Christmas Pictures

Here are some Christmas pictures I took of the kids today. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!

Here is Madison by "her" tree. Since we won't be home for Christmas we didn't want to go out a buy a real tree, so we just put up our little 3 foot. Madison decorated it all by herself. I think this year is going to be the most fun for her in terms of Christmas. After we got done with the tree last night, I plugged it in so the lights would come on. Madison said, "Is it Christmastime now?" I replied, "yes." And then Madison said, "Is Santa Claus gonna come bring me some presents?" (She said that last line while jumping up and down and screaming!)

She's so cute and I love to see her get so excited.

Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of everyone together, but oh well.

Mason trying to sneak a chip:)

Eating rice ceral for the first time. He loves it!

I love this picture!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few pictures from the past several days.

Mommy, Madison, and Mason.

Madison loves to pose for a picture when she gets dressed up:)

Mason trying to grow up too fast and hold his own bottle:)

He loves to sit up so he can see everything!

Grand Bay

We took a trip to Grand Bay today. The weather was perfect for a stroll down the boardwalk:)

Here is Madison on the look-out for alligators. (I love how she has her hand on her head...she's so cute!)

Madison showing off the flower she picked...

...and then threw in the water.

We saw 3 alligators while out today! There is one right in the center of this picture.

There is also one right in the center of this picture too, but it's very hard to pick out. We were at the top of the "Eiffel Tower" as Madison calls it.

This one you can obviously see. It was right at the edge of the boardwalk. Don't worry, there were boards and wire lining the boardwalk so they couldn't get us:)

Mason just enjoying the ride with Daddy.

Hello all! Most of you probably already know, but for those of you who don't, Mason had a bout of croup this past week. He started with an occasional light cough on Saturday. On Tuesday night his cough was getting worse and he was starting to wheeze. I took him to the Doctor first thing Wednesday morning and he was diagnosed with croup. He was put on breathing treatments 4 times a day and on steroids for 5 days. We went back for a follow up on Friday and he got a clean bill of health...thank God! Throughout all of this, Mason was still his usual happy self. He was never really fussy at all; he's such a great baby! He is doing fine now. He will still occasionally wheeze and I can give him breathing treatments as needed.

Here he is getting a breathing treatment. He thought is was funny when the smoke/steam hit his face and he would laugh sometimes.

It was such a nice day today that Madison got to eat lunch outside.

Here is Madison reading a story to Mason. She is so good with him and she loves to entertain him.

Here are some pine cone turkeys that Madison and I made today.

Stuff...

Hello all! There was some excitement at our neighbor's house this afternoon. Our neighbor's behind us had a fire going in their burn barrell, but apparently the burn barrell was a little too close to their old wood shed. The wind must have blown a piece of debris on the wood shed and the rest is history. Below are some pictures Jason took while it was happening. That tree in the corner there is right at our fence, and the fire as so close that it actually warped our fence. No one was hurt, but the unfortunately lost everything they had in their shed. Hopefully insurance will help them out.

Jason had is final out appointment for the Air Force today. He hasn't been working for the past couple of weeks, but today is his official day out of active duty. He will be on terminal leave through January and in March he will begin as a traditional reservist. He will do one weekend a month and 2 weeks a year. Here's a picture I took of him on his last day going in as active duty...can you tell he's happy!

Big sister, Madison.

Mason just chillin'.

4 months old!

Mason had his 4 month check up today. He is a whopping 18lbs 4oz and 26.5 inches long! His Doctor was amazed at how big he is. He said he was very healthy! Everything checked out good and he didn't find any problems.

Here's my big man holding up his head so good.

He rolled from his back to his stomach for the first time last night.

Madison likes to put her stool by Mason's crib and watch him.

I love my kids....they are too cute!