7 Months old

Hard to believe our little girl is 7 months old today!!!! I realized that I never posted any stats on her after her 6 month appt. At her 6 month appt, she was 20lbs 8 oz, 27" long, and 48cm head (very large head, hence why we had to have an MRI done.. everything came back fine, but still a little nerve racking to not know what is making it grow so fast) She got her two bottom teeth a couple weeks ago, is eating all the veggies and fruits, laughing and pulling on things, sitting up very well by herself now, takes a long morning nap and then a couple short naps in the afternoon/evening, is basically a very happy little girl. Mason is great entertainment for her.

Sunday

Where is this summer going? Is it really already the 22nd of June? That means that the year is almost half over. Time is going so much faster the older I get. The past couple weekends we have been at my parents farm. They have a pond by their house, so Mason loves to go there and 'scoopy' in the sand and fish. Both weekends have been perfect weekends. Last weekend, Fathers Day weekend, are when the following photos were taken. Mason got a new toy for the pond




He is so serious when he is playing in the sand. Here he is making a 'road' with his road grater, and those tees are fences he is putting up


Here is the 'fence' finished. And his Dekalb hat says it all!!!! Guess you can't read it in the small photo. It says 'Born to Farm'

The next couple are of Daddy with each of the kids. He had to work all weekend, (hence why the white shirt isn't so white ) so he didn't get to spend much time with the kids, but I did capture a few photos of him with each of them

Do you really think you are gonna get those marshmallows toasted that far from the fire Mason?

This is the first time Mason has ever let me bury him. He usually gets a little sand on him and then can't sit still long enough to be completely covered. Course, didn't last long. The minute I put the last of the sand on him, he broke free.

Hey look, I had him cross his legs before I buried him. OK, not really. He just doesn't know how to put his shoes on the right feet!!!!!

Mason wanted to ride with Uncle Pete on the tractor why he mowed some grass. So he rode around for about 30 minutes with Pete. They got back to the cabin and this is what we saw!!!

That is the boy that has never napped just anywhere. Guess he really loves 'farming'!! I had to throw in these last photos of Mason and Mallory with Uncle Pete and Aunt DD (Darcy), my sister and BIL. For some reason I can't get Mason to look at the camera, so this was the best I was gonna get. The second one is better of Mallory, but Mason was missing in action for that photo

We are looking forward to having family in town the next couple of weeks. My Aunt Mary (dad's sister) and cousin Amy are flying in from SC and NC for a week. YEAH!!!! (Wish you were coming too Uncle Marley) Its always GREAT to see them as we don't get to see them too often. And of course they are getting to meet Miss Mallory for the first time too. We also have extended family coming in over the 4th of July, so will be fun to catch up with everyone.

Our basement is now dry. Of course it isn't back to normal yet, and not sure that it ever will be. I can now do laundry and get to the computer and sew something if i really need to. Hopefully after the busy next couple of weeks, we can get things back to somewhat of a livable basement again. I'm just so thankful that we have our house and it isn't filled with mud and junk like so many others here in Iowa. And wouldn't you know it, we could use a real good soaking rain! Something I didn't think I'd be saying this soon after the last mess. The ground has huge cracks in it, and I'm having to water my garden and flowers.

The Great Iowa Tractor Ride is in town this week. We hope to get out there a couple times to see all the tractors. Course Mason is gonna want to ride on all of them. He is a farm boy through and through. Looking at tractors all day long would be an ideal day for him. Its good daddy has someone to enjoy those things with.

Been awhile

Guess I've been slacking in the blogging world. My dad had surgery last Thurs and everything went smoothly and now he's on the mend. They believe it was contained and hadn't spread to the nodes, so that was exactly what we wanted to hear!

It's still wet here in Iowa, but might be a light at the end of the tunnel. However, those downstream from us aren't fairing too well. Sounds like the Mississippi river will be flooding sometime in the next few weeks down stream. Not to mention that Des Moines, Cedar Falls/Waterloo, and Iowa City are all flooding and closing major highways and interstates. We have had a wet basement, but just thankful the whole house isn't flooded or floating away (that house in WI.. AMAZING.. i can only imagine what those homeowners were feeling every time someone replayed that footage) Don't get me wrong, our wet basement is annoying to say the least. ESPECIALLY since our neighbors to the south are the only other ones with water in their basements. Seems to me there is something wrong with the city sewer lines. We will be talking with the city in the next couple weeks to find out what is going on. We can't leave the house for extended periods of time, in fear that it will flood.

Enough complaining from me. Mason and Mallory are doing great. Mason has had to be inside due to all the rain, so that's been hard on my VERY ACTIVE little boy. BUT he has gotten out a few hours here and there to play some baseball. That is his new favorite thing to do, but only with Daddy. For some reason he thinks 'Mommy can't play baseball'. Guess it gets me out of playing baseball with him from sun up to sun down. He also likes to 'mow' the yard. This day he was out pushing around his little mower and acting like daddy. I thought he was mowing, but he quickly pointed out that he was "spreading fertilizer out the back right here". If only he was really spreading fertilizer AND mowing the lawn!!! Kids sure do say the darnedest things don't they

I finally changed my ring tones in my phone to something more fun then the generic Verizon ring. In doing so, I changed the tone for my mom to be Go Cubs Go. She is a Cubs FANATIC!!! I don't think she has missed watching a game since 1980. (OK, i might be exaggerating a little, but not much) I love baseball/softball, but watching a baseball game every night for 200 days a year, is a little much for me. But not for mom, if she isn't watching it live, she is taping it. Course she had to subscribe to the Comcast channel since that is where most of their games are televised!! But, this could be the year!!! *S* Back to my ring tone... so when mom calls me now (which has only been about three times since i changed the tone) , i get to hear that lovely song. I do like it, but its getting a little annoying now. Only because Mason thinks he has to sing it 100 times in the same breath. Once he gets started on it, he won't stop singing the chorus. Course if i had a cool camera, I'd video tape him and show ya... BUT hopefully I'll have my new camera in a couple weeks, and can get that posted for you all to see. So stay tuned for Mason LIVE.. should be a treat!!! Needless to say, I might just have to change my ringtone back to the generic just to save my ears from hearing Mason sing that song.

Mallory's hair is almost long enough.. but not quite. Still had to give this a try. She never even squealed with all that pulling of the hair. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to have a little girl who likes me fixing her hair.

We are headed to my parents for the holiday weekend. Mason always has fun 'working' around the farm. And it's to be a dry weekend, so that makes it even better!!!

Soggy day

This rain can stop any day now. The poor farmers are gonna either have what they planted flooded out, or they aren't gonna be able to get crops in the ground. It sure has been a frustrating spring. I'm just thankful that we have had no tornados in our part of the state, however, Parkersburg, IA in the north central part of Iowa didn't fare so well a couple weeks ago. If it had happened on a weekday where there were people working and kids in school, i can only imagine what the effect on lives it would have been. Please keep Parkersburg in your prayers.

Thank you all for the prayers for our little girl. She is such a happy little girl, that I can't imagine anything going wrong with her.

Well, its officially SUMMER!! ok, so not really, but if you can fish in my parents pond, then I think its summer. And if you were to ask Mason, he would agree. He could live down there and fish and play in the sand all day long.

Just think what he could of caught had he had a real fishing pole, and not a 'Roy Car' (CARS) fishing pole?!?! He almost lost his pole to a 'big' fish, but luckily the fish just took the hook and some string and swam away.

Pa (Dad), Granny A (Mom) and Mason getting the fish off the line and untangling Masons pole. Please keep my dad in your prayers today, as he is going in for surgery.