Big Boy

It has happened and it is great! We can now officially say, Mason is POTTY TRAINED! YAY! He wore underwear all last week to daycare, and did not have any accidents. I think he even surprised his teachers. I was a little shocked myself. He's been doing really good at home for the past 2-3 months wearing underwear and going to the potty, but I thought for sure he would probably have an accident at daycare at least on the first day. He still has to squat on the potty to poo poo, but at least he waits till he gets home to do that. He is so proud to wear his BIG BOY UNDERWEAR! His reward is getting to watch his Mickey Mouse movies. After going #2 in the potty, he yells, "Now I get to watch Mickey Mouse!" before he even gets off the commode.

Go, Mason, Go

Mason's daycare had a Trike-a-Thon on Sept.17th to raise money for St.Jude. Luckily, Phil and I both got to attend and share in the fun. All the kids had to wear helmets if they wanted to ride. I figured Mason would throw a fit to wear a helmet, but he actually likes it. Even when he's at home riding his tricycle in the house, he wants his helmet on.

Potty Training

"I peepee on the porch."


"Big Boy Underwear!"


We are no longer using the musical potty (it's now a stool), we are using the "BiG PottY!"

Mason has been wearing his underwear a lot for the past week and a half. He's doing really good, with the exception of a few accidents. We've went out to eat, church, and just around town, while he's wearing his underwear. Sometimes I'll ask him if he has to go and he'll say, yes, and sometimes he'll tell us if he has to go potty. I've also gotten some pull-ups, so if we know we are going to spend a lot of time in town, he can still use the potty easy, but if he has an accident, it's okay. Potty training is a challenge, but we are trying to be consistent and not be to pushy. At daycare he has moved up another class, so we're not really pushing any potty training while he's there since he's getting use to two new teachers and new kids, even though he already knows some of them from being in his class previously. Hopefully, he'll catch at daycare too, but for now we'll work on potty training at home. Boy, would it be awesome if he could be completely trained by the time this baby gets here? Keep your fingers crossed!!

(Catching Up) Egg Hunt at Daycare

I got to watch Mason and his class hunt for eggs on their playground at daycare, last Thursday. Kids were everywhere trying to find those eggs. Some of them were already putting candy in their mouths with the wrapper still on. Needless to say the teacher had to fish it out!

Enjoying some of their candy!

Tea Party

This past Friday, Mason's class had a tea party. All the kids had to wear their Sunday best. His teacher said they got to actually drink caffeine-free tea, listen to music and dance.

I know I'm partial, but he is a very handsome young man, oh I mean toddler!!

I guess you've noticed that I've been behind on the blog. Since the time has changed, we've been spending more time outside, therefore putting us late for supper, baths, and story time.

I'm 14 weeks pregnant now. Phil and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat about 4 weeks ago. I actually go to the doctor again tomorrow. At the last doctor appointment, I had lost a pound from the first appointment, which is a good thing. The doctor doesn't want me to gain no more than 20lbs. So, far so good, although I'm a little nervous that when I weigh tomorrow I may have gained 2 or 3lbs. I just feel like I have.

"IT'S OKAY MASON, SANTA IS NICE"

The picture says it all!

Santa Claus visited Mason's daycare on Friday. Only one child did not cry out of eight.

Everybody got a new toy.

"MINE!"

Halloween at Daycare

I had the pleasure of being in Mason's class, as they enjoyed dressing up and trick or treating from room to room. They were all so cute!

Yum, Candy!

After all the fun. Getting ready for a snack.

Movin' Up

We saw my friend Brooke for a short time on Saturday. She had brought Mason a shirt she purchased while in England. It fits him perfect. (Her husband Andy is from England.)



Yes, we have gotten a potty chair. Mason actually likes sitting on it, but he will not pee in it, yet. We're trying to remember to encourage him to use it when he gets up in the morning and before he takes a bath. If he ever does pee in it, the music will play.




Mason and Phil enjoying some story time, Sunday night.

Mason has been moved up to the 2 year old class this week. Even though he's not yet 2, the daycare director says he's at their maturity level and size. About two months ago, 6 kids from his class moved up because they all turned 2, and some of the babies who turned 1, moved up to Mason's class. This left him and one other little boy to be the only ones walking and talking. The director thought it would be best for Mason and the other boy to move up to the 2 year old class, so they can move forward with their learning. I thought it was a great idea. Mason already knows most of the kids in the class anyway, so he fits right in. They are learning body parts and colors. He should do well with the body parts, but he's still trying to catch on to the colors.

Easter at Daycare

I was able to join Mason's class for their Easter celebration on Friday. The kids were just too cute.


They eating their Easter cookies as I came in.


Then the Easter Bunny came to visit. Out of seven kids, Mason was the only one who did not cry sitting in the bunny's lap. A couple of the kids were screaming they were so horrified.


Although in this one, Mason was a little unsure for just a second.

The egg hunt. It was hard to take pictures and try to help him pick up eggs.

Mason did pretty good for his first egg hunt. It was a real treat for me to be there.

Fourwheeling Fun

This past Sunday, Mason and I spent the day at GranNanny's and Pap-Paw's since Phil was at work. We were pulling Uncle Dakota around in the little wagon. Mason just leaned back on me and enjoyed the ride.







Taking a big step.

Tractor time with Pap-Paw.

Meet Zip. I got her when I was 14, I'm now 24. When Phil and I got married she stayed with mom and dad.


On Monday, I got a call from Hospit-tots to pick up Mason due to him running a 101 fever. I took him to the doctor Tuesday, his temperature was up to 103 even though I had given him Motrin. The doc was unable to find anything wrong, and advised it was more than likely a virus that would have to run it's course. Much to my surprise, the doctor did not prescribe antibiotics. Long story short, I was out of work Tues. and Wed. with Mason since he couldn't go to daycare running a fever. I truly believe his fever was caused by his teething. He also has a lot of congestion, and I do mean a lot. The doctor said once warm weather gets here and stays his runny nose and congestion should go away permanently. Hope she's right.

Although he hasn't been feeling very good this week, he's still learning everything he can. He can say "bath" and "ball" now. He'll try to throw the ball but he pretty much just hands it to me. You can ask him, "Where's the light?" and he'll look up to the ceiling and point. Something I think is so cute, I'll tell Mason, "Let's go change your diaper," and he'll lead me straight to the changing table in his room and wait for me to pick him up.

Have a great weekend!

Mason Loves Being Outdoors

Mason started Hospi-Tots last Monday. It's a daycare for kids of the hospital employees. After everything that happened with Mason's babysitter, Ella Mae, and after turning one, we thought starting daycare would be good for him. He had a really good week, both of his teachers/caregivers bragged on him. One of them even said, " if they were all as good as him, we wouldn't have any problems." I beamed with pride. When I dropped him off in the mornings he would go to the other kids and not even worry about mommy, but when I came to pick him up he was ready for me. Everything was going good until Friday, when I get a call from Hospi-Tots around 10:00 saying that Mason was running a 101 temperature. I picked him up and headed to the pediatric clinic. By then he was running a 102.5 temp. The nurse gave him some Mortin. The doctor came in, said one of his ears looked a little red, but nothing serious. She did check him for the flu, but it came back negative. Needless to say she gave us more antibiotics, and sent us on our way. By the time we left, Mason's temp. had come down, he didn't even feel warm anymore. I swear he's been on so much antibiotics I don't even know if it's helping him or not. I don't even think the pediatric doctor's look to see what happened on the last visit, they just automatically give a prescription for antibiotics.

Even though Mason was still under the weather Saturday with a runny nose and congestion, we managed to make it to Austin's 2nd birthday party.




Austin got the cutest wagon, and took some others for a ride. You can see Mason just wasn't himself, otherwise I think he would've really enjoyed this ride.


Sunday after church, we were all tired, and thought it was a perfect afternoon to take a nap. After napping, Mason was up and about, feeling a little better. In the picture below, I had laid this banana on the stool after giving Mason a couple of bites. I was fixing supper with my back turned to him, and noticed he had gotten quiet. I then turned around and seen him sitting in the floor feeding himself the banana. He's a sneaky little fella.




Today, I stayed home with Mason, because he was still so congested in his nose. I wanted to make an appt. with the ear, nose and throat doctor to have him check Mason's ears. To my surprise, he said Mason's ears looked great, and that Mason probably just has a little sinus. He also said his ears could be popping and that could be causing him to be cranky. We got back home from the doctor, had some lunch and Mason took a two hour nap. When he awoke, daddy was home and we decided to spend some time outside.

Walking around.

Here Chickie, Chickie, Chickie. I was trying to teach him to call in the chickens.

Cousin Adin was at Nana's and joined us for a little bit.

Once Adin and Nana went back to the house, he tried to go with them.

Helping daddy.

Smile!


Mason seemed to feel a lot better this afternoon, but was still clingy and whiny. He's also cutting his two, top teeth, which I'm sure is adding to the problem. Hopefully, once he gets completely over this round, he'll be on the road to "recovery." We sure thought once he got the tubes put in he was good to go, but apparently not. Please add Mason to your prayers, that he can get over all this mess and have a full month without being sick.

On good news:

Mason is learning so much these days, and everything Phil and I do he will try to mimic. If I try to tinkle him, he'll try to tinkle me. If I dance, he dances, which by the way he's pretty good at. You can ask him, "where's your belly?" and he knows exactly where it it. He can sometimes point out my eyes, when asked, "where's my eyes?" When he sees one of his play cows he'll say, "moo." Of course his favorite word his, "dog." He says it with such excitement when he sees the dogs. We're hoping that he'll start to pick up on all kinds of things now that he's at daycare, because they do art, read books, play ball, dance to music, play outside, and lots of other things.

If Mason's seems well in the morning I'll be taking him to daycare. I so hope he feels better.

Have a great week. You better enjoy Tuesday, because after that it starts getting cool again. Come on Spring!