End of Summer

I can't believe it's the end of the summer! It's been a busy few months. Here is a bit about Mason from this summer. 

"Ite." Mason loves light switches. LOVES them. It was one of his first words, and is definitely the one he uses the most. It used to be the first thing he'd say every morning, and we'd walk over and flip the switch a few times. Here he is on the stairs, he quickly figured out he could operate this switch without waiting for me to hold him up. He gets his hand on the switch, and then turns his head to look around the room so he can see which light the switch works with.  Now he refers to the garage door opener and other switches as "light". He is quite insistent about light switches. Have you ever noticed how many light switches there are in a church building?! I didn't until we walked down the hall together and he threw a fit at each switch wanting to flip it on and off. He also points up at the actual light fixtures and makes sure I look at the "ite".

Here is my little guy walking down to see grandpa's shop. He started walking this summer and is getting really good. I love watching his skinny little baby legs strutting around. Once again, this kid is very focused on what he wants. He loves the dust collector in my dad's shop. He would have me turn it off and on for hours if he had his way. He loves to watch the bags inflate and deflate. He lets me know as soon as we go out back that he wants to go to the shop. If I don't go with him, he either comes and takes my hand, or has me pick him up so he can point to where he wants to go. He also loves to ride the four wheeler. He refuses to get off after going for a ride!

We went to the store this summer to get Mason some shoes once he began walking. When we tried them on in the store he screamed and tried to pull them off. Once he got out on the hot pavement and realized he could walk pain free, he changed his mind about shoes. After that he would get his shoes and stick his foot in the air so we'd put his shoes on.

Even before he could walk, he began bringing me my shoes when he wanted to go outside. He would grab my sandal, scoot over with it, and then drop it on my foot. "Out" was another first word for Mason. In the picture above he is carrying around his shoes saying "out" in a really sad, whiny voice. This boy LOVES to go outside.

Here is Mason eating a plum and looking at the horse. Each time we went outside he would point to Jeff's plum tree or pear tree and we'd get him a piece of fruit. He doesn't love sliced fruit nearly as much as he loves a whole piece of fruit (that he makes a huge mess with). It's been a fun summer at my dad's with all the animals and fruit trees!

This is a picture of our garden. We have done a lot of canning this fall, more than I've ever done before. Mason seems to like the fresh veggies, and I've loved having space for a garden.

Here is Mason sitting on the couch talking and laughing with grandpa. He was scared of my dad when we moved in, and now they are buddies. He follows him around the house and likes to be with him. He has said "baba" a few times when he sees my dad, but like most of his words, he doesn't use it often and it's died off in the last week.

And, here we have Mason's first haircut. His hair on top was getting really long (finally), and he had little wings hanging over his ears. That along with the baby fuzz on the back of his head got me to finally break down and have my mom cut his hair. He also got confused for a girl fairly often. I thought a haircut might help...but he still gets confused. I don't see it.

Here's Mason being a ham. He had a rough week with a high fever and even after he got better he was grumpy and moody all the time. (Instead of just at nap time). I was worried, but a few days later he was back to himself. Here are a few pictures of him entertaining me in the mornings. He loves to make the above face a lot. He knows it will make me laugh every time.  Below he was making another face to entertain me, but I didn't quite catch it. 

Mason is such a good boy! He gives kisses and snuggles with me despite his independent streak. He is a pretty happy guy and loves to make us laugh.