always has), and getting on his pj's is usually a teary event. Bedtime is pretty easy. 8pm is his bedtime goal give or take 1/2 hour, but he sleeps best when he's down by 8pm. Wake up is usually 6:30-7am. Mostly takes 2 naps a day still, sometimes just one, but does best with 2. Usually about 3 hours total of daytime naps. Mason seems to know his routine and likes it. He loves his crib, sometimes he will play in his crib for a good 1/2 hour before falling asleep before naps or night-night. It's cute, then he lays down and plays with his blankets until he falls asleep.
Mommy was on vacation for the last 1.5 weeks, so we had lots of fun hanging out. Mason seems to like bob (jogging stroller) and we went out for a jog everyday last week. Mason babbles most of the trip and is happy as long as he has a sippy cup of water or milk and then some puffies (gerber puff snacks) to munch on. He has about a 30 minute limit of being strapped down in bob. Then it's time to run around. He really likes being outside, and especially likes splashing around in his little foot deep pool. Too cute.
That's all for now. Mason says hi.
Brian & Christina (Tina/Christi) :)
Mason likes to walk up the stairs like a big boy (while you hold his hands). His appetite has been really good, in fact, he ate an entire chicken breast for dinner last night. We started him off with lima beans and mac-n-cheese, which was going really good until he saw daddy cutting up the chicken. About 3 minutes later all the chicken was gone. Mason is a meat man like his dad. His favorite foods are chicken, steak, fish, grapes & baked sweet potatoe fries. He doesn't like carbonated beverages (ie pop) like his mom...whew! He doesn't seem to like sweets too much...double whew. He has been drinking his milk pretty much from a sippy cup during the day, but he is still getting an 8 oz bottle before bed which I think we are supposed to be cutting out here pretty soon. He loves to brush his teeth, so we do that a lot throughout the day and after his bedtime bottle.
Mason is a happy toddler. Pretty good attitude most of the day, except when he's hungry or tired. He is definitely testing his limits at times and will throw some temper tantrums (which are pretty funny). But not too bad. He still hates diaper changes (always has), and getting on his pj's is usually a teary event. Bedtime is pretty easy. 8pm is his bedtime goal give or take 1/2 hour, but he sleeps best when he's down by 8pm. Wake up is usually 6:30-7am. Mostly takes 2 naps a day still, sometimes just one, but does best with 2. Usually about 3 hours total of daytime naps. Mason seems to know his routine and likes it. He loves his crib, sometimes he will play in his crib for a good 1/2 hour before falling asleep before naps or night-night. It's cute, then he lays down and plays with his blankets until he falls asleep.
Mommy was on vacation for the last 1.5 weeks, so we had lots of fun hanging out. Mason seems to like bob (jogging stroller) and we went out for a jog everyday last week. Mason babbles most of the trip and is happy as long as he has a sippy cup of water or milk and then some puffies (gerber puff snacks) to munch on. He has about a 30 minute limit of being strapped down in bob. Then it's time to run around. He really likes being outside, and especially likes splashing around in his little foot deep pool. Too cute.
That's all for now. Mason says hi.
Brian & Christina (Tina/Christi) :)
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