Getting Up ....

Growing up!

February - what a fun month! We spent February with family and friends relaxing at the beach and playing in the Sierras ....

We started the month by stealing away to Mount Madonna Campground over by the coast along with our friends, Steve and Crystal. We were kid-free and loving our new-found adult freedom! It was a beautiful little park. Although it rained on us during our first night's stay, the rest of the weekend touted beautiful weather - - we decided to take the dogs down to the beach. We packed a lunch and had a picnic in Seaside ... the sun was warm on our faces; however, the ocean breezes kept us comfortably cool. After a long stroll on the beach, we decided to head back to camp so we could start drinking our adult beverages and chow down on the yummie dinner we brought. Of course, we capped-off the evening with schmores ... who says schmores are for kids?!

Later on in February we took a trip to the Tahoe cabin. Although Tim was unable to join us for this excursion (due to wrestling obligations), I was very fortunate to have Grammie Margie be able to babysit Mason so I could ski. I hadn't skiied in three years and it was glorious to be on the slopes again! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect ski day! The snow was squeaky (for all you fellow-skiiers/boarders, you know that is when the snow is prime)! 

The cabin was a nice little vacation for me, even though Mason had his share of annoyances on the trip. The poor little guy was cutting his molar and was VERY unhappy during the middle of the night. He cried (loudly) in the small cabin for over an hour. I felt so terrible in that I knew he was waking everyone up. Thankfully, Grammie Margie came to the rescue and helped me out. She was able to finally get him down about 45 minutes after coming down to help. Thank God for Grandmas!

Unfortunately, we weren't able to play in the snow this trip as it decided to RAIN the following two days. Thankfully, it was snowing up on the summit of the mountain (as to not ruin the beautiful ski conditions); 

however, the damp weather didn't allow us to complete our yearly tradition of erecting an "anatomically-correct" snow person. 

Mason is growing faster than ever. It is amazing to look at him and see a little boy and no longer a little baby. He has his own set of quirks, habits, and desires. He LOVES to open and shut doors. He could play with a door all day, if you let him! He is (gulp) now able to open doors, too! Our interior door handles are the ones with the pull handle (versus the round door knobs) ... they are WAY too easy for him to open. Thankfully, all our exterior doors have knobs and not handles (as well as dead-bolts)! He is having to learn what rooms are "off limits" and is surprisingly, doing well. 

Mason is very mechanical in nature. You could put a stack of toys in front of him and he will completely ignore them! He would much rather open and shut cupboards, put lids on jars, and stack buckets inside of each other.  It is very interesting to see his little mind at play.

Tim and I are pretty lucky that he has fallen back to his normal sleep routines. He tends to take one, very long afternoon nap (usually 4+ hours) and goes down for bed around 8:15. I usually have to wake him up in the morning when I leave for work around 7:30pm. 

Well, I have posted some pictures and some video from February. I hope you are all doing well and I will post the "ins-and-outs" of March in the not-too-distant future.

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Jenn :)